Joe Cockerwas born in Sheffield, England on May 20, 1944, the youngest son of a civil servant. In 1961 Joe by day, worked as an apprentice gas fitter and by night, in dark suit and bow tie, became singing with Avengersin rough Sheffield pubs. The set included songs by mentor Ray Charles"What'd I Say" and "Georgia On My Mind." Vance Arnold and the Avengers biggest moment came in 1963 when they supported The Rolling Stones at Sheffield City Hall, and brought the house down. The following year Joe left the Gas Board and released his first single, a cover of The Beatles "I'll Cry Instead." His band, Joe Cocker Big Blues, built up a large following in the north of England and ventured to France for a two month stint, playing on American airbases. The servicemen, many from America's deep south, loved Joe.
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Feeling Alright Lyrics

Joe Cocker

SEEMS I'VE GOT TO HAVE A CHANGE OF SCENE
CAUSE EVERYNIGHT I HAVE THE STRANGEST DREAMS
INPRISONED BY THE WAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN
LEGT HERE ON MY OWN OR SO IT SEEMS
I'VE GOT TO LEAVE BEFORE I START TO SCREAM
SOMEONE LOCKED THE DOOR AND TURNED THE KEY
FEELING ALRIGHT
IM NOT FEELING GOOD MYSELF
FEELING ALRIGHT
I DON'T HAVE TO FEEL ALRIGHT
I'M FEELING GOOD MYSELF
BOY YOU SURE TOOK ME FOR A RIDE
AND EVEN NOW I SIT AND WONDER WHY
THAT WHEN I THINK OF YOU I STOP MYSELF FRON CRYING
I JUST CAN'T WAIST MY TIME
I MUST KEEP TRYIN

IV'E GOT TO STOP BELIEVING ALL YOUR LIES
CAUSE THERE'S TO MUCH TO DO BEFORE I DIE

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DON'T YOU GET TO LOST IN ALL I SAY
BUT AT THE TIME YOU KNOW
I REALLY FELT THAT WAY
BUT THAT WAS THEN AND NOW YOU KNOW ITS TODAY
LORD I CAN'T ESCAPE I GUESS I'M HERE TO STAY
TILL SOMEONE COMES ALONG TO TAKE MY PLACE
WITH A DIFFERENT NAME AND A DIFFERENT FACE

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