All great songs...but my personal favorite is "While You See A Chance". Also good from the Roll With It album: "Holding On" and "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do".
Thats Chaka Kahn! She was with a group called Rufus. Then later she went out on her own. She's a great candidate for F.F.! You might like "Tell me Somethin' Good"
The woman backing up Steve is Chaka Khan. Take the dive into her early work from the 1970's like "Tell Me Something Good" (with Rufus) and "I'm Every Woman" Yeah, she did it before Whitney; it was her first solo hit without Rufus. Then her 1980's songs like "I Feel for You" and "Ain't Nobody" (also with Rufus). "I Feel for You" may help you understand why people sing her name. "Chaka Khan Chaka Khan" I think it might be only on the official music video and that's the one you should listen to. It's a cover of a Prince song but that "Chaka Khan" opening is why I think of it as her song.
I love Steve and the amazing Chaka Khan! I can’t believe you guy don’t know Chaka! You obviously don’t know Tina Turner either if you thought that was her! These are two phenomenal female icons of music! Mind blown!!😮😮
You can’t go wrong with ANY Steve Winwood.His soulful voice is so smooth.He started with the Spencer Davis Group and then Traffic back in the 60s.Listen to Time is Running Out next.
Steve Winwood is a legend - he started playing/performing when he was only 14. You must take a deep dive into his group Traffic (John Barlycorn, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys) and many of his other hits including a song called Valerie (not the Amy Winehouse song), When You See A chance, The Finer Things, and from the Spencer Davis Group Gimme some Lovin. Super, super talented - so glad you've discovered him! And Chaka Kahn is a legend!! Definitely do her on Female Friday.
Yeah, Winwood is a bonafide legend. He hit it big with Spencer Davis Group’s Gimme Some Lovin’ when he was only 18. He played with Clapton in Blind Faith (Can’t Find My Way Home). He jams with Hendrix on Voodoo Chile. He hit it big again with Traffic (Dear Mr. Fantasy and Low Spark of High-heeled Boys), then again with his solo career!
The woman is Chaka Khan. You have to check out her song "I Feel For You". Produced by Prince in 1984 and the first R&B song to feature a rapper. Also her song Ain't Nobody which I'm sure you would know without even knowing that you know it. The rhythm guitar of Higher Love was performed by Nile Rogers, who you might know from the 70s band Chic (check out their songs "Good Times" and "Le Freak"), and the Daft Punk song Get Lucky.
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It's "Le Freak", not "Freak Out" (that's just a prominent bit of the chorus, but said chorus also contains "le freak, c'est chic")
I love that fact that at 6:43, you thought it was a horn, but it was actually Chaka's voice. That is probably the biggest compliment you can pay her, if you know her background and how she wants to use her voice. Just so you know, I take nothing from Steve Winwood. But the entire "breakdown" when they amp it up as you say, that entire background vocal three-part harmony of the chorus is all Chaka. Steve is only doing his adlibs (which are great), but the second half of the song, vocally, is Chaka, her background and her adlibs along with Steve.
Not only a brilliant singer and musician, he is one of the greatest songwriters. There is a great live version of "can't find my way home" where he is just sitting in front of the fire on his farm. That's as pure as it gets!
There’s a reason why this went straight to number one. Such an excellent song with Steve Winwood’s impeccable vocals plus Chaka Khan! You may enjoy listening to Whitney Houston’s cover version released after she passed. And while you’re at it, you must listen to Chaka’s I’m Every Women, and then listen to Whitney’s cover that includes Chaka!
Yes!!!!! One of my faves of all time. You have to do "Roll With It" ... great piano and horns! Winwood is a musical prodigy and amazing on the piano. "Gimme Some Lovin" from his band Spencer Davis Group was huge, and he was just a teen.
Have you done other Winwood songs? From this era, I love love love "While You See A Chance", "Back in the High Life" and "The Finer Things" -- and from a bit earlier in his career, "Arc of a Diver" is amazing. The man is a rock legend. And speaking of legends, that's Chaka Khan singing backing vocals. I love it when she gets into it and it comes out "Brang me a higher love", lol. Chaka and her band Rufus do an amazing and fun tune called "Tell Me Something Good" - and then a later hit song for her was "Ain't Nobody". ❤️
Now you gotta do some Steve Winwood when he was with Traffic and Spencer Davis Group. Shanghai Noodle Factory, LowSpark of the High Heeled Boys, Dear Mr Fantasy, I’m A Man. All fiya🔥🔥🔥
you need to go back to the 1960s with this guy, one of the most amazing voices of classic rock. He was 15 years old when his band Spencer Davis Group had hits like Gimme Some Lovin, he was with the band Blind Faith with ERic Clapton, then with the band Traffic. so much talent
The great and beautiful Chaka Khan is the one with him. Love that lady. Though this is an 80s song, Steve Winwood is older school than that, back to the 60s. He was in the bands Traffic, Blind Faith with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker (check out their song "Can't Find My Way Home" some time) and the Spencer Davis Group, before his solo career in the '80s..
