The Spencer Davis Group

Songwriter: Spencer Davis Pete York Muff Winwood Steve Winwood

Producer: Jimmy Miller Chris Blackwell

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Well, so sad and lonely since my baby went away from me
Well, so sad and lonely since my baby went away from me
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Well, I'm leaving baby
I'm gonna go away from here
You know I'm leaving baby
I'm gonna go away from here

And I even gonna worry
Ain't even gonna shed a tear

Well I went to see my baby
Pulled the blind and closed the door
She said, "now, goodbye stevie
I don't need you no more."

She's gone, I mean it here today
Leavin's so much work cause I know I'm going away

Well I'm leaving
I'm gonna go away from here
You know that I'm leaving baby
Gonna go away from here
Look out pretty baby
I ain't even gonna shed a tear

Baby, you're so good, you're so fine
Baby baby baby baby....
Look out, you're so good
Look out baby
Gonna leave this town for good

The Spencer Davis Group was a British rock band and part of the “British Invasion.” The are best known for their songs “Gimme Some Lovin'” and “I’m a Man,” and as the starting place for Stevie Winwood.

They were formed in 1963 in Birmingham, Wales by guitarist and singer Spencer Davis (b. Spencer Davies), with brothers Stevie (vocals, organ, piano) and Muff (bass) Winwood, and drummer Pete York. They began playing covers of American Blues and R&B, and quickly gained a following in the local music scene. They released their first single, a cover of the John Lee Hooker song “Dimples,” in 1965.

Later that year, they released their breakout single, “Gimme Some Lovin',” which reached #1 on the British charts. The song was notable for Winwood’s (who was only 19 at the time) soulful singing, which was so convincing the single was banned by several segregated radio stations in the US, who thought Linwood was black.

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