leonard cohen in my secret life
Cohen released 14 studio albums and eight live albums during the course of a recording career lasting almost 50 years throughout which he remained an active poet. His lithuanian born mother marsha masha klonitsky 1905 1978 was the daughter of a talmudic writer rabbi solomon klonitsky kline and emigrated to canada in 1927. Leonard cohen was born on september 21 1934 in montréal québec canada as leonard norman cohen.
Like every other song on 2001 s ten new songs in my secret life grooves under the influence of singer and longtime cohen collaborator sharon robinson.
Leonard cohen in my secret life. Leonard cohen was born in the montreal suburb of westmount quebec on september 21 1934. It s a sly and wondrous little song and. Youtube view counts pre vevo. Leonard cohen was a canadian singer songwriter and poet who was active in music from 1967 until his death in 2016.
Songs of leonard cohen is the debut album by canadian folk singer songwriter leonard cohen released on december 27 1967 on columbia records less successful in the us than in europe songs of leonard cohen foreshadowed the kind of chart success cohen would go on to achieve. First published as a poem in 1966 it was recorded as a song by judy collins in the same year and cohen performed it as his debut single from his 1967 album songs of leonard cohen many other artists have recorded versions and it has become one of the most covered songs in cohen s catalogue. Give me back my broken night my mirrored room my secret life it s lonely here there s no one left to torture give me absolute control over every living soul and lie. Achieving little initial success the song found greater popular acclaim through a recording by john cale which inspired a recording by jeff buckley.
Leonard cohen in my secret life live in london official video listen on spotify. 619 026 c 2001 sony bmg music canada inc. It reached number 83 on the billboard 200 achieving gold status in the us as a sleeper hit in 1989. He died on november 7 2016 in los angeles california usa.
Music video by leonard cohen performing in my secret life. His paternal grandfather whose family had moved from poland to canada was lyon cohen the founding president of the. Hallelujah is a song written by canadian singer leonard cohen originally released on his album various positions 1984.
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