Na 1966, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na asatọ, onye njikwa / onye na-emepụta Mike Hurst, onye bụbu onye otu egwu egwu Britain bụ Springfields, nụrụ ya. Hurst mere ndokwa ka ọ dekọọ ihe ngosi ma nyere ya aka inweta nkwekọrịta ndekọ. Ndị mbụ Stevens na-egwu egwu bụ: "I Love My Dog" ruru nọmba 28 na UK Singles Chart; na "Matthew na Nwa", aha ya sitere na album mbụ ya, kwuru na ọ nwere anya dị ka pusi, mana ọ bụ n'ihi na "Enweghị m ike iche n'echiche onye ọ bụla na-aga ụlọ ahịa ndekọ ma na-arịọ maka 'na Steven Demetre Georgiou album'. Na England, na ejiri m n'aka na America, ha hụrụ ụmụ anụmanụ n'anya. "Na 1966, mgbe ọ dị afọ 18, onye njikwa / onye na-emepụta Mike Hurst, onye bụbu onye otu egwu egwu Britain bụ Springfields, nụrụ ya.
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