Album: If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
Genre: Folk | Mood: Good Natured
Record Label: Reprise Records
Format: Album

Description: Sit Down Young Stranger is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's sixth original album and also his best-selling original album. It was released in 1970 on the Reprise Records label. The album was renamed If You Could Read My Mind shortly after release, with song of that title reaching number 1 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada and number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The album itself reached #12 on the pop chart.

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


Sit Down Young Stranger is Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot's sixth original album and also his best-selling original album. It was released in 1970 on the Reprise Records label. The album was renamed If You Could Read My Mind shortly after release, with song of that title reaching number 1 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada and number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The album itself reached #12 on the pop chart.

If You Could Read My Mind

Gordon Lightfoot

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