Leo Sayer, television and me

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet legendary singer Leo Sayer at his home in Sydney.
I found him to be a wonderful person gifted with the ability to share his experiences, music and life.


He spoke names of his friends and acquaintances that would be the literal stuff of 20th century legend. Most all the names he spoke, I recognised, and marvelled at the many anecdotes he shared. I had a wonderful time. I enjoyed meeting him and found instantly that he came straight up to me and made me feel welcome in his home. I found him engaging and distinctly courteous. In my limited exposure, many celebrities of a much smaller stature in profile or achievement , have not always been so kind. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and am grateful for the opportunity.

I saw him give an interview with my dear friend Glenn A. Baker. Even the crew including the make up artist, assistants and TV producer and cameramen, all of walked out of the room of the interview in awe at the opportunity of getting a glimpse into this mans life.

I particularly was impressed with some of his experiences. He mentioned that on one occasion he was asked to go on the Dinah shore show in the US. He had become a fan of hers and it was reciprocated. It happened to be on Leo’s Birthday on this particular occasion. Dinah knew that Leo was a huge fan of Fred Astaire’s and had hoped one day to meet him and said he was a fan of Fred’s singing and voice in particular. As he continued tears welled up in his eyes as he described that Fred Astaire came out and sang him Happy Birthday, and how much that meant to him, It was obvious even yesterday, years after the event, how much of an impact that meant to him. What a wonderful moment, even for me. I never knew previously but Leo and I share the same Birthday May 21!

I thought I would share a little of the info below I sourced from Wikipedia for background about Leo Sayer if any of you are interested. The picture is of leo's Screen Saver, a great picture to be used in a calendar soon. Wish I could have shot it!

Leo Sayer has had success with his single and album releases, in both the UK and the U.S. He was initially discovered by David Courtney, who co-managed him with the singer-turned-manager, Adam Faith. 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 hit as a soloist in 1973.
That same year, Sayer began his career as a recording artist. At the time of his initial chart breakthrough in Britain, with his debut hit "The Show Must Go On," he wore a pierrot style outfit and make-up.
In 1976, Sayer recorded three Beatles songs, "I Am the Walrus", "Let It Be" and "The Long and Winding Road" for the documentary, All This and World War II.
His subsequent hits included, "Long Tall Glasses" (1974) and "Orchard Road" (1983). In 1977, he had hits with "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (a U.S. number one), the romantic ballad, "When I Need You" (1977), which reached number one in both the UK and U.S. Sayer also had remakes of Bobby Vee's Sonny Curtis/Jerry Alison composition, "More Than I Can Say" (his fourth UK number 2 hit, and in the U.S., number 2 pop and number one in the adult contemporary chart), and Buddy Holly's "Raining In My Heart". In the U.S., three of his singles - "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (1977), "When I Need You," (1977) and "More Than I Can Say" (1980) - were certified gold.

I was also on air last night at TVSN again selling cameras and printers for Kodak. I thought I would throw a couple of pictures to show also. It was fun, and I love the differences in what I do, I keep thinking always, you never know where it leads! I also got to meet "ADRO' one of the stars of the Biggest Loser TV show. He lost a total of 74kg's.

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