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Song of the Day #6,464: ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ – Joe Cocker

Our next Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025 inductee is another who made it in on his first nomination — English singer Joe Cocker. That nomination came 31 years after he became eligible.

Most of Cocker’s best-known and best-loved songs were covers of other artists’ music, but he made those songs completely his own. Just listen to his soulful rendition of The Beatles’ ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ and it’s hard to believe it’s the same song Ringo Starr delivered so earnestly on Sgt. Peppers.

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Song of the Day #528: ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ – The Beatles

Usually, as with yesterday’s featured song, The Beatles gave Ringo a song to sing just to throw him a bone. You keep the beat for the rest of us, bloke, so here’s a few minutes in the spotlight.

But a couple of Beatles songs just wouldn’t be the same without Ringo on lead vocals. One is ‘Yellow Submarine,’ a corny trifle that’s perfect for Ringo because he sounds like he really means it… that’s a song aimed at 8-year-olds and it needed to be sung at their level. And I don’t mean that as an insult to Ringo. On the contrary, it’s kind of a gift.

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