Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. CC OOnt is a Canadian singersongwriter who achieved international success in folk, folkrock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folkpop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He has been referred to as Canadas greatest songwriter and internationally as a folkrock legend.
Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario, to Jessica and Gordon Lightfoot, Sr., who owned a large dry cleaning firm. His mother recognized Lightfoots musical talent early on and schooled him into a successful child performer. His first public performance was Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral in grade four, which was broadcast over his schools public address system on a parents day event. As a youth, he sang, under the direction of choirmaster Ray Williams, in the choir of Orillias St. Pauls United Church. According to Lightfoot, Williams taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice. Lightfoot was a boy soprano he appeared periodically on local radio in the Orillia area, performed in local operettas and oratorios, and gained exposure through various Kiwanis music festivals. He was twelve when he made his first appearance at Massey Hall in Toronto, after winning a competition for boys whose voices had not yet changed. As a teenager, Lightfoot learned piano and taught hi
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