Song · Joe Cocker
“Delta Lady” by Joe Cocker
From the album Joe Cocker! (1969)
“Delta Lady” by Joe Cocker appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1991 and 2004. It was first released in 1969 on the album Joe Cocker!. Its best result is #349 on the WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,271 classic rock song of all time.
Leon Russell wrote "Delta Lady", and Joe Cocker got to it first, cutting it for his 1969 album Joe Cocker! before Russell had a version of his own out. The muse was singer Rita Coolidge, who later borrowed the song's title for her autobiography. Cocker takes the lead vocal with Alan Spenner on bass, and the single went to number 10 in Britain and number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He kept it close onstage, too: it turns up again on Mad Dogs & Englishmen, his 1970 concert album. Russell got around to his own version on his self-titled solo debut that same year and put it out as a single the year after.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 349 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 2002 | 652 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 651 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
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