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Steve Winwood

Background information
Birth name Stephen Lawrence Winwood
Born May 12, 1948 (1948-05-12) (age 60)
Handsworth, Birmingham, England
Genre(s) Blue-Eyed Soul
Rock
Blues Rock
Psychedelic Rock
Jazz
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar, Bass guitar, Piano/Keyboards/Organ, Synthesizer, Drums, Mandolin
Years active 1963–Present
Label(s) Island Records
Virgin Records
Columbia Records
Associated acts Spencer Davis Group
Traffic
Blind Faith

Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born May 12, 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to his solo career, was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Go and Blind Faith. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Handsworth ( is an inner city suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, 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 music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is a term used to describe R&B or Soul music performed by white artists Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell Columbia Records is an American Record label founded in 1888 Columbia is the oldest surviving Brand name in pre-recorded sound being the first record company The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s British Beat group from Birmingham, England, founded by Spencer Davis (born 17 July 1939 Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Handsworth ( is an inner city suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, 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 Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A multi-instrumentalist is a Musician who plays a number of different instruments The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s British Beat group from Birmingham, England, founded by Spencer Davis (born 17 July 1939 Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. Go was a supergroup conceived in 1976 by Stomu Yamashta (percussion and keyboards which also included Steve Winwood (vocals and keyboards Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton

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Career

While still a pupil at Great Barr School (which actor Martin Shaw also attended), Winwood was a part of the Birmingham rhythm and blues scene, playing the Hammond B-3 Organ and guitar, backing blues singers such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Eddie Boyd, Otis Spann, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley on their United Kingdom tours (the custom at that time being for US singers to travel solo and be backed by 'pick-up' bands). Great Barr School is a co-educational Secondary school on Aldridge Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, England for children aged 11 to 19 You may be looking for Martin Shaw (composer, or Martin Shaw (professor Martin Shaw (born 21 January 1945 in Birmingham Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression For the album by Redman, see Muddy Waters (album. For the college football coach see Muddy Waters (football coach. John Lee Hooker ( August 22, 1917 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an influential American Post-war Blues singer Aaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker or Oak Cliff T-Bone ( May 26 1910 — March 15 1975 Walker's recording Chester Burnett redirects here For the American football player see Chester Burnett (American football Chester Arthur Burnett ( June 10, 1910 B B King (born Riley B King, September 16 1925 is an American Blues Guitarist and Singer-songwriter. Aleck "Rice" Miller ( December 5 1899 or March 11 1908 – May 25 1965) a Edward Riley Boyd known as Eddie Boyd ( November 25 1914 – July 13 1994) was a Blues Piano player born on Otis Spann ( March 21 1930 – April 24 1970) was an American Blues Musician. Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18 1926 in St Bo Diddley ( December 30 1928 &ndash June 2 2008, born Ellas Otha Bates) was an original and influential American The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located At this time Steve was living in Erdington close to all the Birmingham music halls he used to play. Erdington is an area five miles (8 km northeast of Birmingham city centre England. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um

At the age of 15 Winwood became a member of the Spencer Davis Group[1] with his older brother 'Muff' (who later had much success as a record producer). The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s British Beat group from Birmingham, England, founded by Spencer Davis (born 17 July 1939 Mervyn "Muff" Winwood (born 15 June 1943 Erdington, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter and Record producer, and Steve co-wrote and recorded Gimme Some Lovin' and I'm a Man before leaving to form Traffic with Chris Wood, Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason. " Gimme Some Lovin' " is a Song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, and originally performed by the Spencer " I'm a Man " is a Song written by Spencer Davis Group Singer-songwriter Steve Winwood and Record producer Jimmy Miller Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. For other people by this name see Chris Wood. Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood (born 24 June 1944, in Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi ( 2 August 1944 &ndash 28 January 2005) was an English Musician and Songwriter David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1944) is an English Musician, singer songwriter, and Guitarist from Worcester During this time, Winwood joined forces with guitarist Eric Clapton as part of the one-off group Eric Clapton's Powerhouse. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Eric Clapton's Powerhouse (also referred to as (The Powerhouse or Eric Clapton and (the Powerhouse) was a one-off British Blues studio Songs were recorded for the Elektra label but only three tracks were released on the compilation album, What's Shakin'. Elektra Records is a now-dormant American Record label owned by Warner Music Group (WMG and from 2004 on operating under WMG's Atlantic Records What's Shakin is a compilation album released by Elektra Records in 1966

