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Let’s make Lightfoot number one
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Updated 13 hours ago
Which songs defining Canada should flow from the headphones of incoming U.S. president Barack Obama?
CBC Radio is asking Canadians to help create a playlist for the president-elect, titled “49 Songs from North of the 49th Parallel.”
Orillia’s own Gordon Lightfoot has made the shortlist of 100 songs with Canadian Railroad Trilogy and Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
“One of the best ways to know Canada is through the depth and breadth of our artistic expression,” CBC Radio’s executive director, Denise Donlon, stated on the radio’s website. “We're excited about the new president and we want him to be excited about us, so we're asking our audience to help compile the list of our most definitive Canadian songs!”
Let’s make sure Obama listens to the best Canada has to offer by voting for Lightfoot at
http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/obamasplaylist. You have until Friday, Jan. 16, at 11 p.m. to vote.
The final 49 songs will be unveiled on Inauguration Day, Tuesday, Jan. 20, with selected tunes played throughout the day on CBC Radio 2's daytime programs, including RADIO 2 MORNING, TEMPO, RADIO 2 DRIVE and TONIC, stated the CBC Radio website.
To learn more about Gordon Lightfoot, visit
www.canoe.ca/lightfoot/