Paul McCartney wants Joe Cocker in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On Monday, publicist Bob Merlis shared a scanning of a Feb. 25-dated letter from McCartney urging that the English musician be inducted into the organization.

Joe Cocker has earned the most coveted accolade for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s shortlist of nominees: the Beatle endorsement. Paul McCartney wrote an open letter in support of Cocker’s induction for the Rock Hall’s 2025 class.

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,

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.