During the late-1960s, Winwood and Mason became close friends of Jimi Hendrix. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Hendrix first heard All Along the Watchtower at a party he was invited to by Mason; they recorded the Hendrix version later that night in a London recording studio. " All Along the Watchtower " is a folk song written and recorded by Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Winwood actually only appeared on one track of Electric Ladyland, "Voodoo Chile". Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see " Voodoo Chile " is a Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the album Electric Ladyland. In 1969, Winwood once again gave a powerful organ performance on Joe Cocker's With a Little Help from My Friends and later played keyboards on albums as diverse as Toots & The Maytals' Reggae Got Soul and Howlin' Wolf's The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions. Joe Cocker OBE (born 20 May 1944 is an English rock / Blues Singer who came to popularity in the 1960s and is most known for his gritty " With a Little Help from My Friends " (originally titled A Little Help from My Friends) is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, released The Jamaican musical group Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are one of the best known Ska and Reggae vocal groups Chester Burnett redirects here For the American football player see Chester Burnett (American football Chester Arthur Burnett ( June 10, 1910

He formed Blind Faith in 1969 with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Ric Grech. Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton Events Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born 19 August 1939 Lewisham, South London) is an English Drummer. Richard Roman Grech ( 1 November 1946 – 17 March 1990) was an English musician The band was short-lived, due to Clapton's greater interest in Blind Faith's opening act Delaney & Bonnie & Friends: Clapton left the band after the tour had ended. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton Delaney & Bonnie and Friends was a rock / Soul revue fronted by husband-and-wife singer/songwriters Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. However, Baker, Winwood and Grech stayed together to form Ginger Baker's Air Force. Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born 19 August 1939 Lewisham, South London) is an English Drummer. Ginger Baker's Air Force was a jazz-rock fusion band comprising Ginger Baker on drums Steve Winwood on organ and vocals Ric Grech on violin The lineup consisted of basically 3/4 of Blind Faith (sans Clapton, replaced by Denny Laine), 2/3 of Traffic (Winwood and Chris Wood, minus Jim Capaldi), plus musicians who interacted with Baker in his early days, including Phil Seamen, Harold McNair and Graham Bond. Blind Faith were an English blues-rock band that consisted of Eric Clapton Denny Laine (born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines, October 29, 1944, in Tyseley, Birmingham) is an English Songwriter Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. For other people by this name see Chris Wood. Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood (born 24 June 1944, in Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi ( 2 August 1944 &ndash 28 January 2005) was an English Musician and Songwriter Phillip William "Phil" Seamen (born 28 August 1926 in Burton-on-Trent - died 13 October 1972) was an English Harold McNair ( November 5 1931 in Kingston Jamaica – March 7 1971 in Maida Vale, North London) was a renowned Graham John Clifton Bond ( 28 October, 1937 in Romford, East London, England &ndash 8 May, 1974 at Finsbury But this supergroup turned out to be just another short-lived project. SuperGroup is a Reality show on the channel VH1. The show puts together five Heavy metal musicians packed into a large mansion that must play a show after Winwood soon went into the studio to begin work on a new solo album, tentatively titled Mad Shadows. However, Winwood ended up calling Chris Wood and Jim Capaldi in to help with session work, which instead prompted Traffic's comeback album John Barleycorn Must Die. For other people by this name see Chris Wood. Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood (born 24 June 1944, in Nicola James "Jim" Capaldi ( 2 August 1944 &ndash 28 January 2005) was an English Musician and Songwriter For the article about the song and character John Barleycorn, see John Barleycorn. Winwood has always said that the sound of John Barleycorn Must Die really reflects what he had intended Traffic to be. Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason.

In 1976, Winwood played guitar on the Fania All Stars’ Delicate and Jumpy record and performed as a guest with the band in their only UK appearance, with a memorable sell-out concert at London’s Lyceum Ballroom. The Fania All-Stars was an illustrious and widely distinguished musical ensemble established in 1968 by composer Johnny Pacheco as a showcase for the leading musicians

