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"Biko" is an anti-apartheid protest song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. It was released by Charisma Records as a single from Gabriel's eponymous third album in 1980. The song is a musical eulogy , inspired by the death of the black South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in police custody on 12 September 1977.
Peter Gabriel is the third solo studio album by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on 30 May 1980 [10] by Charisma Records. The album, produced by Steve Lillywhite , has been acclaimed as Gabriel's artistic breakthrough as a solo artist.
"Biko" (song), 1980 song about Steve Biko written by Peter Gabriel "Mr. Biko" (song), a 1980 song by Chet Baker and Wolfgang Lackerschmid off the self-titled eponymous album Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid
“Freedom Flight” is soundtracked by a remastered version of “Biko” by Peter Gabriel (pictured above in 1986), himself an Amnesty International Ambassador. ... a group using song as a means ...
Peter Gabriel (pictured here in 1978) wrote "Biko", the most famous of the songs inspired by the death of Steve Biko in police custody. A bus in London, in the UK, with the slogan "Boycott Apartheid" painted on it, in 1989. Musicians from other countries also participated in resistance to apartheid.
Peter Brian Gabriel was born in Chobham on 13 February 1950, the son of Edith Irene (1921–2016) and Ralph Parton Gabriel (1912–2012). His paternal grandfather was Colonel Edward Allen, chairman of the Civil Service Department Store on London's Strand.
So is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records and Virgin Records.After working on the soundtrack to the film Birdy (1984), producer Daniel Lanois was invited to remain at Gabriel's Somerset home during 1985 to work on his next solo project.
"Mandela Day" is a song by the rock band Simple Minds. It was included in the single "Ballad of the Streets" EP which reached No.1 on the British charts in February 1989 and in their album Street Fighting Years. The single highlights the songs "Mandela Day", "Belfast Child", originally its A-side in the full length version, and "Biko".