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Spencer Davis

1939 - 2020

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Spencer Davis (born Spencer David Nelson Davies; 17 July 1939 – 19 October 2020) was a Welsh musician. He founded the Spencer Davis Group, a band that had several hits in the 1960s including "Keep On Running", "Somebody Help Me", "Gimme Some Lovin'" and "I'm a Man", all sung by Steve Winwood. Davis subsequently enjoyed success as an A&R executive with Island Records. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Spencer Davis is the 1,788th most popular singer (down from 1,537th in 2019), the 4,885th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,112th in 2019) and the 189th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Spencer Davis ranks 1,788 out of 4,381. Before him are Paul Carrack, Claes-Göran Hederström, Natalie Dessay, Raf, Johnny Burnette, and Joe Jonas. After him are Apl.de.ap, Fabio Lione, Method Man, Yellowman, Senhit, and Ann Christy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Spencer Davis ranks 524. Before him are Orlando Quevedo, Helen Prejean, R. C. Sproul, Mary K. Gaillard, Karel Schoeman, and Göran Sonnevi. After him are Hadi Khosroshahi, David Ray Griffin, Alfredo Bryce, Paul Drayton, Gennadi Volnov, and Valerie Harper. Among people deceased in 2020, Spencer Davis ranks 632. Before him are Dimitar Largov, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Tom Heinsohn, Vladislav Krapivin, Li Wenliang, and Juan José Pizzuti. After him are Hadi Khosroshahi, Nicette Bruno, Boris Plotnikov, Folke Alnevik, Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, and Bill Hobbs.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Spencer Davis ranks 4,886 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Taylor (1978), Four Tet (1978), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Myra Hess (1890), and Susanna Clarke (1959). After him are Mary Midgley (1919), Frederick Rolfe (1860), N. G. L. Hammond (1907), Robert Newton (1905), Richard Hoggart (1918), and Alice Eve (1982).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Spencer Davis ranks 189. Before him are Joe Elliott (1959), Richard Thompson (1949), Sam Brown (1964), Clodagh Rodgers (1947), John Paul Young (1950), and Paul Carrack (1951). After him are Skin (1967), Colin Hay (1953), Kirsty MacColl (1959), Vashti Bunyan (1945), Teddy Sinclair (1986), and Simon Fuller (1960).

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