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"Hallelujah" is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, [1] the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991.
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
k.d. lang performing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Lang performed several times on The Super Dave Osborne Show starting in 1987. In 1988 k.d. lang and The Reclines appeared on Austin City Limits.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, from filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine stresses that many artist cover the poplar tune, like Jeff Buckley, ultimately the Canadian artist is ...
Leonard Cohen performs at England's Manchester Opera House in 2008. His 1984 song "Hallelujah" has been covered innumerable times by a wide variety of artists.
Hymns of the 49th Parallel is the ninth studio album by the Canadian singer and songwriter k.d. lang, released in 2004.It is an album of songs by lang's favourite Canadian songwriters, and also includes a new version of her original composition "Simple" that initially appeared on her 2000 album Invincible Summer.
If Leonard Cohen built a tower of just one song, it was “Hallelujah” — the subject of a film that hits theaters in July, “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song.” That documentary ...
New Skin for the Old Ceremony, released in 1974, is the fourth studio album by Leonard Cohen. On this album, he begins to evolve away from the rawer sound of his earlier albums, with violas , mandolins , banjos , guitars , percussion and other instruments giving the album a more orchestrated (but nevertheless spare) sound.