Joe cocker

December 22, 2000: The Coen Brothers movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" hits theaters, spawning a Grammy winning soundtrack. Would you believe one of the best-selling country music albums since the turn of the millennium is a movie soundtrack? Believe it. (signup to follow by email) The infamous O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack album moved more than eight million copies in its first seven years in the United States alone. And it almost single-handedly made America fall back in love with…

See recording artist Joe Cocker through the years. Cocker, best known for the songs, "You Are So Beautiful," and the 1980s duet "Up Where We Belong," with Jennifer Warnes, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 ...

Sheffield-born singer, famous for hits such as Up Where We Belong and You Are So Beautiful, has died aged 70

Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker

Deciding on Joe Cocker as this week's subject, I glanced down Wikipedia's list of people born on his birthday 20 May, and noticed a clutch of singer/musicians there, especially during the late 1930s to mid 40s. One, a popular Dutch singer Boudewijn de Groot was born on the same day as Joe Cocker - though in a Japanese prison camp in Indonesia. 20 May = one of the last degrees of Taurus, Taurus is ruled by Venus, planet of the arts, so it's not surprising to find a goodly sprinkling of…

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A very young Joe Cocker.

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Joe Cocker