On May 12th: Happy Birthday to Steve Winwood and...

On May 12th: Happy Birthday to Steve Winwood and...

 

  • Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician whose genres include rock, blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, pop rock, and jazz. A multi-instrumentalist, he can play keyboards, bass guitar, drums, guitar, mandolin, violin, and other strings
  • Winwood was a key member of the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Go.
  • He also had a successful solo career with hits including "Valerie", "Back in the High Life Again" and two US Billboard Hot 100 number ones; "Higher Love" and "Roll With It". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic in 2004
  • In 2005 Winwood was honoured as a BMI Icon at the annual BMI London Awards for his "enduring influence on generations of music makers."
  •  In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Winwood #33 in its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
  • Winwood has won two Grammy Awards. (@Wikipedia.com)
 
 
 
 
 
  • William Haislip "Billy" Squier (born May 12, 1950) is an American rock musician.
  • Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s.
  • He is best known for the classic song "The Stroke", from his 1981 Triple Platinum breakout album release Don't Say No.
  • Other hits include "In the Dark", "Rock Me Tonite", "Lonely Is the Night", "Everybody Wants You" and "Emotions in Motion".
 
 
 
 
 
  • Eric Singer (born Eric Doyle Mensinger; May 12, 1958) is a hard rock and heavy metal drummer for the rock band Kiss and formerly for singer Alice Cooper.
  • Over the past two decades, Singer has appeared on over 75 albums and 11 EPs.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

  • William Henry "Billy" Duffy (born 12 May 1961, Hulme, Manchester is an English guitarist and songwriter, best known as the guitarist in The Cult.