The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

song by Lightfoot
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  • In Gordon Lightfoot

    …Lightfoot’s best-known song was “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (1976), about the sinking of a Great Lakes freighter. He continued to perform and record into the early 21st century.

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  • Edmund Fitzgerald
    In Edmund Fitzgerald

    …Gordon Lightfoot’s hit song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (1976), which helped make it the most famous shipwreck in the Great Lakes.

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