British blues rockers The Spencer Davis Group formed in 1963 in Birmingham, England when guitarist Spencer Davis, brothers Steve (vocals and keys) and Muff Winwood (bass), and drummer Pete York got together and started playing some blues-based rock and roll.
Perhaps their most famous song -- in the States, anyway -- is 1966's "Gimme Some Lovin'." It hit #2 in the UK and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. With its fuzzy organ, "hey" shouts, and upbeat tempo complemented by some cowbell, the song has become a classic. Rolling Stone ranked it as the #247 song of all-time on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list.
Whenever I hear the song, I always find it amazing that Steve Winwood was barely 18 when the song was recorded. He sounds like Jackie Wilson or Ray Charles. Of course, in 1967, Steve Winwood would leave the band to form Traffic, before uniting with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Rick Grech for the sublime one-off band Blind Faith, and then eventually pursuing a decades-long successful solo career.
But here's a song from the group that started it all for him.
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