Steve Winwood

Stephen Lawrence Winwood born 12 May 1948 is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blueeyed 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 19641967 Traffic 19671969 and 19701974 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 rereleased with a remix from Winwoods 1987 compilation album Chronicles Winwoods 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 numberone hit Higher Love He reached number one on the Hot 100 again with Roll with It 1988 from the album Roll with It with Dont 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 33rdgreatest singer In 2025 Winwood was appointed a Member of the British Empire MBE in the Kings Birthday Honours Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Winwood licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia