When he was 18, Sayer was working as a hall porter at the King’s Hotel in Hove. Gerard Hugh Sayer was born on in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, where he attended St Peter’s Catholic Primary School. Then he moved on to Blessed Robert Southwell in Goring-by-Sea and then West Sussex College of Art and Design, where he studied commercial art and graphic design. From 1973 onwards he was a regular in the top 10 but it took four years to finally reach the pinnacle of the charts with the soft rock ballad When I Need You. chas.Diminutive singer-songwriter Leo Sayer may be short in stature, but he was a big star in the 70s. Where does this album or 45 originate or where would be a good place or person to contact about this mystery ? Thanks & have a great week ahead. realase ? I perchased a few radio copies on line & all have the sax solo on them. Does anyone know what this copy was & was it a Warner Bros. Charles from Lincoln, NeI was wondering about a radio copy of "when I need you" w/o the sax solo.I'd certainly like to get a copy as some of my music "expert" friends think I'm just making up a story. Jim from Hanford, CaI too used to hear the version without the sax solo on KRTH 101 in Los Angeles.The radio stations probably played it from the album. The album version did not have the sax solo, I heard it was added later, to release it as a single. Bobby from Carbondale, PaI had the album in the 1970's.I didn't realize till reading the above about this song that Sayer had so many hits. In this song, it's the subtle way Leo sings the last couple lines: ".and aaaaall I wanna give you.it's only a HEART beat away." The way he slightly changes the cadence of 'heart beat' ~ just some kind of very contained passion, and almost like his own heart is skipping a beat to make a point. Camille from Toronto, OhI'm not sure why, but for me, many songs to seem to have a little nuance towards the end, which is what makes you listen to it the whole way thru: to hear that little tweak that makes the tune memorable.Would LOVE to have a copy without it now, as, it simply was a better version, IMHO. Every single copy of the song I have ever heard since that super early store bought copy of the album has had the sax. The version on that album of "When I Need You" did not have the sax solo. We grabbed a copy of Leo's new album probably within a couple of weeks after it was released. from a local record store to play on the air. We got a lot of our records.wonderful vinyl.
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