Steve Winwood was the lead singer for "The Spencer Davis Group" when he was 15! FIFTEEN YEARS OLD! you've got to check out their biggest hit "Gimme Some Lovin'" and when you hear his voice you will think "There is NO WAY that singer is FIFTEEN YEARS OLD!
You guys have just been introduced to the one of the GREAT female voices of all-time, Chaka Khan! and on guitar one of the legends of Chic, Niles Rogers.
Chaka Khan is amazing! My favorite is "I Feel For You". Also you can't miss "I;m Every Woman" or "Aint Nobody" She is a powerhouse of personality and pure natural talent. You maybe see one or two like her in a generation.
gotta do some Chaka Khan reaction if you haven't yet. She was close to my old HS mate Prince, and performed at his memorial, which i was blessed to see. Her cover of his "I fell for you" help re-energize her career. But maybe start with "Ain't Nobody" or "Tell Me Something Good" if you really want a sense of what pure power Khan can bring to a song
@@WineSippingCowboy I think all of them were around, but they were younger than I was, so I didn't pay much attention at the time, wrapped up in my own teenage angst, as i was :)
Steve actually performed with his Father and older brother Muff at 8 yrs old. When they played in bars and taverns, they would turn the piano towards the crowd so Steve was hidden from the crowd. He joined The Spencer Davis group at age 14, he's 73 now. In the tribute to George Harrison "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where Prince showed his tremendous guitar skills, Steve was in the back, the white dude on piano. 🤔🤗😎
Im surprised you guys didnt recognize, The One, The Only Chaka Khan.... Steve Winwood is a GENIUS! We're so lucky to have grown up with great artists from the 70's and 80's ! 90's too!😊
Chaka Khan is the backup vocalist on this song. For your next Female Friday I suggest you play "TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD" by the funk band RUFUS. Chaka Khan was their lead singer. Such a good song. You and everyone else will love it!
Steve is an iconic artist with many hits and with his collaborations with Clapton,,Traffic And others! Back In The Highlige,Can’t Find My Way Home,While You See a Chance,And Arc of a Diver Are a few of Steve’s legendary incredible tunes!
As lots of people have said , it's Chaka Khan.. you must listen to " ain't nobody" with rufus and " i feel for you" .. Also " i'm every woman" , she did it first and that's why whitney sings Chaka Khan in the song near the end..
As Winwood reminisced, "My earliest memories are of the music in church and of my aunts and uncles singing the beautiful old hymns. 'Higher Love' is a generation past that, when things were not so much taken for granted, so that one has to plea, 'Bring me a higher love,' and the lines are all trying to explain why there must be higher love. A modern hymn, you might call it." Armed with spirituality, the resulting track became his breakthrough solo hit, flying high to No. 1 on August 29, 1986. The tune went on to receive two Grammys in 1987 for Record of the Year (against Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love") and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
The most amazing thing about this song and this whole album is that Winwood not only wrote and sang on all the songs but he also played ALL the instruments on ALL the songs.... and recorded it in his home built studio... on a farm.
It was the Arc of a Diver album that he played all the instruments on not this one. Nile Rodgers (from Chic) played guitar on this song and Joe Walsh plays guitar on two other songs on this album, so he didn't do everything himself on this one.
Steve is legendary, wrote his first hits at age 15, was a backup player for Ray Charles when he toured England as a teen, had hits in the 60s, 70s, 80s...had his own band Traffic, was in a and with Eric Clapton called Blind Faith, and what you were watching here was his solo career, Spencer Davis Group as a teenager...
You are at the edge of another rabbit hole. Steve's been around for quite a while. Check out "Can't Find My Way Home" from his time in Blind Faith with Clapton, Baker and Grech. One of my favorites. He also had some great songs with Traffic.
Check out Gimmie Some Lovin by the Spencer Davis Group, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic and most importantly Blind Faith's Can't Find My Way Home for more great Steve Winwood music.
Chaka Kahn is no back up singer! Try her song "Ain't Nobody" for sure! And please check out Steve Winwood's "Roll With It" as others recommended. The video for that song is very creative - cool perspective. Thanks for bringing so much joy!
If you saw Avengers - Endgame, you've definitely heard Steve Winwood in his group Traffic. In the opening scenes with Tony Stark stranded in space, the song playing in the back is Traffic's song "Dear Mr Fantasy". He's a talent for the ages with him in everything he's touched. There's a RUclips video from about 9 years ago of him playing on an acoustic version of a song he did back in the 60s with the Spencer Davis Group (EDIT: correcting the group he did this song with .... it's Blind Faith) titled "Can't Find My Way Home". What a voice!
