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Joe Cocker

1944 - 2014

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John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances featuring expressive body movements. Most of his best-known singles, such as "Feelin' Alright?" and "Unchain My Heart", were recordings of songs written by other songwriters, though he composed a number of songs for most of his albums as well, often in conjunction with songwriting partner Chris Stainton. His first album featured a recording of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends", which brought him to near-instant stardom. The song reached number one in the UK in 1968, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Cocker is the 67th most popular singer (down from 41st in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 205th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Singer.

Joe Cocker is most famous for his rendition of the Beatles song "With a Little Help from My Friends."

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Joe Cocker ranks 67 out of 4,381. Before him are James Brown, Amanda Lear, 50 Cent, Nina Simone, George Michael, and Rod Stewart. After him are Joe Dassin, Klaus Meine, Kurt Cobain, Ella Fitzgerald, Eminem, and Harry Nilsson.

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Among people born in 1944, Joe Cocker ranks 24. Before him are Miloš Zeman, Geraldine Chaplin, Jane Hawking, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Jimmy Page, and Peter Mayhew. After him are Gabor Maté, Carlos Alberto Torres, Rafic Hariri, Françoise Hardy, Joe Frazier, and Danny Trejo. Among people deceased in 2014, Joe Cocker ranks 13. Before him are Hiroo Onoda, Gough Whitlam, Claudio Abbado, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Nadine Gordimer, and Eli Wallach. After him are Luis Aragonés, Maximilian Schell, Shirley Temple, Alexander Grothendieck, Lauren Bacall, and Paco de Lucía.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Cocker ranks 371 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter O'Toole (1932), Peter Ustinov (1921), Ken Loach (1936), Rod Stewart (1945), Peter Mayhew (1944), and Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884). After him are Christopher Marlowe (1564), Christian de Duve (1917), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Brian Jones (1942), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), and Alec Guinness (1914).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Joe Cocker ranks 11. Before him are Mick Jagger (1943), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Phil Collins (1951), Kate Bush (1958), George Michael (1963), and Rod Stewart (1945). After him are John Lydon (1956), Ian Gillan (1945), Morrissey (1959), Bonnie Tyler (1951), Glenn Hughes (1951), and Robert Plant (1948).

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