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lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Leo Sayer" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1" title="لیو سایر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیو سایر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sayer" title="Leo Sayer – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Leo Sayer" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4" title="리오 세이어 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="리오 세이어" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sayer" title="Leo Sayer – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Leo Sayer" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sayer" title="Leo Sayer – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Leo Sayer" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Sayer" title="Leo Sayer – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Leo Sayer" data-language-autonym="Bahasa 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class="infobox-data role"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Musician</li> <li>singer</li> <li>songwriter</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Early 1970s–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Records" title="Chrysalis Records">Chrysalis</a> <small>(UK)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhino_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhino Records">Rhino</a> <small>(US)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music">Universal</a> <small>(AUS)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://leosayer.com">leosayer<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer</b> (born 21 May 1948)<sup id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic</a> in that decade.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first seven UK hit singles reached the Top 10 – a feat first accomplished by his first manager, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Faith" title="Adam Faith">Adam Faith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His songs have been sung by other notable artists, including <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roger_Daltrey" title="Roger Daltrey">Roger Daltrey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Three_Dog_Night" title="Three Dog Night">Three Dog Night</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sayer was born and brought up in <a href="/wiki/Shoreham-by-Sea" title="Shoreham-by-Sea">Shoreham-by-Sea</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sussex" title="Sussex">Sussex</a> to Thomas E. G. Sayer and the former Theresa Nolan as the second of three sons (Michael was born in 1939 and Brian in 1951). His father was English and his mother was born in <a href="/wiki/Maguiresbridge" title="Maguiresbridge">Maguiresbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Fermanagh" title="County Fermanagh">County Fermanagh</a>, Northern Ireland. He spent holidays on her father's small farm at Edenmore, a <a href="/wiki/Townland" title="Townland">townland</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Hamlet_(place)" title="Hamlet (place)">hamlet</a> of Killesher, also in County Fermanagh.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sayer attended St Peter's Catholic Primary School in <a href="/wiki/Shoreham-by-Sea" title="Shoreham-by-Sea">Shoreham-by-Sea</a> and then Blessed Robert Southwell (now <a href="/wiki/St_Oscar_Romero_Catholic_School" title="St Oscar Romero Catholic School">St Oscar Romero Catholic School</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Goring-by-Sea" title="Goring-by-Sea">Goring-by-Sea</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before studying commercial art and graphic design at West Sussex College of Art and Design in <a href="/wiki/Worthing" title="Worthing">Worthing</a>, Sussex.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sayer was initially discovered by musician <a href="/wiki/David_Courtney" title="David Courtney">David Courtney</a>, who then co-managed and co-produced him with former pop singer <a href="/wiki/Adam_Faith" title="Adam Faith">Adam Faith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1967, while 18-year-old Sayer was working as a hall porter at the King's Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Hove" title="Hove">Hove</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beginnings;_1970s"><span id="Beginnings.3B_1970s"></span>Beginnings; 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Beginnings; 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leo_Sayer_(1974).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Leo_Sayer_%281974%29.jpg/170px-Leo_Sayer_%281974%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Leo_Sayer_%281974%29.jpg/255px-Leo_Sayer_%281974%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Leo_Sayer_%281974%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="325" /></a><figcaption>Promotional shoot of Sayer during the <i>Silverbird</i> era, 1974</figcaption></figure> <p>Sayer began his music career co-writing songs with David Courtney, including "<a href="/wiki/Giving_It_All_Away" title="Giving It All Away">Giving It All Away</a>", which gave <a href="/wiki/Roger_Daltrey" title="Roger Daltrey">Roger Daltrey</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">the Who</a> his first solo hit in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All but two of the songs on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Daltrey_(album)" title="Daltrey (album)">Daltrey</a></i> were co-written by Sayer and Courtney. The same year, Sayer began his career as a recording artist under the management of <a href="/wiki/Adam_Faith" title="Adam Faith">Adam Faith</a>, who signed Sayer to the <a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Music" title="Chrysalis Music">Chrysalis</a> label in the United Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros. Records">Warner Bros. Records</a> in the United States. </p><p>His debut single, "Why Is Everybody