Steve Winwood has been a professional musician since he joined The Spencer Davis Group at age 15. Afterwards he joined the band Traffic, the song Low Spark High Heeled Boys is so fantastic and whole vibe in itself. My personal favorite by Steve is Arc of the Diver. It's a must listen.
The way Steve Winwood evolved over the course of his musical career, from the Beatles-esque SDG days to the psychadelic Traffic era to his R&B, blue-eyed soul solo career is astounding
I remember this was a massive hit in the summer of 1986. We drove from Boston to Cape Cod and we LOVED the song so much that each time the song ended on one station, we'd turn the dial and sure enough another station would just start the song. It seriously was the only song we sang on our drive over, LOL. Steve Winwood sounded so great with Chaka Khan.
I remember this song well. I had just met my new boyfriend in June or July of 1986. We didn't last long maybe 7 months before he cheated on me. So I dumped him. I met my now husband in August of 87 and have been married 35 years. So it worked out well.
Steve Winwood's discography is as long as your arm. He was part of notable groups like Traffic, Blind Faith, and The Spencer Davis Group. He became a household name in the 80s with hits like "Higher Love", "Valerie", "Back in the High Life", "The Finer Things", and perhaps his most famous song, "Roll With It".
Now that you've found Steve Winwood, check him out when he was a teenager in the Spencer Davis Group. "Had To Cry Today" is a good one to start with, after that, find him singing with Traffic, "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys" or "Light Up Or Leave Me Alone." You will not regret any of those selections! 😃
❤❤❤ you guys are killing it today! I was starting to worry. Can't beat Steve Winwood, with the infamous Chaka Khan on backup vocals. If you want to dive deeper, he was also in Traffic & he was in the Spencer Davis Group. 🥰😍
Just wait til you hear him with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker in Blind Faith:) Can't find my way home is a good song by them (also Joe cocker does an amazing cover of that song as well )
Steve Winwood was playing in the background on that performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where Price plays the outro solo. If you haven't done it yet, you really need to catch Winwood when he was a teenager playing with the Spencer Davis Group.
This song is SUMMER. Driving, windows down, radio blasting.... Oh, and - "Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you, Chaka Khan, let me rock you 'cuz I feel for you" *was* that summer. Good times.
Roll With It is another great one as well as his earlier music with Traffic and Blind Faith. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Can't Find My Way Home are fabulous
Chaka Khan, a legend in her own right, is singing with him. She was the lead singer of the R&B/Funk band Rufus, and has an amazing solo career. A couple suggestions from her "I'm Every Woman", "Papillion Hot Butterfly" and with Rufus "You got the Love" and "Everlasting Love"
“While You See a Chance” and “Arc of a Diver” are great songs from Winwood’s 1980 album Arc of a Diver. My favorites when he was with Traffic are “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” and “Rock and Roll Stew” from the 1971 album Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (whole album is good). “Keep on Running” (1965) is a great one by the Spencer Davis Group.
“I Feel For You” has Stevie Wonder on the harmonica and was written by Prince. It has some 80s Rap and vinyl scratching. Ain’t Nobody is her signature song. It was on the “Breakin” movie soundtrack. She released “I’m Every Woman” before Whitney Houston.
Can’t Find My Way Home from his band Blind Faith (with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker) is one of my favorite songs of his. It’s been covered many times by many people. It is such a well written and composed song. It’s so beautiful.
Lol!!! That wasn’t a horn, that was Chaka Khan’s voice!!! She’s a powerhouse singer, and please let us know when you’re planning on doing a Chaka Khan female Friday!
Jay - the "horns" you heard around the 6:45 mark aren't horns, it's Chaka Khan doin' what Chaka Khan do. She was actually one of the contestants on a recent season of The Masked Singer, and was still amazing.
That was the legendary Chaka Khan with him. She is a treasure.
Yes she is! When she is 'on', she is tremendous.
I came to say this
My favorite song featuring Chaka Khan is "Tell Me Something Good" with Rufus. Of course it's a song written by Stevie Wonder, so that's a plus.
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@@SG-js2qn maybe that will be the Female Friday song reaction, fingers crossed
Chaka Khan! She's the backing vocalist! Try "Ain't Nobody" or "I Feel for You" on Female Friday!
And Tell Me Something Good
Tell Me Something Good by Rufus is another great one by Chaka Khan!
Ain’t Nobody able to meet the magic of Chaka Khan’s voice… that’s her best one by far.
