Other musicians, and at least one comedian, who have sung Numan's praises in recent years include Beck, Grant Nicholas, Tricky, Damon Albarn & Matt Sharp, Jarvis Cocker, Queens of the Stone Age, David Bowie, Noel Fielding and Afrika Bambaataa, who spoke of the influence Numan's music had on the fledgling American DJ scene: " In the late 70s and early 80s Gary had the rhythms that DJs wanted to get hold of and people waited for his records on the dance floor.

The single demonstrated a style shift advised by Red Rhino's Tony Perrin who had convinced Cocker that he " could write commercial songs like Wham !".

Cocker was irritated, and remarked that " the songs could've been done a lot better if we'd have had a bit more time ...".

In a message sent to the band's official mailing list on 1 January 2011, Cocker said the large amount of interest in the band's reunion had been " an inspiration ," and that he was pleased with how rehearsals were going.

Meanwhile popular music had become album-driven, with artists like Led Zeppelin and Joe Cocker in the spotlight and on the air, displacing many performers whose singles had been top sellers.

When his friend Jimmy Page started to come around to his house, guitar in hand and Led Zeppelin at an end, the duo's first live pairing was on the US ARMS ( Action Research into Multiple Sclerosis ) Tour, which had first been mooted by Eric Clapton and, besides Rodgers and Page, would include Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Steve Winwood and others.

Mac Cocker had a successful radio DJ career in Sydney beginning with Double J in the 1970s and then Triple J in the 1980s, and did not counter a common impression there that he was Joe Cocker's brother or cousin ( despite both being from Sheffield, they are not related in any way ).

By the time of his son's visit, Mac Cocker had moved to a hippie commune in Darwin, Northern Territory.

The preceding Isle of Wight Festivals, also promoted by the Foulks, had already gained a good reputation in 1968 and 1969 by featuring acts such as Jefferson Airplane, T. Rex, The Move, The Pretty Things, Joe Cocker, The Who and Bob Dylan in his first performance since his 1966 motorcycle accident.

During this period the label had both album and single success with artists such as The Move, Joe Cocker, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Procol Harum.

In a survey conducted by the Kennel Club ( UK ), the American Cocker Spaniels had a median age of death of ten years and four months, while the English Cocker Spaniel had a median age of eleven years and two months.

Other notable performers included Arcade Fire, which had made a memorable 2005 Coachella appearance, LCD Soundsystem, Manu Chao, a rare American performance by former Pulp-frontman Jarvis Cocker, and Scarlett Johansson singing with a reunited the Jesus and Mary Chain.

The rest of the tour personnel remained the same, with the exception of Donna McDaniel who'd left in 1994 shortly after the " Night of the Proms " performances ( which Jenny had missed since she was out touring with Joe Cocker ).

In England itself, Edward Cocker had begun to introduce a version of the French rhonde

At the opening ceremony he unveiled a granite sculpture by Doug Cocker, a Scottish artist who had won a competition organised by the Scottish Sculpture Trust to design a permanent monument for the park.

When Hunter himself suffered a broken leg, club trainer Les Cocker was informed that " Hunter had broken a leg " and responded with " whose is it?

Mason's best known song is " Feelin ' Alright ", recorded by Traffic in 1968 and later by many other performers, including Joe Cocker, who had a major hit with the song in 1969.

Hightower had ( and still has ) a successful career as a soloist and as an in-demand session singer, backing Joe Cocker, John Holt and other popular artists.

One night we had Jarvis Cocker, Paris Hilton and Ian Wright all show up!

Those who are well-known usually have previously established fame or status from another platform, such as Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.

The album was released by Elektra Records and produced by Eddie Kramer, who had previously worked with Joe Cocker and Jimi Hendrix.

Cocker lived in Paris from 2003 with his wife, Camille Bidault-Waddington, and their son Albert ( born 24 March 2003 ), known in the family as Alf.

