Jim belushi sings joe cocker biography

Comedian, writer, actor, musician, and original Saturday Night Livecast member John Belushi was a master of impressions.

Over the course of his decorated yet tragically short career, Belushi wielded his “intense energy and raucous attitude” to embody a vast array of theatrical parts, from Star Trek‘s Captian Kirk, to famed composer Ludwig von Beethoven, to beloved characters like Animal House‘s John “Bluto” Blutarsky and “Joliet” Jake Blues of his fictional-turned-real Chicago blues band, the Blues Brothers.

Likely his most famous impersonation, however, is that of enigmatic vocalist Joe Cocker.

On various occasions in his Saturday Night Live heyday, Belushi put on hilariously spot-on impressions of the British singer, who would famously writhe and twitch wildly as he sang, as if the music was a spirit possessing him, fighting to ge