Going Home", failed to chart, but he achieved national prominence in the UK with his second single, the <a href="/wiki/Music_hall" title="Music hall">music hall</a>-styled song "<a href="/wiki/The_Show_Must_Go_On_(Leo_Sayer_song)" title="The Show Must Go On (Leo Sayer song)">The Show Must Go On</a>", which Sayer performed on British television wearing a <a href="/wiki/Pierrot" title="Pierrot">pierrot</a> costume and makeup. The single went to No. 2 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_singles_chart" title="UK singles chart">UK singles chart</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-500_Number_One_Hits_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-500_Number_One_Hits-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as was matched by his debut album, <i>Silverbird</i>, on the <a href="/wiki/UK_albums_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK albums chart">UK albums chart</a> co-written with David Courtney, who also co-produced the album with Adam Faith. <a href="/wiki/Three_Dog_Night" title="Three Dog Night">Three Dog Night</a>'s cover of "The Show Must Go On" was the group's last <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 top 10 record, reached No. 4 on 25 May 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His subsequent singles were all major hits in the UK – "One Man Band" went to No. 6 in 1974, "Long Tall Glasses" (UK No. 4, 1974) became his first Top Ten hit in the US, reaching No. 9,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "Moonlighting" went to No. 2 in the UK in 1975. In 1976, Sayer recorded three <a href="/wiki/Beatles" class="mw-redirect" title="Beatles">Beatles</a> songs, "<a href="/wiki/I_Am_the_Walrus" title="I Am the Walrus">I Am the Walrus</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Let_It_Be_(song)" title="Let It Be (song)">Let It Be</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/The_Long_and_Winding_Road" title="The Long and Winding Road">The Long and Winding Road</a>", for the Beatles-themed concept film <i><a href="/wiki/All_This_and_World_War_II" title="All This and World War II">All This and World War II</a></i>. His albums in this period were also consistently successful in the UK: he scored five consecutive Top 10 placings on the UK albums chart between 1973 and 1977. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leo_Sayer_-_TopPop_1974_06.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Leo_Sayer_-_TopPop_1974_06.png/170px-Leo_Sayer_-_TopPop_1974_06.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Leo_Sayer_-_TopPop_1974_06.png/255px-Leo_Sayer_-_TopPop_1974_06.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Leo_Sayer_-_TopPop_1974_06.png/340px-Leo_Sayer_-_TopPop_1974_06.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="490" /></a><figcaption>Sayer performing on Dutch television in 1974</figcaption></figure> <p>He also garnered success as an album artist in the US, beginning with his second LP <i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Boy" title="Just a Boy">Just a Boy</a></i> (1974), which reached No. 16. His fourth album, <i><a href="/wiki/Endless_Flight" title="Endless Flight">Endless Flight</a></i> (1976), consolidated his international popularity, reaching No. 4 in the UK and No. 10 in the US; it also charted strongly in other countries including Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, and was certified as a platinum album in both the UK and the US,<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and double-platinum in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_peak;_late_1970s–1980s"><span id="Career_peak.3B_late_1970s.E2.80.931980s"></span>Career peak; late 1970s–1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Career peak; late 1970s–1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The peak of his career came in 1977, when he achieved two consecutive number one hits in the US, first with the disco-styled "<a href="/wiki/You_Make_Me_Feel_Like_Dancing" title="You Make Me Feel Like Dancing">You Make Me Feel Like Dancing</a>" (a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> winner for the year's <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_R%26B_Song" title="Grammy Award for Best R&B Song">best Rhythm and Blues Song</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by a romantic ballad, "<a href="/wiki/When_I_Need_You" title="When I Need You">When I Need You</a>" (1977), which reached number one in both the UK and US. Written by <a href="/wiki/Albert_Hammond" title="Albert Hammond">Albert Hammond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carole_Bayer_Sager" title="Carole Bayer Sager">Carole Bayer Sager</a>, it was Sayer's first No. 1 single in the UK (after three number two hits).<sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also the first of two chart-toppers in a row in the UK for producer <a href="/wiki/Richard_Perry" title="Richard Perry">Richard Perry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also from <i>Endless Flight</i>, Sayer covered the <a href="/wiki/Danny_O%27Keefe" title="Danny O'Keefe">Danny O'Keefe</a> song "Magdalena", which served as the B-side to the "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" single. </p><p>In 1979, the compilation album <i>The Very Best of Leo Sayer</i> (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 Sayer's first UK No. 1 album and his seventh consecutive UK Top 20 album.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sayer also guest-starred in the second episode of the third season of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Show" title="The Muppet Show">The Muppet Show</a></i>, and performed "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", "The Show Must Go On", and "When I Need You".