Constant artistic differences and personnel changes led to Traffic's final break-up and Winwood's release of his eponymous first solo album in 1977. This was followed by his 1980 hit Arc Of A Diver (lyrics by Vivian Stanshall), and Talking Back to the Night in 1982 (both albums recorded at his home in Gloucestershire with Winwood playing all instruments). Arc of a Diver is the second solo Album by Blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. Vivian Stanshall (born Victor Anthony Stanshall, 21 March 1943 &ndash 5 March 1995) was an Talking Back to the Night is the third solo Album by Blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. History See also History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century He enlisted the help of a coterie of stars to record Back in the High Life (1986) in the US, and again he was rewarded with a hit album. Back in the High Life is the fourth solo Album by Blue-eyed soul musician Steve Winwood. All were released on Island Records. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. In 1986, he topped the Billboard Hot 100 with Higher Love. " Higher Love " is a 1986 hit song for Steve Winwood. * In his hit song While You See a Chance, in a stanza where he sings "And that old grey wind is blowing and there’s nothing left worth knowing," Winwood accidentally overdubs "nothing left. " While You See a Chance " is a song performed by Steve Winwood, who also wrote it alongside Will Jennings. Overdubbing (the process of making an overdub, or overdubs is a technique used by Recording studios to add a supplementary recorded sound to a previously recorded . . " with "no one left. . . " The entire track was thrown together in a relatively quick fashion, and at one point Winwood accidentally deleted the drum track introduction in preparation for vocals. (see Punching in) The keyboard introduction that he composed on the spot to replace it is now iconic. Punching in refers to a recording technique used on early Multitrack recordings whereby a portion of the performance was Overdubbed onto a previously recorded tape

At the peak of his commercial success, Winwood moved to Virgin Records and released Roll With It and Refugees Of The Heart. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell The album Roll With It and the title track hit #1 on the album and singles charts in the summer of 1988. He recorded another album with Jim Capaldi released under the Traffic name, Far From Home, then resumed his solo career with his final Virgin album Junction Seven.

In 1994, Capaldi and Winwood reunited Traffic for a new album, Far From Home, and one-off tour, including a performance at Woodstock II Festival. The same year, Winwood appears on A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield CD, recording Mayfield's It's Alright.

In 1995 and 1996, Winwood released Reach for the Light (Theme from Balto). Balto is a 1995 Animated / live action film produced by Steven Spielberg 's Amblimation animation studio distributed by

In 1997, Winwood released a new album, Junction Seven, toured the U. S. A. and sang with James Taylor at the VH-1 Honors. James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts [1]

In 1998, Winwood joined Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval, Ed Calle and other musicians to form the band Latin Crossings for a European tour, after which they split up without making any recording. Tito Puente Sr, ( April 20, 1923 &ndash May 31, 2000) born Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Jazz Trumpeter and Pianist.

In 2003, Winwood released a new studio album, About Time co-produced by Johnson Somerset and engineered by George Shilling, on his new record label, Wincraft Music. George Shilling is a British musician Record producer, Composer and Recording engineer. 2004 saw his 1982 song Valerie used by DJ Eric Prydz, in a song called Call on Me. For the song by The Zutons notably covered by Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse see Valerie (The Zutons song. Eric Prydz (born July 19 1979) is a Swedish DJ and producer. Music career In 2004 Prydz released the single " Call on Me " is a song performed by Swedish DJ and producer Eric Prydz. It spent five weeks at number 1 on the UK singles chart. Winwood heard an early version of Prydz' remix and liked it so much, he not only gave permission to use the song, he re-recorded the samples for Prydz to use. In 2005, the Soundstage Performances DVD was released, featuring his recent work from the album About Time along with his classic hits including Higher Love and Back in the High Life. Winwood also performs hits from his days with Traffic (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004) as well as current recordings that represent a tapestry of tastes woven after 40 years in music. Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States

In 2005, he accepted an invitation from 2008 Grammy Award winner Ashley Cleveland to appear on her album Men and Angels Say. This album of rock, blues and country arrangements of well known hymns includes I Need Thee Every Hour which features a vocal duet and organ performance. Winwood is a fellow lover of hymns and readily accepted Ashley's invitation to appear on Men and Angels Say after the two led worship together at the Nashville church they both attend. She introduced the album with words that could help explain Steve Winwood's interest in Christian music: "This record is a love letter to my children, to my mother, to everyone who ever taught me a hymn, to the Presbyterian Church and my Scotch-English roots, to all those who love hymns and (perhaps particularly) to those who have dismissed them as antiquated and irrelevant in modern worship. I have such a deep desire to keep the hymns alive in the church. "

