is joe cocker dead?
Joe Cocker. John Robert Joseph Joe Cocker, OBE (20 May 1944 â 22 December 2014) was an English singer and musician. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs. Cocker's cover of the Beatles' With a Little Help from My Friends reached number one in the UK in 1968.