WOODSTOCK AT 50
THE BEATLES 1969 PEOPLE 85
JOE COCKER
He went in an up-and-
coming British bluesman and
came out a star with a bright
future. In one of the festival’s
signature performances,
Cocker, who died at 70 in
2014, gave a typically
impassioned, spasmodically
gyrating version of the
Beatles’ “With a Little Help
from My Friends” that, said
The Guardian, became one of
the most unforgettable
sequences from the ensuing
movie of the event.