Kris John Ife (16 June 1946 – 8 November 2013) was an English singer and songwriter, who enjoyed modest success in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1964, the Vikings manager, John Smith, amalgamated them with The Quiet Five, taking their lead vocalist Patrick Dane and bassist Richard Barnes, along with the name.
Ife left The Quiet Five in 1967 for a solo career, and it was at this time that he recorded a cover of Joe South's "Hush".
[3] Ife was asked to sing a track "Imagination" for the British record producer Mark Wirtz, and wrote songs with J. Vincent Edwards and Miki Antony.
[3] In October 2008, he went to Philadelphia, United States, and recorded a CD of skiffle songs with J. Vincent Edwards and Wayne S. Newton, under the name of The Beaver Street Hat Band.