Uploaded by geoponce81 on Apr 5, 2010
Song written by Wayne Carson Thompson which was a #1 hit in 1967 for the Box Tops."The Letter" returned to the U.S. Top Ten in June of 1970 via a single release of Joe Cocker's blues-rock reinvention of the song as featured on the Mad Dogs and Englishmen live album recorded that March at the Fillmore East. Cocker's revival was also a chart item in Australia (#27), Canada (#7), France (#48), the Netherlands (#27) and the UK (#39).
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best version for me
1 day ago 2
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FIRST VOICE -MYTH SINGER!!!!!!
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Quality Joe! This is what music really is; not the modern day bullshit that we have to endure.
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Now THAT is music!
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Where is this live at? Woodstock?
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this is jammin man
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joe is like, what, 24 here?
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@bubbamanx Russell has never been summed up so succinctly. Hilarious comment, man.
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I love this spastic old goat!
Guestarable 1 month ago 20
you could hit leon with a hammer and he wouldnt feel it
bubbamanx 1 month ago 13