Singer
Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (21 September 1934, Westmount, Montreal, Canada - 7 November 2016, Los Angeles, California, USA) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality, and interpersonal relationships. Cohen has been inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is also a Compa ... nion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. While giving the speech at Cohen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 10 March 2008, Lou Reed described Cohen as belonging to the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters." Cohen was born into a middle-class Jewish family and attended Roslyn Elementary School. His mother, Marsha Klinitsky, of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry, emigrated from Lithuania while his great-grandfather emigrated from Poland. He grew up in Westmount on the Island of Montreal. His grandfather was Lyon Cohen, founding president of the Canadian Jewish Congress. His father, Nathan Cohen, who owned a substantial Montreal clothing store, died when Cohen was nine years old. On the topic of being a Kohen, Cohen has said that, "I had a very Messianic childhood." He told Richard Goldstein in 1967. "I was told I was a descendant of Aaron, the high priest." Cohen attended Westmount High School, beginning in 1948 where he was involved with the Student Council and studied music and poetry. He became especially interested in the poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. As a teenager, he learned to play the guitar, and formed a country-folk group called the Buckskin Boys. Although he initially played a regular acoustic guitar as a teenager, he soon switched to playing a classical guitar after meeting a young Spanish flamenco guitar player who taught him "a few chords and some flamenco." See more [+]

Hallelujah |||||

Now I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, a...

Suzanne |||||

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can h...

So Long, Marianne |||||

Come over to the window, my little darling I'd like to try t...

Famous Blue Raincoat |||||

It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing yo...

Chelsea Hotel No.2 |||||

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were talking so...

Bird On The Wire |||||

Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir I ...

Dance Me To The End Of Love |||||

Dance me to your beauty With a burning violin Dance me throu...

Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye |||||

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your h...

I'm Your Man |||||

If you want a lover I'll do anything you ask me to. And if y...

Bird On A Wire |||||

Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to b...

Leonard Cohen |||||

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me throu...

Chelsea Hotel |||||

talk - ing so brave and so sweet Giv - ing me head on the ...

Joan Of Arc |||||

Now the flames they followed Joan of Arc As she came riding ...

Lover Lover Lover |||||

I asked my father father, I said, "Father, change my name" T...

One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong |||||

I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me But the ...

The Partisan |||||

When they poured a-cross the border I was cautioned to sur-r...

The Stranger Song |||||

It's true that all the men you knew were dealers Who said th...

Who By Fire |||||

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If It Be Your Will |||||

If it be your will, that I speak no more And my voice be st...

Alexandra Leaving |||||

The god of love preparing to depart. Alexandra hoisted on h...

Chelsea Hotel 2 |||||

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, You were talking s...

First We Take Manhattan |||||

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to c...

Hellelujah |||||

I heard there was a secret cord that David played and please...

In My Secret Life |||||

In My Secret Life I saw you this morning. You were moving ...

Take This Waltz |||||

Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women There's a shoulder wh...

Waiting For The Miracle |||||

Baby, I've been waiting I've been waiting night and day I di...

The Captain |||||

Now the Captain called me to his bed He fumbled for my hand ...

Amen |||||

Tell me again when I've been to the river and I've taken the...

True Love Leaves No Traces |||||

As the mist leaves no scar On the dark green hill So my body...

Crazy To Love You |||||

Had to go crazy to love you Had to go down to the pit Had to...

Going Home |||||

I'd love to speak with Leonard He's a sportsman and a shephe...

I Was Never Any Good At Loving You |||||

I was never any good at loving you I was never any good at c...

If I Didnt Have Your Love |||||

verse 1 If the sun would lose its light And we lived an endl...

You Got Me Singin |||||

1. You got me singing even tho? the news is bad, you got me...

Iodine |||||

I needed you, I knew I was in danger Of losing what I used t...

It Seemed The Better Way |||||

Mmmm Mmmm Verse It seemed the better way When first I heard ...

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