who wrote the joe cocker song you are so beautiful
You Are So Beautiful "You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher that was first released on Preston's ninth studio album The Kids & Me (1974). It was also the B-side of his single "Struttin'". Later that year, Joe Cocker released a slower version of the song on his album I Can Stand a Little Rain (1974) and then as a single in January 1975. Produced by Jim Price, it became one of Cocker's biggest chart hits, peaking at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.[1]
America the Beautiful "America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates, and the music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey.[1]