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Johnnie Walker plays classic tracks from the Seventies

Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker : Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer

Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer shares his recollections of the 1970s.

The unique talent of Leo Sayer is synonymous with the 1970s but his richly deserved success didn’t come easy to the former school choirboy. 

Born in Shoreham-By Sea in Sussex, he had a short career in graphic design, before teaming up with musician David Courtney and 60’s pop star Adam Faith. Leo began co-writing with Courtney and his first song-writing success came with Roger Daltrey’s solo album, ‘Giving It All Away’.  When young Leo finally launched his own singing career in 1973, he wasn’t an overnight success. In fact, his debut single “’Why Is Everybody Going Home’, failed to make a hit. It was his second single, ‘The Show Must Go On’ which helped Leo achieve popularity. The single peaked at number two and by the end of 1973, both the Melody Maker and The Sun newspaper predicted Leo as “The Star Of ‘74”.

By 1977, Leo was on a roll and he became a staple artist of the decade. He achieved two consecutive number one hits in the United States, first with ‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’, which won a Grammy Award and the romantic ballad, ‘When I Need You’, which also made it to number one in the UK.  He rounded off the decade with another hit, ‘The Very Best of Leo Sayer’, which became his first number one album in the UK. 

Leo had varying degrees of success during the 1980s and 90s, before he made it to number one in the UK again in 2006, this time with the single, ‘Thunder In My Heart (Again)’.  


This year, Leo has released a brand new album, ‘Selfie’ and he is currently on a UK tour.

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