With a Little Help from My Friends (album)

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Track listing

1. "Feelin' Alright
   Feelin' Alright
   
   "Feelin' Alright" is a song written by Dave Mason of the English rock band Traffic from their eponymous 1968 album, Traffic , popularized by Joe Cocker and Grand Funk Railroad ....
   " (Dave Mason
   Dave Mason
   
   David Thomas Mason is an England musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic . In his long career, Mason has played and recorded with many of the era's most notable musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Mama Cass...
   ) – 4:10
2. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson
   Ray Henderson
   
   Ray Henderson , was an United States songwriter.Born Raymond Brost in Buffalo, New York, Henderson moved to New York City and became a popular composer in Tin Pan Alley....
   , Mort Dixon
   Mort Dixon
   
   Mort Dixon was a noted lyricist. Born in New York, Dixon began writing songs in the early 1920s, and was active into the 1930s. He achieved success with his first published effort, 1923's "That Old Gang of Mine"....
   ) – 3:27
3. "Change in Louise" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton
   Chris Stainton
   
   Christopher 'Chris' Stainton is a keyboard instrument player and songwriter, who first gained fame with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s....
   ) – 3:22
4. "Marjorine" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) – 2:38
5. "Just Like a Woman
   Just Like a Woman (song)
   
   Just Like a Woman is a 1966 in music song written by Bob Dylan. It appears on the second side of his classic 1966 album Blonde on Blonde. It was released as a single in the US and peaked at #33....
   " (Bob Dylan) – 5:17
6. "Do I Still Figure in Your Life" (Pete Dello
   Pete Dello
   
   Pete Dello is a 1960s and 1970s singer-songwriter and now music teacher....
   ) – 3:59
7. "Sandpaper Cadillac" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) – 3:16
8. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
   Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
   
   "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" is a song written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone, who first recorded it in 1964....
   " (Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin
   Bennie Benjamin
   
   Claude A. Benjamin was a songwriter, often teaming with George David Weiss. He was born on November 4, 1907 in Christiansted on the island of St....
   ) – 4:41
9. "With a Little Help from My Friends
   With a Little Help from My Friends
   
   "With a Little Help from My Friends" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, released on The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967....
   " (John Lennon
   John Lennon
   
   John Winston Ono Lennon, Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles....
   , Paul McCartney
   Paul McCartney
   
   Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
   ) – 5:11
10. "I Shall Be Released
    I Shall Be Released
    
    "I Shall Be Released" is a 1967 song written by Bob Dylan.The Band played it on their debut album, Music from Big Pink , with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals, and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus....
    " (Bob Dylan) – 4:35

Bonus Tracks

1. "The New Age of Lily" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) – 2:15
2. "Something's Coming On" (Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) – 2:15

Personnel

• Joe Cocker
  Joe Cocker
  
  John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE is an England rock /blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty human voice and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles....
  : Vocals.
• David Cohen: Guitar (Track 1).
• Tony Visconti
  Tony Visconti
  
  Anthony Edward Visconti is an American record producer and sometimes a musician or singer.Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of notable performers, including the Moody Blues, as well as T....
  : Guitar (Track 2).
• Jimmy Page
  Jimmy Page
  
  James Patrick Page Order of the British Empire is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he co-founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin....
  : Guitar (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 & 9).
• Henry McCullough
  Henry McCullough
  
  Henry McCullough is a guitarist, who has played guitar in such Musical band as Spooky Tooth, Paul McCartney's Wings , and The Grease Band. Born in Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Henry McCullough is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and is the only Irishman to play the Woodstock Festival ....
  : Guitar (Tracks 3, 6, 8 & 10).
• Albert Lee
  Albert Lee
  
  For the city in Minnesota, see Albert Lea, MinnesotaAlbert Lee is a Grammy-winning English people guitarist known for his Fingerpicking and hybrid picking technique....
  : Guitar (Track 4)
• Chris Stainton
  Chris Stainton
  
  Christopher 'Chris' Stainton is a keyboard instrument player and songwriter, who first gained fame with Joe Cocker in the late 1960s....
  : Piano (Tracks 2, 3, 4 & 7), Organ (Tracks 2 & 7), Bass (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10).
• Tommy Eyre
  Tommy Eyre
  
