Question: Chris Stainton first gained recognition with what English singer and musician who was known for his gritty voice?

Context articles: Joe Cocker!
Chris Stainton
Joe Cocker discography
Declan McKenna
Gordon Haskell
Paul Mullen
Below the Belt (Boxer album)
Jacob Benedicto
Joe Cocker
Absolutely (Boxer album)

Joe Cocker!
 is Joe Cocker's second studio album, released in November 1969.
 Following the template of his first LP, this album features numerous covers of songs originally performed by Bob Dylan ("Dear Landlord"), The Beatles ("She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" and "Something" - both released almost simultaneously with original versions; "Let It Be" was also recorded and released as a B-side), Leonard Cohen ("Bird on the Wire"), and future touring partner Leon Russell ("Delta Lady").
 Cocker also co-wrote one song, "That's Your Business Now", Chris Stainton, who was also his writing partner in later years.
Christopher Robert "Chris" Stainton (born 22 March 1944, Woodseats, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English session musician, keyboard player, bassist and songwriter, who first gained recognition with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s.
 In addition to his collaboration with Cocker, Stainton is best known for his work with Eric Clapton, The Who, Andy Fairweather Low and Bryan Ferry.
This Joe Cocker discography lists the recordings plus live appearances of John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE (20 May 1944 - 22 December 2014), the English rock/blues musician, composer and actor who came to popularity in the 1960s, and was most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles.
Declan Benedict McKenna (born 24 December 1998) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.
 He initially gained recognition for winning the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015.
 McKenna self-released the song "Brazil", a protest song criticising FIFA and the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil, as his debut single in December 2014.
 It gained recognition after its re-release in August 2015.
 It reached number one on Sirius XM Radio's Alt Nation Alt 18 Countdown for 23 January 2016 and held that spot for three weeks.
 The song also reached number 16 on the U.S. "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart, number 45 in Japan and number 135 in France.
 His popularity attracted the attention of many major music labels; he eventually signed to Columbia Records in 2016.
Gordon Haskell (born 27 April 1946, in Verwood, Dorset, England) is an English musician and songwriter.
 A pop, rock and blues vocalist, guitarist, and bassist, he was a school friend of King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, the two first working together in Fripp's mid-1960s teenage group The League of Gentlemen (not to be confused with Fripp's later new wave beat band).
 Haskell first gained recognition as bass player for the British band Les Fleur de Lys, and subsequently spent a short period in King Crimson, singing one of the songs on their second album and both singing and playing bass on their third album.
 After departing from King Crimson, he continued his musical career as a solo musician, finally gaining international recognition in 2001 with his hit song "How Wonderful You Are' 'followed by his Platinum selling album 'Harry's Bar'.
Paul Mullen (born 6 September 1982) is an English musician, multi-instrumentalist & singer songwriter who first gained recognition for being vocalist and guitarist of the band Yourcodenameis:milo, who went on hiatus in 2007.
 Since their hiatus, Mullen has gone on to both join and form a number of bands, which he currently splits his time between – including The Automatic, Young Legionnaire, Losers, HorseFight and Bleach Blood.
Below the Belt was the debut album by Boxer, released on the Virgin label in January 1976.
 The album attracted less attention for its music than for its cover art.
 Photographed by Alex Henderson with graphics by Richard Evans, the cover featured model Stephanie Marrian spreadeagled and naked but for a pair of shoes, with a man's arm reaching up between her legs and his boxing-gloved hand hiding her genitalia.
 The back cover at first showed Stephanie in complete full-frontal nudity, but later pressings covered her up with the band's belt-styled logo.
 The cover was completely re-designed for the US market using the band photo from the inside of the UK gatefold cover.
 The lineup on this album is a live show quartet with keyboardist Chris Stainton brought in during the recording sessions.
Jacob Benedicto is a Filipino singer and actor born in Manila.
 He first gained recognition when he joined the blind auditions of The Voice of the Philippines (season 1) on ABS-CBN.
 Although none of the judges' chairs turned, Jacob dominated social media because of his good looks and soulful voice.
 The following year, in April 2014, Jacob entered the Pinoy Big Brother house as one of the housemates for .
 Dubbed as the "Cutie Crooner ng Paranaque", Jacob spent 5 weeks inside the house and was the 4th housemate to be evicted on the 3rd elimination night.
Joe Cocker, OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014), born as John Robert Cocker, was an English singer and musician.
 He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs of varying genre.
Absolutely was the second rock music album recorded by the band Boxer, released during 1977 on the Epic record label.
 Singer/pianist Mike Patto had assembled a new-look lineup including bassist Tim Bogert from Vanilla Fudge, guitarist Adrian Fisher from Sparks, Chris Stainton from Joe Cocker and many others and drummer Eddie Tuduri from the American band Wha-Koo.