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Spencer Davis of The Spencer Davis Group has died, aged 81
https://www.nme.com/news/music/spencer-davis-has-died-aged-81-the-spencer-davis-group-2792554
The founder of The Spencer Davis Group, who had hits with 'Keep On Running' and 'Gimme Some Lovin'', passed away yesterday (October 19)
By Sam Moore
20th October 2020
Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group seated at a table on 24th October 1970. (Picture: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Spencer Davis has died at the age of 81.
The multi-instrumentalist and founder of The Spencer Davis Group reportedly passed away yesterday (October 19) following a heart attack at his home in California, according to Birmingham Live.
Davis formed The Spencer Davis Group with Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood and Pete York in 1963, with the band becoming renowned for such 1960s hits as ‘Keep On Running’, ‘Gimme Some Lovin” and ‘I’m A Man’.
Group portrait of The Spencer Davis Group, 1965. L-R Spencer Davis, Steve Winwood, Pete York, Muff Winwood. (Picture: GAB Archive/Redferns)
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The founder of The Spencer Davis Group, who had hits with 'Keep On Running' and 'Gimme Some Lovin'', passed away yesterday (October 19)
By Sam Moore
20th October 2020
Spencer Davis of the Spencer Davis Group seated at a table on 24th October 1970. (Picture: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Spencer Davis has died at the age of 81.
The multi-instrumentalist and founder of The Spencer Davis Group reportedly passed away yesterday (October 19) following a heart attack at his home in California, according to Birmingham Live.
Davis formed The Spencer Davis Group with Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood and Pete York in 1963, with the band becoming renowned for such 1960s hits as ‘Keep On Running’, ‘Gimme Some Lovin” and ‘I’m A Man’.
Group portrait of The Spencer Davis Group, 1965. L-R Spencer Davis, Steve Winwood, Pete York, Muff Winwood. (Picture: GAB Archive/Redferns)
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Cross gently, Spencer.
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