Jim Capaldi

Nicola James Capaldi (2 August 1944 – 28 January 2005) was an English singer‑songwriter and drummer. His musical career spanned more than four decades. He co‑founded the progressive rock band Traffic in 1967 with Steve Winwood, and the two of them co‑wrote the majority of the band’s material. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Traffic’s original lineup. Capaldi also performed with Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Alvin Lee, Cat Stevens and Mylon LeFevre, and wrote lyrics for other artists, including “Love Will Keep Us Alive” and “This Is Reggae Music”. As a solo artist he scored more than half a dozen chart hits in various countries, the best‑known being “That’s Love” and his cover of “Love Hurts”. Capaldi was born Nicola James Capaldi in Evesham, Worcestershire, to English parents Marie (née Couchier) and Nicholas Capaldi. His father, also named Nicola Capaldi, was born in 1913 in Evesham to Italian parents. As a child, Capaldi studied piano and voice with his father, a music teacher, and by his teens he was playing drums with friends. At age 14, he founded the band the Sapphires and served as their lead vocalist. At 16, he took an apprenticeship at a factory in Worcester, where he met Keith Miller and Dave Mason.
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Summer Is Fading

Something so strong

Heart Of Stone (feat. Gary Moore)

Tales of Power

One Man Mission

Love Hurts

Riding the Storm

Man with no country 

Tonight you’re mine

Living On the Edge

Take Me How You Find Me Girl

Let the Thunder Cry

Love Used To Be A Friend Of Mine

Game of Love

Eve

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