About the Artist
Disco dance chart-topper Leo Sayer rocketed to the top of the charts in the UK for the first time in nearly 30 years this past December, 2005.
The 57 year-old singer's last No.1 was in 1977 with "When I Need You".
Sayer made his opening mark on the charts in 1973. His debut album, 'Silverbird', reached No.2 and the debut single, "The Show Must Go On" (later becoming a US hit for Three Dog Night) went straight to No.1.
The Sussex-born former altarboy discovered his talent for singing in his local church choir. He played in bands as an art student and supplemented his wages as a typographic designer in London by busking around the streets and in Underground tube stations.
He formed a band in 1971 that was signed by pop guru Adam Faith, but he decided Sayer was the only member who could make it big and gave him a contract for an album. Sayer also penned songs for other singers, including The Who's Roger Daltrey's biggest-selling solo single, "Giving It All Away".
The original "Thunder in My Heart" single, designed to move Sayer away from his trademark ballads into the popular disco scene, was a bit of a flop on first release, failing to make the Top 20.
The pint-sized singer, with his trademark mass of curls, was condemned hopelessly naff and he quit the UK, first for the US, then Australia.
The single has now sparked a revival for Sayer, capped by this, his first studio album in 9 years.
The record features a broad range of R & B and pop originals co-written by Albert Hammond and featuring Sayer's trademark vocal. The album is radio-ready with tracks like "Pop Life" and the title track soon to reactivate Sayer's career on North American radio.
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