Joe Cocker | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Robert Cocker |
| Born | May 20, 1944 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | December 21, 2014 (aged 70) Crawford, Colorado, U.S. |
| Genres | Blues, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer |
| Instruments | Vocals, harmonica |
| Years active | 1960s-2014 |
Joe Cocker, OBE (20 May 1944 – 21 December 2014) was an English rock/blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and was most known for his gritty voice and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles. The cover of their song With A Little Help From My Friends, sung by Cocker at the Woodstock Festival, initially made him famous.