With a Little Help from My Friends (album)

With a Little Help from My Friends is the first album by singer Joe Cocker, released in 1969 (see 1969 in Music). This album is credited to Cocker & his band, The Grease Band. The popular title track was featured in a 1975 episode of Saturday Night Live, in which John Belushi (as Cocker) called the song a "musical preformance".

[edit] Track listing

"Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) – 4:10
"Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson/Mort Dixon) – 3:27
"Change in Louise" (Joe Cocker/Chris Stainton) – 3:22
"Marjorine" (Joe Cocker/Chris Stainton) – 2:38
"Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) – 5:17
"Do I Still Figure in Your Life" (Pete Dello) – 3:59
"Sandpaper Cadillac" (Joe Cocker/Chris Stainton) – 3:16
"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin) – 4:41
"With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 5:11
"I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan) – 4:35

Joe Cocker: Vocals.
David Cohen: Guitar (Track 1).
Tony Visconti: Guitar (Track 2).
Jimmy Page: Guitar (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9).
Henry McCullough: Guitar (Tracks 3, 6, 8 & 10).
Albert Lee: Guitar (Track 4)
Chris Stainton: Piano (Tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7), Organ (Tracks 2 & 7), Bass (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10).
Tommy Eyre: Piano (Track 5), Organ (Tracks 8 & 9).
Artie Butler: Piano (Track 1)
Matthew Fisher: Organ (Track 5).
Stevie Winwood: Organ (Tracks 6, 9 & 10).
Carol Kaye: Bass guitar (Track 1).
Paul Humphries: Drums (Track 1).
Clem Cattini: Drums (Tracks 2, 4 & 7).
Mike Kelly: Drums (Tracks 3, 6 & 10).
B.J. Wilson: Drums (Tracks 5 & 9).
Kenny : Drums (Track 8).
Laudir: Tumba, Maracas (Track 1).
Brenda Holloway: Backing Vocals (Track 1).
Patrice Holloway: Backing Vocals (Track 1).
Merry Clayton: Backing Vocals (Track 1).
Madeline Bell: Backing Vocals (Tracks 2 & 6).
Sunny Hightower: Backing Vocals (Track 2).
Rosetta Hightower: Backing Vocals (Tracks 2 & 9).
Su Wheetman: Backing Vocals (Tracks 3, 6 & 10).
Sunny Wheetman : Backing Vocals (Tracks 6, 9 & 10).