The Spencer Davis Group

The Spencer Davis Group
The Spencer Davis Group rehearsing before a performance in Amsterdam in 1966. L-R: Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis, Pete York, Steve Winwood
Background information
Origin	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Genres	Beat R&B blue-eyed soul blues rock
Years active	1963–1969 1973–1974 2006–2020
Labels	Fontana Island United Artists
Members	Europe: Spencer Davis Miller Anderson Colin Hodgkinson Steff Porzel United States: Spencer Davis Ed Tree Taras Prodaniuk Jim Blazer Tom Fillman
Past members	Steve Winwood Muff Winwood Pete York Eddie Hardin Phil Sawyer Ray Fenwick Dee Murray Dave Hynes Nigel Olsson John Hitchcock Charlie McCracken Jim Blair
Website	spencer-davis-group.com

The Spencer Davis Group were a British blues and R&B influenced rock band^[1] formed in Birmingham in 1963 by Spencer Davis (guitar), brothers Steve Winwood (vocals, keyboards, guitar) and Muff Winwood (bass guitar), and Pete York (drums). Their best known songs include the UK No. 1 hits "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me" and the UK and US Top 10 hits "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man".^[2]

Steve Winwood left in 1967 to form rock band Traffic.^[3] After releasing a few more singles, the band ceased to be active in 1969. Davis revived the group on two more occasions, without the involvement of the Winwood brothers, first in 1973–1974 for two more albums, and again from 2006, since when they had primarily been a touring act. Davis died on 19 October 2020, effectively ending the band.