Joe Cocker (album)

All tracks composed by Joe Cocker and Chris Stainton, except where indicated. ;Side one • "Pardon Me Sir" – 3:17 • "High Time We Went" – 4:25 • "She Don't Mind" – 3:13 • "Black-Eyed Blues" – 4:37 • "Something to Say" (Joe Cocker, Peter Nicholls) – 5:00 ;Side two • "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman, Robert Payne) – 4:00 • "Do Right Woman" (live) (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) – 7:00 • "Woman to Woman" – 4:26 • "St. James Infirmary" (live) (Traditional, Frank Assunto; arranged by Chris Stainton and Joe Cocker) – 6:10 The cover version of Gregg Allman's "Midnight Rider" charted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 27. The b-side of that single, "Woman to Woman" also charted (peaking at number 56), as did the follow-up single, "Pardon Me Sir", which peaked at number 51. "High Time We Went" and "Black-Eyed Blues" had been released as a single in May 1971, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard chart. In 1996, the horn-and-piano riff from "Woman to Woman" was sampled by Tupac Shakur in his song "California Love"; it was a smash hit for Tupac, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. == Personnel ==

• Joe Cocker – lead vocals, arrangements (9) • Chris Stainton – acoustic piano, Hammond organ, arrangements (9) • Neil Hubbard – guitars • Alan Spenner – bass • Jim Keltner – drums • Alan White – drums • Conrad Isidore – drums (7, 9) • Felix "Flaco" Falcon – assorted percussion • Rebop Kwaku Baah – congas (7) • Fred Scerbo – saxophone • Milton Sloan – saxophone • Jim Horn – saxophone (7) • Rick Alfonso (incorrectly spelled Alphonso on the album cover) – trumpet • Virginia Ayers – backing vocals • Beverly Gardner – backing vocals • Gloria Jones – backing vocals • Viola Wills – backing vocals, lead vocals (7) (A sticker placed on original issue albums read "Featuring the Chris Stainton Band and the Sanctified Sisters") == Production notes ==

• All songs recorded in 1972, except "High Time We Went" and "Black-Eyed Blues", which were recorded in 1971; "Do Right Woman" and "St. James Infirmary" recorded live. • Denny Cordell – producer (1–6, 9) • Nigel Thomas – producer (6–9) • Roland Young – art direction • John Cabalka – design • Peter Smith – photography ==Charts==