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Sundown

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BCB Band of Oklahoma City sings "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot.
Lightfoot was born November 17, 1938, to Jessica Lightfoot and Gordon Meredith Lightfoot in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. As a youth, he sang in the choir of St. Paul's United Church under the direction of choir-master Ray Williams. During this time as a "boy soprano" Lightfoot made several appearance
s on local radio and local operetta and oratorios as well as Kiwanis music festivals. Lightfoot remarked in 2005 that it was choir master Williams who taught him how to sing with emotion and how to have confidence in his voice.[2] As a teenager, Lightfoot studied piano and taught himself drums and p
ercussion instruments. In 1974, his classic single, "Sundown," from the album of the same name, went to No.1 on the American and Canadian charts. "Carefree Highway," the followup single from the same album, charted in the Top Ten in both countries.[3] Two years later, Lightfoot had an unexpected hi
t with a song with the unlikeliest of subject matter. In late November 1975, Lightfoot read a Newsweek magazine article about the Great Lakes ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking during a severe storm. Tragically, all of her 29 crew members died. His song, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," m
ost of the lyrics of which were taken from the article, reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard charts, and was a #1 hit in Canada. "Sundown" and "Edmund Fitzgerald" continue to receive heavy airplay on many classic rock stations. After "Edmund Fitzgerald" Lightfoot would have one more top 40 hit on the US
Hot 100, "The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)" which reached # 33 in early 1978.

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