John Fogerty and Steve Winwood have been making hits since the 1960s and are behind some of the biggest songs that casual listeners may not realize.

Fogerty, 80, first rose to fame in 1967 as the singer, guitarist, and songwriter for Creedence Clearwater Revival, while Winwood, 77, began recording as a teenager, first with the Spencer Davis Group in 1964 and later with Traffic 1967 well before he went #1 in the '80s after going solo.

As fans get hyped for The Legacy Tour where both Grammy-winning legends will be on the same bill, let's visit a handful of Winwood's signature songs he sang, and performed as a teen... and a few he even wrote.

Before he formed a supergroup with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, and well before his '80s comeback, Winwood was the key player in the Spencer Davis Group.

"Gimme Some Lovin’" (1966), Spencer Davis Group

Spencer Davis was a Welsh musician and bandleader who played guitar. In Birmingham in 1963 he met 15-year-old keyboard wunderkind and singer Steve Winwood and his older brother Muff.

Davis built his Group around them and in 1967 the song the trio wrote together, "Gimme Some Lovin'" went to #7 on the charts.

Steve was just 17 years old, playing those distinctive chords on the Hammond organ and singing the song that nowadays most people think delivered by either a Black artist or The Blues Brothers.

The single became the band’s biggest US hit.

"Keep On Running'" (1965), Spencer Davis Group

Winwood was even younger, just 17, when topped the charts in the UK. This time he played rhythm guitar while he sang the song.

Originally written by Jamaican songwriter Jackie Edwards, a label mate on Island Records, who released it earlier in '65. The Spencer Davis Group covered it for the album The Second Album (1966).

To add to the confusion, when the great director Edgar Wright, whose movies always have the best music, chose to use the song for the end credits, he chose the Tom Jones version instead of the SDG hit.

Jones recorded the song in a powerful way for his 13 Smash Hits cover songs album in '67 which has overshadowed both the OG and the Spencer Davis Group's versions ever since.

Somebody Help Me (1966), Spencer Davis Group

Also written by Edwards, the tune became SDG's second consecutive UK #1 single in April 1966.

It later appeared on their British release The Second Album (1966).

"I'm A Man" (1967), Spencer Davis Group

Steve Winwood wrote this banger with Jimmy Miller and it was released as a single in early 1967. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Who is this Jimmy Miller fellow? Soon after working with the Spencer Davis Group, Miller produced Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), and Sticky Fingers (1971).

Traffic "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (1967)

At the ripe old age of 18, Winwood decided that it was time for him to be the leader of his own band.

Traffic was Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, and Chris Wood. One of their best known songs was “Dear Mr. Fantasy” which was released in December 1967 on Traffic’s debut album Mr. Fantasy (1967) in the UK. The LP was called Heaven Is in Your Mind in the USA.

Fogerty and Winwood hit the road in September beginning in Illinois and wrapping it up in Florida.

Get your tickets on Steve's website on Friday.

Fogerty Winwood Legacy Tour 2026

9/03 Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL
9/05 Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center: CMAC, Canandaigua, NY
9/06 Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
9/08 Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
9/09 Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater, Bridgeport, CT
9/11 Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City, NJ
9/12 Northwell at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY
9/13 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
9/15 Filene Center at Wolf Trap, Vienna, VA
9/16 Truliant Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC
9/18 The St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL
9/19 The BayCare Sound, Clearwater, FL
9/20 Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL