English rock and blues singer, Born: 20 May 1944 in Crookes, Sheffield, England, UK. Died: 22 December 2014 at the "Mad Dog Ranch", Crawford, Colorado, US. OBE - Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
In a now-famous performance on the television show "Saturday Night Live" , he appeared on stage singing "Feelin All Right", when cast member John Belushi , wearing near identical clothes, entered the stage and stood next to Cocker, doing an incredible impersonation of him. The two sang the lines of the song alternately. A music critic wrote of the performance, "John Belushi sounded more like Cocker than Cocker did!".
Used to work on the Gas Board.
He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2007 Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to music.
His favorite songs were "Respect" by Aretha Franklin , "Rock Island Line" by Lonnie Donegan , "All Along The Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix , "Rag Mama Rag" by The Band , "Layla" by Derek & The Dominos , "Im Your Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters , "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel , "Forty Thousand Headmen" by Traffic , "Lets Get It On" by Marvin Gaye and "Whole Lotta Shakin" by Jerry Lee Lewis (Source: BBC Radio 2 "Tracks of My Years").
His favorite albums included "The Genius of Ray Charles" by Ray Charles , "Extension of a Man" by Donny Hathaway , "Whats Going On" by Marvin Gaye , "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" by Aretha Franklin and "Talking Book" by Stevie Wonder (Source: Mojo magazine).
The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we,come into the computer age.
I was in Germany when the wall came down.
I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.
Unfortunately, I was in New York when 9/11 happened.
Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around.
Yeah, one of the main ways is for songs that make me want to move.
Some of the songs I do once in a while that I kinda. . . my set list is,basically like my hits, there is a good reason why they are there;,people really like them.
