Joe Cocker, the British blues-rock singer whose raspy voice brought plaintive soul to such hits as "You Are So Beautiful" and the duet "Up Where We Belong," died Monday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 70.
Cocker's performing career spanned some 50 years, from Woodstock, where he sang the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends," to the digital-music era. He had tour dates scheduled well into 2015.
Cocker began as a singer in England at the same time as the Beatles, with whom he was often linked. He had a major success in the early 1970s with "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," a live album and documentary film.
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