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The following is a
list
of major awards Lightfoot has been nominated for and/or won. I'll
start with the Grammys. Lightfoot has never won a Grammy, but has
received the following nominations:
GRAMMY
NOMINATIONS:
1968
BEST FOLK
PERFORMANCE
Judy Collins - Both Sides
Now; Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding; Incredible String Band - The
Hangman's Beautiful
Daughter; Irish Rovers - The Unicorn; GORDON
LIGHTFOOT
- DID SHE MENTION MY NAME; Peter, Paul and Mary - Late Again
1971
BEST POP
PERFORMANCE MALE
James Taylor - You've Got A
Friend; Perry Como - It's Impossible; Neil Diamond - I Am...I Said; GORDON LIGHTFOOT - IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND;
Bill
Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Lightfoot was asked
to perform his song at this award show, but when he was told he had to
sing a
condensed two and a half minute version, he declined. Good man,
Gord!
1977
BEST POP
VOCAL PERFORMANCE MALE
Stevie Wonder - Songs In
The Key
Of Life; George Benson - This Masquerade; GORDON
LIGHTFOOT
- THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD; Lou Rawls - You'll
Never
Find Another Love Like Mine; Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
SONG OF
THE
YEAR (Songwriter's Award)
I Write The Songs - Bruce
Johnston; Afternoon Delight - Bill Danoff; Breaking Up Is Hard To Do -
Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield; This Masquerade - Leon Russell; THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD - GORDON LIGHTFOOT
TORONTO
KIWANIS FESTIVAL
1951 - First place plaque
in the
under 13 category and third place in unchanged voices.
1952 - First place plaque
in unchanged
voices.
RPM AND
JUNO
AWARDS
Here are a list of
Lightfoot's RPM and Juno Award wins. The RPM's became the Junos
in the 70's:
1965 - Top Folk Singer
1966 - Top Folk Singer
1968 - Top Folk Singer
1969 - Top Folk Singer
1970 - Male Vocalist Of The
Year
1971 - Male Vocalist Of The
Year
1972 - Male Vocalist Of The
Year - Composer Of The Year
1973 - Top Folk Singer
1974 - Male Vocalist - Folk
Singer - Folk Single (You Are What I Am) Folk Album (Old Dan's
Records)
1975 - Top Male Artist -
Top Folk
Singer
1976 - Top Folk Singer -
Composer Of The Year (The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald)
1977 - Top Folk Singer
1986 - Juno Hall Of Fame
Induction
MEDAL OF
SERVICE:
Lightfoot received this
honor from the Canadian government in 1970. The significance of
the award, as Lightfoot put it at the time was to recognize him for "a
general contribution to the overall good of the country." He was
on tour in the US on the
date of the presentation and was unable to attend.
ORILLIA
HALL
OF FAME:
Lightfoot was inducted in
1971.
VANIER
AWARD:
Presented to Lightfoot in
Halifax, NS in March of 1977, to honour his contribution to Canadian
culture.
CANADIAN
MALE RECORDING ARTIST OF THE DECADE (1970's):
On January 1, 1980,
Lightfoot was declared the Canadian recording artist of the decade by a
nationwide survey.
TORONTO
MUSIC AWARDS:
In December 1989, Lightfoot
was presented with a Lifetime Acheivment Award at a ceremony held at
the Toronto Music Awards. Bruce Cockburn made the presentation
and Lightfoot performed
East Of Midnight, solo.
WILLIAM
HAROLD MOON AWARD:
On September 25, 1990, an
awards dinner was held in Toronto to honor Lightfoot and present him
with the William
Harold Moon award. The award recognizes Lightfoot for outstanding
acheivement
and is named after the late Harold Moon. Lightfoot had a long
association
with Moon dating back to his earliest days on Country Hoedown when he
made
his first recordings on Chateau with Art Snider, a close friend of
Moon's.
Moon was president of BMI Canada and a strong supporter of Lightfoot's,
so
I think it's safe to assume that this award held special meaning for
Lightfoot.
THE GORDON
LIGHTFOOT AUDITORIUM DEDICATION
On October 18, 1997 the
Orillia Opera House renamed it's auditorium in honor of it's most
famous son. Lightfoot has performed there since he was a child and has
continued the tradition of
playing there, usually as a benefit, to the present day.
GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S
ARTS AWARD:
Lightfoot was presented
this prestigious
Canadian award in November of 1997 at a ceremony in Ottawa, followed by
an
evening gala at the National Arts Centre.
CANADA'S
WALK OF FAME:
In June 1998, Lightfoot is
among the inaugural group inducted with a star on the Canadian Walk Of
Fame in Toronto.
MASTERWORKS
AWARD:
On February 19, 2001
Lightfoot is presented the Masterworks Award by the Audio-Visual
Preservation Trust of Canada for Canadian Railroad Trilogy. The
presentation is made by Hon. Sheila Copps in Ottawa.
CANADIAN COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME:
Lightfoot is inducted into
the CCMA Hall Of Fame during a ceremony in Calgary on September 11,
2001, with performances by Ian Tyson, Anne Murray and Ron Sexsmith.
CANADIAN
BROADCAST HALL OF FAME:
Lightfoot receives his
induction in Ottawa at a gala dinner on October 30, 2001.
ARTS
TORONTO'S LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARD:
On November 12, 2001,
Lightfoot receives the Toronto Arts Award in a ceremony at the Regency
Room of the Four
Seasons Hotel.
CANADIAN
SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME:
At the Hard Rock Cafe in
Toronto on September 24, 2003, Lightfoot is announced among the first
five members of the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Official
induction takes place in
December.
CANADA'S
FOLK MUSIC WALK OF FAME:
Lightfoot is given a place
in the newly formed Canadian Folk Music Walk Of Fame in Ottawa on
October 4,
2003.
CANADIAN
RAILWAY HALL OF FAME:
Lightfoot is honored with a
special award from the Canadian Railway Hall Of Fame for his epic
composition, Canadian
Railroad Trilogy, citing how it fired the imagination of a generation.
The
award is announced on October 15, 2003.
CANADIAN
MUSIC INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME:
Lightfoot
is honoured with yet another hall induction, this one being formalized
on March 5, 2005 during the Canadian
Radio Music Awards as part of Canadian Music Week.
CANADA
POST LIMITED EDITION STAMP:
Another milestone in terms of honours came
Lightfoot's way in June of 2007,
as Canada Post recognized Lightfoot's contribution to Canadian culture,
with a limited edition postage stamp.
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