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Post by paulmoran on Oct 23, 2020 7:03:20 GMT -5
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54619718Spencer Davis, one of the key figures of the 1960s beat scene, has died at the age of 81. The Welsh guitarist was the driving force behind The Spencer Davis Group, who scored transatlantic hits with Keep On Running and Somebody Help Me. The band, which also featured a teenage Stevie Winwood, toured with The Who and The Rolling Stones in the 60s. Their breakout hit, Keep On Running, was a cover of a song by West Indian performer Jackie Edwards. When it topped the UK charts in 1966, it knocked the double A-sided Beatles single We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper from the top slot - and Davis received a telegram from the band congratulating him on the achievement. "It's in a pile of papers somewhere," he told the BBC in 2009. "It said, 'Congratulations on reaching number one - The Beatles.'" The follow-up was delayed when Davis bashed his head on a car windscreen after braking to avoid a dog - but Somebody Help Me, another Jackie Edwards cover, gave the quartet a second number one in March 1966.
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Post by joseph on Oct 23, 2020 7:28:20 GMT -5
Not another bloody car crash?!
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sally
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Post by sally on Oct 23, 2020 22:25:08 GMT -5
Didnt take them long to take that video down.
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Post by paulmoran on Oct 27, 2020 18:50:32 GMT -5
Didn't take them long to take that video down. Previously there were many comments telling the uploader that it is Spencer Davis in the video not Paul McCartney (also comments about Davis being a Faul). Then the comments got deleted and stopped.
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