Additionally, Christina Aguilera features Winwood on one of her songs from her 2006 record Back to Basics, called Makes Me Wanna Pray. Christina María Aguilera (born December 18 1980 is an American pop / R&B Singer and Songwriter. This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 2006. Back to Basics is the third full-length English Studio album by American pop / R&B singer Christina Aguilera

In July 2007, Winwood shared the stage with Eric Clapton, in Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer The Crossroads Guitar Festival was a Music festival and Benefit concert first held in 2004 and again in 2007 Among the songs they played together were Presence of the Lord and Can't Find My Way Home from their Blind Faith days. Winwood played several guitar leads in a 6 song set. The two old friends and bandmates continued their collaboration with a sold-out three night stand at Madison Square Garden in February of 2008. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. On February 19, 2008 Winwood and Clapton released a collaborative EP through iTunes titled Dirty City. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc

Steve is now slated to tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers during Petty's summer 2008 tour. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an American rock band formed in 1975 by Tom Petty He also has two concerts with his own band - Jose Neto (guitar), Richard Bailey (drums), Paul Booth (sax, flute and organ), Karl van den Bosch (percussion) - at the Blender Theatre, New York May 4th and Berklee College of Music May 8th. He will also be receiving an Honorary Doctorate there May 10th.

A new studio album, Nine Lives, was released April 29, 2008 on Columbia Records. Nine Lives is Steve Winwood 's first full-length studio album since 2003 On May 6, 2008, Steve made a guest appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman," with a rendition of "Dirty City. " The next day, he sang it again on "The View", and followed up with a skat-sounding version of "Higher Love", with a little help from Whoopi Goldberg. [2] The album opened at #12 on the Billboard 200 album chart[3], his highest US debut ever. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry

Discography

Albums

With Traffic
With Blind Faith
With Go
Solo

Compilations

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Mainstream Rock U.S. AC UK Singles
1966 "Keep On Running" (with The Spencer Davis Group) #76 - - #1 Non-Album Single
"Somebody Help Me" (with The Spencer Davis Group) #47 - - #1
"When I Come Home" (with The Spencer Davis Group) - - - #12
"Gimme Some Lovin'" (with The Spencer Davis Group) #7 - - #2
1967 "I'm a Man" (with The Spencer Davis Group) #10 - - #9
"Paper Sun" (with Traffic) #94 - - #5
"Hole in My Shoe" (with Traffic) - - - #2
"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" (with Traffic) - - - #8
"Dear Mr. Fantasy" (with Traffic) - - - - Mr. Fantasy
1968 "No Face, No Name, No Number" (with Traffic) - - - #40
"Medicated Goo" (with Traffic) - - - - Last Exit
1970 "Empty Pages" (with Traffic) #74 - - - John Barleycorn Must Die
1971 "Gimme Some Lovin' (Part One, Live)" (with Traffic) #68 - - - Welcome to the Canteen
"Rock & Roll Stew (Part One)" (with Traffic) #93 - - - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
1977 "Hold On" - - - - Steve Winwood
"Time Is Running Out"/"Penultimate Zone" - - - -
1981 "Arc of a Diver" #48 #11 - - Arc of a Diver
"While You See a Chance" #7 #2 - #45
1982 "Still in the Game" #47 #8 - - Talking Back to the Night
"Valerie" #70 #13 - #51
"Talking Back to the Night" - - - -
"Your Silence is Your Song" - - - - They Call it an Accident
1986 "Higher Love" #1 (1 week) #1 #7 #13 Back in the High Life
"Freedom Overspill" #20 #4 - #69
"Split Decision" - #3 - -
"Take It as It Comes" - #33 - -
"Back in the High Life Again" #13 #19 #1 #53
1987 "The Finer Things" #8 #5 #1 -
"Valerie" (re-mix) #9 #13 #2 #19 Chronicles
1988 "Talking Back to the Night" #57 #17 - -
"Roll with It" #1 (4 weeks) #1 #1 #53 Roll with It
"Put on Your Dancing Shoes" - #25 - -
"Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" #6 #1 #2 #89
"Holding on" #11 #1 #1 -
1989 "Hearts on Fire" #53 #22 #22 -
1990 "One and Only Man" #18 #1 #9 #87 Refugees of the Heart
1991 "Another Deal Goes Down" - #10 - -
1994 "Here Comes a Man" (with Traffic) - #10 - - Far from Home
2003 "Different Light" - - - - About Time
2008 "Dirty City" (with Eric Clapton) - - - - Nine Lives