Yes!! I feel for you or Sweet thing w/rufus
Guess I’ll add, “Through The Fire”, another one of Chaka’s greatest. 😄
This song was HUGE.
Not only Chaka Khan singing vocals, but Nile Rogers on the Guitar!
Steve Winwood A British Treasure. 👍
He's British??? Damn Elton John,Steve Winwood...all amazing
Check out "Finer Things".. very cool 80s tune by Winwood
How about "Back In The High Life Again" "Valeri" "Gimmie Some Lovin'" "Roll With It" "While You See A Chance"
Roll With It, for sure!
All excellent choices!💕
All great songs...but my personal favorite is "While You See A Chance".
Also good from the Roll With It album: "Holding On" and "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do".
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"Valerie" is my favorite Steve Winwood song!
Thats Chaka Kahn! She was with a group called Rufus. Then later she went out on her own. She's a great candidate for F.F.! You might like "Tell me Somethin' Good"
Band called Rufus, legendary, Rufus Thomas
The woman backing up Steve is Chaka Khan. Take the dive into her early work from the 1970's like "Tell Me Something Good" (with Rufus) and "I'm Every Woman" Yeah, she did it before Whitney; it was her first solo hit without Rufus. Then her 1980's songs like "I Feel for You" and "Ain't Nobody" (also with Rufus). "I Feel for You" may help you understand why people sing her name. "Chaka Khan Chaka Khan" I think it might be only on the official music video and that's the one you should listen to. It's a cover of a Prince song but that "Chaka Khan" opening is why I think of it as her song.
Ooo! "I Feel For You" would be a great place to go from here.
Rufus “Once You Get Started” and “Dance Wit Me”- Lawd Chaka put it DOWN
Don't forget "This is My Night" and "Through the Fire". Her last album had a track called "Hello Happiness" that was great.
If you’re going to listen to Chaka Kan with Rufus check out the live version of “Tell me something Good”.
I love Steve and the amazing Chaka Khan! I can’t believe you guy don’t know Chaka! You obviously don’t know Tina Turner either if you thought that was her! These are two phenomenal female icons of music! Mind blown!!😮😮
Steve Winwood is a multitalent plays guitar, keybord, piano mm and has a great voice.
You can’t go wrong with ANY Steve Winwood.His soulful voice is so smooth.He started with the Spencer Davis Group and then Traffic back in the 60s.Listen to Time is Running Out next.
He was also in Blind Faith with Clapton and Ginger Baker.
You forgot Blind Faith
"I'm a Man," with Spencer Davis, for sure!
And he was, I believe, 15 or 16 years old when he was with Spencer Davis Group. Winwood was a prodigy.
"Gimme some Lovin' " with Spencer Davis Group
Steve Winwood is a legend - he started playing/performing when he was only 14. You must take a deep dive into his group Traffic (John Barlycorn, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys) and many of his other hits including a song called Valerie (not the Amy Winehouse song), When You See A chance, The Finer Things, and from the Spencer Davis Group Gimme some Lovin. Super, super talented - so glad you've discovered him! And Chaka Kahn is a legend!! Definitely do her on Female Friday.
Arc Of A Diver ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Can't Find My Way Home is his best voice IMO
Can't Find My way Home is one of my favorites of his. Great acoustic version -- ruclips.net/video/eoSn2Y-b6wI/видео.html
I was gonna say the same " low spark of high heel boys" is AMAZING
1 million thumbs up
Chaka Khan. You have to hear “I Feel For You”. 80s classic!
The entire Higher Love album was a masterpiece.
So 80's with all the synthesizers, especially the horns.
Plus Nile Rodgers played lead guitar.
TIL! THREE total artists on this track! ❤️ 😍 💖
Yeah, Winwood is a bonafide legend. He hit it big with Spencer Davis Group’s Gimme Some Lovin’ when he was only 18. He played with Clapton in Blind Faith (Can’t Find My Way Home). He jams with Hendrix on Voodoo Chile. He hit it big again with Traffic (Dear Mr. Fantasy and Low Spark of High-heeled Boys), then again with his solo career!
The Low Spark of High-heeled Boys! That's the only song I know from Traffic and it's a tuune! Thanks for reminding me 👍
Awesome combo these guys were!!!
You need to get Stevie doing the Spencer Davis Group
I think he may have been even YOUNGER when with SDG, like 15 or 16
@@TheNorcalmonkey67 He was 15 when he joined SDG
The woman is Chaka Khan. You have to check out her song "I Feel For You". Produced by Prince in 1984 and the first R&B song to feature a rapper. Also her song Ain't Nobody which I'm sure you would know without even knowing that you know it. The rhythm guitar of Higher Love was performed by Nile Rogers, who you might know from the 70s band Chic (check out their songs "Good Times" and "Le Freak"), and the Daft Punk song Get Lucky.
