Born in Montreal on 21 September 1934, died in Los Angeles on 7 November 2016; Leonard Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet. In 1955 he graduated from McGill University with a degree in English literature; his first book of poetry, “Let Us Compare Mythologies”, appeared in 1956, and his first album, “Songs of Leonard Cohen”, in 1967. He was a Companion of the Order of Canada and a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 and received the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature in 2011. On the gala recording Doc Heilein and Friends Gala 2023 – Ich will keine Schokolade (2023) Miriam Schäfer, Dennis LeGree and Matthias Heilein sing his “Hallelujah” from the album “Various Positions” (1984).
Leonard Cohen
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