Person Open DS/UK/9435 Siffre; Labi (1945-); British poet, songwriter, musician, singer Siffre Labi 1945- British poet, songwriter, musician, singer Male

Labi Siffre (born 25 June 1945) is a British poet, songwriter, musician, and singer. Born the fourth of five children, at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in Hammersmith, London to a British mother of Barbadian–Belgian descent and a Nigerian father, Siffre was brought up in Bayswater and Hampstead and educated at a Catholic independent day school, St Benedict's School, in Ealing, west London.[1] Six albums were released between 1970 and 1975, and four between 1988 and 1998. In the early 1970s, he had UK hits with "It Must Be Love" (No. 14, 1971) (later covered by and a No. 4 hit for Madness, for which Siffre himself appeared in the video); "Crying Laughing Loving Lying" (No. 11, 1972); and "Watch Me" (No. 29, 1972). ]Siffre came out of self-imposed retirement from music in 1985 when he saw a television film from South Africa showing a white soldier shooting at black children. [3] He wrote "(Something Inside) So Strong" (No. 4, 1987),. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 11/26/2013 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 b72558f8-9f87-40bd-b49d-709750154c8c