Up Where We Belong just feel it." Hackford said that "the final version was absolute magic—or at least Joel and I thought so." They now had to present this song that they weren't budgeted to make to the executives at Paramount. "When we played it for Michael Eisner and Don Simpson, they hated the record and said it would never be a hit." Simpson even bet Sill $100 that it wouldn't be. Hackford and Sill "called another prominent record executive, who said, 'Forget it. Jennifer Warnes has never had a hit song and Joe Cocker's a has-been. Eisner and Simpson made Hackford "meet with
With a Little Help from My Friends (Joe Cocker album) With a Little Help from My Friends (Joe Cocker album) With a Little Help from My Friends is the debut album by singer Joe Cocker, released in 1969. It was certified gold in the US and peaked at number 35 on the "Billboard" 200. In the UK, the album charted in May 1972 at number 29 when it was re-released as a double pack with Cocker's second LP "Joe Cocker!". The title track was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and originally performed by the Beatles on the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"; it has been inducted