Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBEwas an English singer and musician. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth20 May 1944
friendship best-friend song
Oooh I get by with a little help from my friends.
song tired years
Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing.
song people lists
Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda... my set list is basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there; people really like them.
song moving want
Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.
song able rays
I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.
song feelings
I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.
song moving focus
For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.
I used to slap my hip to keep a beat.
I still like the stuff from the old days: Marvin Gaye, Donnie Hathaway.
almost alone coming english-musician europe good played since three
I thought it would be good to keep Europe alone for a bit, so it's coming up to almost three years since I have played over there.
few hard
I don't think you can live as long as I have in rock n' roll and not take a few hard knocks.
dismiss paper people piece putting
There are people who'll dismiss me as 'just' a singer. That's how it is, how it's always been, but just because I'm not hunched over a piece of paper with a pen in my hand doesn't mean I'm not putting in the graft.
cafe english-musician gave money open running wife
We have a cafe up here where we live, we had it open for 3 years, and my wife was running it. But I sank so much money into it... we gave it a shot.
To be on the road, even if you're not that happy, is all right, as long as I'm pourin' me heart into it.