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Winwood was born on 12 May 1948<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steve-winwood-from-mr-fantasy-to-mr-entertainment-68227/|title=Steve Winwood: From Mr. Fantasy to Mr. Entertainment|first1=Anthony|last1=DeCurtis|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=1 December 1988|access-date=2 May 2019|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502051229/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steve-winwood-from-mr-fantasy-to-mr-entertainment-68227/|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Handsworth, West Midlands|Handsworth, Birmingham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brumbeat.net/sdgroup.htm|title=Spencer Davis Group|website=Brumbeat.net|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-date=27 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227124433/http://www.brumbeat.net/sdgroup.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/handsworth-birmingham-famous-people-4114466|title=The 15 famous faces from Handsworth, Birmingham | BirminghamWorld}}</ref> His father Lawrence, a [[foundryman]] by trade, was a semi-professional musician, playing mainly the saxophone and clarinet. Steve Winwood began playing piano at the age of four while interested in [[swing music|swing]] and [[Dixieland jazz]], and soon started playing drums and guitar. He was also a choirboy at St. John's Church of England, [[Perry Barr]]. The family moved from Handsworth to Atlantic Road [[Kingstanding]] Birmingham,<ref name=soul>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srj7k|title="Steve Winwood: English Soul," BBC4, broadcast 25 February 2011|publisher=BBC|access-date=29 September 2014|archive-date=15 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015072023/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srj7k|url-status=live}}</ref> where Winwood attended the [[Great Barr School]], one of the first [[comprehensive school]]s. He also attended the [[Birmingham and Midland Institute]] of Music to develop his skills as a pianist, but did not complete his course.<ref>{{cite book|title=Back in the High Life|first=Alan|last=Clayson|year=1988|isbn=0-283-99640-4|publisher=Sidgewick and Jackson}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=July 2023}} During this time, he befriended future [[Fleetwood Mac]] member [[Christine McVie]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Conversation with Stevie Nicks| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptghTM218tE}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2023}}
At eight years of age, Winwood first performed with his father and elder brother [[Muff Winwood|Muff]] in the
==Career==
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