Several hours delayed and pushed to the early morning, the finale of Woodstock was still a huge, history-making moment as the closing song was played.

The pitch from the Piano Man came after Paul McCartney issued a public letter last month backing the fellow Brit who is on the ballot for the first time.

The press hailed his first U.S. television performance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1969, and the following summer, Cocker played to half a million people at the historic Woodstock rock festival in ...

Pam Cocker, who met Joe when he moved to Santa Barbara ... and his appearance at the first Woodstock Music and Arts Festival ...

Fotos Internationl / Getty Images Joe Cocker could feel the music channeling through his body as he began his final number on the Woodstock stage ... formative moment in 1969, says Byrd McDaniel ...