Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Hits List: Gordon Lightfoot

This great singer-songwriter was among the most-loved in at least one continent.  He wrote personal songs that mattered and great melodies as well.  Here is the complete Hits List from Gordon Lightfoot:

1962:  "(Remember Me) I'm the One" (#3 Canada)
           "It's Too Late, He Wins" (#27 Canada)
           "Adios, Adios"
1963:  "Day Before Yesterday" (released in U.K. only)
1965:  "I'm Not Sayin'" (#12 Canada)
           "Ribbon of Darkness" (#3 Canada)
1966:  "Spin Spin" (#7 Canada)
           "Go Go Round" (#27 Canada)

1967:  "The Way I Feel" (#36 Canada)
           "Canadian Railroad Trilogy"
1968:  "Black Day in July" (#68)
           "Bitter Green" (#44 Canada)
1970:  "Me and Bobby McGee" (#13 Canada)
           "Approaching Lavender"

1971:  "If You Could Read My Mind" (#5, #1 Adult, #30 U.K., #1 Canada)
           "This Is My Song" (#66 Canada)
           "If I Could"
           "Talking in Your Sleep" (#64, #11 Adult, #19 Canada)
           "Summer Side of Live" (#98, #21 Canada)
1972:  "Beautiful" (#58, #30 Adult, #13 Canada)--underrated.
           "Alberta Bound"
           "You Are What I Am" (#32 Adult, #3 Canada)
           "The Same Old Obsession" (#3 Canada)
1973:  "Can't Depend on Love" (#27 Canada)
           "It's Worth Believin'"

1974:  "Sundown" (#1, #1 Adult, #33 U.K., #1 Canada)
           "Carefree Highway" (#10, #1 Adult, #11 Canada)
1975:  "Rainy Day People" (#26, #1 Adult, #10 Canada)--underrated.
1976:  "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (#2, #9 Adult, #40 U.K., #1 Canada)
           "Race Among the Ruins" (#65, #13 Adult, #30 Canada)
1977:  "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It in Your Eyes)" (#33, #3 Adult, #6 Canada)
1978:  "Daylight Katy" (#16 Adult, #41 U.K., #44 Canada)
           "Dreamland" 
1980:  "Dream Street Rose" (#25 Adult)
           "If You Need Me"

1981:  "Baby Step Back" (#50, #17 Adult)
1982:  "Blackberry Wine"
           "In My Fashion"
1983:  "Salute (A Lot More Livin' to Do)"
           "Without You"
1986:  "Anything for Love" (#13 Adult, #39 Canada)
           "Stay Loose" (#86 Canada)
1987:  "East of Midnight"
           "Ecstasy Made Easy"
1993:  "I'll Prove My Love"
           "Waiting for You"
1998:  "A Painter Passing Through"
2004:  "Inspiration Lady"

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