He was innate John Deightin on October 13, 1940, in London or Essex (they overlap).

His musical career began by having the skiffle group, and he joined a Thunderbirds in the mid 1960s, recording five singles for the Columbia label, without as well tremendously profits. He so moved to the Immediate label and recorded some other eleven singles, 5 of the babies cover of Rolling Stones records. His virtually all successful was ā€œOut of Timeā€? within 1966. His next quaternary singles were too easily received, ā€œHandbags & Gladragsā€? (written by Mike d'Abo) being later covered by Rod Stewart (and most recently by Stereophonics).

As a British R & B star of the early 1960s, he released one single under the pseudonym, "Little Joe Cook", which helped perpetrate the myth that he was black.

In the 1970s, he sang in the hard rock supergroup Atomic Rooster.

He experienced there are no farther commercial profits, however continues to perform.