Marc Cohn

Marc Cohn on keyboard (July 2005)

Marc Cohn (born July 5, 1959 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American singer-songwriter living in New York .

Life

Cohn grew up in Cleveland, where his parents ran a pharmacy. Marc Cohn's mother died when he was two years old. His father married a second time, but died when Cohn was twelve years old. Much of his childhood flowed into his songs later (e.g. Silver Thunderbird is about his father and his car, Ghost Train and Mama's in the Moon about the loss of his mother, and Rest for the Weary about his parents' struggle for their existence ).

From 2002 to 2014 Marc Cohn was married to Elizabeth Vargas (* 1962), a journalist for ABC NEWS, in their second marriage. They have two sons (born in 2003 and 2006). Marc Cohn has two other children from his first marriage to Jennifer George.

Cohn made headlines outside of his music career when he survived a headshot on August 8, 2005. On his way home from a concert with Suzanne Vega in Denver , his tour van was stopped while leaving the parking garage by a criminal who needed a getaway car while fleeing from the police. In order to prevent a hijacking or even hostage-taking, the driver tried to evade the man, who fired several shots at the van. One shot pierced the windshield, grazed the driver, and eventually got stuck in Cohn's temple without penetrating the skull. Cohn suffered no serious injuries and only needed brief outpatient treatment.

Musical career

Fascinated by songwriters like Jackson Browne , Van Morrison , Joni Mitchell and above all Paul Simon , Cohn learned to play the guitar and piano and performed in small cafes and restaurants while still a student. He achieved his first respectable success by traveling as a keyboardist on Tracy Chapman's tour in 1989. Shortly afterwards he got his own record deal. He became internationally known in 1991 with the hit Walking in Memphis of his debut album Marc Cohn . In the same year he received the Grammy for Best New Artist . In addition, he was in Dortmund for Walking in Memphis the Lion of Radio Luxembourg awarded in bronze.

In 1993 he released the follow-up album The Rainy Season .

Private problems such as B. the separation from his first wife characterized the recordings of the rather dark album Burning the Daze (1998). Cohn then struggled with writer's block for a long time, so only one live album was released in 2005, Marc Cohn Live: Limited Edition EP , without new song material.

The aforementioned Denver attack and the shocking images of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina finally cleared this blockade. After a nine-year hiatus, his fourth studio album, Join the Parade , was released in autumn 2007 , which deals with both experiences in several songs.

In 2010 he released the CD Listening Booth: 1970 with cover versions of songs from 1970 - the year that was decisive for his musical identity. On Listening Booth: 1970 u. a. Songs by Cat Stevens , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Paul Simon , JJ Cale , Smokey Robinson , Jerry García , Van Morrison and John Fogerty reinterpreted by Cohn in his style.

In late 2014, Cohn released “The Coldest Corner in the World”, the theme song for the documentary “Tree Man”.

On March 25, 2016, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of his debut album, Careful What You Dream: Lost Songs and Rarities was released along with the bonus album Evolution of a Record. It contains 12 songs, all from the time before "Walking in Memphis".

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1991	Marc Cohn	DE14th gold (23 weeks)DE	AT36 (1 week) AT	CH23 (4 weeks) CH	UK27 gold (20 weeks)UK	US38 platinum (63 weeks)US	First published: February 12, 1991
1993	The Rainy Season	DE60 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH39 (1 week) CH	UK24 (3 weeks) UK	US63 (15 weeks) US	First published: May 25, 1993
1998	Burning the Daze	DE64 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US114 (6 weeks) US	First published: March 17, 1998
2010	Listening Booth: 1970	DE86 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US28 (5 weeks) US	First published: July 20, 2010

More albums

• 2005: Marc Cohn Live: Limited Edition EP
• 2005: Marc Cohn Live 04/05
• 2006: The Very Best
• 2007: Join the Parade
• 2007: Marc Cohn (re-release)
• 2016: Careful What You Dream: Lost Songs and Rarities
• 2019: Work to do (together with the "Blind Boys of Alabama")

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1991	Walking in Memphis Marc Cohn	DE25 (19 weeks) DE	-	-	UK22 (9 weeks) UK	US13 (23 weeks) US	First published: March 1991
	Silver Thunderbird Marc Cohn	DE87 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK54 (3 weeks) UK	US63 (8 weeks) US	First published: July 1991
	True Companion Marc Cohn	-	-	-	-	US80 (5 weeks) US	First published: October 1991
	Ghost Train Marc Cohn	DE74 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: November 1991
1993	Walk Through the World The Rainy Season	DE51 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	UK37 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1993

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1. ↑ Marc Cohn bio (NYNoise). (No longer available online.) NYNoise, archived from the original on May 25, 2006 ; accessed on August 23, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
2. ↑ Marc Cohn bio. Answers.com: Marc Cohn, singer-songwriter , accessed August 23, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Marc Cohn wiki bio. In: WikiPicky. Retrieved December 27, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Marc Cohn. In: IMDb. Retrieved July 4, 2016 . 
5. ↑ US singer Cohn shot by Carjacker. BBC , August 9, 2005, accessed March 8, 2010 . 
6. ^ Marc Cohn on Mountain Stage. NPR , July 6, 2010, accessed August 23, 2010 . 
7. ^ Marc Cohn bio (official). Marccohn.net, accessed on August 23, 2010 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Literature by and about Marc Cohn in the catalog of the German National Library
• official page
• Unofficial fan page