Spencer Davis
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1939-07-17
- Died
- 2020-10-19
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Lemon Detox Cleanse- the Essential Guide
- Catch Your Sleep
- Follow up One Dark
- Since in the Field of Archeology
- Roof of Our Government
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories — Self2008
- Juke Box Revival - Rock'n'Roll Vol. 2 — Sänger2003
- Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N' Roll Revolution: The British Invade America, America Fights Back — Spencer Davis (archive footage)2003
- El Rey en Londres — Self (archive footage)1966
- The Ghost Goes Gear1966
- Pop Gear — Self1965
- Theatre 62: Rebecca — Giles1962
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,780
- Total plays
- 16,871
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Spencer Davis (born Spencer David Nelson Davies in Swansea on 17 July 1939; died 19 October 2020) was a Welsh musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s beat band The Spencer Davis Group. Influenced by his Uncle Herman's mandolin playing, Spencer Davis began learning to play harmonica and accordion at the age of six. He moved to London when he was sixteen, and began working in the civil service. In 1960, he moved to Birmingham, to read German at the University of Birmingh
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,596x
- Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use, and User Acceptance of Information Technology
· 1989 · cited 43,392x
- <tt>edgeR</tt>
: a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data
· 2009 · cited 38,994x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,306x
- User Acceptance of Information Technology: Toward A Unified View1
· 2003 · cited 29,655x
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Key dates
- Born
- 17 July 1939
- Died
- 19 October 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Spencer
- Family name
- Davis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Swansea
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- popular music
Connections
Categories
1939 births2020 deaths20th-century Welsh male musicians21st-century Welsh male musiciansAlumni of the University of BirminghamBeat musiciansBritish harmonica playersBritish rhythm and blues boom musiciansDeaths from pneumonia in CaliforniaMusicians from SwanseaNational Portrait Gallery (London) person ID same as WikidataPeople educated at Dynevor School, Swansea