Today (May 12, 2009) is the 61^st birthday of singer Steve Winwood. He was the lead singer in such bands as Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith, but had a marvelous run as a solo artist during the 80s. His 1982 song "Valerie" (which was re-mixed and re-released in 1987) ranks on my Best 80s Songs With One-Word Titles list. Winwood had back-to-back multi-platinum albums in 1986 with Back in the High Life and 1988 with Roll With It.

Back in the High Life is one of my favorite albums of the 80s decade, so I picked two songs from that 1986 album to feature this week. In celebration of his birthday, this week's first Flashback Video is "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood...

And this week's second Flashback Video is "Back in the High Life Again" by Steve Winwood...

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