The Spencer Davis Group

Released: January 7, 1966

Songwriter: Steve Winwood Spencer Davis

Producer: Chris Blackwell Jimmy Miller

Hey darling, you know the lights are getting low
Hey hey hey hey darling, well you know the lights are getting low
And you know I hate to say it baby, but I believe it's time to go, yeah

Let me love you baby, now while we have the time
Hum, let me take our love baby, well now while we have the time
Well if you don't do it baby, you know that old clock's gonna chime, hum hum yeah

Well my momma told me 'bout girls like you
Oh well my momma told me, hum 'bout girls of your kind, yeah
But honey, believe me I know, hum good love's so hard to find

Hey hey hey hey darling, you know the lights are getting low, oh oh
Hey hey darling yeah, well you know the lights are getting low, oh oh yeah
And you know I'd like to stay here, but I believe it's time to go

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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