Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBEwas an English singer and musician. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth20 May 1944
europe galloping
Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around.
song moving want
Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.
nice artist response
It's nice to get a response from the artists that I cover.
berries littles chuck
Back then, I, most rockers loved Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis... you know in the '60s.
wall germany
I was in Germany when the wall came down.
song able rays
I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.
people quarters weird-places
Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.
new-york happened
Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.
years want looks
I only look at things in a short term of a few years, but admittedly, I reevaluate what I'm doing, and whether I want to continue touring or not.
song feelings
I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.
years guy singing
God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?
mean america interesting
It's interesting, as I said on the last tour in America, the audience actually came out, they had to have been the kind of fans who listened to my music via their parents, you know what I mean?
years
Over the years, Ive worked with just about everybody.
style matter hearing
It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.