With a Little Help from My Friends is the debut studio album by the English singer-songwriter Joe Cocker, released in late April 1969. It was certified gold in the US by the RIAA and peaked at number
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Bye Bye Blackbird
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"Bye Bye Blackbird" is a 1926 song written by composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon and published by Jerome Remick. It is considered a popular standard and was first recorded by Sam Lanin's D
With a Little Help from My Friends (Joe Cocker album)
…leans to the conventional ... but his conception and performance, as well as Denny Cordell's production, are always audacious. His transformation of "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "A Little Help from My Friends" from light-hearted ditties into wails of human need succeeds perfectly, and his version of "Feelin' Alright" is…
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