Without the Song, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ May Have Been Largely Forgotten

50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.

Family to head to 50 year memorial for victims of Edmund Fitzgerald sinking

SAYBROOK TOWNSHIP — The eerie rhythm of the “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was brought to America by Gordon Lightfoot in 1976, but the Riippa family was more directly connected to the tragedy that killed 29 men on Nov. 10,…

Preserving the legacy of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years later

Parts of the ship have been preserved and its memory has been kept alive through family, song and intrigue over the past 50 years.

Without the song, 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' may have been largely forgotten

Without Gordon Lightfoot’s song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before it.

Maritime historian discusses Edmund Fitzgerald in Corunna

Rix Mixter, who is one of few divers to visit the Edmund Fitzgerald remains, discussed the Great Lakes' most famous shipwreck in Corunna on Thursday.

“Gordon gave me a nod around the third verse. We had never heard the song.” The hit single that’s over six minutes long, has 14 verses and no hook or guitar solo. They nailed it on the first take

With spare time in the studio, Gordon Lightfoot peeled off a commemoration to a modern tragedy that's 50 years old today: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”