Leo Sayer

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Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter musician and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades.

He is now an Australian citizen and resident. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, and became a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s.

His first seven hit singles in the United Kingdom all reached the Top 10 – a feat first registered by his first manager, Adam Faith.

His songs have been sung by other notable artists, including Cliff Richard ("Dreaming").

Early life

Sayer was born and raised in Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex to an Irish mother and an English father. His mother was Theresa Nolan, who was born in Maguiresbridge in County Fermanagh in the north of Ireland. Theresa was raised on her father's small farm at Edenmore, a townland near the hamlet of Killesher, also in County Fermanagh. Killesher is close to the village of Florencecourt in the south-west of Fermanagh. His father was Thomas E.G. Sayer. Leo attended St Peter's Catholic Primary School in Shoreham-by-Sea, and he was the second of three brothers: Michael was born in 1939 and Brian in 1951. He later attended Blessed Robert Southwell (now St Oscar Romero Catholic School) in Goring-by-Sea, before studying commercial art and graphic design at West Sussex College of Art and Design in Worthing, Sussex.

He was initially discovered by musician David Courtney, who then co-managed and co-produced him with former pop singer turned manager, Adam Faith. In January 1967, while 18-year-old Sayer was working as a hall porter at the King's Hotel in Hove, he assisted in the rescue of elderly guests from a serious fire that damaged the hotel's first floor. He himself was rescued from the blazing hotel by builders working on a block of flats beside the hotel.

Personal life

Sayer and his wife Janice married in 1973 and divorced in 1985. He then had a relationship with Donatella Piccinetti, with whom he moved to live in Australia, but they separated in 2007. Sayer resides in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.

In January 2009, Sayer became an Australian citizen at the Australia Day citizenship ceremony in Canberra. In 2020 he became an ambassador for the Canberra Hospital Foundation.

Sayer is dyslexic. He still suffers from the effects of injuries to his legs and ankles that were caused by a fall off a stage in 1977.

Sayer's family has a history of cancer; both his parents died of cancer as did other family members on both sides. On his 65th birthday, after experiencing intestinal problems, Sayer was given a colonoscopy which revealed he had intestinal ulcers and a tumour. He underwent surgery which successfully treated both problems and said that the tumour was benign.

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Career

He began writing songs with David Courtney, including "Live It All Away," which gave Roger Daltrey of the Who his first solo hit in 1973. Sayer began his career as a recording artist under Adam Faith's guidance, who signed Sayer to the Chrysalis brand in the United Kingdom and Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

"Why Is Everybody Going Home" was his debut single, but with his second album, the music hall-styled "The Show Must Go On," Sayer performed on British television in a pierrot costume and makeup, he gained national recognition in the United Kingdom. The single went to No. 2. Silverbird, his debut album, co-written with David Courtney, who also co-produced the album with Adam Faith, ranked No. 2 on the United Kingdom singles chart, as did his debut album, Silverbird. The Three Dog Night's coverage, the group's last Billboard Hot 100 top ten record, debuted at No. 10. On May 25, 1974, the foursome was in charge of the fifth edition of the International Bacon.

His subsequent singles, "One Man Band," went to No. 1 in the United Kingdom. "Long Tall Glasses" was a popular child in 1974, and the United Kingdom No. 6 was born. He was his first Top Ten Hit in the United States on April 4, 1974, resulting in him ranked No. 1. "Moonlighting" went to No. 9, and "Moonlighting" went to No. 2. In 1975, there were two in the United Kingdom. "I Am the Walrus," "Let It Be," and "The Long and Winding Road," three Beatles songs from Sayer's 1976-themed concept film All This and World War II. His albums in this period were also highly regarded in the United Kingdom: he earned five top ten positions on the United Kingdom album chart from 1973 to 1977.

He gained a following in the United States as an album artist, beginning with his second album, Just A Boy (1974), which reached No. 9 in the United States. 16. Endless Flight (1976), his fourth album, bolstered his international success, peaking at No. 4 in No. 4. No. 4 in the United Kingdom and No. 1 in the United States and No. 10. The United States has ranked 10 in the United States; it also charted well in other nations, including Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, and was rated as a platinum album in both the United Kingdom and Canada.

