Leo Sayer 1977. 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 colonoscopy which revealed he had intestinal ulcers and a tumor. He underwent surgery which successfully treated both problems and revealed that the tumor was benign. 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
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",