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Stevie Winwood
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a keyboard player and vocalist prominent for his distinctive, soulful high tenor voice, Winwood plays other instruments proficiently, including drums, mandolin, guitar, bass, and saxophone. Winwood was an integral member of three seminal musical ensembles of the 1960s and 1970s: the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith. Beginning in 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''). His 1986 album ''Back in the High Life'' marked his career zenith, with hit singles including "Back in the High Life Again", "The Finer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handsworth, West Midlands
Handsworth () is a suburb and an inner-city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands. Historically in Staffordshire, Handsworth lies just outside Birmingham City Centre and near the town of Smethwick. History The name ''Handsworth'' originates from its Saxon owner Hondes and the Old English word ''weorthing'', meaning farm or estate. It was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086, as a holding of William Fitz-Ansculf, the Lord of Dudley, although at that time it would only have been a very small village surrounded by farmland and extensive woodland. Historically in the county of Staffordshire, it remained a small village from the 13th century to the 18th century. Accommodation was built for factory workers, the village quickly grew, and in 1851, more than 6,000 people were living in the township. In that year, work began to build St James' Church. Later St Michael's Church was built as a daughter church to St James'. In the census of 1881, the town was recorded as havin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Ensemble
A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental and/or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name. Some music ensembles consist solely of instrumentalists, such as the jazz quartet or the orchestra. Other music ensembles consist solely of singers, such as choirs and doo wop groups. In both popular music and classical music, there are ensembles in which both instrumentalists and singers perform, such as the rock band or the Baroque chamber group for basso continuo ( harpsichord and cello) and one or more singers. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families (such as piano, strings, and wind instruments) or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles (e.g., string quartet) or wind ensembles (e.g., wind quintet). Some ensembles blend the sounds of a variety of instrument families, such as the orchestra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roll With It (Steve Winwood Song)
"Roll with It" is a song recorded by Steve Winwood for his album of the same name, released on Virgin Records. It was written by Winwood and songwriter Will Jennings. Publishing rights organization BMI later had Motown songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland credited with co-writing the song due to its resemblance to the Junior Walker hit " (I'm a) Roadrunner". The song was the last #1 hit of Casey Kasem's 18-year run as the original host of ''American Top 40'' (he would return to host the program 10 years later), as well as being the first #1 song of Shadoe Stevens' hosting tenure. The 1990 movie ''Nuns on the Run'' also made use of the song. Release and reception The single spent four weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart in the summer of 1988. It topped the ''Billboard'' adult contemporary chart for two weeks, and also spent four weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' mainstream rock chart. In addition, the song reached No. 30 on the R&B chart.Hyatt, Wesley (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higher Love
"Higher Love" is a 1986 song by English singer Steve Winwood. It was the first single released from his fourth solo LP, ''Back in the High Life'' (1986). It was written by Winwood and Will Jennings and produced by Russ Titelman and Winwood. The female vocals on the song were performed by Chaka Khan, who also appeared in the music video. "Higher Love" was Winwood's first ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one song, topping the chart for one week. "Higher Love" also spent four weeks atop the US ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart and earned two Grammy Awards, for Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. It also peaked at number 13 in the United Kingdom, Winwood's highest charting solo entry there, and reached number one in Canada for a week. Whitney Houston covered the song in 1990 and it was included as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of her third studio album ''I'm Your Baby Tonight''. James Vincent McMorrow covered the song in 2011, on his first album '' Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States. The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming, is readily available on a real-time basis, is also tracked on a Friday to Thursday cycle effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021 (previously Monday to Sunday and before July 2015, Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The first number-one song of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was " Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Finer Things (song)
