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.
english-musician york
Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.
knew
When I used to put an album out, I knew everyone on the charts. There weren't that many bands. Now, I couldn't even name half the new groups.
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.
realise
I'm getting older; you realise you are on the countdown of what you are doing, so performing means more than it ever did to me.
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.
I used to slap my hip to keep a beat.