Chart Rewind: The Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald Lives on in Gordon Lightfoot’s Hit Tribute

Gordon Lightfoot's Droning, Endless "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Jumps to Number 1 on iTunes for 50th Anniversary (UPDATED)

UPDATE: OMG, it’s number 1 today 11/11/2025 5pm. from Monday: I was a Gordon Lightfoot fan, mainly because of “If I Could Read Your Mind” and “Sundown.” But then came “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” By that time I was 19, and listening pretty much only to R&B and to the burgeoning world of […] The post Gordon Lightfoot’s Droning, Endless “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” Jumps to Number 1 on iTunes for 50th Anniversary (UPDATED) appeared fi…

Minnesota songwriter remakes Edmund Fitzgerald song for 50th

Jeremy Messersmith’s idea to rerecord Gordon Lightfoot’s epic 1976 song about the shipwreck became “all-consuming.”

Chart Rewind: The Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald Lives on in Gordon Lightfoot’s Hit Tribute

Fifty years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, massive freighter the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, amid 50-foot waves and 100-mile-an-hour winds. All 29 men aboard the ship died. Related Gordon Lightfoot’s Biggest Billboard Hits: ‘Sundown,’ ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ & More …

50 years ago came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down...."

Legend Of Edmund Fitzgerald Lives On 50 Years Later Thanks To Gordon Lightfoot

Unrelated to local news whatsoever . . . We take a moment to share American cultural context and celebrate the power of storytelling and music through the ages. Apropos for this nostalgic Autumn season . . . This song was before our time but, Gen-Xers might remember that pop music was vastly different than today's online streaming options that are totally dictated by algorithmic programming. Old school radio listeners might remember that listeni…