What is Joe Cocker?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Joe Cocker | Img = Joe Cocker - Festival du Bout du Monde 2013 - 068.jpg | Img_capt = | Background = solo_singer | Birth_name = John Robert Cocker | Alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|5|20}} | birth_place = [[Sheffield]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|21|1944|5|20}} | death_place = [[Crawford, Colorado|Crawford]], [[Colorado]], [[United States|U.S.]] | Instrument = [[singer|Vocals]], [[harmonica]] | Genre = [[Blues music|Blues]], [[Rock music|rock]] | Occupation = [[Singer]], [[composer]] | Years_active = 1960s-2014 | Label = | Associated_acts = | URL = | Current_members = | Past_members = }} '''Joe Cocker''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (20 May 1944 &ndash; 21 December 2014) was an [[English people|English]] [[rock (music)|rock]]/[[blues]] [[singer]] who came to popularity in the 1960s, and was most known for his gritty [[human voice|voice]] and his [[cover version]]s of popular songs, particularly those of [[The Beatles]]. The cover of their song ''With A Little Help From My Friends'', sung by Cocker at the Woodstock Festival, initially made him famous. ==Death== On 22 December 2014, Cocker died of [[lung cancer]] at his home in [[Crawford, Colorado]] at the age of 70.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/music/rock-star-joe-cocker-dead-at-70-1-7017592 | title=Rock star Joe Cocker dead at 70 | work=www.yorkshirepost.co.uk | accessdate=22 December 2014 | archive-date=25 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225075806/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/music/rock-star-joe-cocker-dead-at-70-1-7017592 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''[[With a Little Help from My Friends (album)|With a Little Help from My Friends]]'' (1969) * ''[[Joe Cocker!]]'' (1969) * ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (alb