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Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood

Actor · b. 1948 · Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK

Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist prominent for his distinctive soulful high tenor voice, Winwood also plays instruments including mandolin, bass, drums and percussion. Winwood achieved fame during the 1960s and 1970s as an integral member of three successful bands: the Spencer Davis Group (1964–1967), Traffic (1967–1969 and 1970–1974), and Blind Faith (1969). During the 1980s, his solo career flourished and he had a number of hit singles, including "While You See a Chance" (1980) from the album Arc of a Diver and "Valerie" (1982) from Talking Back to the Night ("Valerie" became a hit when it was re-released with a remix from Winwood's 1987 compilation album Chronicles). Winwood's 1986 album Back in the High Life marked his career zenith, with hit singles including "Back in the High Life Again", "The Finer Things", and the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "Higher Love". He reached number one on the Hot 100 again with "Roll with It" (1988) from the album Roll with It, with "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" and "Holding On" also charting highly the same year. Although his hit singles ceased after the 1980s, he continued to release new albums. His most recent album, Nine Lives, was released in 2008. The 2004 song "Call on Me", built on a sample of "Valerie", spent five weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart. In 2004, Winwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic. He has won two Grammy Awards and an Ivor Novello Award, and has been honored as a BMI Icon. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Winwood the 33rd-greatest singer. In 2025, Winwood was appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the King's Birthday Honours. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Winwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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    Blues Brothers 2000

    1998 · 758 votes

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    Pop Gear

    1965 · 5 votes

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    Beware of Mr. Baker

    2012 · 66 votes

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    Red, White and Blues

    2003 · 4 votes

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    Soundstage Presents: Steve Winwood Live in Concert

    Steve Winwood Live in Concert Soundstage

    2005 · 1 votes

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    The Ghost Goes Gear

    1966 · 1 votes

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    Cucumber Castle

    1970 · 3 votes

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    Top of the Pops

    1964 · 44 votes

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    Today

    1952 · 32 votes

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    Austin City Limits

    1975 · 19 votes

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    Classic Albums

    1997 · 8 votes

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    Geld oder Liebe

    1989 · 1 votes

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    Soundbreaking

    2016 · 16 votes