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Joe Cocker muore a 70 anni, addio al cantante simbolo di Woodstock

La sua voce roca era un autentico, imitatissimo, marchio di fabbrica

 Il cantante britannico Joe Cocker è morto all'età di 70 anni dopo una lunga battaglia contro il cancro ai polmoni. Ex idraulico di Sheffield con la passione per il blues, il soul e la musica nera, iniziò la sua carriera musicale all'età di 15 anni. Divenne famoso per la sua cover dei Beatles "With A Little Help From My Friends" e per la colonna sonora di "9 settimane e 1/2".


Joe Cocker è stato uno degli eroi di Woodstock. Anche lui, come molti colleghi della sua generazione, ha rischiato di morire giovane, consumato da alcol e droghe. Si era specializzato in cover dei Beatles e, con Jimmy Page alla chitarra, aveva inciso una strepitosa versione rock blues di "With a little help from my friends". La sua performance rimane uno degli highlights della "tre giorni di pace, amore e musica": l'urlo prima della reprise, che avrebbe spezzato le corde vocali di un uomo normale, fu come un grido di battaglia per milioni di giovani.

Diventò subito famoso anche negli Usa per la sua voce roca e le sue insolite movenze. Non a caso la sua imitazione rimane uno dei must di John Belushi, così come il duetto dei "due Joe Cocker" una delle tante perle di quella irripetibile stagione del Saturday Night Live. Insieme a Leon Russell realizzò "Mad Dogs & Englishmen", il suo primo, memorabile, live cui fu dedicato anche un documentario che è uno dei classici della cinematografia rock del periodo. Era il 1970 e presto cominciarono i problemi con gli abusi che misero a rischio carriera e salute.

E' stato il cinema a riportarlo allo status di star negli anni '80: "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (un brano di Randy Newman) accompagna lo spogliarello di Kim Basinger in "9 settimane e1/2" ed entra nella storia del costume, "Up Where We Belong", un duetto con Jennifer Warnes inserito nella colonna sonora di "Ufficiale Gentiluomo", vince l'Oscar. Da eroe di Woodstock e della trasgressione, si trasforma in una star al cui servizio ci sono i migliori team di autori e produttori, nel 1987 arriva anche un altro mega hit, "Unchain My Heart".

In Italia ha trovato in Zucchero un fan entusiasta che ha modellato stile e movenze su quelle di Joe Cocker, ma anche Eros Ramazzotti ha inciso un duetto con lui. Oltre ad aver vinto Oscar e Grammy, nel 2007 è stato nominato Ufficiale dell'Ordine dell'Impero Britannico, quasi a sancire la sua trasformazione.






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Irriconoscibile quando negli anni 60 conquistava Woodstock con quella voce unica

Il più famoso bluesman bianco. Joe Cocker ha lasciato il segno nella storia del rock con la sua voce roca e sofferta con la quale nei primi anni ha fatto sue, rendendole vancora più memorabili alcune canzoni dei Beatles. Dopo un lungo periodo di stasi nella sua carriera dovuto a gravi problemi di alcolismo, negli anni 80 è tornato al successo grazie al cinema. Sue le canzoni per "Ufficiale e Gentiluomo" ("Up Where We Belong") per il quale vinse l'Oscar, e ancora più di successo quella per "9 settimane e 1/2", "You Can Leave Your Hat On". CLICCA SULLE ALTRE PAGINE PER VEDERE LE FOTO

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Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr lead tributes to singer Joe Cocker after he dies aged 70 following battle with lung cancer 

• Rock and blues singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70 after fighting lung cancer
  
  Rock and blues singer Joe Cocker dies aged 70 after fighting lung cancer
  Star was best known for his cover of With A Little Help From My Friends
  The Sheffield-born singer's prolific career lasted more than 50 years
  Cocker was also known for You Are So Beautiful and Up Where We Belong
  He was awarded an OBE for services to the music industry in 2007 
  
  
  

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have led the tributes to rock and blues singer Joe Cocker, who has died at the age of 70.
Cocker, best known for his cover of the Beatles' song With A Little Help From My Friends, died in the U.S. last night after a battle with lung cancer.
The prolific star, who released 40 albums over a career spanning half a century, became such good friends with the Beatles that they would play him their new songs before they had even recorded them.
Sir Paul said: 'It's really sad to hear about Joe's passing. He was a lovely northern lad who I loved a lot and, like many people, I loved his singing.
'I was especially pleased when he decided to cover With A Little Help From My Friends and I remember him and (producer) Denny Cordell coming round to the studio in Savile Row and playing me what they'd recorded and it was just mind-blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem and I was forever grateful for him for doing that.
'I knew him through the years as a good mate and I was so sad to hear that he had been ill and really sad to hear today that he had passed away.
'He was a great guy, a lovely guy who brought so much to the world and we'll all miss him.'
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr paid tribute to his friend, tweeting: 'Goodbye and God bless to Joe Cocker from one of his friends, peace and love.'
Singer song-writer Frank Turner tweeted: 'Wow. Sad to hear of Joe Cocker's passing. Incredible singer.'  

Cocker was 'without the doubt the greatest rock/soul singer ever to come out of Britain,' his agent Barrie Marshall said.
His success as a blues and rock singer lasted decades, with the Beatles cover reaching number one in 1968.
He won his first Grammy in 1983 and an Oscar for his duet with Jennifer Warnes, Up Where We Belong, which was used in the soundtrack of Richard Gere film An Officer And A Gentleman.
He will also be remembered for his 1975 hit You Are So Beautiful.









Cocker was nominated for a Brit Award for Best British Male in 1993 and, in 2007, the rock legend was awarded the OBE for services to the music industry.
The singer never stopped releasing new material, topping the charts in Germany just last year.
His last gig came in Hammersmith, London, in June this year.
One of the British pop heroes of the Sixties, the former gas-fitter was as well known for his unruly curls and wild onstage gyrations as for his gritty voice.
On the road, he shared stages with the Rolling Stones and partied with Rod Stewart and Jimi Hendrix.









Cocker admitted that the rockstar life got the better of him, saying 'things began to deteriorate in 1972' after experimenting with drugs.
He was pulled back from the brink by his Wife Pam, who he met in 1978 and married in 1987.
In an interview last year, he said: 'It was Pam who helped me get myself back together.
'She made me think positively. I was very down on myself. She made me realise people still wanted to hear me sing, and convinced me I could escape the downward spiral.
'So I kept going. In America, I'd become a cartoon character, but my European fans were loyal. Even when I was at my most crazed, throwing my shoes into the crowd at gigs, they stuck with me. That helped me to rediscover my focus.'
Away from music Cocker enjoyed long walks in the mountains with his dogs, fly fishing, playing snooker with friends, and growing tomatoes in his greenhouse.



 
Cocker è stato nominato per un Brit Award per il miglior britannico maschile nel 1993 e, nel 2007, la leggenda del rock è stato assegnato il OBE per i servizi per l'industria della musica





Edgar Berger, chairman and chief executive of Sony Music Entertainment International, who signed Cocker, said: 'Joe Cocker is a legendary artist of rock and blues history and yet he was one of the most humble men I've ever met.
'His iconic voice will forever be etched in our memories and our thoughts go out to Joe's wife Pam and his family at this difficult time. Joe will live on in the hearts of millions of fans around the world.'
Mr Marshall, who represented the singer for more than 30 years, told the BBC he was 'simply unique' and 'it will be impossible to fill the space he leaves in our hearts'.
He is survived by his wife, his brother Victor, his step-daughter Zoey and two grandchildren.




By OLLIE GILLMAN FOR MAILONLINE
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