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Though Leonard Cohen and Elvis Presley seem to occupy different time-zones in the history of rock, they were born within a year of each other. And Cohen, like John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen<\/a> and so many others, vividly remembers the ’shock of recognition‘ he felt when he first heard Elvis Presley in the ’50s.<\/p>\n ‚I was relieved that all the stuff we’d been feeling for so long found expression in Presley and in rock in general, I was playing his records all the time to friends when they’d come over. I’d say, ‚This guy is a great singer‘ – and they thought this was some kind of inverse snobbery. But it wasn’t. Presley had that special kind of voice which makes your heart go out to a singer‘.<\/p>\n Leonard Cohen<\/em><\/p>\n From\u00a0Leonard Cohen’s interview with Hot Press in 1988<\/a>\u00a0by Joe Jackson (Hot Press: 11 Nov 2016).<\/p>\n ‚I have plans to sing an Elvis song on stage soon. \u2026 ‚I was a huge fan of Elvis! I was in town until today and bought a compilation LP of the man. Soon you will hear me sing Don’t<\/em> and Are You Lonesome Tonight<\/em> – but not at the plate. My voice is too deep. 20,000 cigarettes have led my tone of voice three to four notches down too far.<\/p>\n Leonard Cohen<\/em><\/p>\n * While we can’t find any recordings of Leonard Cohen singing Don’t<\/em> or Are You Lonesome Tonight<\/em>, he did cover Can’t Help Falling in Love<\/em> by Elvis Presley. He sings a bit of it, in fact, during this 1988 BBC interview.<\/p>\n From Click Here<\/a> (BA: March 26, 2012) in Google Translation:<\/p>\n Leonard Cohen singing ‚Can’t Help Falling In Love; is available on ‚The Other Leonard Cohen‘ Album.<\/p>\n Don’t<\/em> and Are You Lonesome Tonight<\/em> by Elvis Presley were on Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Elvis Australia<\/strong>Elvis Presley had that special kind of voice<\/h3>\n
‚I was a huge fan of Elvis!<\/h3>\n
Leonard Cohen’s Jukebox<\/h3>\n
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