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Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario, to Jessie Vick Trill Lightfoot and Gordon Lightfoot Sr., who owned a local dry cleaning business. On June 6, 2015, Lightfoot received an honorary doctorate of music in his hometown of Orillia from Lakehead University. June of that year saw his induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. On February 6, 2012, Lightfoot was presented with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. In November 1997, the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, was bestowed on Lightfoot. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Trent University in Spring 1979 and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in May 2003. Lightfoot was a featured musical performer at the opening ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta. I think he probably still is to this day". Lightfoot became a mentor for a long time. Everytime I hear a song of his, it's like I wish it would last forever. Bob Dylan, also a Lightfoot fan, called him one of his favorite songwriters and said "I can't think of any Gordon Lightfoot song I don't like. Robbie Robertson of the Band described Lightfoot as "a national treasure". The Guess Who recorded a song called "Lightfoot" on their 1968 album Wheatfield Soul the lyrics contain many Lightfoot song titles. His songs have been recorded by artists such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Jr., The Kingston Trio, Jerry Lee Lewis, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand, Johnny Mathis, Herb Alpert, Harry Belafonte, Sarah McLachlan, Eric Clapton, John Mellencamp, Peter, Paul and Mary, Glen Campbell, Tony Rice, The Grateful Dead, Nico, Olivia Newton-John, Gene Clark, Dan Fogelberg, Jimmy Buffett, and Jim Croce. Several of Lightfoot's albums achieved gold and multi-platinum status internationally. He topped the US Hot 100 or AC chart with the hits " If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), " Sundown" (1974) " Carefree Highway" (1974), " Rainy Day People" (1975), and " The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976), and had many other hits that appeared in the top 40. 3 hit "(Remember Me) I'm the One", followed by recognition and charting abroad in the 1970s. Canadian chart success with his own recordings began in 1962 with the No. country chart with Marty Robbins's cover in 1965-and "Black Day in July", about the 1967 Detroit riot, brought him wide recognition in the 1960s. Lightfoot's songs, including "For Lovin' Me", " Early Morning Rain", "Steel Rail Blues", " Ribbon of Darkness"-a number one hit on the U.S. He is unquestionably Canada's greatest songwriter." Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings said "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness. He is often referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and is known internationally as a folk-rock legend. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s.

CC OOnt (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music.