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Steve Winwood: Virgin Records
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Steve Winwood was born May 12, 1948 in England and began his music interest in Dixieland jazz and swing. He played in his brother's jazz band at first and then eventually recorded his fist single "Incense" in 1965 and his career took off from there. In 1967 he formed the group Traffic. Winwood is coming back to the stage and you can get your tickets today to see him perform live.
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When Winwood finally returned with his self-titled solo debut in 1977, Britain was in the midst of the punk revolution, and the music itself was somewhat disappointing even to Winwood himself. Dismayed, he returned to Gloucestershire and all but disappeared from music. He returned in late 1980 with the little-heralded Arc of a Diver, a much stronger effort on which he played every instrument himself. Modernizing Winwood's sound with more synthesizers and electronic percussion, Arc of a Diver was a platinum-selling hit in the U.S., helped by the hit single "While You See a Chance"; it received highly positive reviews as well, most hailing the freshness of Winwood's newly contemporary sound. The extremely similar 1982 follow-up Talking Back to the Night sounded rushed to some reviewers, and it wasn't nearly as big a hit, with none of its singles reaching the Top 40. Unhappy with the record, Winwood even considered retiring to become a producer (though his brother talked him out of it).
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This Track was Winwood's first #1 single as a solo artist. It ... won 2 Grammys in 1987: Record Of The Year (beating Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love"), and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
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In 1997, Winwood released Junction 7, and with Virgin Record's encouragement worked with producer Narada Michael Walden. This effort resulted in a record which was perhaps more reflective of Walden's style rather than Winwood's. Nonetheless, this record emerged as a combination of musical styles containing an undercurrent of rhythms and proved Winwood's voice to be a stronghold.
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