Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, he had numerous gold and platinum albums, and his songs have been covered by many of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings wrote, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness." Covers... [more on Wikipedia]

Gordon Lightfoot began charting in 1970 with If You Could Read My Mind.The artist placed 11 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 4 of which reached the Top‑10, including 1 number‑one.The artist scored 4 UK Top‑75 entries.On US AC the artist achieved 6 Top‑10s, 4 of which hit number‑one.

Top songs: #1: Sundown - #2: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - #3: If You Could Read My Mind - #4: Carefree Highway - #5: Rainy Day People
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  1970
If You Could Read My Mind
1.
12/1970

#3  If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Sit Down Stranger   Sit Down Stranger
194 pts
5
US
1
AC


30
UK
[Reprise 0974]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1971
2.
04/1971

If I Could
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Back Here on Earth   
4 pts
111
US






[United Artists 50765]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
3.
06/1971

Talking in Your Sleep
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Summer Side of Life   Summer Side of Life
24 pts
64
US
11
AC




[Reprise 1020]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
4.
09/1971

Summer Side of Life
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Summer Side of Life   Summer Side of Life
6 pts
98
US






[Reprise 1035]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1972
Beautiful
5.
05/1972

Beautiful
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Don Quixote   Don Quixote
20 pts
58
US
30
AC




[Reprise 1088]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
6.
12/1972

That Same Old Obsession
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Old Dan's Records   
4 pts
102
US






(b-side)
[Reprise 1128]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1973
You Are What I Am
7.
02/1973

You Are What I Am
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Old Dan's Records   
8 pts
101
US
32
AC




[Reprise 1128]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1974
Sundown
8.
04/1974

#1  Sundown
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Sundown   Sundown
267 pts
1
US
1
AC
13
ctry
33
UK
[Reprise 1194]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
Carefree Highway
9.
08/1974

#4  Carefree Highway
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Sundown   Sundown
110 pts
10
US
1
AC
81
ctry


[Reprise 1309]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1975
Rainy Day People
10.
03/1975

#5  Rainy Day People
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Cold on the Shoulder   Cold on the Shoulder
73 pts
26
US
1
AC
47
ctry


[Reprise 1328]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1976
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
11.
08/1976

#2  The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Summertime Dream   Summertime Dream
214 pts
2
US
9
AC
50
ctry
40
UK
[Reprise 1369]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1977
12.
02/1977

Race Among the Ruins
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Summertime Dream   Summertime Dream
23 pts
65
US
13
AC




[Reprise 1380]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1978
The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)
13.
02/1978

The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Endless Wire   Endless Wire
47 pts
33
US
3
AC
92
ctry


[Warner 8518]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
Daylight Katy
14.
06/1978

Daylight Katy
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Endless Wire   Endless Wire
26 pts


16
AC


41
UK
[Warner 8579]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
15.
09/1978

Dreamland
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Endless Wire   Endless Wire
1 pts




100
ctry


[Warner 8644]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1980
16.
05/1980

Dream Street Rose
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Dream Street Rose   
6 pts


25
AC
80
ctry


[Warner 49230]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1982
Baby Step Back
17.
03/1982

Baby Step Back
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from Shadows   Shadows
24 pts
50
US
17
AC




[Warner 50012]
written by Gordon Lightfoot greentick
  1986
18.
07/1986

Anything for Love
Gordon Lightfoot greentick

from East of Midnight   East of Midnight
11 pts


13
AC
71
ctry


[Warner 28655]
written by David Foster & Gordon Lightfoot greentick

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