Life in Hollywood wasn't a good fit, however, and it wasn't long before Lightfoot returned to Canada. Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Gordon Lightfoot performing on "Midnight Special" in the 1970s. The trip was funded in part by money saved from a job delivering linens to resorts around his hometown. Attempts to sell the song went nowhere so at 18, he headed to the U.S. After taking the class again, he graduated in 1957.īy then, Lightfoot had already penned his first serious composition - "The Hula Hoop Song," inspired by the popular kids' toy that was sweeping the culture. Perhaps distracted by his taste for music, he flunked algebra the first time. He strummed his first guitar in 1956 and began to dabble in songwriting in the months that followed. The appeal of those early days stuck and in high school, his barbershop quartet, The Collegiate Four, won a CBC talent competition. "I remember the thrill of being in front of the crowd," Lightfoot said in a 2018 interview. At age 13, the soprano won a talent contest at the Kiwanis Music Festival, held at Toronto's Massey Hall. He began singing in his church choir and dreamed of becoming a jazz musician. While Lightfoot's parents recognized his musical talents early on, he didn't set out to become a renowned balladeer.
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