Spencer Davis obituary

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Founding member of the Spencer Davis Group, the band that enjoyed success in the 1960s with hits including Keep on Running and Somebody Help Me

Between 1965 and 1967, the Spencer Davis Group were one of the hottest names in the crowded field of British pop. Their chart-topping singles Keep on Running and Somebody Help Me were fiery eruptions of soul and R&B, and the Top 10 follow-ups Gimme Some Lovin’ (co-written by Davis) and I’m a Man cranked the intensity even higher. With the last two they also cracked the US Top 10, and in 1971 Chicago’s version of I’m a Man reached the US Top 50 and No 8 in the UK.

Davis, who has died aged 81, played the guitar and was the ringmaster of the group, though he often felt overshadowed by the precocious presence in his band of the teenage prodigy Steve Winwood, who tended to receive most of the press coverage and fan attention. Davis later said: “I think Steve never sounded as good with Traffic, Blind Faith or [Ginger Baker’s] Air Force as he did with us.”

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