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Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #189: “The Letter” – Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and The Shelter People- First debut single week of April 18, 1970.
- Single:”The Letter”- Joe Cocker with Leon Russell and The Shelter People
- Record Company- A&M
- Genre: Rock
- Written by Wayne Carson Thompson
- Time: 4:10
- B-side:” Space Captain”
- Album- Mad Dogs And Englishmen
- Grade: A
- Peaked at #7 12 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.
Joe Cocker from 1968-1990 had 21 Hot 100 singles with 9 making the Top 40. He had 1 #1 that was a duet with Jennifer Warnes in 1982- “Up Where We Belong.” He died of lung cancer in 2014 at the age of 70. “The Letter” is a remake of the Box Tops #1 hit from 1967.
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Follow the songs from Joe Cocker with the Heavy Blues Band in Paris.
I love his cover of the song. He injects the soul needed to fit the lyrics.
This is killer stuff. Hit repeat on this one Hans.
Joe Cocker could sing a song!
Plus he made them his own.