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Spencer Davis - guitar/harmonica/vocals (born July 17th 1941, Swansea) Steve Winwood - guitar/keyboards/vocals (born May 12th 1948, Birmingham) Muff Winwood - bass guitar (born Mervyn Winwood, June 15th 1943, Birmingham) Pete York - drums (born August 1942, Redcar)
The Spencer Davis Group were were one of the UK's most convincing R&B bands to emerge during this period. They were best known for introducing a prodigious teenager, Steve Winwood, to the world. It was apparent from their first record that Winwood, with his ferocious soul-drenched voice, belying his tender sixteen years, would be the focal point of the group. Davis put the group together in Birmingham in 1963, and they turned professional a year later. From the outset of their recording career they made it plain that albums were as important to them as singles - unusual in those days. The group's first three singles reached the lower end of the Top Thirty, but it was the release of their debut album "Their First LP" in July 1965 that established them as a major group. Under the guidance of producer, Chris Blackwell the quartet got their first major hit with the blistering "Keep on Running", originally performed by another of Blackwell's acts, the West Indian Jackie Edwards. From then until Winwood's departure every single the SDG released was a huge hit (including "Somebody Help Me", "I'm A Man" and "Gimme Some Loving". The second LP was also well-received on its release in February 1966. Winwood left the group at the height of their success to form Traffic in '67 and things were never the same again for the SDG. Singles Aug '64 Dimples/ Fontana TF 471 - Oct '64 I Can't Stand It/ Fontana TF 499 UK#47 Mar '65 Every Little Bit Hurts/ Fontana TF 530 UK#41 Jun '65 Strong Love/ Fontana TF 571 UK#44 Nov '65 Keep On Running/ Fontana TF 632 UK#1 Mar '66 Somebody Help Me/ Fontana TF 679 UK#1 Sep '66 When I Come Home/ Fontana TF 739 UK#12 Nov '66 Gimme Some Lovin'/ Fontana TF 762 UK#2 Jan '67 I'm A Man Fontana TF 785 UK#9 Aug '67 Time Seller Fontana TF 854 UK#30 Dec '67 Mr. Second Class United Artists UP 1203 UK#35 1968 After Tea United Artists UP 2213 - 1968 Short Change United Artists UP 2226 - E.P.s Aug '65 Every Little Bit Hurts Fontana TE 17450 Oct '65 You Put The Hurt On Me Fontana TE 17444 Jun '66 Sittin' And Thinkin' Fontana TE 17463 L.P.s Jul '65 Their First L.P. Fontana TL 5242 Feb '66 The Second Album Fontana TL 5295 Sep '66 Autumn '66 Fontana TL 5349 1968 With Their New Face On United Artists SULP 1192 1968 The Best Of The Spencer Davis Group Island ILPS 9078 Re-issues The Best Of.....featuring Stevie Winwood - 
