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Joe Cocker – Classics, Volume 4 | ||||
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Released | February 1987 | |||
Genre | Rock/Pop | |||
Length | 51:18 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
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Joe Cocker – Classics, Volume 4 is a greatest hits compilation for Joe Cocker, released in 1987 by A&M Records as part of A&M's classics series of greatest hits albums for artists on its label. This compilation is label-exclusive; therefore, it only contains Joe Cocker's hits on the A&M label.
John Robert "Joe" Cocker was an English singer known for his gritty voice and dynamic stage performances that featured spastic body movements. Most of his best known singles were covers of songs by other artists, though he composed a number of his own songs for most of his albums as well, often in conjunction with songwriting partner Chris Stainton.
Tony Joe White, nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but which was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970. He also wrote "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent for the Blues", both hits for Tina Turner in 1989; those two songs came by way of Turner's producer at the time, Mark Knopfler, who was a friend of White. "Polk Salad Annie" was also recorded by Joe Dassin, Elvis Presley, and Tom Jones.
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Purple Passages is a 1972 North American, Japan and Venezuela only double-LP compilation album by Deep Purple featuring material originally released in 1968 and 1969 on the Tetragrammaton label. It features classics such as "Hush" and "Kentucky Woman". It was issued in Japan on compact disc in 1993.
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The Best of Bette is a compilation album by American singer Bette Midler, released on the K-tel label in Australia and New Zealand in 1981. The album was the second compilation to use the title The Best of Bette, the previous version with different cover art and an entirely different track list having been released on the Atlantic Records label in both the UK, Continental Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand in 1978.
Just Hits is a compilation album by American singer Bette Midler, released on the Atlantic Records label in Australia and New Zealand in 1987. The album was the third greatest hits compilation with Midler to be released in Australia, following 1978's The Best of Bette and a second release with the same title on the K-tel label in 1981.
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Space Captain – Joe Cocker Live in Concert is a live compilation album from Joe Cocker released in 1976 in several European countries by Cube Records. The album features a selection of songs recorded during Cocker's concerts in USA with Mad Dogs and Englishmen in 1970 and with The Chris Stainton Band in 1972. All the songs had been previously released on the Mad Dogs & Englishmen and Live in L.A. albums.
Donna Terry Weiss is an American singer and songwriter. She guested on Joe Cocker's album Mad Dogs and Englishmen and composed the 1974 song "Bette Davis Eyes" with Jackie DeShannon.