<sup id="cite_ref-auto_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sayer also made cover versions of <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Vee" title="Bobby Vee">Bobby Vee</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Curtis" title="Sonny Curtis">Sonny Curtis</a>-<a href="/wiki/Jerry_Allison" title="Jerry Allison">Jerry Allison</a> composition "<a href="/wiki/More_Than_I_Can_Say" title="More Than I Can Say">More Than I Can Say</a>" (his fourth UK No. 2 hit and US No. 2), and <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Raining_in_My_Heart" title="Raining in My Heart">Raining in My Heart</a>" (1979) and <a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a>' "Heart (Stop Beating in Time)" in 1982. In the US, 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 <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">gold</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Missing_Link_(1980–1990)"><span id="The_Missing_Link_.281980.E2.80.931990.29"></span><i>The Missing Link</i> (1980–1990)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Missing Link (1980–1990)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sayer provided songs for the soundtrack of the French–Belgian animated film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Missing_Link_(1980_film)" title="The Missing Link (1980 film)">The Missing Link</a></i> (<i>Le Chainon manquant</i>) in 1980. In 1981, he voiced Dan the <a href="/wiki/Forest_ranger" class="mw-redirect" title="Forest ranger">forest ranger</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Raccoons_on_Ice" title="The Raccoons on Ice">The Raccoons on Ice</a></i>, the second of four specials serving as a predecessor to the Canadian animated series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Raccoons" title="The Raccoons">The Raccoons</a></i>. He also sang several songs for the special, all of which were included on the 1983 album <i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Freeze_%E2%80%93_The_Raccoons_Songtrack" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Freeze – The Raccoons Songtrack">Lake Freeze</a></i> and the 1984 album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Raccoons:_Let%27s_Dance!#Album" class="mw-redirect" title="The Raccoons: Let's Dance!">The Raccoons: Let's Dance!</a></i> </p><p>In 1990, he contributed to the last studio collaboration between <a href="/wiki/Alan_Parsons" title="Alan Parsons">Alan Parsons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Woolfson" title="Eric Woolfson">Eric Woolfson</a>, Woolfson's solo album <i><a href="/wiki/Freudiana" title="Freudiana">Freudiana</a></i>, performing "I Am A Mirror".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sayer performed at the <a href="/wiki/Sanremo_Music_Festival" title="Sanremo Music Festival">Sanremo Music Festival</a> in 1990, with "The Moth And The Flame" (English version of "Tu... sì" by <a href="/wiki/Pino_Mango" class="mw-redirect" title="Pino Mango">Mango</a>) and, in 1991, with "All Alone" (English version of "Dubbi No" by <a href="/wiki/Mietta" title="Mietta">Mietta</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Financial_difficulties_(1990–2006)"><span id="Financial_difficulties_.281990.E2.80.932006.29"></span>Financial difficulties (1990–2006)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Financial difficulties (1990–2006)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After a decade of success, Sayer's 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 Sayer's business affairs and that much of the millions of pounds he had earned over the previous decade, had been lost through Faith's questionable investments and business expenses.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Sayer sued Faith for mismanagement and the case was eventually settled out of court in 1992, with Sayer receiving a reported payout of £650,000. 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. </p><p>In 1996, Sayer sued his new management, after he discovered that his pension fund had allegedly been mismanaged to around £1 million. Despite spending more than £90,000 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 <a href="/wiki/Van_Morrison" title="Van Morrison">Van Morrison</a> guitarist Ronnie Johnson and toured his way back to financial security. They recorded a live album, <i>Live in London</i>, which was released in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_career_(2006–2015)"><span id="Later_career_.282006.E2.80.932015.29"></span>Later career (2006–2015)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later career (2006–2015)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 February 2006, Sayer made a return to number one in the UK singles chart, with DJ <a href="/wiki/Meck_(musician)" title="Meck (musician)">Meck</a>'s remix of "<a href="/wiki/Thunder_in_My_Heart_(song)" title="Thunder in My Heart (song)">Thunder In My Heart</a>". It was his first appearance in the Top 10 in the UK for almost 24 years, and his second chart-topper in the UK, almost three decades after his first. <i>Leo Sayer: At His Very Best</i>, a career spanning <a href="/wiki/Compilation_album" title="Compilation album">compilation album</a>, was released in the UK on 6 March 2006. It featured the Meck single, alongside "When I Need You" and "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2008, Sayer released a new album only in Australia, <i>Don't Wait Until Tomorrow</i>. This album, produced by <a href="/wiki/Garth_Porter" title="Garth Porter">Garth Porter</a> (from the Australian pop band <a href="/wiki/Sherbet_(band)" title="Sherbet (band)">Sherbet</a>) and released by Universal Music Australia, features selections from his catalog rearranged with strings and acoustic and jazz instrumentation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leo_Sayer_Union_Chapel_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Leo_Sayer_Union_Chapel_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Leo_Sayer_Union_Chapel_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Leo_Sayer_Union_Chapel_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Leo_Sayer_Union_Chapel_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Leo_Sayer_Union_Chapel_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Leo_Sayer_Union_Chapel_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="875" /></a><figcaption>Sayer