Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album) Mad Dogs & Englishmen (album) Mad Dogs & Englishmen is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1970. The album's title is drawn from the 1931 Noël Coward song of the same name. Only four songs of the 16 on the original album were drawn from his first two studio albums. Besides the contributions of bandmate and musical director Leon Russell, it draws equally from rock (the Rolling Stones, Traffic, Bob Dylan, the Beatles) and soul (Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding). Accompanying Cocker is a choir, a three-piece horn section and several drummers. The single "The Letter"/"Space
Superstar (Delaney and Bonnie song) Eric Clapton. "Comin' Home" reached number 84 on the US pop singles chart, although it achieved a peak of sixteen on the UK Singles Chart. In August 1970, the live album "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" by Joe Cocker was released, using performances of the song under the title "Superstar," recorded in March and June of that year. The "Mad Dogs" album became a hit, reaching number 2 on the "Billboard" pop albums chart and number 23 on the Billboard Black Albums chart. Bette Midler's recording of the song appeared on her 1972 debut album, "The Divine Miss M". In 1970,