Dies at 70 British singer Joe Cocker – Globo.com

The Rock lost on Monday (22) one of his most remarkable voices. He died at age 70 English singer Joe Cocker.

A strong, husky voice that carried the rock, the blues and the deep sense of American soul music. This was the Joe Cocker mark, an English birth who turned his talent in passport to the world. Joe began singing in clubs in the hometown of Sheffield. And exploded in the late 1960s, the Woodstock festival, with a version of “With a little help from my friends” by the Beatles.

In 2012, before performing in Brazil for the last time, he told TV Globo on that show: “I never forget I went by helicopter and miles away, asked the pilot what was that whole thing on the horizon and he said,.. is your audience.”

It was just the beginning of a career of four decades, which yielded 40 albums and many successes. In 1975, Joe Cocker definitely won the United States with “You are so beautiful.” At that time, problems with alcohol and drugs hindered the career

But he turned over and reappeared with everything in 1982 when he won a Grammy and an Oscar for a sweet duet with Jennifer Warnes -. “Up where we belong “- and amended a number of hits such as” You can leave your hat on “and” Unchain My Heart, “which played at the Maracana, the second edition of Rock in Rio in 1991

Joe lived in the United States, Colorado. He struggled against lung cancer. But until last year continued selling out stadiums and concert halls.

On Monday (22), one of the first to send condolences was former Beatle Ringo Starr. He wrote on a social network “. Goodbye and God bless Joe Cocker, one of his friends peace and love”

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