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Nina Simone, Diana Ross and Jeff Buckley attempted it. But could they match the power of the impassioned original?
Kanye West revived interest in the song when he sampled Nina Simone’s recording
How Leonard Cohen’s track became one of music’s most widely covered songs
The Larry Beckett-penned haunting ode to doomed love is a tribute to the ancient Greeks’ deathly seducers
Album includes covers, acoustic renditions and unfinished tracks from the vault of the cult singer-songwriter
The American artist limped on stage, but still set the audience singing with little more than a wave and a smile
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