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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. CC O.Ont (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 70s. He has been referred to as Canada’s greatest songwriter and, internationally, as a folk-rock legend. His compositions, including “For Lovin’ Me”, “Early Morning Rain”, “Steel Rail Blues” and “Ribbon of Darkness” (which hit Number 1 in the US with Marty Robbins’s cover in 1965), brought him international recognition in the 1960s. He also experienced chart success in Canada with his own recordings, beginning in 1962 with the Number 3 hit “(Remember Me) I’m the One”. His recordings then made their own impact on... Read on...

• Rank
• Artist
• Song
• Year
• Points

• 1
• Gordon Lightfoot
• If You Could Read My Mind
• 1971
• 178

• 2
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Canadian Railroad Trilogy
• 2005
• 86

• 3
• Gordon Lightfoot
• The Wreck Of The Edmund...
• 1976
• 80

• 4
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Sundown
• 1974
• 30

• 5
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Don Quixote
• 1972
• 24

• 6
• Gordon Lightfoot
• For Lovin’ Me
• 2000
• 0

• 7
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Baby Step Back
• 2000
• 0

• 8
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Steel Rail Blues
• 1975
• 0

• 9
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Ribbon Of Darkness
• 1926
• 0

• 10
• Gordon Lightfoot
• (Remember Me) I'M The One
• 2000
• 0

• 11
• Gordon Lightfoot
• I'M Not Sayin'
• 1975
• 0

• 12
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Race Among The Ruins
• 2008
• 0

• 13
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Summertime Dream
• 1976
• 0

• 14
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Changes
• 1976
• 0

• 15
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Beautiful
• 2009
• 0

• 16
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Rainy Day People
• 1975
• 0

• 17
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Carefree Highway
• 1974
• 0

• 18
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Early Morning Rain
• 2009
• 0