Barbershop society to honour Gordon Lightfoot
TORONTO (CP) - Before he became a legendary folk singer, Gordon Lightfoot would belt it out in a barbershop quartet.
He formed his first group, The Collegiate Four, in 1952 as he was entering high school.
Lightfoot, of Orillia, Ont., will return to his roots this weekend when he's honoured by Barbershop Harmony Society, the world's largest all-male singing organization.
The group is set to present Lightfoot with an honorary membership during a ceremony on Saturday night in Toronto.
Other singers honoured by the society include Dick Van Dyke, Irving Berlin, Meredith Willson, Victor Borge, the Osmond Brothers, Sherrill Milnes and Gene Puerling.
