Joe Cocker
British singer (1944-2014) · United Kingdom · Musicians · Died at 70
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Something wrong?Joe Cocker turned other people's songs into something unrecognizable and his own - that cracked, bluesy howl and the full-body convulsions onstage made even Beatles covers feel like they'd been dragged through gravel and reborn.
A life in dates
Fire It UpAlbum2007
Hymn for My SoulAlbum2004
Heart & SoulAlbum1999
No Ordinary WorldAlbum1997
Across From MidnightAlbum1994
Have a Little FaithAlbum1991Night CallsAlbum1987
Unchain My HeartAlbum1986
CockerAlbum1982
Sheffield SteelAlbum1978
Luxury You Can AffordAlbum1975
Jamaica Say You WillAlbum1974
I Can Stand a Little RainAlbum1969
With a Little Help From My FriendsAlbum1944Born20 May 1944Also in Deutsch
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FUFire It Up
HKHard Knocks
HSHymn for My Soul
HSHeart & Soul
NWNo Ordinary World
AMAcross From Midnight
OROrganic
OSOne Night of Sin
UHUnchain My Heart
COCocker
CMCivilized Man
SSSheffield Steel
LALuxury You Can Afford
STStingray
JWJamaica Say You Will
IRI Can Stand a Little Rain
JCJoe CockerAwards
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About this person
John Robert Cocker came out of Sheffield with a voice that sounded like it had lived twice as long as he had. His 1968 debut featured a version of "With a Little Help from My Friends" that hit number one in the UK and became the calling card he'd carry for decades, from Woodstock in 1969 to the Palace in 2002, later soundtracking The Wonder Years. A chaotic 1970 US tour with Leon Russell produced the live double-album Mad Dogs & Englishmen. His 1974 ballad "You Are So Beautiful" cracked the US top five and became his signature. The biggest commercial win came in 1983: "Up Where We Belong", a duet with Jennifer Warnes that took a Grammy and went to number one. He kept recording through 22 studio albums over 43 years, earned an OBE in 2008, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the year after he died in 2014.
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Leon RussellAlso in Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1971)
Evan Rachel WoodAlso in Across the Universe (2007)
Jim BeachAlso in Joe Cocker - Live at Montreux 1987 (2005)
Salma HayekAlso in Across the Universe (2007)
Jim KeltnerAlso in Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen (1971)
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