'It was meant to be filler': Story of Gordon Lightfoot's 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'

Gordon Lightfoot and his band recorded the "little ditty" in a Toronto studio in December 1975, just weeks after the ...
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How Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ became a cultural phenomenon

“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee” - From “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a ...
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Gordon Lightfoot's 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' endures years later

Newspaper clippings donated to the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth recount the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975.
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Gordon Lightfoot’s Haunting Tribute: How ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ Became His Finest Work

Without Gordon Lightfoot’s ballad, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald might have faded into history alongside thousands of other Great Lakes wrecks. He was inspired to write the song after reading the first ...

Without the song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ may have been largely forgotten

Without Gordon Lightfoot’s song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 ...
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Gordon Lightfoot's ‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' Sees Massive Streams & Sales Gains on 50th Anniversary of Titular Disaster

Welcome to Billboard Pro's Trending Up newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry's attention. Some have come out of ...