With a Little Help from My Friends ( Joe Cocker album ) - wikipedia With a Little Help from My Friends ( Joe Cocker album ) With a Little Help From My Friends Studio album by Joe Cocker Released May 1969 ( 1969 - 05 ) Recorded Early 1968 Studio Olympic Studios and Trident Studios, London Genre Blues rock soul Length 40 : 27 Label Regal Zonophone ( UK ) A&M ( US ) Producer Denny Cordell Joe Cocker chronology With a Little Help from My Friends ( 1969 ) Joe Cocker ! ( 1969 ) Joe Cocker ! 1969 With a Little Help from My Friends is the debut album by singer Joe Cocker, released in 1969. It was certified gold in the US and peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200. In the UK, the album charted in May 1972 at number 29 when it was re-released as a double pack with Cocker 's second LP Joe Cocker !. The title track was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and originally performed by the Beatles on the album Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band ; it has been inducted into both the Grammy Award Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cocker 's version was the theme song to the television series The Wonder Years during the 1980s and 1990s. In 2015, the Audio Fidelity company released a limited reissue of the album in hybrid SACD format as a tribute to Cocker. Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 Chart performance 6 Certifications 7 References Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Rolling Stone ( favourable ) With a Little Help from My Friends met with a favourable review from Rolling Stone 's John Mendelsohn. Mendelsohn stated that `` Cocker has assimilated the ( Ray ) Charles influence to the point where his feeling for what he is singing can not really be questioned. And, in answer to the question of why someone should listen to Cocker when there is Charles to listen to -- how many times in recent years has the latter applied himself to such exceptional modern material (... ) or such contemporary Dylan... ? '' He also stated that `` Cordell 's success in fusing a consistently marvelous backing unit out of America 's premier studio soul singers and England 's most famous rock musicians and delicate egos can not be exaggerated. '' He concluded that `` it 's a triumph all around. And the thought of Cocker 's next album (... ) is an exceptionally pleasant one. '' In The New York Times, Robert Christgau wrote : With a Little Help From My Friends is the major triumph of rock interpretation thus far. Cocker 's material leans to the conventional... but his conception and performance, as well as Denny Cordell 's production, are always audacious. His transformation of `` Bye Bye Blackbird '' and `` A Little Help From My Friends '' from light - hearted ditties into wails of human need succeeds perfectly, and his version of ' Feelin ' Alright ' is not only better than Three Dog Night 's but better than the original, by Dave Mason and Traffic. If that means Cocker is the best singer in England, well -- overlook Mick Jagger and it 's possible, even likely. His voice is very strong, influenced by Ray Charles, and he has no inhibitions about using it. All of his inhibitions came before the fact, in the immense care that went into each track... Cocker 's affection for rock is uniquely personalized. He is gruff and vulgar, perhaps a touch too self - involved, but his steady strength rectifies his excesses. He is the best of the male rock interpreters, as good in his way as Janis Joplin is in hers. A retrospective review from Allmusic 's Bruce Eder was fairly positive. Eder stated that the album `` holds up extraordinarily well across four decades, the singer 's performance bolstered by some very sharp playing, (... ) It 's Cocker 's voice, a soulful rasp of an instrument (... ) that carries this album and makes `` Change in Louise, '' `` Feeling Alright, '' `` Just Like a Woman, '' `` I Shall Be Released, '' and even `` Bye Bye Blackbird '' into profound listening experiences. '' He concluded that `` the surprises in the arrangements, tempo, and approaches taken help make this an exceptional album. Tracks like `` Just Like a Woman, '' with its soaring gospel organ above a lean textured acoustic and light electric accompaniment, and the guitar - dominated rendition of `` Do n't Let Me Be Misunderstood '' (... ) all help make this an exceptional listening experience. '' Track listing Side one `` Feeling Alright '' ( Dave Mason ) -- 4 : 10 `` Bye Bye Blackbird '' ( Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon ) -- 3 : 27 `` Change in Louise '' ( Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton ) -- 3 : 22 `` Marjorine '' ( Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton ) -- 2 : 38 `` Just Like a Woman '' ( Bob Dylan ) -- 5 : 17 Side two `` Do I Still Figure in Your Life ? '' ( Pete Dello ) -- 3 : 59 `` Sandpaper Cadillac '' ( Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton ) -- 3 : 16 `` Do n't Let Me Be Misunderstood '' ( Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin ) -- 4 : 41 `` With a Little Help from My Friends '' ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney ) -- 5 : 11 `` I Shall Be Released '' ( Bob Dylan ) -- 4 : 35 Outtakes released as B - sides `` The New Age of Lily '' ( Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton ) -- 2 : 15 `` Something 's Coming On '' ( Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton ) -- 2 : 15 Personnel Joe Cocker - vocals David Cohen - guitar ( track 1 ) Tony Visconti - guitar ( track 2 ) Jimmy Page - guitar ( tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9 ) Henry McCullough - guitar ( tracks 3, 6, 8 & 10 ) Albert Lee - guitar ( track 4 ) Chris Stainton - piano ( tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7 ), organ ( tracks 2 & 7 ), bass guitar ( tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10 ) Tommy Eyre - piano ( track 5 ), organ ( tracks 8 & 9 ) Artie Butler - piano ( track 1 ) Matthew Fisher - organ ( track 5 ) Stevie Winwood - organ ( tracks 6 & 10 ) Carol Kaye - bass guitar ( track 1 ) Paul Humphrey - drums ( track 1 ) Clem Cattini - drums ( tracks 2, 4 & 7 ) Mike Kellie - drums ( tracks 3, 6 & 10 ) B.J. Wilson - drums ( tracks 5 & 9 ) Kenny Slade - drums ( track 8 ) Laudir de Oliveira - tumba, maracas ( track 1 ) Brenda Holloway - backing vocals ( track 1 ) Patrice Holloway - backing vocals ( track 1 ) Merry Clayton - backing vocals ( track 1 ) Madeline Bell - backing vocals ( tracks 2, 6 & 9 ) Rosetta Hightower - backing vocals ( tracks 2 & 9 ) Sue Wheetman - backing vocals ( tracks 3, 6, 9 & 10 ) Sunny Wheetman - backing vocals ( Tracks 3, 6, 9 & 10 ) Production Denny Cordell - producer Tony Visconti - mixing engineer Tom Wilkes - album design Martin Keeley - front cover photography Eric Hays - back cover photography Herb Greene - back cover photography Chart performance Chart ( 1969 ) Peak position USA 35 Germany 82 Chart ( 1972 ) Peak position UK 29 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 500,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone References Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 -- 2006, Joel Whitburn, ed., Record Research, p. 180. ^ Jump up to : Eder, Bruce. With a Little Help from My Friends -- Joe Cocker at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 December 2005. ^ Jump up to : Mendelsohn, John ( 23 August 1969 ). `` Joe Cocker With a Little Help from My Friends Album Review ''. Rolling Stone. San Francisco : Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. ( 40 ) : 36. Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2015. Jump up ^ The New York Times review Jump up ^ `` American album certifications -- Joe Cocker -- With A Little Help From My Friends ''. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH Joe Cocker Studio albums With a Little Help from My Friends Joe Cocker ! 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Question: when did joe cocker record with a little help from my friends
Answer: Early 1968