Joe Cocker : With a Little Help From My Friends

With a Little Help

 from My Friends 

is the

 debut album

 by singer

 Joe Cocker

 released in 1969.

 It was certified gold

 in the US

 and peaked at

 number 35 

on the 

Billboard 200.

With a Little Help From My Friends 

is the major triumph 

of rock interpretation thus far.

Cocker's material 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 not only 

better than

 Three Dog Night's 

but better than

 the original, by

 Dave Mason 

and 

Traffic

When He Takes on a Song

He Makes it His Own 

BONUS TRACKS 

Outtakes

 released as 

B-sides

The New Age of Lily

Something's Coming On

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