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Canadian folk, folk rock, rock and blues singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen (birth name Leonard Norman Cohen) was born on September 21, 1934, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1951, he enrolled at McGill University, where he became president of the McGill Debating Union. Literary influences during this time included Yeats, Whitman and Henry Miller. His first published book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956), was published under Louis Dudek as the first book in the McGill Poetry Series while Cohen was still an undergraduate student. The Spice-Box of Earth (1961) made him well known in poetry circles, especially in his native Canada. He achieved mainstream success as a singer in 1988 with his most successful album, I'm Your Man, which spawned several singles such as "First We Take Manhattan", "Ain't No Cure for Love", "Everybody Knows" and "Take This Waltz". The album's lead single, "I'm Your Man", was number one in Norway. And now, you may download Leonard Cohen's breakthrough album, I'm Your Man, in mp3 from our site.
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