The Complicated Racial Dynamics Of Joe Cocker's Legacy

Joe Cocker, who has died at the age of 70, was the gravel-voiced rock 'n' roll wild man who found huge success by putting his soul into other people's songs. After Cocker got his big break by covering The Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends TMZ reports that Joe Cocker, the English blues-rock … Read more

Joe Cocker: Remembering rock's soulful 'mad dog'

Joe Cocker, who has died at the age of 70, was the gravel-voiced rock 'n' roll wild man who found huge success by putting his soul into other people's songs. After Cocker got his big break by covering The Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends English blues and rock singer Joe Cocker has … Read more

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 … Read more