Joe Cocker Movies

This video contains four television performances from rock & roll vocalist Joe Cocker that date from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. The man performs "With a Little Help From My Friends," "Delta Lady," "Dear Landlord," and his Oscar-winning duet with Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong." The DVD release of this collection contains previews of other titles in this series featuring performers such as Big Country, Procol Harum, Jack Bruce, and Leon Russell. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Luciano Pavarotti, one of the world's best-known classical tenors, both headlines and plays host for this special concert, held to benefit War Child, a charitable organization which provides relief for children orphaned by war. Pavarotti and Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo features Pavarotti performing with B.B. King, Joe Cocker, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, and Lionel Richie (all of whom also perform solo). Other guests include Ricky Martin, Boyzone, and Zucchero. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Hosted by standup comedian David Steinberg, ABC television's Music Scene was a unique, eclectic, and never-equaled program that the network nevertheless canceled after half a season. It aired prime time on Tuesday nights and ran an unusual slot-time of 45 minutes (paired with Aaron Spelling's 45-minute dramatic series The New People, about hip college kids stranded on an island). Music Scene regulars included Lily Tomlin and Larry Hankin. This sixth episode in the video release of the series features James Brown performing "Mother Popcorn," Dusty Springfield doing "A Brand New Me" and "The Look of Love," The Everly Brothers harmonizing a medley of their hits, Joe Cocker singing "Something," and Zager & Evans singing their hit sci-fi song about the "progress" of humanity, "In the Year 2525." Each week's musical guest line-up was based on Billboard Magazine's hit-record charts, so these episodes provide priceless television performances by virtually every major music star from the time, whether they worked in rock, country, soul, folk, or pop. Steinberg went on to become a successful television director. ~ Steve Blackburn, Rovi

This concert film from K7/Mvd, shot on October 15, 1996, features a show from Joe Cocker's Organic Tour. The songs performed are "You and I," "Darlin' Be Home Soon," "Delta Lady," "Sail Away," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "Heart Full of Rain," "High Lonesome Blue," "Bye Bye Blackbird," "Many Rivers to Cross," "Dignity," "You Are So Beautiful," "You Can Leave Your Hat On," "Into the Mystic," and "Can't Find My Way Home." The 60-minute program was released on DVD in 2001 and also features an interview with Cocker. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

Woodstock: The Lost Performances is a video collection of highlights from the 120 miles of footage used to make the original 1970 film. Included here are "Work Me Lord" by Janis Joplin, "We Shall Overcome" by Joan Baez, and "Let's Go Get Stoned" by Joe Cocker. This compilation also contains performance footage from Arlo Guthrie, Country Joe McDonald, and the Band. The video was compiled and released during the 20th anniversary of Woodstock. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

This 1983 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Sid Caesar and features musical guest Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes. ~ Skyler Miller, Rovi

Rock stars who performed in London between 1964 and 1973 (as the title of this documentary indicates) are featured in 104 minutes of stage performances, interspersed with an interview or two. Artists include the Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens, Jimi Hendrix, and Ike and Tina Turner. One of the interesting aspects of this documentary is how quickly it became dated, even at its time of release 8 years after completion. Tina had found the courage to split from battering Ike, and several of the artists had died - but not their music. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

The legendary singer Joe Cocker performs nearly a dozen songs during the course of the 1980 concert captured on this release. The setlist includes such gems as "Cry Me a River," "Feelin' Alright," "A Whiter Shade of Pale," "Delta Lady," "The Letter," and "With a Little Help From My Friends." ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

In the late '60s and early '70s, seemingly every major rock festival and a number of top rock bands had become the subjects of documentary films, so it was probably just a matter of time before someone decided to take a look at the backstage scene in the wild world of heavy rock. For Groupies, filmmakers Ron Dorfman and Peter Nevard spent several months on the then-thriving rock ballroom circuit, filming a few notable bands, but spending most of their time with the women who'd devoted their time to following and "getting to know" their favorite rock stars (as well as a handful of young men who try, with little success, to share their affections with members of Ten Years After). Ranging from young unknowns new to the music scene to the royalty of the groupie community (including Miss Pamela -- aka Pamela Des Barres, who wrote an entertaining book on her experiences -- and Cynthia Plaster Caster, who preserved the "instruments" of a number of well-known rockers in plaster of Paris), Groupies follows these women and attempts to explain how they came by their decadent lifestyle. If nothing else, Groupies offers your only opportunity to hear several women onscreen debate the pros and cons of sleeping with Luther Grosvenor from the band Spooky Tooth. Groupies also features onscreen performances from Joe Cocker, Ten Years After, and Terry Reid. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi