"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was released in 1976, less than a year after the ship sank in Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot’s song peaked at number two on the Billboard chart that same year.

DETROIT — Here in the Mariners' Church, planted in the shadow of the Renaissance Center at the corner of Woodbridge Street and Woodward Avenue, the gales of November seem to swirl in the air. The ...

For those that live or have lived around the American Great Lakes region, the story of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald is likely familiar. It was, to date, the largest ship to ever sink in those waters, ...

Millions grew up listening to Gordon Lightfoot's music — but the man behind "Sundown" was deeply complicated. From his distaste for speaking openly despite being a public figure to his claim that he ...

The Nov. 10, 1975, shipwreck formed the basis of Lightfoot's 1976 story song. By Gary Trust Fifty years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, massive freighter the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, amid ...

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a tragedy on Lake Superior that claimed the lives of 29 men. In the days following the calamity, songwriter Gordon ...

Newspaper clippings donated to the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center in Duluth recount the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975.

From 2017: Gordon Lightfoot on creating hit song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ Lloyd Robertson’s exclusive interview with Gordon Lightfoot in 2017 on his life and creating one of his biggest ...

The Mariners' Church in Detroit will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck. Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 ballad is inextricably linked to the maritime tragedy that killed 29 ...

A lot of terrible accidents happened in 1975, as they do in any year. In January, a bulk carrier struck the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, causing a partial collapse that killed 12. The following ...

Like the tragic story it’s based on, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” has a knack for getting stuck in people’s heads and haunting its listeners. That’s essentially what happened to Jeremy ...