Muff Winwood (born Mervyn Winwood, 15 June 1943, Erdington, Birmingham) is an English songwriter and record producer, and the brother of Steve Winwood. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erdington is an area five miles (8 km northeast of Birmingham city centre England. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Both were formerly members of the Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s, in which Muff played bass guitar. The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s British Beat group from Birmingham, England, founded by Spencer Davis (born 17 July 1939 The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Winwood produced the first Dire Straits Album titled Dire Straits, in 1978. Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals his brother David Knopfler (guitar Dire Straits is the self-titled debut Album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music
He moved into the recording industry with a position as A&R man at Island Records. The record industry is the part of the Music industry that sells Sound recordings of Music. Artists and Repertoire ( A&R) is the division of a Record label that is responsible for talent scouting and artist development Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. He was there until 1978, when he became an executive at Sony Records. From there was head of A & R at EMI records London in the 90's. Winwood's wife is from India, where they maintain a residence.
External links
- Muff Winwood at the Internet Movie Database
- Spencer Davis Group discography (includes Muff Winwood references)
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