Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Steve Winwood Biography and Timeline

Follow Steve Winwood through 13 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Steve Winwood, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1948–2004Years on this page

1948

Birth of Steve Winwood

Birmingham · Arts / Popular Music

Birth of Steve Winwood.

1963

Spencer Davis Group

Singer and Keyboardist · Birmingham · Arts / Popular Music

Winwood joins the newly formed Spencer Davis Group while still a teenager.

1965

Keep On Running

Singer · Birmingham · Arts / Popular Music

Sings with the Spencer Davis Group as they reach national fame.

1967

Traffic

Member of Traffic · London · Arts / Popular Music

Founder Member of Traffic

1969

Blind Faith

Arts / Popular Music

An English blues supergroup formed by Eric Clapton (The Yardbirds, Cream), Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organisation, Cream), Steve Winwood (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic) and Ric Grech (Family)

Blind Faith

Member of Blind Faith · London · Arts / Popular Music

Blind Fiath release their onll LP, "Blind Faith"

1986

Higher Love

Arts / Popular Music

Tops the Billboard Hot 100 with "Higher Love"

1988

Roll With It

Arts / Popular Music

Releases "Roll With It", US no 1 Album

1994

Far From Home

Member of Traffic · Arts / Popular Music

Capaldi and Winwood reunite Traffic for a new album, "Far From Home"

Traffic

Member of Traffic · Arts / Popular Music

Capaldi and Winwood reunite Traffic for a new album, "Far From Home"

2004

Call On Me

Arts / Popular Music

Winwoods 1982 song "Valerie" is used by DJ Eric Prydz, in a song called "Call On Me", it spends five weeks at number 1 on the UK singles chart

Valerie

Arts / Popular Music

Winwoods 1982 song "Valerie" is used by DJ Eric Prydz, in a song called "Call On Me", it spends five weeks at number 1 on the UK singles chart

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Member of Traffic · Arts / Popular Music

Traffic are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.