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Joe Cocker

1944 - 2014

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John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured spastic body movements. Most of his best known singles were covers of songs by other artists, though he composed a number of his own songs for most of his albums as well, often in conjunction with songwriting partner Chris Stainton.His first album featured a recording of the Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends", which brought him to near-instant stardom. The song reached number one in the UK in 1968, became a staple of his many live shows, and was known to later generations as the theme song for the TV series The Wonder Years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Cocker has received more than 5,656,607 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Joe Cocker is the 42nd most popular singer, the 219th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 225th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Singer.

Joe Cocker is most famous for his rendition of the Beatles song "With a Little Help from My Friends."

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  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Joe Cocker ranks 42 out of 3,541. Before him are Nico, Andrea Bocelli, Jacques Brel, Nina Simone, Amanda Lear, and Ozzy Osbourne. After him are Mireille Mathieu, Phil Collins, Ella Fitzgerald, Eminem, Agnetha Fältskog, and Stevie Wonder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Joe Cocker ranks 8. Before him are Michael Douglas, Ban Ki-moon, Gerhard Schröder, George Lucas, Jeff Beck, and Barry White. After him are Miloš Zeman, Jimmy Page, Rutger Hauer, Alexander Van der Bellen, Geraldine Chaplin, and Alan Parker. Among people deceased in 2014, Joe Cocker ranks 8. Before him are Robin Williams, Ariel Sharon, Eusébio, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Eduard Shevardnadze, and Claudio Abbado. After him are Shirley Temple, Eli Wallach, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Nadine Gordimer, Luis Aragonés, and Hiroo Onoda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Cocker ranks 219 out of 6,924. Before him are Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Charles II of England (1630), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869), Catherine Howard (1523), Anne Brontë (1820), and Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900). After him are J. K. Rowling (1965), Keith Richards (1943), Edward the Black Prince (1330), Anthony Giddens (1938), Catherine Parr (1512), and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Joe Cocker ranks 5. Before him are David Bowie (1947), Mick Jagger (1943), Brian Johnson (1947), and Ozzy Osbourne (1948). After him are Phil Collins (1951), Marianne Faithfull (1946), Rod Stewart (1945), George Michael (1963), Ian Gillan (1945), Bonnie Tyler (1951), and Robert Plant (1948).

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