The shanty-style song came together quickly, and was recorded — reportedly, in one take — about a month after the sinking. Released the next summer, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" made it to ...

But around the Great Lakes, none of his songs have surpassed the popularity of his haunting six-minute ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." The song, which in 1976 spent 21 weeks on the U ...

Here’s the true story that inspired “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” and a look at the song that kept its memory alive. The Edmund Fitzgerald was a 729-foot ore carrier and one of the ...

In the wake of the death of musician Gordon Lightfoot and his famous folk song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” FreightWaves Classics is taking a look back at the wreck itself and the ...

DETROIT - It's an evocative song that defies description: haunting yet comforting, wistful yet powerful, mythic yet real. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was among Gordon Lightfoot's greatest ...

While Medjo became aware of some locals' complaints that writing a hit song about the tragic shipwreck "wasn't the proper thing to do," he sees "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as part of a ...

Released the next summer, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" made it to No. 2 on ... "It's just one of those songs that just stands the test of time and it's about something that, of course, would ...

(WXYZ) — Legendary Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot died Monday at the age of 84, and we're looking back at one of his most popular hits, "The Wreck of the ...

Michiganders remembered Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer who died Monday at 84 and who told stories through song, one of the best known being "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," an ...

RELATED: Edmund Fitzgerald’s final hours: 8 things to know Her demise was shared around the world in Gordon Lightfoot’s song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” while the harrowing ...

Her demise was shared around the world in Gordon Lightfoot’s song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” while the harrowing details of the ore carrier’s last journey became part of mariner ...

“Hundreds of beautiful songs, but the one (Gordon Lightfoot) is probably best known for is the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” said Joel Stone, Curator Emeritus at the Detroit Historical Society.