Singer-songwriter Joe Cocker, known for his distinct, bluesy voice and his heartfelt renditions of Beatles classics, died in his Colorado home on Monday following a battle with lung cancer…
Cocker’s rendition of the Starr-sung Beatles classic “With a Little Help From My Friends” – later immortalized as the theme song from The Wonder Years – became one of his most enduring hits, along with covers of the Beatles’ “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window” and Billy Preston’s “You Are So Beautiful.” Cocker also scored a Number One hit in 1982 for his An Officer and a Gentleman duet with Jennifer Warnes, “Up Where We Belong,” which went on to win a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal as well as the Best Original Song at both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes.
(Rolling Stone, December 22, 2014)
