- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Robert Cocker
- Nicknames
- The Sheffield Soul Shouter
- The One and Only
- Height1.74 m
- Joe Cocker was born on May 20, 1944 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Across the Universe (2007), Bodyguard (1992) and Layer Cake (2004). He was married to Pam Baker. He died on December 22, 2014 in Crawford, Colorado, USA.
- SpousePam Baker(October 11, 1987 - December 22, 2014) (his death)
- Contorted himself on stage as if he were wringing his voice out of his body.
- Raspy voice.
- Spasmodic movements with the hands as playing an invisible guitar.
- In a now-famous performance on the television show Saturday Night Live (1975), he appeared on stage singing "Feelin' All Right", when cast member John Belushi, wearing near identical clothes, entered the stage and stood next to Cocker, doing an incredible impersonation of him. The two sang the lines of the song alternately. A music critic wrote of the performance, "John Belushi sounded more like Cocker than Cocker did!".
- His favorite songs were "Respect" by Aretha Franklin, "Rock Island Line" by Lonnie Donegan, "All Along The Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix, "Rag Mama Rag" by The Band, "Layla" by Derek & The Dominos, "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel, "Forty Thousand Headmen" by Traffic, "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye and "Whole Lotta Shakin'" by Jerry Lee Lewis (Source: BBC Radio 2 "Tracks of My Years").
- His favorite albums included "The Genius of Ray Charles" by Ray Charles, "Extension of a Man" by Donny Hathaway, "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye, "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" by Aretha Franklin and "Talking Book" by Stevie Wonder (Source: Mojo magazine).
- Used to work on the Gas Board.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to music.
- The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age.
- I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.
- I was in Germany when the wall came down.
- Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.
- Over the years, I've worked with just about everybody.
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