It's "Le Freak", not "Freak Out" (that's just a prominent bit of the chorus, but said chorus also contains "le freak, c'est chic")
The Squad *really* needs to get into Chic!
"Back In the High Life" is a wonderful song and no, it's not about getting buzzed.
This was the high point of MTV, and this was well played. Winwood is definitely an icon. People were always surprised by his voice. Very soulful.
When he first started in the 60's, he was called "The white Ray Charles"... Yes that is real
Very soulful..
@@bigmike2464And rightly so...
I love that fact that at 6:43, you thought it was a horn, but it was actually Chaka's voice. That is probably the biggest compliment you can pay her, if you know her background and how she wants to use her voice.
Just so you know, I take nothing from Steve Winwood. But the entire "breakdown" when they amp it up as you say, that entire background vocal three-part harmony of the chorus is all Chaka. Steve is only doing his adlibs (which are great), but the second half of the song, vocally, is Chaka, her background and her adlibs along with Steve.
Woman is Chaka Khan ("Tell me something good') You need to hear Steve Winwood when he was 15 singing "Nobody Loves You" Sounds just like Ray Charles
Yup, that's worth seeing. 👍
Steve is a very humble dude who still sings in his church choir every Sunday when he is not on the road.
That doesn’t mean he’s saved. Some people just love the limelight
@@Shillypat Patrick the Pharisee has spoken.
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@@Shillypatyou need help.
Not only a brilliant singer and musician, he is one of the greatest songwriters. There is a great live version of "can't find my way home" where he is just sitting in front of the fire on his farm. That's as pure as it gets!
That's a beautiful redition of a beautiful song and shows just how talented he truely is.
Yes! I love that version. Just him as an old man, his guitar and a crackling fire in the background. Beautiful song...goosebumps everytime.
Steve won the the 1987 Grammy with this song of the year Yes .I think he took 2 home that night
When that beat dropped y'all got into it!!!😂😂❤❤🎉🎉
Amber, you guys absolutely have to do "Roll With It." It's got all the things you love including great horns.
Yesss! And the video is awesome!
Yessss
Yesssssss👏👏👏
Oh oh oh. Yesss. Please. That’s epic. The video too. ❤❤❤
"Roll with It" and "Valerie" are also bangers from Steve Winwood. Also "While You See a Chance" and "The Finer Things" are great songs too.
I love, love Roll with it. Especially the video with dancing.
Chaka Khan backing vocals, and of course the great and powerful Nile Rodgers on guitar.
Both icons in their own rights🙂
I DID NOT KNOW THAT NILE PLAYED ON THIS SONG! Thank you for the information.😮
Backing vocals!😂😂😂😂
There’s a reason why this went straight to number one. Such an excellent song with Steve Winwood’s impeccable vocals plus Chaka Khan! You may enjoy listening to Whitney Houston’s cover version released after she passed. And while you’re at it, you must listen to Chaka’s I’m Every Women, and then listen to Whitney’s cover that includes Chaka!
Yes!!!!! One of my faves of all time. You have to do "Roll With It" ... great piano and horns! Winwood is a musical prodigy and amazing on the piano. "Gimme Some Lovin" from his band Spencer Davis Group was huge, and he was just a teen.
Good call
@@itsmedino I've been requesting Steve Winwood since they started the channel. Great song to add to my day. 🥰
And choreographed by Paula Abdul.
@@lindarenee2198 no waaaay!!!!! That is so cool!
Have you done other Winwood songs? From this era, I love love love "While You See A Chance", "Back in the High Life" and "The Finer Things" -- and from a bit earlier in his career, "Arc of a Diver" is amazing. The man is a rock legend.
And speaking of legends, that's Chaka Khan singing backing vocals. I love it when she gets into it and it comes out "Brang me a higher love", lol. Chaka and her band Rufus do an amazing and fun tune called "Tell Me Something Good" - and then a later hit song for her was "Ain't Nobody". ❤️
And I feel for you...one of my faves
Yes, To All 3 of Those!
Chaka khan…. Through the Fire
Love "While you see a chance!"!
Arc of a diver is my favorite.
Chaka Khan! You should definitely dive down that rabbit hole..."I Feel for You" "I'm Every Woman" "Ain't No Body". Great stuff.
Classic 80s! That decade has to be one of the best, we were blessed with so much variety!
