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You Are So Beautiful (ver. 5) by Joe Cocker - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
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"You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular in a version by Joe Cocker. Preston's original version first appeared on his 1974 album The Kids and Me. Cocker's producer, Jim Price created a slowed-down arrangement for Cocker's version, which first appeared on the album I Can Stand a Little Rain (released later in 1974). Released as a single, this Joe Cocker version reached #5 on the 1975 Billboard pop single charts and helped the album become a hit. Although never officially credited, several sources have documented that Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys was a co-writer of the song. According to Wilson's biographer, Jon Stebbins, Wilson claimed that he and Preston spontaneously collaborated on the words to the song at a party. Wilson sang the song as an encore at Beach Boys shows intermittently between 1975 and.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944) is an English rock blues singer who came to popularity in the 1960s; and is most known for his gritty voice; spastic physical performances; and his cover versions of popular songs; particularly those of The Beatles.Under the stage name Vance Arnold; Cocker began his career with Vance Arnold and the Avengers. In 1963 the band supported The Rolling Stones at Sheffield City Hall. In 1964 Cocker released his first single; a cover of The Beatles' "I'll Cry Instead" with a new band; Joe Cocker Big Blues. This band ventured as far as France; where they played on American air bases. "You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular in a version by Joe Cocker. Preston's original version first appeared on his 1974 album The Kids and Me. Cocker's producer, Jim Price created a slowed-down arrangement for Cocker's version, which first appeared on the album I Can Stand a Little Rain (released later in 1974). Released as a single, this Joe Cocker version reached #5 on the 1975 Billboard pop single charts and helped the album become a hit. Although never.
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