Gordon Lightfoot’s Haunting Tribute: How ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ Became His Finest Work

Gordon Lightfoot turned a brief news item about a Great Lakes tragedy into one of the most haunting songs ever written — an elegy that still echoes 50 years later.

Washington: 50 years after Edmund Fitzgerald wreck, story endures despite ballad’s myths

Ironically, Lightfoot said in a 2015 interview with NPR that he was inspired to write the song after being annoyed by an ...

Retired AP reporter helped cement the legend of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Associated Press reporter Harry Atkins was far from Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, “when the gales of November came early." ...
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Author sheds new light on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

In his new book, John U. Bacon says science, weather and the Fitzgerald's cargo can help explain why the ship sank to the ...

Fifty years after Edmund Fitzgerald claimed 29 lives, Gordon Lightfoot's musical memorial endures

Fifty years ago, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing 29 crew members. Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad ...

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 ...