150. Gordon Lightfoot

The Bullet Points

• Eligible Since: Friday, 01 January 1988
• Country of Origin: Orillia, Ontario, Canada
• Why they will get in: Respected and acclaimed Singer/Songwriters always have a shot.
• Why they won't get in: If they did not nominate when he was alive with over three decades of eligibility, why would they do that when he is dead?
• Nominated in: Never
• Essential Albums: Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  Sundown (1974)
  Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
  Summertime Dream (1976)
• Our Five Favorite Songs as Chosen by Each Member of the NIHOF Committee: Canadian Railway Trilogy (From The Way I Feel, 1967)
  If You Could Read My Mind (From Sit Down Young Stranger, 1970)
  Sundown (From Sundown, 1974)
  Rainy Day People (From Cold on the Shoulder, 1975)
  The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (From Summertime Dream, 1976)