Joe Cocker
Appearance
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Background information | |
Birth name | John Robert Cocker |
Born | 20 Mey 1944 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Deid | 22 December 2014 Crawford, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 70)
Genres | Blues, rock |
Thrift | Sangster, componer |
Instruments | Vocals, harmonica |
Years active | 1960s-2014 |
Joe Cocker, OBE (20 Mey 1944 – 22 December 2014) wis an English rock/blues sangster who came tae popularity in the 1960s, an wis kent for his gritty voice an his cover versions o popular sangs, parteecularly those o The Beatles.
On 22 December 2014, Cocker deit o lung cancer at his home in Crawford, Colorado at the age o 70.[1]
References
- ↑ "Rock star Joe Cocker dead at 70". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.