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  • English male singers
  • English people of Barbadian descent
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  • People from Hammersmith
  • Pye Records artists
  • English people of Belgian descent
  • English people of Nigerian descent
  • People educated at St Benedict's School
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  • Labi Siffre, born 25 June 1945 and brought up in London, England, 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 '60s and enjoyed solo hits in 1971 with %22It Must Be Love%22 (later covered by Madness) and %22Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying%22. Although %22Watch Me%22 in 1972 was his last hit of the '70s, he made a spectacular comeback in 1987 with %22(Something Inside) So Strong%22. In recent years Siffre's work has been reassessed by a new generation after the break from his song %22I Got The%22 was sampled by Eminem in his breakthrough hit %22My Name Is%22. Labi Siffre nowadays spends much of his time writing poetry which deals with gay rights and other world issues.
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  • Labi Siffre (born Claudius Afolabi Siffre; 25 June 1945) is a British singer, songwriter, musician and poet. Siffre released six albums between 1970 and 1975, and four between 1988 and 1998. He has published essays, the stage and TV play %22Deathwrite%22 and three volumes of poetry, %22Nigger%22, %22Blood On The Page%22 & %22Monument%22 . He came out of retirement in 1985.
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