<P> `` The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald '' is a song written , composed , and performed by Canadian singer - songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10 , 1975 . Lightfoot drew his inspiration from Newsweek 's article on the event , `` The Cruelest Month '' , which it published in its November 24 , 1975 , issue . Lightfoot considers this song to be his finest work . </P>
<P> `` The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald '' is a song written , composed , and performed by Canadian singer - songwriter Gordon Lightfoot to commemorate the sinking of the bulk carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior on November 10 , 1975 . Lightfoot drew his inspiration from Newsweek 's article on the event , `` The Cruelest Month '' , which it published in its November 24 , 1975 , issue . Lightfoot considers this song to be his finest work . </P>
who sang the song wreck of the edmund fitzgerald
who sang the song wreck of the edmund fitzgerald
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot