LC control no. | n 88189741 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PR9199.3.L5 ML420.L54 Biography in music |
Personal name heading | Lightfoot, Gordon |
Other standard no. | Q359552 |
Associated country | Canada |
Birth date | 1938-11-17 |
Death date | 2023-05-01 |
Place of birth | Orillia (Ont.) |
Place of death | Toronto (Ont.) |
Field of activity | Folk music Folk-rock music |
Profession or occupation | Singers Composers Guitarists Pianists |
Found in | Collins, M. Lightfoot, 1988: t.p. (Lightfoot) Can CIP (Lightfoot, Gordon, 1938-) LC data base, 4/20/89 (hdg.: Lightfoot, Gordon) Enc. of mus. in Canada, 2nd ed. (Lightfoot, Gordon (Meredith); b. Nov. 17, 1939, Orillia, Ont.; singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist) Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Lightfoot, Gordon; b. Nov. 17, 1938, Orillia, Ont., Canada) Int. ww in mus. Vol. 2, Pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Lightfoot, Gordon Meredith; b. Nov. 17, 1938, Orilla [sic], Ont., Canada; singer, songwriter) The Canadian encyclopedia WWW site, December 8, 2016 (Gordon Lightfoot; Gordon Meredith Lightfoot; born November 17, 1938, Orillia, Ontario; singer, songwriter) Oxford music online, December 8, 2016: New Grove dictionary of American music, 2nd ed. (Lightfoot, Gordon (Meredith); born November 17, 1938, Orillia, Ontario; Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter) Wikipedia, May 14, 2019 (Gordon Lightfoot; Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr., Order of Canada, Order of Ontario; born November 17, 1938; genres: folk, folk rock, country, pop; Canadian singer-songwriter credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s) Washington Post obituary, dated May 1, 2023, viewed online May 2, 2023: (Gordon Lightfoot, died May 1 in Toronto) |
Equivalent(s) | Lightfoot, Gordon |
National bib agency no. | 0104E7014E |
Quality code | nlc |