JOE COCKER “Hard Knocks” Producer: Matt Serletic 429 Records Release Date: Jan. 24 Joe Cocker got a kind of subliminal boost with… By Billboard Staff JOE COCKER “Hard Knocks” Producer ...

With a Little Help from My Friends is the debut album by singer-songwriter Joe Cocker, released in late April 1969. It was certified gold in the US by the RIAA and peaked at number 35 on the ...

Joe Cocker, "Hard Knocks" (429 Records). 2 1/2 stars. This is Joe Cocker's 21st album, a miracle in itself considering how bluesy and shredded his voice sounded at "Woodstock" and on his first two ...

The first live recording I purchased was the two-LP set, Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs and Englishmen (A&M, 1970). I was shocked and stunned by the big sound of that big band, unruly band. I think I know how ...

Joe Cocker began as an interpretive ... In the late eighties and nineties, Cocker’s commercial profile nearly faded away, as his albums mixed classic-rock covers with generally undistinguished ...

Joe Cocker dressed in a suit and shirt in the ... destroying British audiences and tearing America apart, even though his first album, named after the hit, sat in the can for a year before it ...

Joe Cocker and the Grease Band were ending a performance ... bearer of the Ray Charles tradition, but that Cocker’s first album, a gem, should cause an awful lot of excitement.

The ever-expressive Joe Cocker had one of those great expressions on the cover of his 1969 debut album, 'With a Little Help From My Friends.' For this GIF version, the animator decided that the ...

But Joe Cocker’s brother Vic has revealed ... and the following year, when he first heard Ray Charles’ album Yes Indeed, bought a drum set and formed his first band, the Cavaliers.

The English belter died at age 70 in 2014. By Gary Graff Joe Cocker‘s older brother Victor had something of a front row seat for his sibling’s first steps toward the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ...