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The song was recorded by the Spencer Davis Group and released as a single in November 1965 on Fontana Records, backed with "High Time Baby". [3] At the time, Chris Blackwell, who produced the recording, was trying to establish his Island label in the UK and was managing the Spencer Davis Group.
The Spencer Davis Group was formed in 1963 in Birmingham after Spencer Davis, a guitarist from Swansea, Wales encountered vocalist and organist Steve Winwood (then 14) [4] and his bass playing brother Muff Winwood performing at a Birmingham pub, the Golden Eagle, as the Muff Woody Jazz Band.
The group had No. 1 hits in the UK with consecutive single releases in 1966 ("Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me"). Steve Winwood sang lead vocals on all the Spencer Davis Group's hits up to "I'm a Man" in 1967. [8] The Spencer Davis Group continued after Winwood left to form Traffic in April 1967. The group recorded two more albums before ...
Keep On Running: Released: 1991; Label: Object Enterprises; Has been re-released under various labels as I'm a Man and Give Me Some Lovin' — — — 1994 Taking Out Time 1967–1969: Released: 1994; Label: RPM — — — 1996 Eight Gigs a Week: The Steve Winwood Years: Released: March 1996; Label: Island — — — 1998 The Best of Spencer ...
The first new number-one single of the year was "Keep On Running" by The Spencer Davis Group. Overall, twenty different singles peaked at number-one in 1966, with The Spencer Davis Group and The Beatles (2) having the joint most singles hit that position.
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"Keep on Running" (1965) "Somebody Help Me" (1966) "When I Come Home" (1966) "Somebody Help Me" is a single by The Spencer Davis Group, which was released in 1966.
Grant Smith & The Power were a popular Canadian (from Toronto) rock-soul outfit from the 1960s that had a hit with a cover of Jackie Edwards' "Keep On Running" [1] (previously a big hit for The Spencer Davis Group) and was also a training ground for musicians who went on to the likes of McKenna Mendelson Mainline and Motherlode.