Photos: Joe Cocker, 1944 - 2014

British singer Joe Cocker performs on stage during the “Fire it up tour” concert on April 6, 2013 in Nice, southeastern France.   (Valery Hache, AFP/Getty Images)

British singer Joe Cocker attends the 48th Golden Camera awards ceremony in Berlin on Feb. 2, 2013.  (Maurizo Gambarini, AFP/Getty Images)

British singer Joe Cocker reacts after receiving a lifetime achievement trophy during the 48th Golden Camera awards ceremony in Berlin on Feb. 2, 2013.   (Maurizio Gambarini, AFP/Getty Images)

British singer Joe Cocker, left, performs with Jennifer Warnes during the 48th Golden Camera awards ceremony in Berlin on Feb. 2, 2013.  (Maurizio Gambarini, AFP/Getty Images)

Joe Cocker performs during the 63rd Red Cross Ball at the Sporting Monte-Carlo on Aug. 5, 2011 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco.   (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

British blues and rock singer Joe Cocker performs on stage during a concert of his “Hard Knocks World Tour” in Mannheim, southwestern Germany, on Dec. 3, 2010.   (Daniel Roland, AFP/Getty Images)

English singer Joe Cocker performs on stage at the Olympia Hall in the southern German city of Munich on Oct. 5, 2007.   (Clemens Bilan, AFP/Getty Images)

British rock singer Joe Cocker performs in the 150th edition of the German TV show ‘Wetten, Dass...?’ (‘Let’s Bet...?’) during a live transmission in Berlin in 2004.  (MICHAEL URBAN / AFP/Getty Images)

British singer Joe Cocker is pictured outside Buckingham Palace after collecting his MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to music, on Dec. 13, 2007  (Colin Davey, AFP/Getty Images)

British rock singer Joe Cocker, left, is honored at Hollywood’s Rock Walk as he holds a plaque presented to him after placing his handprints in cement on April 1, 1998 in Hollywood, accompanied by fellow musician Keith Emerson, right, of the group Emerson Lake and Palmer.   (Fred Prouser / Reuters)

Blues soul rock singer Joe Cocker at A&M Records in 1977.  (Evening Standard/Getty Images)