Info about Labi Siffre
British vocalist, musician, and artist.
Born: 25 June 1945 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
Brought up in London, Siffre is the son of an English mother and Nigerian father. After jobs such as mini-cab driver and delivery man he started to concentrate on music full-time leaving for Cannes, France to play guitar with a variety of soul musicians and bands. He returned to the UK in the late 1960s and enjoyed solo hits in 1971 with "It Must Be Love" (later covered by [a=Madness]) and "Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying".
Although "Watch Me" (1972) was his last hit of the 1970s, he made a spectacular comeback with "(Something Inside) So Strong" (1987).
In recent years Siffre's work has been reassessed by a new generation after the break from his song "I Got The" from album "[m=171737]" (1975) (and featuring [a=Chas And Dave] as session musicians!) was sampled by [a=Eminem] in his breakthrough hit "[m=12114]" (1999).
Siffre nowadays spends much of his time writing poetry which deals with gay rights and other world issues.
Born: 25 June 1945 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
Brought up in London, Siffre is the son of an English mother and Nigerian father. After jobs such as mini-cab driver and delivery man he started to concentrate on music full-time leaving for Cannes, France to play guitar with a variety of soul musicians and bands. He returned to the UK in the late 1960s and enjoyed solo hits in 1971 with "It Must Be Love" (later covered by [a=Madness]) and "Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying".
Although "Watch Me" (1972) was his last hit of the 1970s, he made a spectacular comeback with "(Something Inside) So Strong" (1987).
In recent years Siffre's work has been reassessed by a new generation after the break from his song "I Got The" from album "[m=171737]" (1975) (and featuring [a=Chas And Dave] as session musicians!) was sampled by [a=Eminem] in his breakthrough hit "[m=12114]" (1999).
Siffre nowadays spends much of his time writing poetry which deals with gay rights and other world issues.
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Labi Siffre - The Vulture / Associated genres: Soul | |||||
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1978 Era (Xbox/PS2/PC/Wii) | Custom | Driver Parallel Lines |
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Ungrouped | Custom | Driver 76 |
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SV Local Classics | Soundtrack | Skate 4 |
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