Joe Cocker, the singer’s husky voice, died at age 70 – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         
                     

                 

 
                         

The musician Joe Cocker died Monday at age 70 “after a long battle” with lung cancer, said his publisher, Sony.

                     

                         Born on May 20, 1944 Sheffield, England, lived in that city until the age of 20. “Your international success as a blues singer and rock began in 1964 and continues today. Joe has created close to 40 albums and toured extensively across the globe,” adds Sony.

Known for deep and husky voice, and the jerky movements on stage, and the versions of unrelated topics, the singer of hits such as Unchain my heart , You are so beautiful or Up where we belong ( with which he was awarded a Grammy in 1983 ) , performed several times in Portugal (in 2005 been Vilar de Moors Festival in 2011 and in the Algarve, for example) and lived for some years in Colorado, in the United States.

Once you have started a career as a pop singer (under the name Vance Arnold ) in the 1960s, eventually find their place in their own name, singing soul music and rock, in the circuit of bars in England. In November 1968 reached first place in the English top with the Beatles version of A little help from my friends, that in his voice gained a more dramatic and next shade of blues.

His career really changed when he sang the theme of the Beatles at the Woodstock festival in August 1969, then was 25 years old. Has since become an accomplice of the Beatles, who praised his version, no’s surprising that the drummer, Ringo Starr, was one of the first musicians to mourn the death of his friend, making him via Twitter: “Goodbye and God bless Joe Cocker. Peace and love, “wrote drummer.

The second major success Cocker in England would eventually be another version, this time Delta Lady , originally from Leon Russell in Winter 1969. At the same time conquered the US market with the album With a Little Help From My Friends (1969) and Joe Cocker! (1969), both gold records.

Over the years has always been having periods of alcohol problems, jeopardizing his powerful voice, but the successes never abandoned. In 1975 he climbed the tops of the world with the romantic ballad Are you so beautiful , a duet with Jennifer Warnes, taken from the soundtrack of the movie Officer and a Gentleman .

In the 1990s continued to release hits, though less often did in the 1970s and 1980. Across from midnight arrived in 1997, followed by No ordinary love two years later. Respect yourself appeared in 2002, and the versions of album Heart & amp; Soul followed in 2004. His performance at Woodstock – Live At Woodstock – was issued on CD in 2009 and a year later was released Hard Knocks , his first studio album in three years. Your 23 studio album, Fire It Up , was released in 2012 by Sony.