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      Leonard Cohen | Biography, Songs, & Facts | Britannica
      • Leonard Cohen (born September 21, 1934, Montreal, Quebec, Canada—died November 7, 2016, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a Canadian singer-songwriter whose spare songs carried an existential bite and established him as one of the most distinctive voices of 1970s pop music.
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  2. Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. [ 1 ]

  3. Sep 30, 2024 · Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter whose spare songs carried an existential bite and established him as a distinctive voice of 1970s pop music. He continued to record and perform into the 21st century. Learn more about Cohen’s career, including his albums and songs.

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  4. Nov 11, 2016 · Cohen was the sexy, late-blooming gloom-monger among a small, elite coterie of singer-songwriters who came to define the Sixties and early Seventies. His rumbling voice, Spanish-y guitar lines...

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  5. Apr 2, 2014 · Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was known for his poetic lyrics, iconic songs and baritone voice.

    • "Hallelujah" From: 'Various Positions' (1984) Unlike most things Cohen, this song is all but ubiquitous – seeming to appear in any television episode or movie scene meant to conjure #thefeels.
    • "Suzanne" From: 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' (1967) Leonard Cohen, thanks to a lengthier history as a writer, arrived to music fully formed. Need proof? "Suzanne," the very first song on his very first album, is one of his best.
    • "Famous Blue Raincoat" From: 'Songs of Love and Hate' (1971) This is far from the only time that Cohen dove into the tangled web of a love triangle, but his descriptive skills put "Famous Blue Raincoat" in its own league.
    • "Bird on the Wire" From: 'Songs from a Room' (1969) A stripped-down plea for mercy, this brutally honest song is as raw boned as other great Cohen songs are lyrically ornate.
  6. Nov 26, 2014 · Leonard Cohen turned 80 earlier this year, and we celebrated by asking our readers to pick their ten favorite songs by the Canadian poet

  7. Nov 10, 2016 · Over four decades, Leonard Cohen, one of music's greatest songwriters and poets, who died at age 82 in November 2016, released an incredible body of work during his lifetime: 14 studio albums...