Labi Siffre
Siffre was born and brought up in Bayswater, London, England to an English mother and Nigerian father. He first took employment as a mini-cab driver and delivery man but practised guitar whenever he could, going on to study music harmonics. He played his first gigs as one of a trio of like-minded youngsters, before taking up a nine-month residency at Annie's Rooms. His tenure completed, he travelled to Cannes, France, and played with a variety of soul musicians and bands. He returned to the UK in the late '60s to score solo hits in 1971 with It Must Be Love (later covered by Madness) and Crying Laughing, Loving, Lying. Although Watch Me in 1972 was his last hit of the '70s, he made a spectacular comeback in 1987 with the anthemic (Something Inside) So Strong.