The Letter/Joe Cocker

Joe Cocker!
(1969)

Joe Cocker, Don Preston, Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Donna Washburn, Claudia Lennear, Denny Cordell, Daniel Moore, Pamela Polland, Matthew Moore, Nicole Barclay, Bobby Jones - vocals
Don Preston, Leon Russell - guitar
Carl Radle - bass
Chris Stainton - Hammond organ
Jim Gordon, Jim Keltner, Chuck Blackwell - drums
Chuck Blackwell, Sandy Konikoff, Bobby Torres - percussion
Leon Russell, Chris Stainton - piano
Jim Horn, Bobby Keys - saxophone
Jim Price - trumpet

Lyrics
Give me a ticket for an airplane
I ain't got time to take no fast train
Oh, the lonely days are gone..I'm coming home
Oh, my baby she wrote me a letter

I don't care how much I've got to spend now
Oh I'm gonna find my way back home again
Oh the lonely days are gone...I'm coming home
Well, my baby she wrote me a letter

Well she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen to me Mister don't you here me ravin'
For my baby once more...Anyway

I don't care how much I've got to spend
I will find my way,oh way back home again
The lonely days are gone...I'm coming home
My baby wrote me a letter

Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen to me Mister don't you here me ravin'
For my baby once more...Anyway

Give me a ticket for an airplane
I ain't got time to take no fast train
Oh the lonely days are gone..I'm coming home
My baby wrote me a letter
My babe
My baby wrote me a letter
Wrote me
My baby wrote me a letter
My baby wrote me a letter
Myyy,My Baby wrote me
Well she wrote me a letter.Well she wrote me a letter
Oh,My Baby,Aaah Ha.She done and wrote
My baby wrote me a letter

Thanks For Listening...

[pamelaregan-]

I was born in 1968 and listening to this in 2024 at 56 years old

[viridis]

Why isn't Joe Cocker in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? This is TIMELESS!

[hippiecheezburger]

Brad Pitt driving down the sunset strip to this song was really mesmerizing and such an iconic moment in film imo

[Kimmybear]

Kids these days don’t know what real music is 😎💜

[stevenleslie]

I can't believe i wasn't listening to JC's music 50 years ago because i just love it now.

[compliancedepartment]

My absolute favorite by Joe Cocker. He ABSOLUTELY NAILED THIS SONG!!I l love this!

[teddywalter]

The whole band is on fire. Simple as that

[jamonfannin]

Saw Joe in concert when I was eleven. Stevie Ray Vaughan opened for him. Stevie died two months later. Great show. I'll never forget it.

[jopopdrouse]

Figure this, Whitney Houston in The Rock n Roll HoF and Joe Cocker wasn't even considered. Joe's performance at Woodstock is the best rock performance I've ever seen. He's the definition of Rock.

[shaunmichaels]

No auto tuners, No voice modulators. No synthetic music, just real raw, god music was great back then. music today is like movies all CGI videos, it's not about music today just the video.

[markdye]

Possibly the best live rock song ever recorded in music history, and a measly half-million views. God help this world without hearts

[shirleyboard]

I just love it when Joe SCREAMS, nothing compares. My baby wrote me a letter!! Love Joe 💘

[kurtmobus]

The piano riff is one of the greatest ever!

[mr.d.]

I am just an old soul tripping back to better days. Who else?

[mdf]

When that second sax comes in and plays that same note like 10 times in a row is just amazing!

[wangson]

Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood has had me listening to Joe Cocker, The Mamas and the Papas, Vanilla Fudge and Neil Diamond for a full week now!

[kachirosaurus-]

My mother turned me on to Joe Cocker thr letter when this album came out . And I'm 62 . So, do the math . This is Joe at his best . What a fucking powerhouse ! RIP Joe .

[etleo]

One of the best vocal warm up songs I know, everything Cocker did was just glorious

[quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

In the running for best live rock performance, ever

[honda]

This was an incredible performance. Music was so much better before auto-tune.