Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1934, Leonard Cohen's first poetry collection, "Let Us Compare Mythologies," was published in 1956.This song is available on:
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Cohen left his life as a novelist to become a songwriter. Judy Collins recorded two of his songs on her 1966 album, "In My Life" By the end of 1967, Cohen's first album, "The Songs Of Leonard Cohen," was relased under the Columbia label.
Elvis provides a prefacing story of a man on his deathbed in this live in Las Vegas recording.This song is available on:
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The song is performed as a duet with Shaun (a.k.a. Sherrill) Nielson.
Nielson sang tenor with The Imperials on Elvis' gospel album, "How Great Thou Art."
The writer and poet William S. Burroughs lived a purposefully varied and sordid life.This song is available on:
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Of the Beat poets, Burroughs takes an easy first as the creepiest and darkest of the bunch with his recurring apocolyptic themes.
Ah Pook The Destroyer, as recited here by the author, proffers an answer to the posed the question of "Who really gave that order?" in regards to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
William S. Burroughs died on August 2, 1997, at the age of 83. Pretty good considering that the "Gentleman Junkie" was a regular user of heroin for over a decade.
The inspirational and guiding Desiderata was written by lawyer and poet Max Ehrmann in 1927.This song is available on:
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As the plural form of "desideratum," Desiderata is defined by Webster as "Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledged."
As such, Desiderata is generally considered as a guide to attaining happiness.
Written by T. Texas Tyler (David Luke Myrick), Deck Of Cards peaked at #2 in 1948.This song is available on:
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Tex Ritter's version reached #11, also in 1948, and TV host Wink Martindale released his own version of Deck Of Cards in 1959, which also made it to #11 on the Country charts.
Current members of Gamblers Anonymous may find solace in knowing that a Deck Of Cards has alternative applications.
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