He hit the high point of his career in 1977, first with the disco-styled "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (a Grammy Award winner for the year's best Rhythm and Blues Song), followed by a romantic ballad "When I Need You" (1977), which reached number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It was written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager and was Sayer's first No. After three number two hits, there is just one single in the United Kingdom (after three number two hits). It was also the first of two chart-toppers in the United Kingdom in a row for producer Richard Perry. Danny O'Keefe's "Magdalena," which appeared on the B-side to the "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" single version, was also included in Endless Flight.

The compilation album The Very Best of Leo Sayer (1979, first released by Chrysalis in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, with its first appearance in the United States by Rhino Records with different cover art) became Sayer's first United Kingdom No. 2 in 1979. 1 LP and his seventh consecutive top 20 album are included in the United Kingdom. Sayer appeared in the second episode of The Muppet Show on the radio, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing," "The Show Must Go On," and "When I Need You."

According to Sayer, he also produced cover versions of Bobby Vee's Sonny Curtis-Jerry Allison's "More Than I Can Say" (his fourth UK No. 2). Buddy Holly's "Raining in My Heart" (1979), and "Stop Beating in Time) in 1982, a 2nd hit and US #2), and Buddy Holly's "Raining in My Heart" (1979). Three of his singles – "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (1977), "When I Need You" (1977), and "More Than I Can Say" (1980) – were awarded gold in the United States.

Sayer performed songs for the soundtrack of Le Chainon manquant, a French-Belgian animated film. He appeared in The Raccoons on Ice, the second of four specials starring Dan the forest ranger in 1981, the second of two that served as a predecessor to the Canadian animated series The Raccoons. He performed many songs for the special, none of which were included on the 1983 album Lake Freeze and the 1984 album Let's Dance!

He appeared on Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson's solo album Freudiana's 1990 film "I Am A Mirror." Sayer performed at the San Antonio Music Festival in 1990, with "The Moth And The Fire" (English translation of "Tu... s" by Mango) and "All Alone" (English translation of "Dubbi No" by Mietta) in 1991.

Sayer's career was plagued by a string of financial and legal issues over a decade of success. Adam Faith had seriously mishandled his company relations, and that a significant portion of the millions of pounds he had earned in the previous decade had been lost due to Faith's ineffective investments and company expenditures.

Faith was sued for mismanagement, but the case was ultimately settled out of court in 1992, with Sayer receiving a reported payout of £650,000. His career stalled in the early 1990s as he sought to regain control of his songs from his former label, Chrysalis.

Sayer's old boss, who reportedly discovered that his pension fund had been mismanaged to around £1 million, filed a lawsuit in 1996. Despite paying more than £90,000 in court fees, the lawsuit never made it to court, and Sayer dropped the suit out of cost, but the lawyer dropped it out for reasons of cost. Ronnie Johnson, the former Van Morrison guitarist, toured his way back to financial stability. Live in London, a live album that was first released in 1999, was released in London.

Sayer returned to number one in the UK Singles Chart on February 12, 2006, with DJ Meck's remix of "Thunder In My Heart." It was his first appearance in the United Kingdom Top ten for nearly twenty-four years and his second top-ten in the UK, almost three decades since his first. Leo Sayer: A career-spanning compilation album called "At His Very Best" was released in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2006. The Meck single, "When I Need You" and "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" were among the film's featured tracks, as well as "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing."

Don't Wait Until Tomorrow, Sayer's new album in Australia, dated June 2008. Garth Porter (from the Australian pop band Sherbet) was a member of Univers Music Australia and included selections from his catalog, as well as acoustic and jazz instruments.

Sayer became an Australian citizen in January 2009 after being in Sydney since 2005.

Sayer appeared in various television programs, including "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing," "The Show Must Go On" and "When I Need You" in 1978; the 1998 Vic and Bob game show Families at War (1978), The Wiggles (2006); Celebrity Big Brother UK; and Stupid, Stupid Man.

Sayer's album, Restless Years, was released in January 2015 and toured from Perth to Singapore with various support acts including Jason Ayres. Sayer appeared in Leo Sayer's Concert in January 2015, the British Theatre Playhouse's 40 Years at the Top. Sayer was awarded a Gold Badge of Merit from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors in October 2015.

Sayer's latest album, Selfie, was released on Demon Records on May 3rd. It was shot at The Barn in Plainland, Queensland, Australia, by his home studio.

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