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With a Little Help from My Friends is the first album by singer Joe Cocker, released in 1969. This album is credited to Cocker & his band, The Grease Band. The popular title track was featured in a 1975 episode of Saturday Night Live, in which John Belushi (as Cocker) called the song a "musical performance". It was also the theme song to the popular television series The Wonder Years during the 1980s and 1990s.













Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (1969) (24-96)


Side A:

      "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) ? 4:10
      "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) ? 3:27
      "Change in Louise" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) ? 3:22
      "Marjorine" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) ? 2:38
      "Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) ? 5:17


Side B:

      "Do I Still Figure in Your Life" (Pete Dello) ? 3:59
      "Sandpaper Cadillac" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) ? 3:16
      "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin) ? 4:41
      "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Lennon/McCartney) ? 5:11
      "I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan) ? 4:35


Personnel

      Joe Cocker: Vocals.
      David Cohen: Guitar (Track 1).
      Tony Visconti: Guitar (Track 2).
      Jimmy Page: Guitar (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9).
      Henry McCullough: Guitar (Tracks 3, 6, 8 & 10).
      Albert Lee: Guitar (Track 4)
      Chris Stainton: Piano (Tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7), Organ (Tracks 2 & 7), Bass (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10).
      Tommy Eyre: Piano (Track 5), Organ (Tracks 8 & 9).
      Artie Butler: Piano (Track 1)
      Matthew Fisher: Organ (Track 5).
      Stevie Winwood: Organ (Tracks 6 & 10).
      Carol Kaye: Bass guitar (Track 1).
      Paul Humphries: Drums (Track 1).
      Clem Cattini: Drums (Tracks 2, 4 & 7).
      Mike Kelly: Drums (Tracks 3, 6 & 10).
      B.J. Wilson: Drums (Tracks 5 & 9).
      Kenny : Drums (Track 8).
      Laudir: Tumba, Maracas (Track 1).
      Brenda Holloway: Backing Vocals (Track 1).
      Patrice Holloway: Backing Vocals (Track 1).
      Merry Clayton: Backing Vocals (Track 1).
      Madeline Bell: Backing Vocals (Tracks 2 & 6).
      Sunny Hightower: Backing Vocals (Track 2).
      Rosetta Hightower: Backing Vocals (Tracks 2 & 9).
      Su Wheetman: Backing Vocals (Tracks 3, 6 & 10).
      Sunny Wheetman : Backing Vocals (Tracks 6, 9 & 10).