Gordon Lightfoot

Acting

Born: 1938-11-17

Died: 2023-05-01

From: Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

Gord LightfootGordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOntGordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.

Biography

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and his songs have been recorded by some of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness." Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Lightfoot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations19 won · 18 nominated

🏆 Won

Golden Plate Award

2022

🏆 Won

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

2001

🏆 Won

Canada's Walk of Fame

1998

🏆 Won

Governor General's Award for English-language poetry

1997

🏆 Won

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

1986

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1982

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1981

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1980

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1979

Nominated

Juno Award for Album of the Year

Endless Wire

1979

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1978

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1978

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1977

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

1977

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1977

Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

1977

Nominated

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

1977

Nominated

Juno Award for Album of the Year

Summertime Dream

1977

Nominated

Grammy Award for Song of the Year

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

1977

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1976

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1976

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1975

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1975

Nominated

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

1975

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1974

Nominated

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1974

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

1973

Nominated

Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year

1973

Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

If You Could Read My Mind

1972

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year

1970

Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

Did She Mention My Name

1969

🏆 Won

Companion of the Order of Canada

🏆 Won

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

🏆 Won

Songwriters Hall of Fame

🏆 Won

Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

🏆 Won

Order of Ontario

🏆 Won

Folk Alliance International

Acting14 titles

8.1

Series

Sound2 titles

5.4

Movie

The Brown Bunny

2003Drama

Movie

America Down: The Proof of Concept

2025Drama

Gordon Lightfoot

Also Known As

Biography

Awards & Nominations19 won · 18 nominated

Acting14 titles

The Midnight Special

Anne Murray: Full Circle

Tears Are Not Enough

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese