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Gimme Some Loving (The Spencer Davis Group)

December 02, 2016

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2 DECEMBER 1966

‘Gimme Some Loving’ by the Spencer Davis Group peaked at #2 in the UK charts.

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Gimme Some Loving (The Spencer Davis Group)

Spencer Davis Group

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