Now you gotta do some Steve Winwood when he was with Traffic and Spencer Davis Group. Shanghai Noodle Factory, LowSpark of the High Heeled Boys, Dear Mr Fantasy, I’m A Man. All fiya🔥🔥🔥
you need to go back to the 1960s with this guy, one of the most amazing voices of classic rock. He was 15 years old when his band Spencer Davis Group had hits like Gimme Some Lovin, he was with the band Blind Faith with ERic Clapton, then with the band Traffic. so much talent
Steve used to be part of a band called Traffic back in late 60's to early 70's. He is amazing live
And Spencer Davis Group & Blind Faith.
Dear Mr. Fantasy 😁
The great and beautiful Chaka Khan is the one with him. Love that lady.
Though this is an 80s song, Steve Winwood is older school than that, back to the 60s. He was in the bands Traffic, Blind Faith with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker (check out their song "Can't Find My Way Home" some time) and the Spencer Davis Group, before his solo career in the '80s..
Can't go wrong with Steve Winwood, no matter which era you choose.
Chaaaka Khaaaaaaan!!!
Steve Winwood was the lead singer for "The Spencer Davis Group" when he was 15! FIFTEEN YEARS OLD! you've got to check out their biggest hit "Gimme Some Lovin'" and when you hear his voice you will think "There is NO WAY that singer is FIFTEEN YEARS OLD!
You guys have just been introduced to the one of the GREAT female voices of all-time, Chaka Khan! and on guitar one of the legends of Chic, Niles Rogers.
He was in a band called Traffic in the late 60's and early 70's.
Try Dear Mr. Fantasy from them.
I suggested Medicated Goo- Dear Mr. Fantasy would equally ❤️
Chaka Khan is amazing! My favorite is "I Feel For You". Also you can't miss "I;m Every Woman" or "Aint Nobody" She is a powerhouse of personality and pure natural talent. You maybe see one or two like her in a generation.
Steve Winwood.... "Higher Love", "Roll With It", "High Life", etc..... there are so many good choices. Also.... of course.... CHAKA KHAN!!!
gotta do some Chaka Khan reaction if you haven't yet. She was close to my old HS mate Prince, and performed at his memorial, which i was blessed to see. Her cover of his "I fell for you" help re-energize her career. But maybe start with "Ain't Nobody" or "Tell Me Something Good" if you really want a sense of what pure power Khan can bring to a song
Lucky you!
Did you also see his friends Morris Day, Jimmy James and Terry Lewis?
@@WineSippingCowboy I think all of them were around, but they were younger than I was, so I didn't pay much attention at the time, wrapped up in my own teenage angst, as i was :)
@@johnharkness7114 OK. Morris Day. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis knew Prince since childhood.
If we are doing the '80s...can I get a thumbs up for Depeche Mode?
Steve Winwood is one of the greatest lead singers of all time! Whether it's with the Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith, traffic or his solo work.
Robert Cray has a similar voice to Steve Winwood, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark.
In 1969, Steve Winwood was a member of the band, Blind Faith with Eric Clapton and went on to form his own band, "Traffic".
Steve actually performed with his Father and older brother Muff at 8 yrs old. When they played in bars and taverns, they would turn the piano towards the crowd so Steve was hidden from the crowd. He joined The Spencer Davis group at age 14, he's 73 now. In the tribute to George Harrison "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where Prince showed his tremendous guitar skills, Steve was in the back, the white dude on piano. 🤔🤗😎
That's the beautiful Chaka Khan! Love her song "Ain't Nobody"
That is Chaka Khan . One of the greats. Listen to I Feel for You or Ain’t Nobody or I’m Every Woman by her 😊
the guitar player is the legendary writer , producer, Nile Rodgers , who is responsible for over 6 million dollars of hit music
Im surprised you guys didnt recognize, The One, The Only Chaka Khan....
Steve Winwood is a GENIUS! We're so lucky to have grown up with great artists from the 70's and 80's ! 90's too!😊
While You See A Chance is Winwood's best. Also check out Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith with Winwood singing lead vocals.
Yes, "Can't Find my Way Home," please!
@@vickiroman189 Yes, Blind Faith version is best for first time.
Spiritual... I forgot Blind Faith in my other comment
Chaka Khan is the backup vocalist on this song. For your next Female Friday I suggest you play "TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD" by the funk band RUFUS. Chaka Khan was their lead singer. Such a good song. You and everyone else will love it!
Steve is an iconic artist with many hits and with his collaborations with Clapton,,Traffic And others! Back In The Highlige,Can’t Find My Way Home,While You See a Chance,And Arc of a Diver Are a few of Steve’s legendary incredible tunes!
Valerie also✌😍
How about I’m A Man, Gimme Some Lovin, Dear Mr. Fantasy. He began writing and performing at the age of fifteen.
@@christinadiane4257 Definitely!
It's called "Back In The Highlife"
@@primusfan87 No kidding! Spelling error. Growing up in an era when Miller Highlife I do know that tune’s name oh so well!
