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Rufus Wainwright is not OK with his song "Hallelujah" being played at a Donald Trump rally.. In a statement shared to social media on Tuesday, Oct. 15, the Canadian-American singer and songwriter ...
Great song,” Trump told supporters when Wainwright’s cover of “Hallelujah” played from the speakers. The song, written by Cohen in 1984, has become a cult classic over the years.
Rufus Wainwright complained Tuesday about former President Donald Trump’s use of his song ‘Hallelujah’ at a town hall on October 14 in Oaks, Pennsylvania (AP)
Canadian-American musician and singer Rufus Wainwright had briefly met Jeff Buckley and recorded a tribute song to him after his 1997 death. That song, "Memphis Skyline", referenced Buckley's version of "Hallelujah", which Wainwright would later record, though using piano and a similar arrangement to Cale's.
Rufus Wainwright won two Juno Awards for Best Alternative Album, one in 1999 for Rufus Wainwright and one in 2002 for Poses. [116] At the age of 15, in 1989, he was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Original Song. [117] A year later he received a nomination for a Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist. [116]
Following is a list of original songs by Wainwright that have been released on a studio album, EP, soundtrack, compilation album, single, or DVD.Also included is "Ode to Antidote", a studio-quality promotional single used to promote a perfume by Viktor & Rolf, and "Patience is a Virtue", an original song available via digital download on Wal-Mart's website with the purchase of Release the Stars.
Rufus Wainwright has joined the sizable chorus of performers disgusted by the use of their music at Donald Trump’s presidential campaign events, after his cover of the late Leonard Cohen‘s ...
Wainwright's first EP, Waiting for a Want, was released through DreamWorks in June 2004, previewing songs that later appear on Want Two. His first music DVD, Live at the Fillmore , accompanied Want Two and features live concert footage from a March 2004 performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California. [ 4 ]