Friday, September 10, 2021

Fun Friday: A song and a story

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!! Ready for Bill's song pic of the week? ...

Now, I realize that some of you may be too young to actually remember Leo Sayer as he was very popular in the 70's and 80's. He is a British singer (he now lives in Australia) who had number one hits with such songs as, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing," "When I Need You," "Long Tall Glasses" and "More Than I Can Say." He has also written hit songs for other artists such as my absolute favorite song performed by him called, "The Show Must Go On" for Three Dog Night,  and "One Man Band" for The Who. Oddly, I never cared much for Three Dog Night's version of "The Show Must Go On" and coincidentally, neither did Sayer who took issue with the fact that they changed the words to his song from 'I won't let the show go on' to 'I must let the show go on.'



I remember the first time I saw him perform. I was no more than perhaps 10 years old and my father woke me up out of bed. He had just gotten home from working second shift at the time and the show "The Midnight Special" happened to be on TV. He said to me, "Kimmy, you have to see this guy. He is really, really good! You'll love this!" (And he was right). Lo and behold, there was this rather short little charismatic guy on stage dressed up in a clown costume (pierrot) singing, ""The Show Must Go On." He blew me away! I have always been awed by how perfect he could harmonize with himself when recording. Anyhow, good memories.

I also remember thinking to myself, "What a performer!" To this day, I still adore Leo Sayer and his beautifully versatile voice.
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