Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist prominent for his distinctive soulful high tenor voice, Winwood also plays instruments including mandolin, bass, drums and percussion. Winwood achieved fame during the 1960s and 1970s as an integral member of three successful bands: the Spencer Davis Group (1964–1967), Traffic (1967–1969 and 1970–1974), and Blind Faith (1969). During the 1980s, his solo career flourished and he had a number of hit singles, including "While You See a Chance" (1980) from the album Arc of a Diver and "Valerie" (1982) from Talking Back to the Night ("Valerie" became a hit when it was re-released with a remix from Winwood's 1987 compilation album Chronicles). Winwood's 1986 album Back in the High Life marked his career zenith, with hit singles including "Back in the High Life Again", "The Finer Things", and the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "Higher Love". He reached number one on the Hot 100 again with "Roll with It" (1988) from the album Roll with It, with "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" and "Holding On" also charting highly the same year. Although his hit singles ceased after the 1980s, he continued to release new albums. His most recent album, Nine Lives, was released in 2008. The 2004 song "Call on Me", built on a sample of "Valerie", spent five weeks at No. 1 on the UK singles chart. In 2004, Winwood was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Traffic. He has won two Grammy Awards and an Ivor Novello Award, and has been honored as a BMI Icon. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked Winwood the 33rd-greatest singer. In 2025, Winwood was appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the King's Birthday Honours. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Winwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2026The Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues
• 2008The Best Of Sound Stage
• 2005Steve Winwood Live in Concert Soundstage
• 2005The Last Great Traffic Jam
• 2005The Who | Tommy and Quadrophenia Live — The Hawker
• 2004Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
• 1998Blues Brothers 2000 — The Louisiana Gator Boys
• Later... with Jools Holland
• 1989The Who | Live, Featuring the Rock Opera Tommy — The Hawker
• Miami Vice — Songs
• 1972Traffic: Live at Santa Monica
• 1970Cucumber Castle — Steve Winwood
• 1970Midsummer Rock: The Cincinnati Pop Festival 1970
• 1966The Ghost Goes Gear
• Steve Winwood - Live At Royal Albert Hall

Appearances as themselves (32)

• 2024Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision — Self
• 2023The Coronation Concert — Self
• 2019The Man Behind the White Guitar — Self
• 2017Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies — Self
• Soundbreaking — Self
• 2013Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' — Self - Musician
• 2012Beware of Mr. Baker — Self
• 2010Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 — Self
• 2009Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live from Madison Square Garden — Self
• 2008Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland — Self
• 2007Dear Mr. Fantasy - A Celebration for Jim Capaldi — Himself
• 2007Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 — Self
• 2006Blind Faith: London Hyde Park 1969 — Himself
• 2006The Who: Tommy Live With Special Guests — Self
• 2003Red, White and Blues — Self
• Soundstage — Self
• 2002Green Lights, Blue Skies — Himself
• 2002Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace — Self - Performer
• Classic Albums — Self
• 1997Songs & Visions — Self
• 1997Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest
• Geld oder Liebe — Self
• 1986Billy Joel: Building the Bridge — Self
• 1984Superstars in Concert — Self
• 1983The A.R.M.S. Benefit Concert from London — Self
• 1983When the Music's Over — Self
• Austin City Limits — Self
• 1972Glastonbury Fayre — Self
• 1965Pop Gear — Self
• Top of the Pops — Self
• Today — Self