![]() Hammond helped Cohen to record The Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967). John Hammond, a famous producer, saw Cohen performing his songs and was enchanted by his voice and his songs. For the first time it happened in 1967 at the Newport Folk Festival, then Cohen had two concerts in New York City and on television in the show Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. It was Judy Collins who persuaded Leonard to perform his songs. Susanne was included in her album In My Life. One of the first compositions he wrote was Susanne performed by Judy Collins, an outstanding folksinger of that time. In late 60's Cohen started writing songs again, while this music was closely connected with his poems. Gradually he published several books of poetry: Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956) and The Spice Box of Earth (1961) and novels The Favorite Game (1963) and Beautiful Losers (1966). In 1947 he organized a band called The Buckskin Boys, but at that moment poetry was still more important for him than music. Being a teenager, Leonard wrote mostly poems and novels. His father died when Leonard was 9 years old, and the boy lived with his mother who encouraged him in his literary career. Leonard Cohen (full name – Leonard Norman Cohen) was born in Montreal, Canada.
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