Reading disco legend and Boney M lead singer Liz Mitchell was honoured alongside her father at a plaque unveiling ceremony last month.
Mrs Mitchell, who lives in Caversham, was one of the biggest artists of the 1970s, with hits including Brown Girl in The Ring, Daddy Cool, Sunny and Rivers of Babylon.
On April 9 she joined her father Norman Mitchell at his home in Wrottesley Road, Harlesden, where a prestigious blue plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Brent to commemorate the achievements of the megastar singer and her MBE dad.
Mrs Mitchell, a patron of the Mary Seacole Nursery in Mount Pleasant, Katesgrove, where her son attended, said: “I’m happy I can say thank you to Brent for recognising I grew up here.
“I’m glad we’re being recognised as British. Many people thought we were foreigners. I’m grateful that God allowed the world to like what I did.”
This is the third plaque unveiled at homes of reggae artists by the Federation of Reggae Music, run by its founder Delroy Washington, since its beginning in 1995.
The first plaque was awarded to the home of reggae star Denis Brown on Hazeldean Road, Harlesden, in April 2012.
A second went to Bob Marley and the Wailers’ former residence in The Circle, Neasden, North West London, in September 2012.
Mr Washington said: “People like Norman and Liz Mitchell should have been recognised a long time ago.”
