Jarvis Cocker

Pop Singer

Birthday September 19, 1963

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Sheffield, England

Age 61 years old

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About

Britpop and rock singer who is known for playing in the band Pulp and having a show on BBC Radio 6 Music called Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service. His song "The Tearjerker Returns" has garnered more than 20 million streams on Spotify. 

Before Fame

He grew up with his sister and mother in Sheffield. He founded the band Pulp, which at the time was called Arabacus Pulp, at the age of fifteen.

Trivia

He did the closing song for the Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In, 2022, he did the original soundtrack for the TV show This Is Going to Hurt.

Family Life

He has a son with his divorced wife Camille Bidault-Waddington. The couple has been on amicable terms and they each take time with their son.

Associated With

Cocker intruded on stage while Michael Jackson was performing at the 1996 BRIT Awards in protest of Jackson's "Christ-like figure."