Session work

Nomination

Steve Winwood was nominated for the American Music Awards of 1989 in the Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist category. Chronicles is the first compilation album by Blue-eyed soul artist Steve Winwood. Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (originally called Mainstream Rock Tracks) is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on Mainstream rock Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Events January 3 - Hullabaloo shows promotional videos of The Beatles songs "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Keep On Running is a single by The Spencer Davis Group released in 1965 The Spencer Davis Group was a mid 1960s British Beat group from Birmingham, England, founded by Spencer Davis (born 17 July 1939 " Somebody Help Me " is the title of a single by The Spencer Davis Group, which was released in 1966 " Gimme Some Lovin' " is a Song written by Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood, and originally performed by the Spencer The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt " Paper Sun " is a song and debut-single released in May 1967 by British Psychedelic rock band Traffic. Hole In My Shoe is a song by Traffic which as a single release reached #2 in the UK charts in 1967 " Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush " is a single by Traffic. " Dear Mr Fantasy " is a rock song by Traffic off their 1967 album Mr Mr Fantasy (not to be confused with " Dear Mr Fantasy " the title song on this album is the debut album by English Rock band Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with Last Exit, released in May 1969 is the third album by English Rock band Traffic. Events Charles Wuorinen, aged 32 becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. For the article about the song and character John Barleycorn, see John Barleycorn. Events February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disbanding They never performed togeather again until April 21 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall Welcome to the Canteen is an Album by English rock band Traffic. Events Bohemian Rhapsody is named 'The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years' by BPI. Steve Winwood is the debut solo Album by Blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. See also Musical groups established in 1981 Record labels established in 1981 List of 'years in music' Arc of a Diver is the second solo Album by Blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. " While You See a Chance " is a song performed by Steve Winwood, who also wrote it alongside Will Jennings. See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 Talking Back to the Night is the third solo Album by Blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. For the song by The Zutons notably covered by Mark Ronson/Amy Winehouse see Valerie (The Zutons song. See also Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 Events January " Higher Love " is a 1986 hit song for Steve Winwood. Back in the High Life is the fourth solo Album by Blue-eyed soul musician Steve Winwood. See also Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 Events The Finer Things is a Compilation album of recordings by Steve Winwood. Chronicles is the first compilation album by Blue-eyed soul artist Steve Winwood. This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988. " Roll With It " is a song recorded by Steve Winwood for his album Roll With It, released on Virgin Records. Roll with It is the fifth solo Album by Blue-eyed soulster Steve Winwood. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 Refugees of the Heart is the 1990 solo album by Steve Winwood. See also 1991 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1991 Record labels This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1994. Far From Home, released in 1994 was the final studio album released under the name Traffic, and the first in two decades since the release of When the Eagle See also 2003 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels About Time is a Steve Winwood album released in 2003 It was his first album since 1997 and was compared to his earlier work with Traffic. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2008 "Dirty City" is a rock song by Steve Winwood from his album Nine Lives, released April 29, 2008. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Nine Lives is Steve Winwood 's first full-length studio album since 2003 George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author George Harrison is the eponymous album release by George Harrison in 1979 David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers About Face is the second solo album by the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, released in March 1984 Marianne Faithfull (born December 29 1946) is an English Singer, Songwriter, actress and Diarist whose Talk Talk were a popular British rock group that were active from 1981 to 1991 The Colour of Spring is Talk Talk 's third album and was released in 1986. Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. Berlin is a 1973 album by Lou Reed, his third solo album and the follow-up to the widely accessible and upbeat glam rock classic ''Transformer''. The Jamaican musical group Toots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are one of the best known Ska and Reggae vocal groups Jade Warrior are a British music group that were formed in 1970 evolving out of the band July. Soulsister was a Belgian Music band consisting of musicians Jan Leyers and Paul Michiels. In Physics, heat, symbolized by Q, is Energy transferred from one body or system to another due to a difference in Temperature The 16th Annual American Music Awards were held on January 30, 1989.

References

  1. ^ It's 'About Time' for Steve Winwood. BBC. Retrieved on 2007-08-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

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NAME Winwood, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winwood, Stephen Lawrence
SHORT DESCRIPTION English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Handsworth, Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. 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 Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics A multi-instrumentalist is a Musician who plays a number of different instruments The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Handsworth ( is an inner city suburb of Birmingham in the West Midlands, 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
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