JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
JOE COCKER
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After starting out as an unsuccessful pop singer (working under the name Vance Arnold), Joe Cocker found his niche singing rock and soul in the pubs of England with his superb backing group, the Grease Band. He hit number one in the U.K. in November 1968 with his version of the Beatles' "A Little Help from My Friends." His career really took off after he sang that song at Woodstock in August 1969. A second British hit came with a version of Leon Russell's "Delta Lady" in the fall of 1969 (by then, Russell was Cocker's musical director) and both of his albums, With a Little Help from My Friends (April 1969) and Joe Cocker! (November 1969), went gold in America. In 1970, his cover of the Box Tops hit "The Letter" became his first U.S. Top Ten. Cocker's first peak of success came when Russell organized the Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour of 1970, featuring Cocker and over 40 others and resulting in a third gold album and a concert film. Subsequent efforts were less popular, and problems with alcohol (both on- and off-stage) reduced Cocker's once-powerful voice to a croaking rasp.
Cocker returned to the U.S. Top Ten in 1975, with the romantic ballad "You Are So Beautiful" and topped the charts in 1982 via a duet with Jennifer Warnes on "Up Where We Belong" (the theme from the film An Officer and a Gentleman). He still charted during the '90s, albeit with less frequency than he did in the '70s and '80s. Across from Midnight arrived in 1997, followed by No Ordinary World two years later. Respect Yourself appeared in 2002, and the covers album Heart & Soul followed in 2004. The European release Hymn for My Soul, which featured cover versions of songs by Stevie Wonder, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and John Fogerty, was issued on Parlophone in 2007. His complete Live at Woodstock performance was released in 2009. In 2010, Hard Knocks -- his first studio album in three years -- appeared in Europe. Cocker's 23rd studio album, Fire It Up, was issued in November 2012 on Sony. It was produced by Matt Serletic, known for his work with Collective Soul, Rob Thomas, Matchbox Twenty, and numerous others. Slightly over two years later, however, on December 22, 2014, he succumbed to lung cancer.
-- by Cub Koda, All Music Guide
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01. Feelin' Alright 02. Bye Bye Blackbird 03. Change in Louise 04. Marjorine 05. Just Like a Woman 06. Do I Still Figure in Your Life |
07. Sandpaper Cadillac 08. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 09. With a Little Help from My Friends 10. I Shall Be Released 11. The New Age of Lily 12. Something's Coming On |
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01. Dear Landlord 02. Bird on a Wire 03. Lawdy Miss Clawdy 04. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window 05. Hitchcock Railway 06. That's Your Business |
07. Something 08. Delta Lady 09. Hello Little Friend 10. Darling Be Home Soon 11. She's Good to Me 12. Let It Be |
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01. Introduction 02. Honky Tonk Women 03. Introduction 04. Sticks and Stones 05. Cry Me a River 06. Bird on a Wire 07. Feelin' Alright 08. Superstar 09. Introduction 10. Let's Go Get Stoned 11. Blue Medley/I'll Drown in My Own Tears |
12. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 13. I've Been Loving You Too Long 14. Introduction 15. Girl from the North Country 16. Give Peace a Chance 17. Introduction 18. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window 19. Space Captain 20. The Letter 21. Delta Lady |
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01. Put Out the Light 02. I Can Stand a Little Rain 03. I Get Mad 04. Sing Me a Song 05. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress |
06. Don't Forget Me 07. You Are So Beautiful 08. It's a Sin When You Love Somebody 09. Performance 10. Guilty |
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01. The Jealous Kind 02. I Broke Down 03. You Came Along 04. Catfish 05. Moon Dew |
06. The Man in Me 07. She Is My Lady 08. Worrier 09. Born Thru Indifference 10. A Song for You |
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01. Dear Landlord 02. Early in the Mornin' 03. Didn't You Know You've Got to Cry 04. St. James Infirmary 05. Hitchcock Railway |
06. Midnight Rider 07. What Kind of Man Are You? 08. High Time We Went 09. Love the One You're With |
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01. Fun Time 02. Watching the River Flow 03. Boogie Baby 04. A Whiter Shade of Pale 05. I Can't Say No 06. Southern Lady |
07. I Know (You Don't Want Me No More) 08. What Did You Do to Me Last Night 09. Lady Put the Light Out 10. Wasted Years 11. I Heard It Through the Grapevine |
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01. Look What You've Done 02. Shocked 03. Sweet Little Woman 04. Seven Days 05. Marie |
06. Ruby Lee 07. Many Rivers to Cross 08. So Good, So Right 09. Talking Back to the Night 10. Just Like Always |
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01. Civilized Man 02. There Goes My Baby 03. Come On In 04. Tempted 05. Long Drag Off a Cigarette |
