question: The Finer Things was written by which rock and blues English musician?
answer: Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood
context: Title: The Finer Things (song)
  Passage: "The Finer Things" is a 1987 song written and performed by Steve Winwood.  It was released as the fourth single from Winwood's 1986 album "Back in the High Life".  It went to number one for three weeks on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1987 and peaked at number eight on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
  Title: The Finer Things
  Passage: The Finer Things is a compilation album of recordings by Steve Winwood.  It includes songs from his early days with The Spencer Davis Group through Traffic and Blind Faith and into his work during his solo career.
  Title: Steve Winwood
  Passage: Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician whose genres include rock, blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, pop rock, and jazz.  Though primarily a vocalist and keyboardist, Winwood also plays bass guitar, drums, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, violin, and other strings.
  Title: The Finer Things (album)
  Passage: The Finer Things is the debut studio album by American pop punk band State Champs.
  Title: State Champs
  Passage: State Champs is an American pop punk band from Albany, New York, formed in 2010.  They are currently signed to Pure Noise Records and have released three EPs and two full-length albums.  They released an acoustic EP titled "The Acoustic Things" in October 2014 and their second full-length album "Around the World and Back" one year later, in October 2015.  In May 2017, they will released a deluxe version of their album "Around the World and Back", along with a DVD of footage from their last few tours.  Their 2013 full-length, "The Finer Things", debuted at number 2 on the "Billboard" Heatseekers Albums chart.
  Title: Moghamarat ‘ayn × 2
  Passage: Moghamarat ‘ayn × 2 (Arabic:مغامرات ع × 2 or English: "Adventures x2") is a series of mystery stories by detective author Nabil Farouk which combines the elements of mystery, excitement, and movement; and takes us to a new world full of heroes who fight against crime and pursue justice.  The series revolves around two twins--Emad and Ala--who are both intelligent children and have a distinct ability to observe the finer things in life.  They can connect the small details to each other, which is what makes them able to help their father--Charity--who works in one of the Egyptian security firms which works in resolving some of the issues that the nation faces.
  Title: Revolutions – The Very Best of Steve Winwood
  Passage: Revolutions – The Very Best of Steve Winwood is the sixth compilation album by Steve Winwood.  The album includes music from Winwood's solo career, as well as groups with which he has performed, including The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith.  The CD was released as a box set and a single disc.  As of October 2014, the box set is out of print (but can be purchased digitally), while the single disc is still available.  The songs "The Finer Things" and "Roll With It" are exclusive to the single disc version and cannot be found on the box set.
  Title: Blue Roses from the Moons
  Passage: Blue Roses from the Moons is a studio album by Nanci Griffith, released in March 1997.  The album was recorded from live takes in the studio, with her band "The Blue Moon Orchestra" and Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis and Joe B. Mauldin of The Crickets.  Darius Rucker duets with Griffith on "Gulf Coast Highway".  The song "Waiting for Love", written by Griffiths, and commencing "Life is full of finer things / They're lost and found in the dark" was later re-recorded with symphony orchestra for the 1999 album The Dust Bowl Symphony.
  Title: Back in the High Life
  Passage: Back in the High Life is the fourth solo studio album by English rock musician Steve Winwood.  Released in 1986, it was a top ten hit on the album charts in the United States, peaking at #3, and has sold over five million copies.  The single "Higher Love" topped the singles chart and won the Grammy Award for "Record of the Year"; "Back in the High Life Again" (US #13), "The Finer Things" (US #8, the second biggest hit from the album), and "Freedom Overspill" (US #20) were also big hits.  This was Winwood's last studio album with the label, Island Records after 20 years with the label.  The album also features collaborations in backing vocals, featuring Chaka Khan in "Higher Love", and James Taylor in "Back in the High Life Again".  It also features the Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh performing slide guitar and co-writing the track "Split Decision".
  Title: The Alaskans
  Passage: The Alaskans is a 1959–1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska.  The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.  Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw" (Dorothy Provine), "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life".
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