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Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were interpretations of songs written by others, such as "Feelin' Alright" and "Unchain My Heart", though Cocker composed original songs for most of his albums as well, often in conjunction with songwriting partner…
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entertainment · English singer (1944–2014) · singer · actor · songwriter · pianist · recording artist · plumber · musician · also Joe Cocker, John Robert Cocker, Cocker
Born 20 May 1944 · Died 22 December 2014 · Q190076
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There was no rehab back in those days. Drugs were readily available, and I dived in head first … It took me years to get straight. When I first became successful, I was a beer-drinker from Sheffield. Then I was thrown into the world of American rock.
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2026· 12 entries
Published video “Joe Cocker turns heartbreak into pure soul ❤️🎤 #JoeCocker #DontYouLoveMeAnymore #Rockpop #Live1986”.
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Published video “Joe Cocker - Don’t You Love Me Anymore (Rockpop Music Hall, May 17, 1986)”.
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Published video “Joe Cocker reminds us of life’s simple things ❤️🎤 #JoeCocker #TheSimpleThings #PrincesTrust”.
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Published video “Joe Cocker - The Simple Things (The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1994)”.
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Published video “Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes deliver a timeless duet ❤️🎤 #JoeCocker #JenniferWarnes #UpWhereWeBelong”.
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Published video “Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong (Top Of The Pops, January 27, 1983)”.
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Published video “Joe Cocker brings heat to “Summer In The City” 🔥 #JoeCocker #SummerInTheCity #NightOfTheProms”.
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Published video “Joe Cocker - Summer In The City (Night Of The Proms - Switzerland, November 14, 1996)”.
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Published video “Soul, grit, and raw emotion 🎤 #JoeCocker #Live1996 #ClassicRock #YTShorts”.
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Published video “Joe Cocker - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Night Of The Proms - Switzerland, November 14, 1996)”.
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2025· 3 entries
Yahoo: What Was Joe Cocker’s Net Worth at the Time of His Death? His ‘Beautiful’ Career Left a Big Mark
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American Songwriter: Billy Joel’s Impassioned (And Ignored) Plea for Joe Cocker’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction
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Released album “Joe Cocker Sings The Beatles”.
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2024· 1 entry
Released album “You Are So Beautiful”.
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2021· 1 entry
brooklynvegan: Joe Cocker’s legendary chaotic 1970 tour subject of new documentary in theaters
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2017· 2 entries
Decider: ‘Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul’ Covers Woodstock Icon’s Mountainous Highs And Cavernous Lows
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A feature-length documentary film about Cocker titled Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul was released
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2016· 2 entries
Released album “The Album Recordings: 1984-2007”.
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Released album “The Life Of A Man - The Ultimate Hits 1968-2013”.
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “The Life of a Man: The Ultimate Hits 1968–2013”.
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Released album “The Life of a Man”.
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2014· 3 entries
Time: Ringo Starr, Steven Tyler and Other Stars Pay Tribute to Joe Cocker
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Digital Spy: Joe Cocker dies after lung cancer battle, aged 70
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Died 2014-12-22.
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “The Platinum Collection”.
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2012· 1 entry
Released album “Fire It Up”.
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2011· 2 entries
Released album “Icon”.
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Released album “Civilized Man + Cocker”.
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Hard Knocks”.
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2008· 1 entry
And again in 2011, the latter of which featured George Thorogood and the Destroyers as an opening act
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2007· 5 entries
Released album “Classic Cocker”.
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Released album “Classic Hits”.
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Released album “Hymn for My Soul”.
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Cocker appeared playing minor characters in the film Across the Universe, as the lead singer on another Beatles' hit, "Come Together"
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And received an OBE the following year for services to music
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “Colour Collection”.
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Released album “Gold”.
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2004· 5 entries
Released album “Heart & Soul”.
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Released album “Ultimate Collection”.
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Released album “Heart And Soul”.
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Released album “Het Beste Van Joe Cocker”.
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Released album “Heroes & Friends”.
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2003· 3 entries
Released album “The Ultimate Collection 1968‒2003”.
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Released album “The Singles”.
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Released album “Greatest Love Songs”.
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Respect Yourself”.
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Released album “The Definitive Collection”.
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “Classic Joe Cocker”.
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Released album “The Essential, Volume 2”.
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2000· 3 entries
Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Joe Cocker”.
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Cocker was the opening act in select cities in the United States and Europe for Tina Turner's Twenty Four Seven Tour
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Released album “Super Hits”.
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “No Ordinary World”.
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Released album “The Anthology”.
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Blues & Ballads ’98: The Singles Collection”.
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Released album “12 grandes éxitos en versión original”.
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1997· 4 entries
Released album “Across From Midnight”.
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Released album “Joe Cocker and the Grease Band: On Air”.
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Released album “On Air”.
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Released album “Famous”.
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Organic”.
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1995· 3 entries
Released album “The Essential”.