As lots of people have said , it's Chaka Khan.. you must listen to " ain't nobody" with rufus and " i feel for you" .. Also " i'm every woman" , she did it first and that's why whitney sings Chaka Khan in the song near the end..
Steve Winwood one of the best voice of the century
Three Dog Night- Out In The Country- for your girl Amber.
Yes...Absolutely 👍👍
As Winwood reminisced, "My earliest memories are of the music in church and of my aunts and uncles singing the beautiful old hymns. 'Higher Love' is a generation past that, when things were not so much taken for granted, so that one has to plea, 'Bring me a higher love,' and the lines are all trying to explain why there must be higher love. A modern hymn, you might call it." Armed with spirituality, the resulting track became his breakthrough solo hit, flying high to No. 1 on August 29, 1986. The tune went on to receive two Grammys in 1987 for Record of the Year (against Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" and Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love") and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Try "I'm a Man" by Spencer Davis Group with Steve Winwood lead singing. There is another version by Chicago, both are excellent.
What a GREAT year for music! Back when MTV was actually a good thing. All those guys were Gold! Really miss the days of great music...
The most amazing thing about this song and this whole album is that Winwood not only wrote and sang on all the songs but he also played ALL the instruments on ALL the songs.... and recorded it in his home built studio... on a farm.
It was the Arc of a Diver album that he played all the instruments on not this one. Nile Rodgers (from Chic) played guitar on this song and Joe Walsh plays guitar on two other songs on this album, so he didn't do everything himself on this one.
Its Chaka Khan. Check out her version of "I feel for you" - its a cover of a song by Prince and features Stevie Wonder on harmonica.
Stevie Winwood has been famous since he was 15 years old. He has played with EVERYONE!!!!!
Steve is legendary, wrote his first hits at age 15, was a backup player for Ray Charles when he toured England as a teen, had hits in the 60s, 70s, 80s...had his own band Traffic, was in a and with Eric Clapton called Blind Faith, and what you were watching here was his solo career, Spencer Davis Group as a teenager...
I saw him open for Steely Dan in 2016. I mean I knew he was great but I was not expecting the supreme awesomeness that he is.
You are at the edge of another rabbit hole. Steve's been around for quite a while. Check out "Can't Find My Way Home" from his time in Blind Faith with Clapton, Baker and Grech. One of my favorites. He also had some great songs with Traffic.
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys is a great song. Amber would love the horns and J would love the piano.
Great song.
That was the amazing Chaka Khan on backing vocals. U really need to do her "I Feel for you" song.
That is the Queen of Funk" CHAKA KHAN!! Please react to "Tell Me Something Good" with Rufus. She has an amazing powerful voice.
Check out Gimmie Some Lovin by the Spencer Davis Group, Low Spark of High Heeled Boys by Traffic and most importantly Blind Faith's Can't Find My Way Home for more great Steve Winwood music.
Chaka Kahn is no back up singer! Try her song "Ain't Nobody" for sure! And please check out Steve Winwood's "Roll With It" as others recommended. The video for that song is very creative - cool perspective. Thanks for bringing so much joy!
Steve Winwood…..love him , has been involved with many other musicians! Talented guy backing vocals are none other then miss Chaka Khan!!
If you saw Avengers - Endgame, you've definitely heard Steve Winwood in his group Traffic. In the opening scenes with Tony Stark stranded in space, the song playing in the back is Traffic's song "Dear Mr Fantasy". He's a talent for the ages with him in everything he's touched. There's a RUclips video from about 9 years ago of him playing on an acoustic version of a song he did back in the 60s with the Spencer Davis Group (EDIT: correcting the group he did this song with .... it's Blind Faith) titled "Can't Find My Way Home". What a voice!
Steve Winwood has been a professional musician since he joined The Spencer Davis Group at age 15. Afterwards he joined the band Traffic, the song Low Spark High Heeled Boys is so fantastic and whole vibe in itself. My personal favorite by Steve is Arc of the Diver. It's a must listen.
I just suggested that same song on someone else's comment. 🤜🤛
Arc of a Diver is magical. ❤️
My favorite is 'Dear Mr Fantasy' -- the live version where he's wearing a peach shirt. Check it out.
The way Steve Winwood evolved over the course of his musical career, from the Beatles-esque SDG days to the psychadelic Traffic era to his R&B, blue-eyed soul solo career is astounding
Written by the late and very great Vivian stanshall. You should listen to his band the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band!
I remember this was a massive hit in the summer of 1986. We drove from Boston to Cape Cod and we LOVED the song so much that each time the song ended on one station, we'd turn the dial and sure enough another station would just start the song. It seriously was the only song we sang on our drive over, LOL. Steve Winwood sounded so great with Chaka Khan.
