"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was released in 1976, less than a year after the ship sank in Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot’s song peaked at number two on the Billboard chart that same year.
San Antonio Express-News: Without the song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' may have been largely forgotten
Without the song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' may have been largely forgotten
Yahoo: 'It was meant to be filler': Story of Gordon Lightfoot's 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'
'It was meant to be filler': Story of Gordon Lightfoot's 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'
The Daily Gazette: ‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ is more than a song for Ogdensburg woman
‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ is more than a song for Ogdensburg woman
MLive: How Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ became a cultural phenomenon
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee” - From “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a ...
How Gordon Lightfoot’s ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ became a cultural phenomenon
MSN: 8 inaccuracies in the song ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Monday marks 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald was lost to Lake Superior during a devastating storm. That means Gordon Lightfoot’s chart-topper, “The Wreck of the ...
Detroit Free Press: 'It was meant to be filler': Story of Gordon Lightfoot's 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'
American Songwriter: Behind the Meaning of Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” 50 Years After the Sinking