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Released album “The Long Voyage Home”.
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Released album “For All My Friends”.
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1994· 3 entries
Released album “Have a Little Faith”.
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Fellow Yorkshire musician Philip Oakey, on behalf of his group, the Human League, said that Cocker was their "hero"
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Released album “Simply the Best”.
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1993· 3 entries
Cocker was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist
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Released album “Blues & Ballads”.
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Released album “Sus mejores baladas”.
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1992· 9 entries
Released album “The Best of Joe Cocker”.
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Released album “The Most of Joe Cocker”.
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Cocker's version of Bryan Adams' "Feels Like Forever" made the UK Top 40
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Cocker teamed with Canadian rocker Sass Jordan to sing "Trust in Me", which was featured on The Bodyguard soundtrack
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Released album “The Legend: The Essential Collection”.
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Released album “Legends”.
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Released album “Love Songs & Ballads”.
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Released album “The Essential Collection”.
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Released album “With a Little Help From My Friends - Live: Great Hits in Concert”.
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1991· 5 entries
Released album “Night Calls”.
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Released album “Feeling Alright '68-'78 - Best”.
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Released album “Connoisseur’s Cocker”.
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Released album “The Collection, Volume 2”.
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Released album “The Very Best of Joe Cocker”.
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1990· 2 entries
Released album “The Joe Cocker Collection”.
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Released album “The Story of Joe Cocker: With a Little Help From My Friends”.
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1989· 3 entries
Released album “One Night of Sin”.
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Released album “14 Classic Hits”.
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Released album “The Very Best Of”.
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1988· 4 entries
Performed at London's Royal Albert Hall and appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Released album “Joe Cocker”.
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Released album “20 Years”.
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Released album “Jamaica Say You Will / Cocker Happy”.
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1987· 3 entries
Released album “Definite. 1964–1986”.
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Released album “Classics, Volume 4”.
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Released album “Unchain My Heart”.
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1986· 6 entries
Released album “Cocker”.
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Released album “Platinum Collection, Volume I”.
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Released album “The Collection”.
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Released album “The Voice”.
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Released album “Platinum Collection, Volume II”.
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Met the Italian singer Zucchero Fornaciari, who dedicated a song (Nuovo, meraviglioso amico, in Rispetto) to the English bluesman
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “Civilized Man”.
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Cocker released the song "Edge of a Dream", which was included on the soundtrack of the film Teachers
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1983· 1 entry
Cocker joined a star-studded line-up of British musicians, including Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood and Bill Wyman for singer Ronnie Lane's 1983 tour to raise money for the London-based organisation A
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1982· 3 entries
Released album “Sheffield Steel”.
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Cocker recorded two songs with the jazz group the Crusaders on their album Standing Tall
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Cocker recorded the duet "Up Where We Belong" with the American singer Jennifer Warnes for the soundtrack of the film An Officer and a Gentleman
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1979· 1 entry
Cocker joined the "Woodstock in Europe" tour, which featured musicians like Arlo Guthrie and Richie Havens who had played at the 1969 Woodstock Festival
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1978· 2 entries
Released album “Luxury You Can Afford”.
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Cocker moved onto a ranch owned by Jane Fonda in Santa Barbara, California
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1977· 2 entries
Released album “Joe Cocker’s Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “The Who, The Bee Gees, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum”.
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1976· 1 entry
Released album “Stingray”.
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1975· 1 entry
Released album “Jamaica Say You Will”.
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1974· 1 entry
Released album “I Can Stand a Little Rain”.
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1971· 2 entries
Released album “Cocker Happy”.
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“There was no rehab back in those days. Drugs were readily available, and I dived in head first … It took me years to get straight. When I first became successful, I was a beer-drinker from Sheffield. Then I was thrown into the world of American rock.”
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1969· 2 entries
Released album “Joe Cocker!”.
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Released album “With a Little Help From My Friends”.
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1968· 2 entries
Became a staple of his many live shows (Woodstock and the Isle of Wight in 1969, the Party at the Palace in 2002) and was also known as the theme song for the late 1980s American TV series The Wonder Years
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Cocker found commercial success with a rearrangement of "With a Little Help from My Friends", another Beatles song
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1966· 1 entry
After a year-long hiatus from music, Cocker teamed up with Chris Stainton, whom he had met several years before, to form the Grease Band
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1964· 1 entry
Cocker signed a recording contract as a solo act with Decca and released his debut single, a recording of the Beatles' "I'll Cry Instead" (with Big Jim Sullivan and Jimmy Page playing guitars)
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1963· 2 entries
Cocker began dating Eileen Webster, also a resident of Sheffield
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Booked their first significant gig when they supported the Rolling Stones at Sheffield City Hall
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1961· 1 entry
Under the stage name "Vance Arnold", Cocker started a new group, Vance Arnold and the Avengers
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1960· 1 entry
Along with three friends, Cocker formed his first group, the Cavaliers
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-05-20.
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