Michael Cohen (musician)

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Mike Cohen (1972) LP front cover picture
Studio album by Mike Cohen

Michael Cohen (b. 1929) is an American singer-songwriter from New York City who released three albums in the 1970s which were among the first to deal with explicitly gay themes.[citation needed] Cohen was licensed as a cab driver in New York City in 1972.[1] His first album, "Mike Cohen" was self-released in 1972, followed by two albums on Folkways Records, "What Did You Expect?" (Folkways Records FS 8582, 1973) and "Some of Us Had to Live" (Folkways Records FS 8582, 1976).[2][3] The latter two are available on compact disc or as digital downloads from Smithsonian Folkways. Cohen was influenced by James Taylor and Leonard Cohen and his music is very much in the folk rock style.[citation needed] "The Last Angry Young Man", which opens "What did You Expect?", deals with the misconceptions around homosexuality of the older generation while "Gone", from the same album, deals sensitively with the death of a gay friend.

Discography

  1. Mike Cohen (1972)
  2. What Did You Expect? (1973) Discographic details from Smithsonian Institution
  3. Some of Us Had To Live (1976) Discographic details from Smithsonian Institution

References

  1. ↑ Liner notes to What Did You Expect...? Songs about the Experience of Being Gay (New York: Folkways Records FS 8582, LP, 1973), http://media.smithsonianfolkways.org/liner_notes/folkways/FW08582.pdf, accessed January 2014
  2. ↑ What Did You Expect...? Songs about the Experience of Being Gay. New York, New York: Folkways Records (originally FS 8582, LP released 1973) http://www.folkways.si.edu/michael-cohen/what-did-you-expect-songs-about-the-experiences-of-being-gay/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian
  3. ↑ Some of Us Had to Live. New York, New York: Folkways Records (originally FS 8583, LP released 1976) http://www.folkways.si.edu/michael-cohen/some-of-us-had-to-live/american-folk-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian

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