Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker
Cocker in 2023
Cocker in 2023
Background information
Birth nameJarvis Branson Cocker
Born (1963-09-19) 19 September 1963 (age 61)
Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • musician
  • songwriter
  • radio presenter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • keyboards
Years active1978–present
Member of
Spouse
Kim Sion
​
(m. 2024)​
Websitejarviscocker.net

Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963[1]) is an English musician. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s.[2] Cocker has also pursued a solo career, and for seven years he presented the BBC Radio 6 Music show Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service.[3]

  1. ^ "Index entry". Freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ "COMMON PEOPLE – THE STORY OF PULP". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Jarvis's Sunday Service". BBC. Retrieved 11 March 2012.