BIRD ON THE WIRE

Created on 28/05/2001
Latest update on 03/11/2023

Artist: Judy Collins
Author: Leonard Cohen
Label: Elektra
Year: 1968

Cohen's Suzanne was also first recorded by Judy (see there). On the cd reissue of Songs From A Room ('07) there's an earlier author's version extra, produced by David Crosby.

Covers:

1968:

Fairport Convention [BBC session als Bird On A Wire]

1969:

Leonard Cohen [author]

1969:

Esther Ofarim

1970:

Joe Cocker

1971:

Pearls Before Swine

1971:

Dave Van Ronk

1972:

Genya Ravan

1972:

Tim Hardin [on his lp Bird On The Wire]

1972:

Rita Coolidge

1973:

Serge Lama [as Vivre tout seul]

1976:

David Soul

1987:

Jennifer Warnes

1987:

Blaine L. Reininger

1990:

Neville Brothers

1991:

Lilac Time

1993:

Tom Cochrane [after he recorded it with his group Red Rider]

1994:

Kate Wolf

1994:

Johnny Cash

1995:

Willie Nelson

2004:

k.d. lang

2010:

Joe Bonamassa

2013:

Madeleine Peyroux

2017:

Tedeschi Trucks Band [most as Bird On A Wire]

2022:

Bill Frisell [instr.]

Contact


If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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