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Would You Dance 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.
48 Vergelijkbare nummers:
Labi Siffre - Sally Came To Stay
Labi Siffre - Oh Me Oh My Mr City Goodbye 2006 Digital Remaster
Labi Siffre - Listen To The Voiced
Labi Siffre - Listen To The Voices 12" Edition
Labi Siffre - Listen To The Voices 7" Edition
Labi Siffre - This Is It 2006 Digital Remaster
Labi Siffre - The Dead Don't Matter 2006 Digital Remaster
Luther Vandross - Shine
Nikka Costa - Keep Pushin'
Daniel Lemma - Lovelight
Edo Zanki - Genug Ist Nicht Genug Enough Is Not Enough
Nikka Costa - Damn I Said It First
The Heavy - Coleen
Mamas Gun - Burn And Fade
Mamas Gun - You Are The Music
Robin Thicke - Sidestep
Mamas Gun - Finger On In
Stevie Wonder - Keep On Running
Alice Russell - Living The Life Of A Dreamer
Macy Gray - Demons
Jamie Lidell - You Are Waking Bill Youngman Remix
Jamie Lidell - Taught To Box
George McCrae - I Get Lifted
Tower Of Power - Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
Jamie Lidell - Solo Set
Jamie Lidell - 2005-08-20: Lowlands, Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands
Nikka Costa - Push & Pull Single Version
Nikka Costa - Push & Pull Call Out Hook
Keziah Jones - Pleasure Is Kisses Within
Amber-Simone - Violet Light
Alain Clark - Zeg Nou Zelf
Nate James - Defiance
Nate James - Against Entropy
Nate James - Press On
Nate James - Holy Are You
Nate James - Not For Money feat. LJ
Nate James - Intro
Nate James - One Voice
Nate James - What I See
Etta James - All The Way Down
James Vickery - Come To Me
James Vickery - You Comfort Me
Booker T. Jones - Harlem House
Stevie Wonder - Jesus Children Of America
Clarence Carter - Snatching It Back
The Real Thing - Lightning Strikes Again
The Real Thing - Boogie Down Get Funky Now
Booker T. Jones - Progress feat. Yim Yames
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