Late rocker Joe Cocker getting into Rock Hall with a little help from his friends

Joe Cocker is no longer with us — he passed away during 2014 — but will finally get his due from the Rock and Roll Hall of ...
American Songwriter

ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Calls for Joe Cocker’s to Be Inducted into the Rock Hall: “[He’s] the Very Embodiment of Rock and Roll”

Cocker has been eligible for induction into the Rock Hall for 36 years but was nominated for the first time in 2025. Gibbons’ statement begins, “[I] received an alert that Joe Cocker [following a ...
Rolling Stone

Paul McCartney Urges Rock Hall of Fame to Induct Joe Cocker: ‘Where He Deserves to Be’

Paul McCartney wants Joe Cocker in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On Monday, publicist Bob Merlis shared a scanning of a Feb. 25-dated letter from McCartney urging that the English musician be ...