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Lightfoot was single for 16 years and had two other children from relationships between his first and second marriages. [ 70 ] In the early 1970s, Lightfoot was involved with Cathy Smith ; their volatile relationship inspired his songs " Sundown " and " Rainy Day People " among others.
Twice married and divorced, Lightfoot is survived by his third wife Kim Hasse, whom he wed in 2014; two children from his first marriage to Brita Olaisson; two children by second wife Elizabeth ...
Smith became an employee (and, later, mistress) of Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in the early to mid-1970s. The Smith-Lightfoot affair was violent and illustrated in the lyrics of "Sundown" (1974), Lightfoot's No. 1 hit and most lucrative song. It reflects the dark feelings Lightfoot was experiencing at the time, with lyrics such ...
The two married in June 1964; they also released their third album, Northern Journey, that year. It included a song written by Sylvia, titled " You Were on My Mind ", recorded by both the California group We Five (a 1965 #4 on the RPM charts, #1 on the Cashbox chart, #3 on the Billboard Hot 100) and British folk rock singer Crispian St. Peters ...
Gordon Lightfoot performs during the evening ceremonies of Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation, in Ottawa, Ontario, on July 1, 2017. The legendary folk singer-songwriter, whose hits ...
Lightfoot had a string of folk-rock hits in the '70s, including 'Sundown,' 'If You Could Read My Mind' and 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.' Gordon Lightfoot, mournful Canadian singer ...
In 1992, Boyd moved to Beverly Hills, California, where she married John B. Simon, a real estate developer. [5] Following a diagnosis of musician's focal dystonia after the release of Camino Latino, Boyd was compelled to change how she plays guitar. She reinvented herself by developing her songwriting and singing skills and playing less ...
Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's answer to U.S. singer-songwriters who provided the soundtrack for baby boomers coming of age amid a countercultural revolution, died Monday, his publicist said.