American music fans will remember singer Leo Sayer from the soulful ballad “When I Need You” and the uptempo “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,” ubiquitous on the radio, and No. 1 hits, in the mid/late ‘70s. They might have a fondness for “Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)” or “More Than I Can Say,” both of which landed in the Top Ten. He even did The Muppet Show.
Times and tastes change, of course, and Sayer and the U.S. pop charts parted ways in 1981. Although he has never stopped writing songs and making records, he played his last American show, to date, around 30 years ago.
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