Leading man Christian Bale had previously won Best Supporting Actor for the 2011 film The Fighter, Catwoman Anne Hathaway had previously been honored for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Fantine in Les Misérables. I would be amazed that people would enjoy my songs enough to want to record them, and it inspired me and made me want to work harder.The third installment of the Christopher Nolan Batman franchise, The Dark Knight Rises has amongst its incredible ensemble cast, a total of six Oscar-winning actors.

'Sure, I heard some strange versions occasionally, but they always seemed to do a good job. 'I never heard a cover of one of my songs that I didn't like,' Lightfoot told the Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper in 2008. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Petula Clark, Stompin' Tom Connors, Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand, Sarah McLachlan and Anne Murray. In addition to early adopters like fellow folkies Ian and Sylvia Tyson, and Peter, Paul and Mary, a wide range of artists recorded Lightfoot's music, including his idol Bob Dylan. He took the premature report of his death in 2010 in stride, and later performed a high-profile Canadian Songwriters' Hall of Fame concert with The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie while maintaining his own touring schedule. Songs covered by some of music's biggest stars Though he suffered a minor stroke in 2006, which temporarily left him without the use of some fingers in his left hand, he persisted with a regimen of regular guitar practice and gym workouts aimed at keeping him in shape for the road. 'It was one of these relationships where you get a feeling of danger coming into the picture,' Lightfoot said in 2019's If You Could Read My Mind.ĭuration 0:47 A young Gordon Lightfoot speaks to Music Hop host Alex Trebek about his writing and recording plans. Some of those songs were written after his first marriage ended during a mercurial, years-long relationship with Cathy Smith, who was later convicted for providing drugs to John Belushi after his overdose death. Lightfoot followed that up, over the next six years, with what became many of his best-known songs, such as Beautiful, Sundown, Don Quixote, Carefree Highway, Rainy Day People and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) International recognitionĪfter earning accolades at home in the late 1960s, Canada's troubadour broke through internationally in the 1970s after signing with Warner Records in the U.S., making a splash at the start of that decade with the release of the single If You Could Read My Mind, now a folk standard. Lightfoot performs during the half-time show at the 100th CFL Grey Cup game November 25, 2012, in Toronto.

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