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Title: Singer Joe Cocker, dead at 70 Post by: seahorse on December 22, 2014, 02:06:35 PM Singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, has died aged 70, his agent has confirmed. ::monkeyscissors:: He was "simply unique" and "it will be impossible to fill the space he leaves in our hearts," he added. ::snipping3:: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761 Title: Re: Singer Joe Cocker Post by: seahorse on December 22, 2014, 02:20:24 PM Joe Cocker: Fire it Up Live (Cologne, 2013) Published on Dec 17, 2013 01. I Come In Peace 02. Feelin' Alright [00:04:44] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lwg0ZlPTJA ::MonkeyAngel:: Title: Re: Singer Joe Cocker, dead at 70 Post by: Nut44x4 on December 22, 2014, 09:30:01 PM http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30582761
Singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70 after cancer battle Singer Joe Cocker, best known for his cover of The Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends, has died aged 70. The Sheffield-born singer had a career lasting more than 40 years, with hits including You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong. His agent Barrie Marshall said Cocker, who died after battling lung cancer, was "simply unique". Sir Paul McCartney said he was a lovely guy who "brought so much to the world". ::snipping3:: (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/79899000/jpg/_79899905_025196323-1.jpg) More photos and video at the link...Rest in peace my friend, RIP. Title: Re: Singer Joe Cocker, dead at 70 Post by: seahorse on December 28, 2014, 08:22:06 AM Joe Cocker Obituary
5/22/1944 - 12/22/2014| Visit Guest Book - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?n=joe-cocker&pid=173558813#sthash.MdQ7pcMN.dpuf ::MonkeyAngel:: Snip.... Years later, Cocker told The Associated Press' Mary Campbell that he was playing an imaginary piano and air guitar while singing — the elements that contributed to this unique style. "That was the frustration of not being able to play, really," he said. Cocker was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and was singing with local bands by the time he was a teenager. His early groups included Vance Arnold and the Avengers and the Grease Band, which backed him on "With A Little Help From My Friends." Cocker moved to Crawford, Colorado, a town of fewer than 500 people, in the early 1990s. He and his wife, Pam, ran a children's educational foundation — the Cocker Kids Foundation — that raised funds for the town and schools, and ran the Mad Dog Cafe for several years in town, said Tom Wills, publisher of The North Fork Merchant Herald, a local community newspaper. Wills said Cocker bought about 40 acres of property and built a hillside mansion — which he called Mad Dog Ranch — when he moved to Colorad - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?n=joe-cocker&pid=173558813#sthash.MdQ7pcMN.dpuf snip... http://www.legacy.com/ns/obituary.aspx?n=joe-cocker&pid=173558813 |