  Tommy Eyre was a session keyboardist from Sheffield, England, who appeared on records by Joe Cocker, John Martyn , Alex Harvey, Greg Lake, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, B.B....
  : Piano (Track 5), Organ (Tracks 8 & 9).
• Artie Butler: Piano (Track 1)
• Matthew Fisher
  Matthew Fisher
  
  Matthew Fisher is the Hammond organist, singer-songwriter, and the man responsible for the organ sound on the 1967 Single "A Whiter Shade of Pale"....
  : Organ (Track 5).
• Stevie Winwood: Organ (Tracks 6 & 10).
• Carol Kaye
  Carol Kaye
  
  Carol Kaye is an United States musician, best known as one of the most prolific and widely heard bass guitarists in history, playing on an estimated 10,000 recording sessions....
  : Bass guitar (Track 1).
• Paul Humphries: Drums (Track 1).
• Clem Cattini
  Clem Cattini
  
  Clem Cattini was the drummer for the 1960s England musical band, The Tornados as well as being used as a session musician. Cattini is one of the most prolific drummers in United Kingdom recording history, appearing on hundreds of sound recording and reproductions by artists as diverse as Engelbert Humperdinck and Lou Reed....
  : Drums (Tracks 2, 4 & 7).
• Mike Kelly
  Mike Kelly
  
  Mike Kelly is a columnist for the The Record , a newspaper serving Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey. He is also the author of Color Lines: The Troubled Dreams of Racial Harmony in an American Town, a book about the 1990 shooting in Teaneck, New Jersey, New Jersey of Phillip Pannell shooting incident, an African-American teenager,...
  : Drums (Tracks 3, 6 & 10).
• B.J. Wilson
  B.J. Wilson
  
  B. J. Wilson was a English people rock music drummer....
  : Drums (Tracks 5 & 9).
• Kenny : Drums (Track 8).
• Laudir: Tumba, Maracas (Track 1).
• Brenda Holloway
  Brenda Holloway
  
  Brenda Holloway is an African-American singer and songwriter best known for her period as a recording artist for the Motown label during the 1960s and is best known for the soul musicful hits, "Every Little Bit Hurts" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy", which later became a pop smash by Blood, Sweat & Tears....
  : Backing Vocals (Track 1).
• Patrice Holloway
  Patrice Holloway
  
  Patrice Holloway was an African-American soul music and pop music singer.Born in Los Angeles, California, Patrice was the younger sister of Motown artist Brenda Holloway....
  : Backing Vocals (Track 1).
• Merry Clayton
  Merry Clayton
  
  Merry Clayton is an United States soul music and gospel music singer , and an actor. She has provided a number of back-up Vocal music tracks to songs recorded by major performing artists during the 1960s, notably her powerfully-sung Duet with Mick Jagger on The Rolling Stones' song "Gimme Shelter"....
  : Backing Vocals (Track 1).
• Madeline Bell
  Madeline Bell
  
  Madeline Bell is an United States soul music singer, who became famous as a performer in England during the 1960s, having arrived from the United States in the Gospel show Black Nativity in 1962, with vocal group The Bradford Singers....
  : Backing Vocals (Tracks 2 & 6).
• Sunny Hightower: Backing Vocals (Track 2).
• Rosetta Hightower
  Rosetta Hightower
  
  Rosetta Hightower is an United States singer,and the former lead singer of the 1960s girl group The Orlons.Rosetta's primary mark was the lead singer of The Orlons, the prime US girl group who scored several top 10 US hits between 1962-1964, including ?The Wah Watusi,' ?Don't Hang Up', ?South Street,' and ?Not Me.'...
  : Backing Vocals (Tracks 2 & 9).
• Su Wheetman: Backing Vocals (Tracks 3, 6 & 10).
• Sunny Wheetman : Backing Vocals (Tracks 6, 9 & 10).

Production

• Denny Cordell: Producer.
• Tony Visconti
  Tony Visconti
  
  Anthony Edward Visconti is an American record producer and sometimes a musician or singer.Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of notable performers, including the Moody Blues, as well as T....
  : Mixing Engineer.
• Tom Wilkes: Album Design.
• Martin Keeley: Front Cover Shot.
• Eric Hays: Back Cover Shot.
• Herb Greene
  Herb Greene
  
  Herb Greene is an United States photographer known for his photographs of 1960s San Francisco musicians.Herb Greene was part of the 1960s San Francisco art scene and a friend of many of psychedelic rock musicians of the era....
  : Back Cover Shot.