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Music The British blues singer Joe Cocker is deceased. Which reported its management. Cocker lost the fight against cancer. He was 70.
Joe Cocker in 1977. © Getty. Joe Cocker, known for songs such as “You are So Beautiful ‘,’ With a Little Help from my Friends “and” Unchain My Heart “, sang forty albums together and was awarded several times.
He was born on May 20, 1944 as John Robert Cocker in Sheffield. There he lived until the early 60s, when he began to know international success as a blues singer. Until then, he had led a double life: by day he worked as a gas installer; Evening he sang in clubs and pubs in Sheffield. Joe Cocker became world famous thanks to his unique voice and passionate performances.
His big break came in 1968 when he and a cover of the Beatles’ song “With a Little Help From My Friends” scored a number 1 hit . A year later he performed the song during the legendary Woodstock festival. Then the successes followed each other.
His duet with Jennifer Warnes, “Up where we belong “from the film” An Officer and a Gentleman, “not only earned him a number 1 hit, but also represents a Grammy and an Academy Award. In 2007, Cocker was knighted by the Queen. His last studio album, “Fire it up,” he brought out in 2012.
Last year broke the singer all his own records with a number 1 album in Germany and a final tour, which throughout Europe full halls provoked. Tour that also took him in April 2013 to the Antwerp Lotto Arena and in July of that year, Cocker was still at the stage of Suikerrock in Tienen. His last performance he gave in June last year in Hammersmith, London.
His manager Barrie Marshall calls Cocker “without a doubt the greatest rock / soul voice ever in Britain, who throughout his life still the same man continued. ” “Incredibly talented, a real star, but a kind and humble man who loved to act on it. Who ever saw him live, will never forget him.”
The singer lived a long time in the United States . In Colorado, he founded the charity Cocker Kids Foundation, with the aim of promoting the sense of responsibility among the youth. In addition, Joe Cocker enjoyed long walks in the mountains with his dogs, fly fishing, snooker and tomatoes grow in his greenhouse.
The singer is deceased home in Colorado. He leaves his wife, Pam, Zoey stepdaughter and two grandchildren.
In 2013, Joe Cocker held during his last tour stop in the largest concert halls in Europe. © epa. Colleagues musicians react with sadness at the death of Cocker. Paul McCartney says he him “forever grateful” will continue because he ‘With a Little Help From My Friends “was a soulful anthem. “I knew him for many years as a good friend and it made me sad that he was sick. His death makes me very sad. He was a great guy from the north, a friendly man who taught the world has so many. We will miss him “
Also fellow Beatle Ringo Starr expressed all his condolences via Twitter:”… Goodbye and God bless Joe Cocker Peace and love of one of his friends “
Singer -songwriter Frank Turner called him on Twitter a “incredible singer,” and according to art director Will Gompertz BBC Cocker was “the finest soul voice ever in Britain.”
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