Gordon Lightfoot
- MatchGordon Lightfoot
- 100%Jim Croce
- 97%Harry Chapin
- 91%Dan Fogelberg
- 87%John Denver
- 84%James Taylor
- 84%Tom Rush
- 83%Jackson Browne
- 78%Judy Collins
- 72%Glen Campbell
- 70%Seals & Crofts
Biography
17 November 1938, Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lightfoot moved to Los Angeles, USA during the 50s where he studied at Hollywoods Westlake College of Music. Having pursued a short-lived career composing jingles for television, the singer began recording demos of his own compositions which, by 1960, owed a considerable debt to folk singers Pete Seeger and Bob Gibson. Lightfoot then returned to Canada and began performing in Torontos Yorktown coffee houses. His work was championed by... Read more