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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 music items)"CLASS OF 2008PERFORMERSLEONARD COHEN● FOLK ● SOFT ROCK ●LEONARD NORMAN COHEN Born: 21 September 1934 Died: 7 November 2016 RIAA CERTIFICATIONS- = STUDIO ALBUMS = - ► Gold: 1 ◄KEY SONGSSuzanne (1967) - selected for 'The 660 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll'- ranked #284 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs'Hallelujah (1984) - selected for the 'Grammy Hall of Fame'- ranked #74 on Rolling Stone's '500 Greatest Songs'"
Celebrity Buddhists (34 person items)"In 1994, Cohen retreated to the Mt. Baldy Zen Center near Los Angeles, beginning what became five years of seclusion at the center. In 1996, Cohen was ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name Jikan, meaning "silence". He served as personal assistant to Kyozan Joshu Sasaki Roshi."
Favorites solo artist (19 person items)"Top Three: 1. Songs Of Leonard Cohen 2. Songs Of Love And Hate 3. Songs From A Room"
In Praise of Lenny Breau (23 music items)" "He was a mess, he was a mess..." "It doesn't matter if a lot of people recognize him, or a few people recognize him. He's burning in that furnace of creation.""
