204. Someone needs to explain why Joe Cocker has never been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. I had big hopes that the museum would honor the legends of Rock. But I now believe that the RRHOF has lost its mission and I have subsequently lost my faith. Joe Cocker along with Steppenwolf, Procol Harum and Jethro Tull and others have been snubbed by the hall. Rolling Stone magazine ranks Joe Cocker on its list of the top 100 singers. In addition to creating huge hits with songs like “Feeling Alright” and “Unchain My Heart”, promoter Barrie Marshall, said that Cocker was “without doubt the greatest rock/soul singer ever to come out of Britain.” Paul McCartney said that he “was especially pleased when Joe decided to cover ‘With a Little Help from My Friends”, and went on to describe it as “mind-blowing, totally turned the song into a soul anthem and I was forever grateful to him for doing that.”Paul was so impressed with Joe Cocker’s singing and his version of “With a little help from my friends” that he offered “Let It Be” to Cocker in 1969, before the Beatles released it as a single, and George Harrison offered Joe “Something” before he recorded it. “Feeling Alright” is a song by Traffic that was made famous when Joe Cocker included it as part of his Woodstock set list. It was written by David Loeffler, Damon Butler, Phillip Gordy, Darric Graham, and Donald Parker.
