The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
1976 song by Gordon Lightfoot / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is a 1976 hit song written, composed and performed by the Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to memorialize the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Lightfoot considered this song to be his finest work.[2]
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"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | ||||
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Single by Gordon Lightfoot | ||||
from the album Summertime Dream | ||||
B-side | "The House You Live In" | |||
Released | August 1976 | |||
Recorded | December 1975 | |||
Studio | Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto | |||
Genre | [1] | |||
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Label | Reprise | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gordon Lightfoot | |||
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Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology | ||||
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"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on YouTube | ||||
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Appearing originally on his 1976 album Summertime Dream, Lightfoot re-recorded the song in 1988 for the compilation album Gord's Gold, Vol. 2.