Leo Sayer – Long Tall Glasses

PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads between multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948’s oldies classics. LINK: tinyurl.com Leo Sayer (born Gerard Sayer) had a string of highly polished mainstream pop hits in the late ’70s. Sayer began his musical career as the leader of the London-based Terraplane Blues Band in the late ’60s. He formed Patches with drummer Dave Courtney in 1971; Courtney used to play with British pop star Adam Faith. Faith was beginning a management career in the early ’70s, so Courtney brought Patches to his former employer in hopes of securing a contract. Patches failed to impress Faith, yet he liked Sayer and chose to promote him as a solo artist. Sayer began recording some solo material written with David Courtney at Roger Daltrey’s studio; the Who’s lead singer liked the Sayer/Courtney originals enough to record a handful himself, including the hit “Giving It All Away.” Sayer’s debut single, “Why Is Everybody Going Home,” failed to make any impact, yet 1973’s “The Show Must Go On” hit number one in the UK; a cover by Three Dog Night stopped Sayer’s version from charting in the US The following year he released his first album, Silver Bird. Silver Bird was followed quickly by Just a Boy, which included two more British hit singles, “One Man Band” and “Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)”; “Long Tall Glasses” managed to break Sayer into the American Top Ten in early 1975. Sayer’s …

.Genre Pop, Folk, Ballad Medlemmer Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, Lars Peter Tvilling Olsen Hjemby Bergen, Norway Pladeselskab Sony Music Entertainment 2003-2005 / MBN Norway 2006-2010 / Reel Noise Records & Management 2011- Om Welcome. This is the official Facebook site for Christine Guldbrandsen. Biografi Christine Guldbrandsen is born in Bergen, Norway on the 19th March 1985 is a talented singer with 3 albums to her credit, “Surfing in the Air”, “Moments” & “Christine” and a fourth coming April 08th 2011 🙂 Christine began singing at the age of 3 in the local church choir. Christine was discovered at the age of 13 by Kjetil Fluge. In 2000, when Christine was 15, she sang at “Kulturbyåpningen” in Bergen. Among the audience was Sony Music Entertainment. After the performance Sony Music gave Christine her first record deal. The contract was a result of long dedicated time and work with Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen and Erlend Fauske in the Bergen Studio “Sounds Familiar”. In 2001, only at the age of 16, Christine wrote her first lyrics which was entitled “Fly Away”. Christine wrote this song as a dedication to her father, who died the same year. At the age 18, Christine released her first album which was entitled “Surfing in the Air”. After 3 weeks, Christine received a Gold Record and the album had sold over 30.000 copies. After this magnificent result, “Surfing in the Air” was released in Finland and she recorded a music video for the song “Surfing in the Air”. The song …