Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer was born on 21 May 1948(77 years old) in England. Leo Sayer is Pop Singer, Zodiac sign - Gemini. More detail about Leo Sayer given below.

Leo Sayer Timeline

• 1967
  

  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 Kingu0027s Hotel in Hove, he assisted in the rescue of elderly guests from a serious fire that damaged the first floor of the hotel. He himself was rescued from the blazing hotel by builders working on a block of flats beside the hotel.

• 1973
  

  Sayer began his music career co-writing songs with David Courtney, including "Giving It All Away", which gave Roger Daltrey of the Who his first solo hit in 1973. The same year, Sayer began his career as a recording artist under the management of Adam Faith, who signed Sayer to the Chrysalis label in the United Kingdom and Warner Bros. Records in the United States.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.. The song "Orchard Road" is actually a reference to Churchfield Road, Acton, to where his then wife Janice had moved after moving out. Leo stated in an interview that the road name was changed because Orchard Road scanned better.

• 1974
  

  His debut single, "Why Is Everybody Going Home", failed to chart, but he achieved national prominence in the United Kingdom with his second single, the music hall styled song "The Show Must Go On", which Sayer performed on British television wearing a pierrot costume and makeup. The single went to No. 2 on the United Kingdom singles chart, as did his debut album, Silverbird, co-written with David Courtney who also co-produced the album with Adam Faith. Three Dog Nightu0027s cover, the groupu0027s last Billboard Hot 100 top 10 record, reached No. 4 on 25 May 1974.His subsequent singles were all major hits in the United Kingdom u2013 "One Man Band" went to No. 6 in 1974, "Long Tall Glasses" (UK No. 4, 1974) became his first Top Ten hit in the United States, reaching No. 9, and "Moonlighting" went to No. 2 in the United Kingdom in 1975. In 1976, Sayer recorded three Beatlesu0027 songs, "I Am the Walrus", "Let It Be" and "The Long and Winding Road", for the Beatles-themed concept film All This and World War II. His albums in this period were also consistently successful in the United Kingdom: he scored five consecutive Top 10 placings on the United Kingdom album chart between 1973 and 1977.

• 1977
  

  The peak of his career came in 1977, when he achieved two consecutive number one hits in the United States, first with the disco-styled "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (a Grammy Award winner for the yearu0027s best Rhythm and Blues Song), followed by the romantic ballad, "When I Need You" (1977), which reached number one in both the United Kingdom and United States. Written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager, it was Sayeru0027s first No. 1 single in the United Kingdom (after three number two hits). It was also the first of two chart-toppers in a row in the United Kingdom for producer Richard Perry.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.

• 1979
  

  In 1979, the compilation album The Very Best of Leo Sayer (originally released by Chrysalis in the UK and elsewhere, with its first release in the US in 2000 by Rhino Records with different cover art) became Sayeru0027s first United Kingdom No. 1 LP and his seventh consecutive United Kingdom Top 20 album. Sayer also guest-starred in the second episode of the third season of The Muppet Show, and performed "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "The Show Must Go On", and "When I Need You".

• 1980
  

  Sayer provided songs for the soundtrack of the Frenchu2013Belgian animated film The Missing Link (Le Chainon manquant) in 1980. In 1981, he voiced Dan the forest ranger in The Raccoons on Ice, the second of four specials serving as a predecessor to the Canadian animated series The Raccoons. He also sang several songs for the special, all of which were included on the 1983 album Lake Freeze and the 1984 album The Raccoons: Letu0027s Dance!.

• 1983
  

  Sayer also made cover versions of Bobby Veeu0027s Sonny Curtis-Jerry Allison composition "More Than I Can Say" (his fourth UK No. 2 hit and US #2), and Buddy Hollyu0027s "Raining in My Heart" (1979) and "Orchard Road" in 1983. In the United States, three of his singles u2013 "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (1977), "When I Need You" (1977) and "More Than I Can Say" (1980) u2013 were certified gold.

• 1985
  

  After a decade of success, Sayeru0027s career suffered repeated setbacks due to a series of financial and legal problems. When Sayer and his first wife Janice divorced in 1985, subsequent financial disclosure revealed Adam Faith had badly mishandled his business affairs and that much of the millions of pounds he had earned over the previous decade had been lost through Faithu0027s questionable investments and business expenses.

• 1990
  

  In 1990, he contributed to the last studio collaboration between Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, Woolfsonu0027s solo album Freudiana, performing "I Am A Mirror". Sayer performed at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1990, with "The Moth And The Flame" (English version of "Tu... su00ec" by Mango) and, in 1991, with "All Alone" (English version of "Dubbi No" by Mietta).

• 1992
  

  Sayer sued Faith for mismanagement; and the case was eventually settled out of court in 1992, with Sayer receiving a reported payout of u00a3650,000. In the early 1990s, his career stalled again while he fought a protracted but ultimately successful legal battle against his former label, Chrysalis, to regain the publishing rights to his songs.

• 1996
  

  In 1996, Sayer sued his new management, after he discovered that his pension fund had allegedly been mismanaged to around u00a31 million. Despite spending more than u00a390,000 in legal fees the case never made it to court and Sayer abandoned the suit for reasons of cost. He assembled a band led by former Van Morrison guitarist Ronnie Johnson and toured his way back to financial security. They recorded a live album, Live in London, which was released in 1999.

• 2006
  

  On 12 February 2006, he made a return to number one in the UK Singles Chart, with DJ Mecku0027s remix of "Thunder In My Heart". It was his first appearance in the United Kingdom Top 10 for almost twenty-four years, and his second chart-topper in the United Kingdom, almost three decades after his first. Leo Sayer: At His Very Best, a career spanning compilation album, was released in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2006. It featured the Meck single, alongside "When I Need You" and "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing".

• 2007
  

  Sayer has appeared in various television shows including The Muppet Show (1978u0027s Episode 3.02 on which he sang "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "The Show Must Go On", and "When I Need You"); The Wiggles 2008 DVD, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, which featured Sayeru0027s hit of the same name; Celebrity Big Brother UK in 2007; and the Australian television comedy, Stupid, Stupid Man. In the episode "Days of Wine and Du0027ohu0027ses" of the television series The Simpsons, a character mentions Sayer as being another singer he likes, after Elvis Presley.

• 2008
  

  In June 2008, Sayer released a new album only in Australia, Donu0027t Wait Until Tomorrow. This album, produced by Garth Porter (from the Australian pop band Sherbet), and released by Universal Music Australia, featured selections from his catalog re-arranged with strings and acoustic and jazz instrumentation.

• 2009
  

  In January 2009, Sayer became an Australian citizen, having lived in Sydney, since 2005.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.

• 2015
  

  In January 2015, Sayer released his album, Restless Years, and toured from Perth across many places in Australia to Singapore, with various support acts including Jason Ayres. In January 2015, Sayer also featured in Singaporeu0027s Leo Sayer in Concert u2013 40 Years at the Top, presented by the British Theatre Playhouse. In October 2015, Sayer was awarded with a Gold Badge of Merit from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

• 2019
  

  On 3 May 2019, Sayer released his latest album, Selfie on Demon Records. It was recorded at his home studio at The Barn, Plainlands, Queensland, Australia.