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Jarvis Cocker

Musician

Male

Born Sep 19, 1963

Age 49

Hometown Sheffield

Genres Post-punk + Indie...

Performed With Pulp (Band) + Rel...

Other Names Cocker, Jarvis Br...

Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus, Cocker has led a successful solo career. Jarvis… Read More

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Camille Bidault-Waddington

Married 2002 - 2009
Chloë Sevigny
Dated 1998 - 1999

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London
Oct 20, 2012
First-ever London celeb sighting: Jarvis Cocker late last night in Shepards Bush. Apt.

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Phil Ramone And Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 256
Huffington Post - Nov 30, 2012

Dog Ears Music: Volume 256 Rubén González (Buena Vista Social Club)Pioneering Afro-Cuban jazz pianist Rubén González was born in central Cuba just after World War I. The master's original trajectory was set for a career in medicine, but by the '40s he dove deep into Havana's music scene. After lining up with Mongo Santamaría, Arsenio Rodriguez and the Orquestra de los Hermanos, Luis "Lili" Martínez, and Percuchín, González enjoyed an eventual three-decade run with th...
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Scott Walker: Brother Beyond
Guardian (UK) - Nov 23, 2012

He made his name as a crooner with the Walker Brothers, then disappeared. Back with a new avant-garde album, Scott Walker says the darkness has always been there Whatever happened to the great 20th-century crooner Scott Walker? Simple really. He disappeared, had any number of breakdowns, or one long one, and returned as a great 21st-century, avant garde composer. Today David Bowie, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Brian Eno, Julian Cope, the great innovators in...
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The 15 Best Cover Songs Ever
Huffington Post - Nov 01, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Dylan Jones's The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music [Picador, $25.00]: They are often redundant, frequently pointless, and rarely remembered. Some are little more than cheap photocopies, with someone hitherto unknown (or, increasingly, far too well known) colouring in the original and trying not to go outside the lines. Some can be transformative, but often they are nothing but corruptions of your favourite memories (I feel ambiguous tow...
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Jarvis Cocker, C Beebies Mr Bloom, Robbie Savage And Simon Mayo All Line Up For Radio 5 Live In South Yorkshire
Buxton Advertiser - Oct 10, 2012

BBC Radio 5 Live’s Octoberfest, the station’s FREE three-day festival, is coming to Sheffield Theatres from Thursday October 11-Saturday October 13. Audiences have the opportunity to hear from stars including Jarvis Cocker and enjoy performances from artists including CBeebies’ Mr Bloom.
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1963 Birth Born on September 19, 1963.

THIRTIES

1996 32 Years Old 3 More Events

Cocker's penchant for TV appearances was reflected in a parody of "Common People" ("Showbiz People") which was featured on the satirical comedy show Spitting Image in 1996.

1997 33 Years Old In 1997, he collaborated with David Arnold on a cover of All Time High by Rita Coolidge, the theme from Octopussy.

1999 35 Years Old Furthermore, he gained co-writing credits for several songs ("Walk Like A Panther", "1st Man in Space", "Drive Safely Darlin'", "Stars On Sunday", and "Happy Birthday Nicola") on The All Seeing I's album Pickled Eggs & Sherbet, released in 1999. … Read More

2001 37 Years Old In 2001 he contributed "Everybody Loves The Underdog" to the soundtrack for Mike Bassett: England Manager.

FORTIES

2004 - 2005 2 More Events

2006 42 Years Old 2 More Events

Cocker is now following a solo career – his debut album, Jarvis, came out in the UK on 13 November 2006. … Read More

2007 43 Years Old 1 More Event

In 2007, Cocker contributed to two songs on French electronica group Air's album "Pocket Symphony" – performing on "One Hell of a Party" and (with Charlotte Gainsbourg) "The Duelist".

2008 44 Years Old 2 More Events

Cocker debuted a new song, "Angela", on BBC2's "The Summer Exhibition: A Culture Show Special", on 13 June 2008. the video is available inside the UK. … Read More

2009 45 Years Old 1 More Event

He also guested as a panellist on BBC's Question Time in July 2009.

2010 46 Years Old Cocker won the Sony DAB Rising Star Award 2010, voted for by listeners, for his BBC Radio 6 Music Show.

2011 47 Years Old 2 More Events

In January 2011 he appeared with fellow musician Richard Hawley and DJ Marc Riley on a BBC Radio 4 programme where they went "In Search of the Holy Whale," i.e., whale-watching in the sea off Cork.

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