You Are So Beautiful
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 “You Are So Beautiful” |
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1980s UK vinyl re-release
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| Single by Joe Cocker | ||||
| from the album I Can Stand a Little Rain | ||||
| B-side | “It’s a Sin When You Love Somebody” | |||
| Released | January 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
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| Length | 2:41 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Billy Preston, Bruce Fisher | |||
| Producer(s) | Jim Price | |||
| Joe Cocker singles chronology | ||||
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“You Are So Beautiful” is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher that was first released on Preston’s 1974 album The Kids & Me. It was also the B-side of his single “Struttin'”. Later that year, Joe Cocker released a slower version of the song on his album I Can Stand a Little Rain (1974) and then as a single in January 1975. Produced by Jim Price, it became one of Cocker’s biggest chart hits, peaking at number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[1]
Some commentators say that Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys also contributed to the song’s genesis. Wilson performed the song live with the Beach Boys from the late 1970s onwards. Ray Stevens, Kenny Rogers, Bonnie Tyler and Brian Kennedy are among the artists who have covered “You Are So Beautiful”.