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Wednesday, April 28, 2021

In The 1970s Labbi Siffre

Back in 1945 Labbi Siffre was born in war torn Hammersmith London. In 1964 he met his boyfriend and married him in 2004. In 1969 Labbi sent a tape of his songs to Radio One DJ Dave Cash and had his first very minor hit in 1970 with Pretty Little Girl (Make My Day) Too Late which gained huge airplay on Radio Luxembourg.

Labbi Siffre released six acclaimed albums between 1970 and 1975 and had a hit with his own song called It Must Be Love in 1971 reaching No. 14 in the UK charts.




In 1972 he had a No. 29 hit with Watch Me and a number 11 hit with the classic Crying Laughing Loving Lying. The singles never charted in the Billboard charts.




Labbi moved to the U.S nd the back to the UK in the 1970s. He released several singles and even took part in the Song For Europe in 1978.