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===1970s=== In 1971, Warnes met [[Canadians|Canadian]] songwriter and poet [[Leonard Cohen]], and the two remained friends. She toured [[Europe]] with Cohen's band in 1972 and 1979 β first as a back-up singer and then as a vocal arranger and guest singer on Cohen's albums ''[[Live Songs]]'' (1973), ''[[Recent Songs]]'' (1979), ''[[Various Positions]]'' (1985), ''[[I'm Your Man (Leonard Cohen album)|I'm Your Man]]'' (1988), ''[[The Future (Leonard Cohen album)|The Future]]'' (1992), ''[[Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979]]'' (2001), and ''[[Old Ideas]]'' (2012).<ref>''Death of a Ladies' Man'' (1979) [CD booklet]. New York: CBS Records Inc. ''The liner notes for the album note that Warnes performed all harmony vocals on the album, including the duet.''</ref> Warnes also recorded a critically acclaimed album of Cohen songs, ''[[Famous Blue Raincoat (album)|Famous Blue Raincoat]]'', in 1987.<ref name= "Larkin"/> In 1972, Warnes released her third album, ''[[Jennifer (album)|Jennifer]]'', which was produced by [[John Cale]].<ref name="Larkin"/> It was unavailable after the LP was deleted, until it was finally reissued in [[Japan]] in 2013 ([[Reprise Records|Reprise]] WPCR-14865). In 1976, Warnes released the album ''Jennifer Warnes'' ([[Arista Records|Arista]] 4062), which contained her breakthrough single, "[[Right Time of the Night]]", which hit number 1 on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard's'']] [[Easy Listening (chart)|Easy Listening]] (Adult Contemporary) chart in April 1977 and number 6 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in May 1977. Warnes recorded the song "[[It Goes Like It Goes]]" for the 1979 motion picture ''[[Norma Rae]]''.<ref name= "Larkin"/> The song won the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]].<ref name= "Larkin"/> Her 1979 single "I Know A Heartache When I See One",<ref name="Larkin"/> was a Top 10 [[Hot Country Singles|Country]] hit and reached the Top 20 on both the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts.
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