Gordon Lightfoot and his band recorded the "little ditty" in a Toronto studio in December 1975, just weeks after the shipwreck that took 29 lives.

On Nov. 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in the Great Lakes, inspiring Gordon Lightfoot to write a hit song called 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.' ...

Fifty years after the freighter disappeared into the depths of Lake Superior, the mystery of its demise—and the mournful ...

The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was considered the largest and fastest Great Lakes ship. It set multiple records for the largest ...

Michiganders remembered Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer who died Monday at 84 and who told stories through song, one of the best known being "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," an unlikely ...

Mitch Teich Fifty years after the Edmund Fitzgerald: How the legend was recorded (and lives on) Fifty years ago this month, an early season storm led to probably ...

The standing-room only crowd spilled beyond the pews of the church overlooking the Detroit River and into an entryway. A bell rang out 29 times in honor of each of those lost — an annual tradition ...

Sam Cooke was injured in a car crash; the Eagles had their final No. 1 single; Billy Idol released 'Rebel Yell'; Bowie had a ...

There are several events that will educate, honor and remember the 29 crew members who died 50 years ago this November.