Joe Cocker was born on 20 May in
1944
Joe
is one of the last of a dying breed – a singer who becomes successful on the
strength of singing other people’s songs.
Nowadays it seems to me that to really get traction (sorry about the
split infinitive) you have to be a talented song writer as well as singer.
Wikipedia
lists 21 studio albums to Joe Cocker’s name.
That is quite a number. His
latest album is called “Hard Knocks”. It
was released in 2010.
He
has been performing since 1961 – joining another group of aging artists that
can still rock the house. He got his
first number one hit in 1968 with a cover of the Beatles song “Just a little
help from my friends”. He sang this at
Woodstock in 1969.
Rolling
Stone named him as one of the top 100 singers of all time.
He
is not related to Jarvis Cocker – despite them both hailing from Sheffield in
the UK.
What
is your favourite Joe Cocker number?
Mine include:
You
can leave your hat on
Unchain
my heart
The
Letter
You
are so Beautiful.
