Leo Sayer Leo Sayer Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948) is a British-born singer-songwriter musician and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. He is now an Australian citizen and resident. 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 Atlantic in the 1970s. His first seven hit singles in the United Kingdom all reached the Top 10 – a feat first registered by his first manager, Adam Faith. His songs have been sung by other notable artists, including Cliff Richard ("Dreaming").
Leo Sayer worked for Elvis Presley. A couple of days later he and Presley made arrangements to meet, but on the day they had scheduled for Sayer to visit Presley at Graceland, Presley died. In 1979, the compilation album "The Very Best of Leo Sayer" became Sayer's first United Kingdom #1 LP and his seventh consecutive United Kingdom Top 20 albumbut, despite his popularity there, it failed to chart in the United States. 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",