Two Thousand Covers Deep

[jarkko]

With recent contributions from Ken Kurzweil, Anne Riise, Dominique Boile and others we have now passed the milestone of 2000 cover songs. The exact number right now is 2011. The complete list is at http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/coverlist.php.

I am sure there are many more, not yet found by any of us. Contributions are more than welcome!
To qualify for the list, the song has to be officially released on an album, single, DVD etc.
We do not include digital versions (MP3s, YouTube etc.) because there would be thousands more, and one could not keep count on all of them!

I am pretty sure this makes Leonard one of the most covered singer-songwriters of all times!

The most covered song in Hallelujah, followed by Suzanne and Bird on a wire.

[caz]

How appropriate, 2011!

[Sophia]

And one more cover of "Dance me to the end of Love" by Trifono, a very recent one (Greek title:"Os to telos tou erota"):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNtEAXWp_HA

Album:"Ta tzitzikia tou heimona"
Released : 12/2010
Greek lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou (who also made the transcription for "Stranger Music" in Greek).
This is the second LC cover by Trifono after "Here it Is" in 2008.

There is also one more cover of "Famous Blue Raincoat" by Vassilikos (which I posted sometime before on the forum but I noticed it's not in our cover list) , lead singer of greek band Raining Pleasure, in his first solo album "Vintage ( Songs I wish I'd written)"- 12/09:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm05LqzrhDs

Sophia

[jarkko]

Thanks, Sophia! Both songs now included! The list is growing and growing...

[Wybe]

3 (live) covers by : Bröderna Olja

Jazz Police:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqh5CzEz_F4

Everbody Knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ2fk48cgZc

Hallelujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-KXoWHc6mQ

Wijbe