"The Finer Things" is a 1987 song written and performed by Steve Winwood. It was released as the fourth single from Winwood's 1986 album ''Back in the High Life''. It went to number one for three weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1987 and peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Track listing 7": Island / 7-28498 United States # "The Finer Things" - 4:00 # "Night Train" (Instrumental) - 4:10 12": Island / 608 876 Europe # "The Finer Things" - 8:25 # "The Finer Things" (Instrumental) - 4:35 Personnel * Steve Winwood – lead vocals, keyboards, synth solo, drum machine programming, sequencer programming * Robbie Kilgore – additional keyboards, synthesizer and sequencer programming * Rob Mounsey – additional keyboards * Andrew Thomas – PPG Waveterm synthesizer programming * Paul Pesco – guitar * Jimmy Bralower – additional drum machine programming * John Robinson – drums * Carole Steele – congas * James Ingram – backing vocals * Dan Hartman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back In The High Life Again
"Back in the High Life Again" is a song with music by English artist Steve Winwood and lyrics by American songwriter Will Jennings. It was performed by Winwood, and included backing vocals by James Taylor and a prominent mandolin played by Winwood. The song was released in January 1987 as the fifth single from his fourth studio album ''Back in the High Life''. The song was Winwood's second number-one single on the US Adult Contemporary chart, where it stayed for three weeks. It also reached number 13 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1988. Track listing 7": Island / IS 303 United Kingdom # "Back in the High Life Again" - 4:20 # "Help Me Angel" - 5:06 7": Island / 7-28472 United States # "Back in the High Life Again" - 4:09 # "Night Train" (Instrumental) - 4:10 12": Island / 12 IS 303 United Kingdom # "Back in the High Life Again" - 4:20 # "Night Train" (Instrumental) - 4:08 # "Help Me Angel" - 5:06 12": Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back In The High Life
''Back in the High Life'' is the fourth solo album by English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood, released on 30 June 1986. The album proved to be Winwood's biggest success to that date, certified Gold in the UK and 3× Platinum in the US, and it reached the top twenty in most Western countries. It collected three Grammy Awards and generated five hit singles, starting with "Higher Love", which became Winwood's first Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one chart topper, coming 20 years after he first entered that chart with "Keep on Running" by the Spencer Davis Group. Other global hit singles from the album were "Freedom Overspill", "Back in the High Life Again" and "The Finer Things (song), The Finer Things". The single "Split Decision", with ex-Eagles (band), Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, was a US hit. Musically, the album was polished and sophisticated, representative of Pop music, pop production in the 1980s, featuring Winwood's style of l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronicles (Steve Winwood Album)
''Chronicles'' is the first compilation album by Steve Winwood as a solo artist. The album contains some of his major hits up to this point and new remixes produced by Tom Lord-Alge, who had helped commercialize Winwood's sound on his previous album ''Back in the High Life''. One track, "Valerie", was originally released as a single for Winwood's 1982 album, ''Talking Back to the Night''. Despite the original single being a commercial flop, the remix of the song included in this album peaked at No. 9 on the US charts and No. 19 in the UK. The album peaked at No. 26 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart and No. 12 in the UK. It was Winwood's last release with Island Records, before his departure to Virgin Records. Track listing All songs written by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings, unless otherwise noted #"Wake Me Up on Judgment Day" 5:42 from the album ''Back in the High Life'' #"While You See a Chance" 4:02 edited from the album ''Arc of a Diver'' #"Vacant Chair" (Steve Winwoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie (Steve Winwood Song)
"Valerie" is a 1982 song written by English musician and songwriter Steve Winwood and Will Jennings, and originally recorded by Winwood for his third solo album, ''Talking Back to the Night'' (1982). Background The song deals with a man reminiscing about a lost love he hopes to find again someday. Will Jennings reportedly wrote the lyrics while thinking about singer Valerie Carter, whose career was declining, in part, because of drug use. On its original release, the single reached number 51 on the UK Singles Chart and number 70 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 1987, a remix by Tom Lord-Alge was included as a single from Winwood's compilation album ''Chronicles''. The remixed version of "Valerie" climbed to number 9 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in late December 1987, and also reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. Both versions also reached number 13 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. DJ Falcon recalled in an interview that he and Thomas Bangalter, as a duo calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
