50 Years Ago: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks and Inspires a Gordon Lightfoot Hit

For those that live or have lived around the American Great Lakes region, the story of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald is likely ...
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1,600 Shells, 6 Hours: The Day Bismarck Faced Her Executioners

May 27th, 1941. At dawn, the pride of Nazi Germany, the battleship Bismarck, was cornered by the British fleet. After ...

Gordon Lightfoot song about Gales of November stands the test of time | Opinion

The Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot and the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald are inextricably linked in a way few ...

The hit single that’s over six minutes long, has 14 verses and no hook or guitar solo. They nailed it on the first take

With spare time in the studio, Gordon Lightfoot peeled off a commemoration to a modern tragedy that's 50 years old today: ...

A Requiem For The SS Edmund Fitzgerald On The 50th Anniversary Of Its Infamous Sinking

As "dudes rock' moments go, there are few that are as universally agreed upon as the shared love of Gordon Lightfoot's iconic folk rock ballad "The Wreck ...
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Just Tell the Story: How a Song Made Us Remember

It happened every year on November 10: if you were listening to the radio anywhere in Michigan, you’d inevitably hear the ...

Gordon Lightfoot song helps legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald and its crew live on

It's been 50 years since the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald in the Canadian waters of Lake Superior, taking its crew of ...