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Summer Is Coming by Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre
Biografie van de kunstenaar Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre Born June 25 1945 Is An English Poet Songwriter And Singer. Born The Fourth Of Five Children To A Barbadian/Belgian Mother And A Nigerian Father And Raised In Bayswater And Hampstead London He Was Educated At A Catholic Monastery School St Benedict's School In Ealing. His Musical Influences Included Thelonious Monk Miles Davis Charlie Mingus Jimmy Reed Wes Montgomery Billie Holiday Jimmy Reed And Mel Tormé. In July 1964 He Met His Partner Peter Lloyd And The Two Officially Became Partners Under The Civil Partnership Act 2004 When The Act Entered Into Force In December 2005. Siffre Released His First Six Albums Of Songs Between 1970 And 1975 And A Further Three Albums Between 1988 And 1998. During This Period He Had Several Solo Hits Including "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 . In 1978 Two Of His Songs "Solid Love" Performed By Siffre And "We Got It Bad" Co-Written And Performed By Bob James Reached The UK Finals Of The BBC's A Song For Europe. His 1987 Hit " Something Inside So Strong" Which Reached No. 4 Was An Anti-Apartheid Anthem That Won The Ivor Novello Award For "Best Song Musically And Lyrically" And Has Since Been Used In Amnesty International Campaigns A Television Advertisement And Alice Walker's Film Against Female Genital Mutilation Warrior Marks. In 1997 Siffre's Play "DeathWrite" Was Staged At The Sherman Theatre In Cardiff And Later Televised. His Song "I Got The..." Was Sampled In Rapper Eminem's Hit Single "My Name Is " Though Siffre Objected To What He Described As "lazy Writing" And It Had To Be Edited To Get The Sample Cleared. In 1984 Siffre Began Writing Poetry And Has Since Released Three Books Of Poetry "Blood On The Page" 1995 And "Monument" 1997. His Poetry Addresses A Variety Of Themes From Theology And Childhood To Sociology Love Hate Language Critical Thinking And Communication. In 2006 He Released A New Album The Last Songs.
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Labi Siffre - Relax
Labi Siffre - Not So Long Ago
Shuggie Otis - Happy House
Michael Kiwanuka - Money with Tom Misch
Michael Kiwanuka - Living In Denial
Sam & Dave - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
Donny Hathaway - Jealous Guy - Live
Billy Ocean - Whose Little Girl Are You
Gil Scott-Heron - Small Talk At 125th & Lenox
Say She She - Fortune Teller
Say She She - Reeling
Thee Sacred Souls - Once You Know Then You'll Know
Sly & The Family Stone - Que Sera, Sera Whatever Will Be, Will Be
Thee Sacred Souls - Happy And Well
Charles Bradley - The World Is Going Up In Flames
Charles Bradley - Victim Of Love
James Brown & The Famous Flames - Hold My Baby's Hand
Sly & The Family Stone - Life
Leon Ware - Why I Came To California
Donny Hathaway - What's Going On - Live
Shuggie Otis - Jennie Lee
Darondo - My Momma And My Poppa
Darondo - Sure Know How To Love Me
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster Jammin' - Single Version
Laura Nyro - Eli's Comin'
Bill Withers - Stories
Billy Preston - Will It Go Round In Circles
Bill Withers - Better Off Dead
Stevie Wonder - It Ain't No Use
Earth, Wind & Fire - Wait
Curtis Mayfield - Don't Worry If There Is A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go
Rufus - Once You Get Started
Corinne Bailey Rae - I'd Like To
Marvin Gaye - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Mono
Menahan Street Band - There's A New Day Coming
Eddie Kendricks - Don't You Want Light
Marvin Gaye - I Want You - Intro Jam 2
Eddie Kendricks - Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow
Rufus - Your Smile
Al Green - I've Never Found A Girl
Brittany Howard - History Repeats
Leon Ware - Share Your Love
Weldon Irvine - Do Something For Yourself
The Main Ingredient - Of This I'm Sure
Al Green - Lay It Down
Commodores - High On Sunshine
Donnie & Joe Emerson - Take It
The Trammps - Sixty Minute Man
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner - Single Version
Rose Royce - You're On My Mind
Tag musicali per Summer Is Coming:
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