Singer Joe Cocker is dead at 70

One track from Joe Cocker's eponymous 1972 album would go on to have an unlikely second life. Throughout the 80s and 90s, his funk classic Woman to Woman became a go-to sample for hip-hop producers, who used the piano hook and horn stab to 

Joe Cocker, the blue-eyed English soul singer who rose to international fame after his electrifying performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, died Monday at his rural home at his Mad Dog Ranch in the Colorado Rockies. He was 70. A Grammy- and 

Agence France-Presse · 22 Dec 2014 at 14:23 ET. British singer Joe Cocker performs on stage during the "Fire it up tour" concert, on April 6, 2013 in Nice, southeastern France (AFP Photo/Valery Hache). Don't miss stories. Follow Raw Story!

(CNN) — Joe Cocker, the British blues-rock singer whose raspy voice brought plaintive soul to such hits as "You Are So Beautiful" and the duet "Up Where We Belong," died Monday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 70. Cocker's performing career 

Joe Cocker — the gravely-voiced singer known for his version of "With a Little Help From My Friends" — died today after battling a lung cancer …