Joe Cocker died

On Monday, December 22, at the age of 70, English bluam singer Joe Cocker died in the United States.

According to BBC , the cause of death was lung cancer.

Joe Cocker was born in 1944 in Sheffield, first went on stage at the age of 12, sparing with a group of an older brother. After school, Coker began to work as an assistant to the gas-gazovik locksmith, but soon returned to the music again.

The first groups in which Joe Cocker participated played rock and roll, rhythm-n-blouse and soul and did not achieve great popularity. The breakthrough for the 24-year-old singer was the recording of its own version of The Beatles “with A Little Help From My Friends” , which in 1968 was in the first place of the national hit parade.

In the spring of 1969, the Grease Band Joe Coker group went on tour in the United States, the album “With a Little Help From My Friends” took 35 months in the American chart. In August of the same year, Joe Coker's performance became one of the most striking events of the festival in Woodstock.

In subsequent years, the songs of other performers predominated in Joe Coker repertoire, he abused alcohol and drugs, which negatively affected his voice. Nevertheless, in 1982, he recorded with Jennifer Warns Ballad “Up Were We Belong” , which sounded in the film “Officer and Gentleman” and was nominated for the Oscar.