It’s safe to say that a little help from his friends helped the late John Robert “Joe” Cocker finally get into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The British singer — whose slowed-down, aching rendition of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends” was a No. 1 hit in his homeland in 1968 and a highlight of the first Woodstock festival the following year — has been eligible since 1994 and long considered one of the Rock Hall’s great slights. His candidacy was pushed by longtime fan Billy Joel and supported with a public letter by Paul McCartney, who also helped campaign for Foreigner’s induction last year.

It all worked. Cocker — who died in 2014 of lung cancer at age 70 — will be one of seven performers inducted into the Rock Hall on Nov. 8 in Los Angeles. He also finished fifth on the

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