Spencer Davis, Veteran British Rocker Known for ‘Gimme Some Lovin’,’ Dead at 81
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpencer Davis, the veteran British rock musician renowned for hits that bore his name but he did not sing, has died, died Monday of a heart attack, according to his former drummer Pete York, cited in the Birmingham Mail and multiple media reports. He was 81.While the Spencer Davis Group performed for decades, its biggest hits — including such frequently covered mid-1960s classics as “Gimme Some Lovin'” and “I’m a Man” — were sung not by Davis but a teenaged Steve Winwood, making the group, like the Dave Clark 5 and the J.