Joe Cocker

Joe had a long list of hits doing cover songs.

Drummer Bruce Rowland, whose prolific career included session work for a long list of artists as well as stints with Fairport Convention and the Grease Band, has died at the age of 74.

He would become known as one of the most imaginative and distinctive interpretative singers of his generation.

Joe Cocker, one of rock music's most distinctive performers, has died of lung cancer.

Billy Joel took a few moments out of a recent concert to offer musical tribute to Joe Cocker -- and surprised the audience with some unhappy news about the singer's health.

This week in 1970, the single "Cry Me A River" by Joe Cocker top out at #11 on the music charts. The tune was from the great double live album “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” recorded in March of 1970

Back in November, we learned that Henry McCullough, the guitarist who worked with Joe Cocker and Paul McCartney in Wings, was in critical condition following a serious heart attack. Unfortunately, McCullough's recovery has not gone as well as hoped. This Wednesday (Jan. 30) it was reported that McCullough has suffered brain damage as well.

Musician Henry McCullough, who played with Paul McCartney in Wings in the early '70s and has also worked with famed blues belter Joe Cocker, is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday (Nov. 6).

"Cocker Power" was a term circulating the music industry in the early 1970's when Joe Cocker was enjoying immense popularity stemming from his knock-out performance at Woodstock.  Sadly though, he enjoyed just as many belts of booze, which may have cut off the peak years a little early.  E ...

One of the most unique blues rock belters of our time, Mr. Joe Cocker on today's Vinyl Vault, dating back to 1972.  It was a weird time during Cocker's long storied career, but most of those stories seem weird anyway, so no surprise...

Perhaps one of the best interpreters in the business is Joe Cocker, with his many successes covering other artists tunes.  Two of his biggest that come to mind right away are The Beatles 'With a Little Help From My Friends' and Traffic's 'Feeling Alright'...

1972 was a rough time for Joe Cocker, just beginning his legendary downward slide into substance abuse, when producers nearly had to prop him up at the mic.  He did manage to get out some very good tunes though, and we're getting into one today, unusually deep...