Leo Sayer Partner: Is Leo Sayer Still With Donatella?

Publish date: 2024-07-21

Leo 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 solo hit in 1973. The same year, Sayer began his career as a recording artist under the management of Adam Faith, who signed Sayer to the Chrysalis label in the United Kingdom and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. His first single, “Why Is Everyone Going Home,” didn’t do well on the charts, but Sayer’s second single, the music-hall-inspired song “The Show Must Go On,” which he performed on British television while dressed as a pierrot and wearing makeup, helped him gain national recognition in the UK. His debut album, Silverbird, which Leo Sayer co-wrote with David Courtney and co-produced with Adam Faith, debuted at No. 2 on the UK singles chart. The group’s final top 10 song on the Billboard Hot 100, a cover of Three Dog Night, peaked at No. 4 on May 25, 1974.

Leo Sayer’s subsequent singles were all major hits in the UK, with “One Man Band” reaching No. 6 in 1974, “Long Tall Glasses” (UK No. 4, 1974) becoming his first Top Ten hit in the US, reaching No. 9, and “Moonlighting” reaching No. 2 in 1975. Sayer recorded three Beatles songs for the Beatles-themed concept film All This and World War II in 1976: “I Am the Walrus,” “Let It Be,” and “The Long and Winding Road.” Leo Sayer’s albums were also consistently successful in the United Kingdom during this time period, with five consecutive Top 10 placings on the UK album chart between 1973 and 1977.