"Leon [Russell] came up with the idea for Mad Dogs. Having come out of the Mad Dogs tour with no money never really bothered me. Back then, the feeling was, it was a crime to have money anyway. We were into this trip of stripping off our worldly goods."

Joe Cocker was the only A&M artist to perform at Woodstock in August 1969.

The first movie produced by A&M Records was 1971's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," a Joe Cocker tour retrospective.

In March 1971, A&M Records released a Joe Cocker single in Canada, "Bird on the Wire" which was not released in the U.S.

In early 1973, Joe Cocker re-signed with A&M Records.

Joe Cocker was voted 97 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

20th Century Masters presss release