The company became a subsidiary of the giant conglomerate American Power and Light in 1925, but became an independent company once again in 1945. In 1949, it merged with Northern Arizona Power and Light. In 1952, it merged with Arizona Edison and changed its name to Arizona Public Service.
The song was written to commemorate the November 10, 1975 sinking of the American Great Lakes freighter the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior. Lightfoot talks about how he managed to get his hit on top 20 radio. âWe had to nip [The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald] a little bit to get it in top 20 radio. But we did it with the instrumentals, we found a way to do it and shorten it down. Four and half minutes or they wouldnât play on FM in LA. They said, âIf you want it to be on top 20, you better edit it boys.â And thatâs what we did.â. The 75-year-old Songwriterâs Hall of Famer also shares what led him to write a song about the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
  Answer    is a song written by Bobby Montgomery that has become a pop standard. Originally written as a country song for Eddy Arnold, the song grew in popularity â¦ after it was covered by jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald in 1967. Answer    is a song written by Bobby Montgomery that has become a pop standard. Originally written as a country song for Eddy Arnold, the song grew in popularity â¦ after it was covered by jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald in 1967.