Cala to hoarse voice of Joe Cocker: rock star died at age 70 – Terra Brazil

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December 22, 2014 • 20h39

Joe Cocker, the legendary British singer of blues and rock performer of hits like “You Are So Beautiful” died at age 70, his agent said on Monday.

Born in Sheffield, northern industrial city of England, Joe Cocker died on Sunday night in the United States. He was “without doubt, the greatest rock singer and soul already left Britain,” said his agent, Barrie Marshall, in a statement.

Cocker, who started his career playing small bars England, gained fame in the 1960s, thanks to the celebrated version of “With a Little Help From My Friends,” a Beatles song that the British played with his characteristic hoarse voice at the Woodstock festival in August 1969.

Critics even considered this “cover” as one of the best versions of the rock era.

Among the biggest Cocker career successes are “Night Calls” and “Up Where We Belong” , a duet with Jennifer Warnes, who was part of the soundtrack of the movie “The Force of Destiny” (1982). It is also famous interpretation of “You Can Leave Your Hat On”, the main theme of the movie “Nine and a half weeks of Love” (1986).

Cocker was “immensely talented and a true star, but also a kind and humble man who loved to play, “said his agent.

” His striking interpretation of ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ continued thrilling audiences for decades. It was simply unique, “he continued.

The record label Cocker, Sony Music, said the singer was suffering from lung cancer. According to the Yorkshire Post, the local hometown newspaper of the singer, the star died in Colorado, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, where he lived for a long time.

Ringo Starr, former drummer of “Fab Four”, paid tribute to compatriot with a post on Twitter microblog, where he wrote: “.. Goodbye and God bless Joe Cocker is the desire of one of his friends Peace and Love”

Paul McCartney, former bassist of the Beatles, expressed his “sadness” in a statement. “It was a lovely boy from the north, who loved, I loved the way you sing. I was thrilled when he decided to sing a version of” With a little help from my friends, “he added.

The singer Aerosmith, Steven Tyler, wrote on Twitter: “always love you and miss you forever”

The Cocker image as “the voice of a generation” won proportion thanks to “The Wonder Years” (The. Wonder Years, in the original), a popular American television program that premiered in 1988 with a nostalgic look at the 60′s, and had their version of “With a Little Help From My Friends” as the main theme.

The song was also included in the Grammy Hall of Fame. But despite being acclaimed by audiences and critics, Cocker never got to see his name in the Hall of Fame Rock and Roll, an omission that his fans considered grave misconduct.

Billy Joel, who played “With a Little Help from My Friends” at Madison Square Garden in New York in September this year, said the disease was sorry colleague and added that he was “impressed” that his legend had not been immortalized in the Hall of Fame Rock and Roll.

But the magazine Rolling Stone, did, to incorporate it in the list of “100 best singers all time “, established in 2008 by 179 experts

Despite the fame, Joe Cocker did not have it.” glamor “that usually surround rock stars: often misaligned and prematurely bald, he never appeared in magazines gossip starring antics in the style of Mick Jagger.

However, we had a dark side. In an interview in 2012 to American radio NPR, Cocker remembered the follies of the 70s, when he immersed himself in alcohol and drugs.

“In the early 70s, the drug and alcohol made their victims. The way back was long. Often when you’re young and irresponsible, we do not realize you’re taking things to the extreme and how the return is difficult, “he said.