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Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker (full name John Robert Cocker; May 20, 1944, Sheffield, England — December 22, 2014, Crawford, Colorado) was a British singer who worked in the blues and rock genres. Officer of the Order of the British Empire. His calling card was a raspy baritone. The pearls of his repertoire are the blues and rock ballads "Summer in the City," "My Father’s Son," "Unchain My Heart," "You Can Leave Your Hat On," "You Are So Beautiful," "Now That the Magic Has Gone," "N’oubliez jamais," and "Up Where We Belong," which was featured in the film "An Officer and a Gentleman" and won an Oscar for Best Original Song, as well as a Grammy. He was considered one of the most vocally powerful performers of the last half-century.