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Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the Edmund Fitzgerald. This is what the song got wrong.

"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.
WTOL

Without the song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' may have been largely forgotten

NASHOTAH, Wis.(AP) — Without Gordon Lightfoot's song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Gordon Lightfoot song about Gales of November stands the test of time | Opinion

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 ...
The Gazette

Without the song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ may have been largely forgotten

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. NASHOTAH, Wis. — Without Gordon Lightfoot's song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory ...