Joe Cocker

The phrase “Adult Contemporary” might as well be an epithet to rock fans.

As tended to be the case in his early career, things didn't come together easily.

Drummer Bruce Rowland, whose prolific career included session work for a long list of artists as well as stints with Fairport Convention and the Grease Band, has died at the age of 74.

He would become known as one of the most imaginative and distinctive interpretative singers of his generation.

A shared-tribute feedback loop that transcended parody began on Oct. 2, 1976.

Our photo of the week finds the late Joe Cocker on stage with Jimmy Page, at a November 29, 1983 stop in Dallas as part of the Ronnie Lane Appeal for Multiple Sclerosis (or A.R.M.S.) tour.

Joe Cocker sent his solo career into the stratosphere with the definitive cover of the Beatles' 'With a Little Help From My Friends,' and the royalties must have made Paul McCartney and John Lennon a fairly tidy sum of money over the years.

The music world lost a legend today, when singer Joe Cocker died at the age of 70 of lung cancer.

Joe Cocker, one of rock music's most distinctive performers, has died of lung cancer.

Joe Cocker was one of the last of the great rock interpreters.