The Spencer Davis Group-The Best Of (1967)

Founded in 1963, it would not be until the middle of the decade when The Spencer Davis Group, came to the fore with several important hits within the British beat.
Formed by Spencer Davis, Steve Winwood, Pete York and Muff Winwood, their beginnings were within the British jazz circuits of London.
In 1965, after signing for the Fontana label, they recorded their first album "Their First" where their style varies towards more pop sounds with strong R&B influences and from where some of the band's most important hits such as "Keep on Running" come out. puts them at the top of the UK charts.
From here on, a series of singles follow a similar fate; "Somebody Help me", "Gimme Some Lovin´" or "I´m a Man", which guarantees huge sales, while their first album gives them great prestige among specialized critics and the world of British pop.
But their luck did not last long, in 1967 Steve Winwood left them to form Traffic, the rest of the members did the same to follow different projects and only Spencer Davis continued to lead a band that would no longer return to the honeys of success. , despite releasing a number of good albums during the 1970s.