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Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright (born 1973), the American songwriter

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Legal name, Full name: "Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright"
Albums: ▶
Want One; Poses; Want Two; Rufus Wainwright; Release the Stars; …
Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall; Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy!: Live from the London Palladium; Milwaukee at Last!!!; All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu; I Don't Know What It Is; Waiting for a Want; The Best of Rufus Wainwright; Alright, Already; Release the Stars; Want; Alright, Already: Live in Montréal; All I Want
Genre: Baroque pop, Operatic pop, Piano rock, opera
Record label: Geffen Records, DreamWorks Records
Singles: I Don't Know What It Is, Instant Pleasure
Born: ▶
1973; July 21st 1973; July 1973; July 22nd 1973; the United States; …
New York state; North America; the world; the Americas; the Northern Hemisphere; the Tri-State Region; Dutchess County, NY; Rhinebeck, New York; the area using the NANP; the US dollar zone; the continental United States; the contiguous United States; the EST/EDT region; the G8; North America
Starred in: Leonard Cohen, Days of Darkness, Heights, Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller, Come Together
Website: http://www.rufuswainwright.com, http://www.rufuswainwright.com/
Wrote: I Don't Know What It Is, Sanssouci, Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
Active: 1993 onwards
Origin: Canada; Montreal; Rhinebeck, New York
Producer of: Release the Stars, Want Two
Height: 1.803 metres (5.915 feet), 5 feet and 11 inches
Composer on: Shrek, The Aviator
Occupation: singer, guitarist, opera singer
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Wainwright
Plays: guitar, piano
Pet Name: "RuE"
Gender: male
Nationality: canadian, american
Residence: Montreal
Educated: McGill University
Last Name: "Wainwright"
First Name: "Rufus"
Organisations: Canadian-American
Children: Loudon Wainwright III, Kate McGarrigle
Main Occupation: singer-songwriter
Class: ▶
pianist; singer-songwriter; guitarist; musician; singer; …
person; actor; libertarianism; artist; band member; person with the star sign cancer; person that is the musical composer for a film; person that was nominated for an award, honour or prize; musical act
Websites: http://www.rufuswainwright.com/discography/
Siblings: Martha Wainwright
Featured in: Leonard Cohen
Sings: Go Ask Shakespeare (feat. Rufus Wainright), Go Ask Shakespeare (feat. Rufus Wainright)
Performed: ▶
Spotlight on Christmas; Spotlight on Christmas; When, in Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes; When, in Disgrace With Fortune and Men's Eyes; Go or Go Ahead; …
Go or Go Ahead; Gay Messiah; Gay Messiah; Crumb by Crumb; Crumb by Crumb; Rebel Prince; Rebel Prince; The Art Teacher; The Art Teacher; This Love Affair; This Love Affair; Poses; Poses; The 2005 release of 'Alright, Already: Live in Montréal'; Alright, Already: Live in Montréal; One Man Guy; One Man Guy; Wonderful/Song for Children; Wonderful/Song for Children; Wonderful/Song for Children
Born During: 1970s
Attributes: ▶
opera, male, Baroque pop, Piano rock, Operatic pop, …
Canadian-American, 1.803 metres tall, 5 feet and 11 inches tall, canadian
Related Websites: ▶
http://www.revfilms.co.uk/music-dvd/223-rufus-wainwright-a-friends-a-not-so-silent-night.html; http://www.rufuswainwright.com/; http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/W/Wainwright,_Rufus/; http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rufus+Wainwright; http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s2151601.htm; …
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:2087gjer86ic; http://www.geffen.com/rufuswainwright
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000002fe459"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Rufus_Wainwright
Middle-name: "McGarrigle"
Birthday: July 22
Quotes: "Life is a game and true love is a trophy.", "Let the little fairy in you fly!", "I was in the forest jumping around daffodils while everyone was high on heroin."
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/02_t2t"
Musicbrainz Guid: "78e46ae5-9bfd-433b-be3f-19e993d67ecc"
IMDB Page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906547/
Discogs page: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rufus Wainwright
Musicmoz page: http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/W/Wainwright,_Rufus/
Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/rufuswainwright
BBC page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/78e46ae5-9bfd-433b-be3f-19e993d67ecc

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