John Robert Cocker

Joe Cocker is a British singer who became famous in the genres of blues and rock. Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

Joe Cocker was born in the English city of Sheffield, located in South Yorkshire. Harold Cocker, Joe's father, worked as a civil servant. Madge Lee, the mother of the future celebrity, was engaged in housekeeping. Harold and Madge also had an older son, Victor.

The family lived in the working-class area of ​​Sheffield, the children went to the local comprehensive school. According to Cocker himself, as a child, singer Ray Charles had a serious influence on him, imitating whom young Joe developed his own technique of singing songs, which would later become the artist's hallmark.

Joe Cocker made his stage debut at the age of 12 when his elder brother Victor invited him to participate in a concert of his own skiffle band. After 2 years, Joe collects the first Cavaliers group and performs with the collective in city clubs and at parties. The team lasted only a year.

Due to the difficult financial situation in the country, 15-year-old Joe drops out of school and gets a job as an assistant electrician. At the same time, the musician performs in pubs and clubs with the new band The Avengers, performing songs by Chuck Berry and Ray Charles. In 1963, the band opened for the famous Rolling Stones at the Sheffield City Hall.

The following year, Joe Cocker travels to London to the Decca recording studio and uses his own funds to record the song I'll Cry Instead from The Beatles' repertoire. The single was a huge failure. The revenue from the release was 70p.

In 1966, the singer collects a new Grease Band and chooses a different musical direction. The band performed African American R&B and Soul while touring the north of England. An active creative biography of the performer began.

In 1968, Joe Cocker recorded the single Marjorine, which already had some success. A cover version of the hit The Beatles With a Little Help from My Friends is immediately recorded, which instantly takes the first line in the charts of Great Britain, Switzerland and the Netherlands, as well as other European countries. In the same year, the singer released the album With a Little Help from My Friends, which hit the charts in Great Britain, Germany and the USA. In addition to these songs, the cover version of Dev Mason's song Feeling Alright becomes a hit.

On the wave of success, the group goes on a big tour, which includes not only Europe, but also America. In August 1969, Joe Cocker became the star of the Woodstock Festival.

In 1969, a new album called Joe Cocker! repeated the success of his debut album. The best songs on this album are Delta Lady, Something and She Came In Through the Bathroom Window.

Later, Joe Cocker's popularity in his native country declined, but the musician became one of the iconic figures of the musical generation of the 70s in the United States. During this period, the main part of his repertoire is made up of cover versions of songs by other performers. Nevertheless, studio albums were released regularly. High Time We Went, Cry Me a River, Midnight Rider, It's a Sin (When You Love Somebody) and You Are So Beautiful were notable hits of the 70s performed by Cocker. The last two songs reached # 5 on the US charts. Over time, each concert of the performer began to collect thousands of fans eager to get to the performance of the British at any cost.

In 1975, the composition You Are So Beautiful returned Joe Cocker to the top of the world charts. In the American Top 5, there was another popular Cocker single It's a Sin When You Love Somebody. For the rest, life proceeded in gloomy colors. The singer was left without a record contract. The threat of alcoholism loomed before him. Drinking not only ruined the Briton's personal life, but also interfered with work. It happened that the performer went on stage already well warmed up.

The 80s started hard enough for Joe Cocker. He had a 4-year hiatus from recording due to alcohol and drug problems. The 1982 album Sheffield Steel was coolly received by fans. But in November of the same year, Cocker, in a duet with Jennifer Warnes, released the song Up Where We Belong, which returns the Briton to the musical Olympus. The single became popular all over the world, and in the USA it became the # 1 hit. In addition, the song was featured in the film "The Officer and the Gentleman" and won the Oscar and Grammy awards as a soundtrack.

Joe Cocker later recorded the famous songs Have a Little Faith in Me, Unchain My Heart, Summer in the City, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted, Never Tear Us Apart, My father son and Every Kind of People. The clips for these hits have become equally popular.

In the 90s, Joe Cocker went into business. In the city of Crawford (Colorado), the British settled with his family, the artist owned a supermarket, cafe, bakery, conference room and a number of shops.

The singer recorded his last album in 2012. The disc was called Fire It Up and became for Joe Cocker the 22nd studio full-length disc.

Joe Cocker, who had a characteristic hoarse voice, was eagerly invited by directors of feature films. The compositions of the British artist sounded in the films of Harry and the Hendersons, Bull Durham, An Innocent Man. But the most famous was, of course, the musical theme for the striptease scene in the movie "9 1/2 Weeks" - You Can Leave Your Hat On.

A large number of films in which Joe took part have actually become the musician's autobiography.

In 1963, while still an unknown musician, Joe Cocker met Ellen Webster, whom he married in the same year. The couple lived together for 13 years, but after the musician became addicted to alcohol, Ellen filed for divorce.

For two years, Cocker was lonely. But in 1978, at the house of his friend Jane Fonda, which is located in Santa Barbara, Joe met the director of the children's camp, Pam Baker. The couple dated for 9 years, and in October 1987 they signed. Pam not only helped her husband get rid of alcohol and drug addiction, but also convinced him to return to creativity.

Joe Cocker had no children of his own from either his first or second wife. But Pam has a daughter, Zoey, from her first marriage, for whom the musician has become a good stepfather.

More than once in an interview, Joe Cocker explained that he considers himself a strange character. Joe did not listen to music of young performers. While in the United States, the singer most of all liked to be behind the wheel of a vehicle, listening to a blues radio station.

Joe himself has repeatedly stated that in his case, creativity began from childhood. The musician commented on his childhood as follows:

After the end of their musical careers, Joe Cocker and Pam Baker settled in the town of Crawford, which is located in Colorado. They opened a family cafe with an adjoining bakery and several shops.

The singer has been very ill for the past few years. He developed cirrhosis of the liver and was diagnosed with lung cancer, which caused his death. In the fall of 2014, it became known that his state of health was consistently unsatisfactory. Joe Cocker passed away on December 22, 2014 at his ranch in Crawford.

1969 - With a Little Help from My Friends 1969 - Joe Cocker! 1974 - I Can Stand a Little Rain 1975 - Jamaica Say You Will 1976 - Stingray 1987 - Unchain My Heart 1991 - Night Calls 1994 - Have a Little Faith 2007 - Hymn for My Soul 2012 - Fire It Up

1969 - Popcorn 1969 - 1971 - This is Tom Jones 1970 - Woodstock 1971 - Mad Dogs & Englishmen 1988 - The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1989 - 1994 The Arsenio Hall Show 1995 - Woodstock '94 2000 - My Generation 2011 - George Harrison: Life in the Material World 2013 - A stone's throw from fame

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