Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer (2009)

Leo Sayer (born  May 21, 1948 in Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex , England ; actually Gerard Hugh Sayer ) is a Grammy- winning British singer and songwriter .

biography

Leo Sayer had his greatest musical successes between 1973 and 1983. His first hit, The Show Must Go On , was number two in the UK in 1973. His most successful hits include Long Tall Glasses (1974), Moonlighting (1975), the two US number one hits You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (1976) and When I Need You (1977), More Than I Can Say ( 1980) and Have You Ever Been in Love (1982), for which he received the Ivor Novello Award . From 1983 his success waned, but he continued to release records.

Attempts at comeback with studio albums in 1990 and 2005 were without any major commercial success. On the other hand, he was more successful with regularly published compilations of his great successes. 2,006 later reached House Title Thunder in My Heart Again , a new recording of the same name Sayers hit of 1977 in collaboration with DJ Meck , No. 1 on the UK singles charts . In 2016 the hardcore DJ and producer DJ Promo sampled Sayers Thunder In My Heart in the work of the same name. In 2017, Sayer appeared in commercials for the car rental company Enterprise with his song When I Need You .

Sayer received a lot of attention in 2007 for his participation in the British reality show Celebrity Big Brother , which he left prematurely.

Sayer is still very active as a musician. The studio album Restless Years was released in 2015 , followed by Selfi in April 2019. He also tours regularly.

Sayer has been an Australian citizen since January 2009.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1974	Silver Bird	-	UK2 silver (22 weeks)UK	-	First published: January 1973
	Just a boy	-	UK4th silver (14 weeks)UK	US16 (22 weeks) US	First published: October 1974
1975	Another year	-	UK8th silver (9 weeks)UK	US125 (7 weeks) US	First published: September 1975
1976	Endless flight	DE25 (6 weeks) DE	UK4th platinum (65 weeks)UK	US10 platinum (51 weeks)US	First published: November 1976
1977	Thunder in My Heart	-	UK8th gold (15 weeks)UK	US37 (15 weeks) US	First published: October 1977
1978	Leo Sayer	-	UK15th gold (25 weeks)UK	US101 (14 weeks) US	First published: August 1978
1979	Here	-	UK44 gold (4 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 1979
1980	Living in a Fantasy	-	UK15th silver (9 weeks)UK	US36 (23 weeks) US	First published: July 1980
1982	World radio	-	UK30 (12 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 1982
1983	Have You Ever Been in Love	-	UK15th gold (18 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 1983

More albums

• 1980: Le chaînon manquant (soundtrack to the film The Missing Link )
• 1990: Cool Touch
• 2005: Voice in My Head
• 2005: The River Sessions
• 2008: Don't Wait Until Tomorrow (new recordings of his hits, only in Australia)
• 2009: Live in 1975
• 2015: Restless Years

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1979	The Very Best of Leo Sayer	-	UK1 platinum (37 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 1979
1993	All the best	-	UK26 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1993
1999	The Definite Hits Collection	-	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1999
2006	Endless Journey - The Essential	-	UK43 silver (7 weeks)UK	-	First published: February 2006
	At His Very Best	-	UK30 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 2006
2018	The Gold Collection	-	UK27 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 12, 2018

