JOE COCKER - YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

JOE COCKER

SONGWRITERS: Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher

WHERE: LORELEY AMPHITHEATRE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

LABEL: A & M

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1974

"You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher that was first released in 1974 on Preston's ninth studio album, The Kids & Me. It was also the B-side of his single "Struttin'". Later that same year, English Singer Joe Cocker released a slower version of the song on his album I Can Stand a Little Rain. Produced by Jim Price, Cocker's version was also issued as a single in November 1974 and became one of his biggest chart hits, peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Some sources credit Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys with contributing to the song's genesis. Wilson performed the song live with the Beach Boys from the late 1970s onwards. Kenny Rankin, Ray Stevens, Kenny Rogers, Bonnie Tyler and Brian Kennedy are also among the artists who have covered "You Are So Beautiful".

You are so beautiful to me

You are so beautiful to me

Can't you see

You're everything I hoped for

You're everything I need

You are so beautiful to me

Such joy and happiness you bring

Such joy and happiness you bring

Like a dream

A guiding light that shines in the night

Heaven's gift to me

You are so beautiful to me.