Yet somehow, Joe Cocker clawed his way back. “Up Where We Belong” carried him to a new generation, and meeting Pam Baker gave him something fame never could: stability, a home, a reason to live quietly between the storms.

Lung cancer took him in 2014, but every time “With a Little Help from My Friends” swells and cracks, the boy from Sheffield lives again — proof that a damaged life can still leave something achingly beautiful behind.