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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I Heard It Through The Grapevine Lyrics

Joe Cocker

Bet you're wondering how I knew 'bout you're plans to make me blue
with some other guy that you knew before. Between the two of us guys you
know I love you more. It took me by surprise I must say, when I found out
yesterday. Oo I
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heard it through the grapevine not much longer would
you be mine. Oo I heard it through the grapevine, and I'm just about to
lose my mind. Honey, honey yeah.
You know that a man ain't supposed to cry, but these tears I can't hold
inside. Losin' you would end my life you see, cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself that you found someone else. Instead I
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People say believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear.
I can't help bein' confused if it's true please tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go for the other guy that you knew before?
Oo I
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