More compilations

• 1980: The Show Must Go On
• 1981: The Many Face of Vol. 1
• 1982: When I Need You
• 1991: Love Ballads
• 1991: The Collection
• 1996: 20 Great Love Songs
• 1996: 20 greatest hits
• 1996: The Show Must Go On: The Anthology (2 CDs)
• 1996: The Best Of
• 1997: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
• 1999: Original Gold (2 CDs)
• 2000: The Very Best Of
• 2005: Love Collection
• 2009: The Show Must Go On - The Very Best of Leo Sayer (2 CDs)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1973	The Show Must Go On Silverbird	DE7 (20 weeks) DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	-	UK2 gold (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 1973
1974	One Man Band Just A Boy	DE12 (12 weeks) DE	AT20 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK6 (9 weeks) UK	US96 (1 week) US	First published: June 1974
	Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) Just A Boy	DE27 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4 (9 weeks) UK	US9 (15 weeks) US	First published: September 1974
1975	Moonlighting Another Year	-	-	-	UK2 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: August 1975
1976	You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Endless Flight	DE9 (20 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (12 weeks)UK	US1 gold (21 weeks)US	First published: October 1976
1977	When I Need You Endless Flight	-	-	-	UK1 gold (15 weeks)UK	US1 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: January 1977
	How Much Love Endless Flight	DE21 (17 weeks) DE	AT5 (24 weeks) AT	-	UK10 (8 weeks) UK	US17 (15 weeks) US	First published: February 1977
	Thunder in My Heart Thunder In My Heart	-	AT17 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK22 (8 weeks) UK	US38 (9 weeks) US	First published: August 1977
	Easy to Love Thunder In My Heart	-	-	-	-	US36 (10 weeks) US	First published: November 1977
1978	I Can't Stop Lovin 'You Leo Sayer	-	-	-	UK6th silver (11 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 1978
	Raining in My Heart Leo Sayer	-	-	-	UK21 (10 weeks) UK	US47 (7 weeks) US	First published: September 1978
1980	More Than I Can Say Living In A Fantasy	DE8 (27 weeks) DE	AT6 (10 weeks) AT	CH2 (10 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (11 weeks)UK	US2 gold (23 weeks)US	First published: June 1980
1981	Living in a Fantasy Living In A Fantasy	-	-	-	-	US23 (12 weeks) US	First published: January 1981
1982	Have You Ever Been in Love Have You Ever Been In Love	-	-	-	UK10 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1982
	Heart (Stop Beating in Time) Have You Ever Been In Love	-	-	-	UK22 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1982
1983	Orchard Road Have You Ever Been In Love	-	-	-	UK16 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1983
	Till You Come Back to Me Have You Ever Been In Love	-	-	-	UK51 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1983
1984	Sea of ​​Heartbreak Have You Ever Been In Love	-	-	-	UK84 (5 weeks) UK	-
1986	Unchained Melody	-	-	-	UK54 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 1985
1990	Cool Touch Cool Touch	DE43 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: June 1990
1998	You Make Me Feel Like Dancing	-	-	-	UK32 (7 weeks) UK	-	First release: July 1998 Groove Generation feat. Leo Sayer
2006	Thunder in My Heart Again	DE46 (9 weeks) DE	AT55 (5 weeks) AT	CH78 (1 week) CH	UK1 silver (18 weeks)UK	-	First publication: February 2006 Meck feat. Leo Sayer

More singles

• 1973: Why Is Everybody Going Home
• 1974: Train
• 1975: Let It Be
• 1977: There Isn't Anything
• 1978: Dancing the Night Away
• 1978: Don't Look Away (Promo)
• 1978: Stormy Weather (Scandinavia only)
• 1979: No Looking Back
• 1979: When the Money Runs Out
• 1979: The World Has Changed
• 1980: Once in a While
• 1980: Takin 'the Brakes Off
• 1980: Where Did We Go Wrong
• 1980: Shake the Hand
• 1980: Time Ran Out on You
• 1981: Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love
• 1984: Sea of ​​Heartbreak
• 1986: Real Life
• 1990: Rely on Me
• 1991: I Will Fight for You
• 2000: Viva Las Vegas (Surf Baby feat. Leo Sayer; Sweden only)
• 2005: We Got Away with It (Promo)
• 2011: Coming Home for Christmas (Promo)

swell

1. ↑ https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/leo-sayer
2. ↑ superdeluxeedition.com
3. ↑ Promo (DJ) 's' Thunder in My Heart' - Discover the Sample Source. Retrieved November 8, 2018 . 
4. ↑ wuv.de
5. ↑ amazon.co.uk
6. ↑ Leo Sayer becomes Australian citizen , abc.net.au from January 26, 2009, accessed on August 6, 2017 (English)
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Chartsurfer DE UK US
8. ↑ ^{a b} US albums: Joel Whitburn : Joel Whitburn presents the Billboard Albums . 6th edition. Billboard Books, New York 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Music Sales Awards: UK US

Web links

Commons : Leo Sayer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Leo Sayer at Allmusic (English)
• Leo Sayer at Discogs (English)
• Leo Sayer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Singles Discography on 45cat.com
• Discography on rateyourmusic.com
• Charts and data