Label: Polydor Records (Italy), 2486 157, 3186 024
Style: Rock, Rhythm'n'Blues
Country: 20 May 1944 - 22 December 2014 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Time: 46:12
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 297 Mb
John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance, and distinctive versions of popular songs of varying genres.
Cocker's recording of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends" reached number one in the UK in 1968. He performed the song live at Woodstock in 1969 and performed the same year at the Isle of Wight Festival, and at the Party at the Palace concert in 2002 for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. His version also became the theme song for the TV series The Wonder Years. His 1974 cover of "You Are So Beautiful" reached number five in the US. Cocker was the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his US number one "Up Where We Belong", a duet with Jennifer Warnes.
In 1993, Cocker was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male, in 2007 was awarded a bronze Sheffield Legends plaque in his hometown and in 2008 he received an OBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music. Cocker was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cocker)
Joe Cocker, (John Robert Cocker), British blues-rock singer (born May 20, 1944, Sheffield, Eng.—died Dec. 22, 2014, Crawford, Colo.), was a raspy-voiced singer who over a more-than-five-decade career made nearly 40 albums and became one of the most-distinctive singers of his generation with his gravelly vocals and spasmodic movements. In the early 1960s Cocker began performing in pubs with various bands. By 1966 he had formed the Grease Band, with whom he recorded a cover of the Beatles song “With a Little Help from My Friends,” which reached the top of the British singles chart in 1968. The following year Cocker achieved international fame with his passionate live performance of that Beatles song at the Woodstock (N.Y.) music festival. In 1970 Cocker released the live album Mad Dogs & Englishmen (the name of his band); a concert film of the same name appeared in 1971, and one of the album’s songs, “The Letter,” reached the Billboard Top Ten chart. In 1975 Cocker scored another gigantic hit with “You Are So Beautiful,” but his career subsequently declined owing to drug addiction until he made a strong comeback in the 1980s. The song “Up Where We Belong,” recorded by Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the film An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and won numerous awards, including a Grammy Award for best pop duo and an Academy Award for best original song in 1983. Cocker lent his voice to several other films, most notably 91/2 Weeks (1986), which featured his cover of the popular Randy Newman song “You Can Leave Your Hat On.” Among Cocker’s later albums were Unchain My Heart (1987), Joe Cocker Live (1990), Night Calls (1991), Have a Little Faith (1994), and Across from Midnight (1997). His final studio album, Fire It Up, was released in 2012. Cocker was made OBE in 2007.
(www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-Cocker)
01. A1 With A Little Help From My Friends (04:48)
02. A2 Hitchcock Railway (04:42)
03. A3 Woman To Woman (04:32)
04. A4 Something To Say (05:23)
05. A5 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (04:41)
06. B1 The Letter (04:16)
07. B2 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (02:40)
08. B3 Marjorine (02:40)
09. B4 Midnight Rider (04:05)
10. B5 Feeling Alright (04:19)
11. B6 It's All Over But The Shoutin (04:00)
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