Marc Cohn
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American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Walking in Memphis
- Walking in Memphis Sheet Music
- The Best of Marc Cohn
- The Mathematics of the Calendar
- Milon ḥadash Tsarefati ʻIvri
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1959-07-05
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 400,241
- Total plays
- 3,415,841
Tags
Marc Cohn (born July 5, 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a Grammy-award winning American singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Walking in Memphis" (often misattributed to Bruce Springsteen or Michael Bolton) from his self-titled 1991 album Marc Cohn. According to the Walking In Memphis Songfacts, Cohn was discovered by Carly Simon in the mid-'80s when he was with a 14-piece band called The Supreme Court. Atlantic Records signed him in 1989, but <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Marc+Cohn">Re
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marc
- Family name
- Cohn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cleveland
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Vargas
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- folk rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.marccohn.com
- Image
- Marc Cohn, 2016 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1959-07-05
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- Commons category
- Marc Cohn
- social media followers
- 20100
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Marc Cohn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana