Album: Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot (1974)
Genre: Folk | Mood: Good Natured
Record Label: Reprise Records
Format: Album

Description: Sundown is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's tenth original album, released in 1974 on the Reprise Records label. It reached #1 in the US on the pop chart, the first and only of Lightfoot's albums to achieve this. In his native Canada, it topped the RPM 100 for five consecutive weeks, first hitting #1 on June 22, 1974, the same day it reached the top on the south of the border.

Artist Background: Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. He came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974) and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley... Part of the Orillia, Canada music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Folk movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Orillia, Canada music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Folk, Good Natured, 1970s, Album, Reprise Records

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Sundown is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's tenth original album, released in 1974 on the Reprise Records label. It reached #1 in the US on the pop chart, the first and only of Lightfoot's albums to achieve this. In his native Canada, it topped the RPM 100 for five consecutive weeks, first hitting #1 on June 22, 1974, the same day it reached the top on the south of the border.

Sundown

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