The English singer has been one of the most celebrated musicians of the past six decades, both as a solo artist and as a member of the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith alongside Eric Clapton.

A musical prodigy who’s been active since the age of eight, Steve Winwood was recruited to join the Spencer Davis Group in 1962 when he was fourteen – he had a remarkably mature voice for his age and was likened to Ray Charles.

Throughout his career, the singer and multi-instrumentalist’s music has spanned genres like pop rock, blue-eyed soul, R&B, blues rock, and psychedelic rock.

Steve Winwood’s greatest commercial success came with his 1986 album Back in the High Life which saw single ‘Higher Love’ reached the top of the US Billboard Charts and made Winwood a global superstar.

Winwood has won two Grammy Awards, been nominated for two BRIT Awards, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Traffic in 2004, and won the Ivor Novello in 2011 for Outstanding Song Collection.

In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Winwood No. 33 in its 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Where and when was Steve Winwood born?