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Off Yonge Street · 04-12-2009, 09:08 PM

Yesterday, the Toronto radio station AM 740 completed the countdown of its "Zoomer 300" list of the "essential classic songs in a Zoomer's music library".

AM 740 played the list in order based on the number of votes received for each of the 300 songs. (For several weeks, listeners of AM 740 were able to vote for their 10 favourite songs among the full list of 300.)

The four Lightfoot songs ("Canadian Railroad Trilogy", "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") fared quite well in the voting, with three of the four songs ranking in the top 65 of the list.

"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" ranked # 44; "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" ranked # 51; "If You Could Read My Mind" ranked # 63; and "Sundown" ranked #166.

I was a bit surprised that "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" ranked ahead of "If You Could Read My Mind". (Although I consider "The Wreck fo the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" to be two of Lightfoot's greatest songs (and perhaps his two greatest songs), neither one if among my very favourite Lightfoot songs.)

In case anyone is interested, the top 10 songs on the "Zoomer 300" list were as follows: # 1 - "Crazy" (Patsy Cline); # 2 - "What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong); # 3 - "Unchained Melody" (Righteous Brothers); # 4 - "In the Mood" (Glenn Miller); # 5 - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkle); # 6 - "At Last" (Etta James); # 7 - "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley); # 8 - "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller); # 9 - "Crying" (Roy Orbison); and # 10 - "American Pie" (Don McLean).

The full list of the "Zoomer 300" songs (in order of popularity) can be accessed via the following link: http://zoomers.ca/profiles/blogs/you...-countdown-the.

04-12-2009, 09:08 PM	#12
Off Yonge Street Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 56	Re: 4 Lightfoot Songs on Toronto AM 740's "Zoomer 300 List" of "Essential Classic Son Yesterday, the Toronto radio station AM 740 completed the countdown of its "Zoomer 300" list of the "essential classic songs in a Zoomer's music library". AM 740 played the list in order based on the number of votes received for each of the 300 songs. (For several weeks, listeners of AM 740 were able to vote for their 10 favourite songs among the full list of 300.) The four Lightfoot songs ("Canadian Railroad Trilogy", "If You Could Read My Mind", "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") fared quite well in the voting, with three of the four songs ranking in the top 65 of the list. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" ranked # 44; "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" ranked # 51; "If You Could Read My Mind" ranked # 63; and "Sundown" ranked #166. I was a bit surprised that "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" ranked ahead of "If You Could Read My Mind". (Although I consider "The Wreck fo the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" to be two of Lightfoot's greatest songs (and perhaps his two greatest songs), neither one if among my very favourite Lightfoot songs.) In case anyone is interested, the top 10 songs on the "Zoomer 300" list were as follows: # 1 - "Crazy" (Patsy Cline); # 2 - "What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong); # 3 - "Unchained Melody" (Righteous Brothers); # 4 - "In the Mood" (Glenn Miller); # 5 - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkle); # 6 - "At Last" (Etta James); # 7 - "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley); # 8 - "Moonlight Serenade" (Glenn Miller); # 9 - "Crying" (Roy Orbison); and # 10 - "American Pie" (Don McLean). The full list of the "Zoomer 300" songs (in order of popularity) can be accessed via the following link: http://zoomers.ca/profiles/blogs/you...-countdown-the. Last edited by Off Yonge Street; 04-12-2009 at 09:32 PM.