06. I Love the Night 07. Crazy in Love 08. A Girl Like You 09. Hold On (I Feel Our Love Is Changing) 10. Even a Fool Would Let Go |
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01. Shelter Me 02. A To Z 03. Don't You Love Me Anymore 04. Living Without Your Love 05. Don't Drink the Water |
06. You Can Leave Your Hat On 07. Heart of the Matter 08. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) 09. Love Is on a Fade 10. Heaven |
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01. Unchain My Heart 02. Two Wrongs 03. I Stand in Wonder 04. River's Rising 05. Isolation |
06. All Our Tomorrows 07. A Woman Loves a Man 08. Trust in Me 09. The One 10. Satisfied |
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01. When the Night Comes 02. I Will Live for You 03. I've Got to Use My Imagination 04. Letting Go 05. Just to Keep from Drowning 06. Unforgiving |
07. Another Mind Gone 08. Fever 09. You Know We're Gonna Hurt 10. Bad Bad Sign 11. I'm Your Man 12. One Night of Sin |
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01. Feelin' Alright 02. Shelter Me 03. Hitchcock Railway 04. Up Where We Belong 05. Guilty 06. You Can Leave Your Hat On 07. When the Night Comes 08. Unchain My Heart |
09. With a Little Help from My Friends 10. You Are So Beautiful 11. The Letter 12. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window 13. High Time We Went 14. What Are You Doing With a Fool Like Me 15. Living in the Promiseland |
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01. Feels Like Forever 02. I Can Hear the River 03. Now That the Magic Has Gone 04. Can't Find My Way Home 05. Night Calls 06. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me |
07. Love Is Alive 08. Five Women 09. Please No More 10. Out of Rain 11. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away 12. When a Woman Cries |
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01. Let the Healing Begin 02. Have a Little Faith in Me 03. The Simple Things 04. Summer in the City 05. The Great Divide 06. Highway, Highway |
07. Too Cool 08. Soul Time 09. Out of the Blue 10. Angeline 11. Standing Knee Deep in a River 12. Take Me Home |
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01. Into the Mustic 02. Anybody Seen My Girl 03. Delta Lady 04. Heart Full of Rain 05. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 06. Many Rivers to Cross 07. High Lonesome Blue |
08. Sail Away 09. You and I 10. Darling Be Home Soon 11. Dignity 12. You Can Leave Your Hat On 13. You Are So Beautiful 14. Can't Find My Way Home |
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01. Tonight 02. Could You Be Loved 03. That's All I Need to Know 04. N'Oubliez Jamais 05. What Do I Tell My Heart? 06. Wayward Soul |
07. Loving You Tonight 08. Across from Midnight 09. What Do You Say? 10. The Last One to Know 11. That's the Way Her Love Is 12. Need Your Love So Bad |
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01. First We Take Manhattan 02. Different Roads 03. My Father's Son 04. While You See a Chance 05. She Believes in Me 06. No Ordinary World 07. Where Would I Be Now |
08. Ain't Gonna Cry Again 09. Soul Rising 10. Naked Without You 11. Love to Lean On 12. On Way Home 13. Lied to Me 14. Love Made a Promise |
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01 You Can't Have My Heart 02 Love Not War 03 You Took It So Hard 04 Never Tear Us Apart 05 This Is Your Life 06 Respect Yourself |
07 I'm Listening Now 08 Leave A Light On 09 It's Only Love 10 Every Time It Rains 11 Midnight Without You |
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01 One (Album Version) 02 I (Who Have Nothing) 03 What's Going On 04 Chain Of Fools 05 Maybe I'm Amazed 06 I Keep Forgetting 07 I Put A Spell On You |
08 Every Kind Of People 09 Love Don't Live Here Anymore 10 Don't Let Me Be Lonely 11 Jealous Guy 12 Everybody Hurts 13 One (2004/Live In Antwerp, Belgium) |
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01 Hard Knocks 02 Get On 03 Unforgiven 04 The Fall 05 So It Goes 06 Runaway Train |
07 Stay The Same 08 Thankful 09 So 10 I Hope 11 Forever Changed |
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Disc 1 01. Fire It Up 02. I'll Be Your Doctor 03. You Love Me Back 04. I Come In Peace 05. You Don't Need A Million Dollars 06. Eye On The Prize 07. Younger 08. You Don't Know What You're Doing To Me 09. The Letting Go 10. I'll Walk In The Sunshine Again 11. Weight Of The World 12. The Last Road 13. Walk Through The World With Me |
Disc 2 01. Fire It Up (Clip) 02. I'll Be Your Doctor (Clip) 03. You Love Me Back (Clip) 04. Eye On The Prize (Clip) 05. I Come In Peace (Clip) 06. You Don't Need A Million Dollars (Clip) |
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Disc 1 01. I Come in Peace 02. Feelin' Alright 03. The Letter 04. When the Night Comes 05. You Love Me Back 06. I'll Be Your Doctor 07. Up Where We Belong 08. Come Together 09. Eye On the Prize 10. You Don't Need a Million Dollars 11. You Are So Beautiful 12. Younger |
Disc 2 01. Fire It Up 02. N'oubliez Jamais 03. You Can Leave Your Hat On 04. Unchain My Heart 05. With a Little Help From My Friends 06. Summer in the City 07. Hard Knocks 08. Cry Me a River 09. You Don't Know What You're Doing to Me |
