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Leonard Cohen

Famous Blue Raincoat

1971 · via Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen wrote “Famous Blue Raincoat” and put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1971. Also recorded by Tori Amos (released 1992), Joan Baez (released 1989) and Steve Hogarth (released 2011), among 118 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat
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Cohen recorded it first in 1971, and Tori Amos took it on in 1992, in a line of singers that also runs through Joan Baez and Jennifer Warnes. Play his first, then hers, and listen to how the same letter reads in another voice.

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▶Famous Blue Raincoat (Live Nov 13, 2008; O2 Arena, London, England)
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Credited writer: Leonard Cohen.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1971.

Other recordings on file · first release year

118 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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