Dan Aykroyd, Mama Cass, John Kay, John Cassavetes, Gower Champion, Marge Champion Joe Cocker, Kevin Costner, Wes Craven, Ellen DeGeneres, Janice Dickinson, Richard Dreyfuss, Bud Ekins, Ava Gardner, Betty Garrett, George Harrison, Robert Hays, Rob Lowe, Melissa Mathison, Matthew McConnaughey, Steve McQueen, Alex Murray, Ricky Nelson, Larry Parks, Anthony Perkins, Chris Pontius, Julia Roberts, Henry Rollins, Melody Rogers, Telly Savalas, Ryan Seacrest, Doc Severinsen, Pauley Shore, Frank Sinatra, Ringo Starr, Kiefer Sutherland, Rudy Vallee, Larry Storch, Cindy Williams, Guy Williams, Bruce Willis, Adam Sandler, Frank Zappa, Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Ian Ziering are just a few celebrities in the music and movie industry that lived, worked, and played in Nichols Canyon over the years.

" Consequently, Cocker and his band installed themselves in an art gallery in Paris for five days.

" One " has been covered by numerous artists, including Damien Rice, Johnny Cash, Adam Lambert, Howie Day, Joe Cocker, Mica Paris, Warren Haynes, R. E. M., Gregorian, Pearl Jam, Shinedown, Vanessa Paradis & Alain Lanty, and the cast of the television series Glee.

Some of these early penmanship manuals included those of Edward Cocker, John Seddon, and John Ayer.

He has produced albums by Jarvis Cocker, Delays, Snowpony, The Veils, Coldharbourstores, British Sea Power, Pellumair and Anjali Bhatia ( ex-Voodoo Queens ), plus early recordings by The $ urplu $ ( a band featuring David Callahan of Moonshake and The Wolfhounds ).

Shanks enjoyed his first writing success in the early 1990s by getting cuts with Bonnie Raitt, Joe Cocker and Tuck & Patti.

The Cocker Beck, a small stream, runs through the area and empties into the town's River Skerne via a string of valleyed parks which were donated as recreational areas for the town in the early 20th Century.

According to an early press release by EMI, " His maverick ways paid off in 1993 when EMI released his self-penned debut Painted Desert Serenade, a collection of introspective story songs including the break-through single " Jessie " and " When a Woman Cries ," already covered by legends Joe Cocker and Smokey Robinson.

In the 1990s, White toured Germany and France with Joe Cocker and Eric Clapton, and in 1992 he played the Montreux Festival.

Carisbrook has also hosted a Joe Cocker concert and frequently hosted pre-game concerts before rugby matches in the 1990s.

In the 1990s Cocker shifted his focus from the orthodox biography of colonial figures, to a moral reflection upon the real impact of European Empire, this resulted in his next two books: Loneliness and Time: British Travel Writing in the Twentieth Century and Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold: Europe ’ s Conflict with Tribal People.

* Academy Award ( 1983 ), Golden Globe Award ( 1983 ) along with Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie for writing the song " Up Where We Belong " performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes from the motion picture An Officer and a Gentleman.

Reviews generally praised both the themes and sound of the record, with Drowned in Sound in particular writing that Further Complications was " a huge leap forward " for Cocker.

In June 2011, Cocker was chosen as poetry guest editor for The Mays Anthology, a collection of new writing from students at the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.

Cocker also contributed to the soundtrack for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, writing and performing three tracks: " This Is the Night ", " Do the Hippogriff " and " Magic Works ".

They toured in support of Jarvis Cocker, apparently wielding light sabres on stage and described themselves as writing songs about " cheap motorbikes, import-export business and multiplex cinemas-we're a social comment on modern living " and having a fondness of Henderson's Relish.

More than simply a long term study of a ' common bird ', Crow Country represents a fusion of acute natural historical observations with fine writing, which Cocker defines as the poetry of fact.

The lyrics were in part a response by Cocker, who usually focused on the introspective and emotional aspects of pop, to more politically-minded members of the band like Russell Senior.

Cocker then wrote the lyrics inspired by his time in London.

Levy's lyrics also entered the repertoires of Joe Cocker, Crystal Gayle, and Carly Simon.

All music written by Pulp, all lyrics written by Jarvis Cocker.