Gimme Some Lovin’ rock star Spencer Davis dead at 81 – Sydney Morning Herald

London: Spencer Davis, a British guitarist and band leader whose eponymous rock group had 1960s hits including Gimme Some Lovin and Im a Man, has died. He was 81.
Davis agent, Bob Birk, said on Tuesday that he died in a hospital while being treated for pneumonia. He didn’t give a location, but British media reported that Davis lived in California.
Born in Swansea, Wales in 1939, Davis began working as a musician while he was a student at the University of Birmingham.
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