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Never Let You Down by Labi Siffre

Biografia do Artista para 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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