performing at <a href="/wiki/Union_Chapel,_Islington" title="Union Chapel, Islington">Union Chapel, Islington</a>, May 2019, on the <i>Just a Boy at 70</i> Tour</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2009, Sayer became an Australian citizen, having lived in Sydney since 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sayer has appeared in various television shows in addition to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Show" title="The Muppet Show">The Muppet Show</a></i>, including the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Vic_and_Bob" title="Vic and Bob">Vic and Bob</a> game show <i>Families at War</i> (on which he performed "When I Need You" while given a piggyback by a contestant running on a treadmill);<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Wiggles" title="The Wiggles">The Wiggles</a> 2008 DVD, <i>You Make Me Feel Like Dancing</i>, which featured Sayer's hit of the same name; <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Big_Brother_(British_series_5)" class="mw-redirect" title="Celebrity Big Brother (British series 5)">Celebrity Big Brother UK</a></i> in 2007; and the Australian television comedy, <i><a href="/wiki/Stupid,_Stupid_Man" title="Stupid, Stupid Man">Stupid, Stupid Man</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restless_Years_and_Selfie_(2015–present)"><span id="Restless_Years_and_Selfie_.282015.E2.80.93present.29"></span><i>Restless Years</i> and <i>Selfie</i> (2015–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Restless Years and Selfie (2015–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2015, Sayer released his album, <i>Restless Years</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and toured Australia and Singapore, with various support acts including Jason Ayres.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in January 2015, he featured in Singapore's <i>Leo Sayer in Concert – 40 Years at the Top</i>, presented by the <a href="/wiki/British_Theatre_Playhouse" title="British Theatre Playhouse">British Theatre Playhouse</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In October 2015, he was awarded with a Gold Badge of Merit from the <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_of_Songwriters,_Composers_and_Authors" class="mw-redirect" title="British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors">British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 May 2019, Sayer released his latest album, <i>Selfie</i> on Demon Records. It was recorded at his home studio at The Barn in <a href="/wiki/Plainland" title="Plainland">Plainland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sayer and his wife Janice married in 1973 and divorced in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then had a relationship with Donatella Piccinetti, with whom he moved to Australia;<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they separated briefly in 2007, but were reunited and ultimately married on 15 April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sayer resides in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Highlands_(New_South_Wales)" title="Southern Highlands (New South Wales)">Southern Highlands</a> of New South Wales.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2009, Sayer became an Australian citizen at the <a href="/wiki/Australia_Day" title="Australia Day">Australia Day</a> citizenship ceremony in Canberra.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, he became an ambassador for the Canberra Hospital Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_problems">Health problems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Health problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He still suffers from the effects of injuries to his legs and ankles that were caused by a fall off a stage in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Colonoscopy" title="Colonoscopy">colonoscopy</a> which revealed he had intestinal ulcers and a tumour. He underwent surgery which successfully treated both problems and showed that the tumour was benign.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Leo_Sayer_discography" title="Leo Sayer discography">Leo Sayer discography</a></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Silverbird_(album)" title="Silverbird (album)">Silverbird</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_a_Boy" title="Just a Boy">Just a Boy</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_Year_(Leo_Sayer_album)" title="Another Year (Leo Sayer album)">Another Year</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Endless_Flight" title="Endless Flight">Endless Flight</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thunder_in_My_Heart" title="Thunder in My Heart">Thunder in My Heart</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leo_Sayer_(album)" title="Leo Sayer (album)">Leo Sayer</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here_(Leo_Sayer_album)" title="Here (Leo Sayer album)">Here</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Living_in_a_Fantasy" title="Living in a Fantasy">Living in a Fantasy</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/World_Radio" title="World Radio">World Radio</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Have_You_Ever_Been_in_Love_(album)" title="Have You Ever Been in Love (album)">Have You Ever Been in Love</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cool_Touch" title="Cool Touch">Cool Touch</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Voice in My Head</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Don't Wait Until Tomorrow</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Restless Years</i> (2015)</li> <li><i>Selfie</i> (2019)</li> <li><i>Northern Songs</i> (2022)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_Sayer&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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