Paul McCartney is petitioning for late English blues-rock singer Joe Cocker to be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame this year. In a letter dated Feb. 25, and addressed to “rock and rollers,” McCartney described Cocker,

The late Joe Cocker is a contender for this year's class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and Paul McCartney is on his side. The Beatles star wrote a letter to the Rock Hall - an international voting panel composed of more than a thousand artists,

Paul McCartney is trying to give one of his old friends a little help to get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. He’s circulating a letter to voters for the Rock Hall to consider voting for the late Joe Cocker for induction.