With A Little Help From My Friends Joe Cocker Tv Show
This version of the song is about a dog who yelps for help when he can t find his bone or scratch a flea.
With a little help from my friends joe cocker tv show. To this day six years after his passing joe cocker s version of the sgt. In some cable tv reruns outside north america the original joe cocker rendition of the theme song with a little help from my friends has been replaced by a cover version. Pepper song with a little help from my friends remains an integral part of his legacy. John robert joe cocker 20 may 1944 21 december 2014 the greatest rock soul singer from britain.
English singer joe cocker s version of with a little help from my friends was a radical re arrangement of the original in a slower 6 8 instead of the 4 4 beat in the original beatles version using different chords in the middle eight and a lengthy instrumental introduction featuring drums by procol harum s b j. Wilson guitar lines from jimmy page and organ by tommy eyre. Sesame street did a parody of this called with a little yelp from my friends it was performed by moe cocker a cocker spaniel. Cocker sang his devotional version of this song at woodstock giving his career a huge boost.
Joe cocker s cover certainly did that. In the end credits the instrumental version of this song that was originally broadcast has been replaced by the instrumental winnie cooper theme which is heard sometimes throughout the show. Joe cocker with a little help from my friends. The beatles are likely the most covered artist in the world but very rarely do those covers surpass the original.