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Leonard Cohen's version was number 36 in the same chart. [227] In 2014, "Hallelujah" was ranked number 1 in Rolling Stone 's "Best Leonard Cohen Songs" readers' poll. [228] Far Out and American Songwriter ranked the song number three and number one, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Leonard Cohen songs. [229] [230]
Various Positions is the seventh studio album by Leonard Cohen, released in December 1984 (and February 1985).It marked not only his turn to a modern sound and use of synthesizers (particularly on the opening track), but also, after the harmonies and backing vocals from Jennifer Warnes on the previous Recent Songs (1979), an even greater contribution from Warnes, who is credited with Cohen as ...
Leonard Cohen, as has been corrected, has never called any version of Hallelujah definitive. His partner, Anjani, has been highly complimentary of kd lang's performance as noted. Still there are numerous versions of the song which are as, or more, notable in a public, commercial, or critical context.
A deep dive into the origin story of the singer's best-known song — and its unlikely ascension into the pop canon — doubles as a portrait of an artist as an accidental genius
Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. [1]
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For Leonard Cohen’s 90th Birthday, He Gets the Salute He Deserves: A Tribute Album From Cherished Singing Partner Perla Batalla Chris Willman September 22, 2024 at 12:46 PM
If all of that hasn't got every reader here convinced, ponder this: insofar as Cohen's version was never released as a single, there would be no "Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)" article at Wikipedia if it weren't for the cover versions — nor would Cohen's version ever have charted — yet there would be articles for any or all of the Voegele ...