I remember this song well. I had just met my new boyfriend in June or July of 1986. We didn't last long maybe 7 months before he cheated on me. So I dumped him. I met my now husband in August of 87 and have been married 35 years. So it worked out well.
Steve Winwood's discography is as long as your arm. He was part of notable groups like Traffic, Blind Faith, and The Spencer Davis Group. He became a household name in the 80s with hits like "Higher Love", "Valerie", "Back in the High Life", "The Finer Things", and perhaps his most famous song, "Roll With It".
They will love Roll With It... the piano and horns
Yesssss
Now that you've found Steve Winwood, check him out when he was a teenager in the Spencer Davis Group. "Had To Cry Today" is a good one to start with, after that, find him singing with Traffic, "Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys" or "Light Up Or Leave Me Alone."
You will not regret any of those selections! 😃
❤❤❤ you guys are killing it today! I was starting to worry. Can't beat Steve Winwood, with the infamous Chaka Khan on backup vocals. If you want to dive deeper, he was also in Traffic & he was in the Spencer Davis Group. 🥰😍
Just wait til you hear him with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker in Blind Faith:) Can't find my way home is a good song by them (also Joe cocker does an amazing cover of that song as well )
Something about Steve's voice always touches me to the marrow!
Always.
Indeed. Smooth...Cool... Hot...Chill Giving.
Chaka Kahn has some great songs. You need to play 'I'm Every Woman' on female Friday.
Yes! Steve Winwood is the best! One of my all-time favorite songs!
Steve Winwood was playing in the background on that performance of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" where Price plays the outro solo.
If you haven't done it yet, you really need to catch Winwood when he was a teenager playing with the Spencer Davis Group.
Gimme Some Lovin... That's Steve Winwood's highest achievement. In fact, he's a pretty super duper musician.
Steve es una leyenda, del rock , un virtuoso.
Fantástico.
This song is SUMMER. Driving, windows down, radio blasting....
Oh, and - "Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you, Chaka Khan, let me rock you 'cuz I feel for you" *was* that summer. Good times.
Chaka Khan is amazing, my favourite of all is “Ain’t nobody”
Roll With It is another great one as well as his earlier music with Traffic and Blind Faith. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Can't Find My Way Home are fabulous
My all time FAVORITE 80s song! He sang this with Chaka Khan at the VH1 awards...AMAZING!!
Steve Winwood and CHAKA KHAN.!!! How could you NOT know her voice?? She is a GODESS!!
“DONT YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO” I’m shocked to not see this song in any comments after scrolling. It really showcases his voice. My fav by Steve
Mine too!
yeah its shockin no one has done a reaction to it
Ditto here
Yes, please do a reaction to “Don’t you know what the night can do”! Nobody has posted a reaction to it and it’s a great song.
But Have you heard this... :) ruclips.net/video/JbNCjixcXdA/видео.html
Chaka Khan, a legend in her own right, is singing with him. She was the lead singer of the R&B/Funk band Rufus, and has an amazing solo career. A couple suggestions from her "I'm Every Woman", "Papillion Hot Butterfly" and with Rufus "You got the Love" and "Everlasting Love"
This Steve Winwood song reminds me of USMC boot camp - when I was working in the chapel the Marine Religious leader always had it playing
criminally ignored us Stevie. Musical genuis😢
The Master John JR Robinson on drums !
“While You See a Chance” and “Arc of a Diver” are great songs from Winwood’s 1980 album Arc of a Diver. My favorites when he was with Traffic are “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” and “Rock and Roll Stew” from the 1971 album Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (whole album is good). “Keep on Running” (1965) is a great one by the Spencer Davis Group.
“I Feel For You” has Stevie Wonder on the harmonica and was written by Prince. It has some 80s Rap and vinyl scratching. Ain’t Nobody is her signature song. It was on the “Breakin” movie soundtrack. She released “I’m Every Woman” before Whitney Houston.
Can’t Find My Way Home from his band Blind Faith (with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker) is one of my favorite songs of his. It’s been covered many times by many people. It is such a well written and composed song. It’s so beautiful.
My very favorite song of his! Loved Blind Faith!
The acoustic version with him playing his guitar in front of a fire is amazing!
With the wood in the fire popping in perfect time@@Nalublu
Blind Faith was Cream plus Steve Winwood. Jack Bruce was on Bass
Lol!!! That wasn’t a horn, that was Chaka Khan’s voice!!! She’s a powerhouse singer, and please let us know when you’re planning on doing a Chaka Khan female Friday!
Jay - the "horns" you heard around the 6:45 mark aren't horns, it's Chaka Khan doin' what Chaka Khan do. She was actually one of the contestants on a recent season of The Masked Singer, and was still amazing.