‘The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald’ Is Finally a Billboard No. 1 After Shipwreck’s 50th Anniversary

Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is No. 1 on a Billboard chart for the first time following the shipwreck's 50th anniversary.

50th anniversary of Edmond Fitzgerald sinking brings Gordon Lightfoot classic back to charts

Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 tune “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is back on the Billboard charts.The renewed interest in the ...
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Without the song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ may have been largely forgotten

NASHOTAH, Wis. (AP) — Without Gordon Lightfoot’s song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before ...
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Fifty years after Edmund Fitzgerald claimed 29 lives, Gordon Lightfoot's musical memorial endures

Fifty years ago, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing 29 crew members. Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad immortalized the tragedy forever.
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Without the song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' may have been largely forgotten

NASHOTAH, Wis.(AP) — Without Gordon Lightfoot's song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before ...