- Spent 151 weeks on the UK singles chart.
- Emigrated to Australia in November 7th, 2004, lives in Sydney. (April 2005)
- Scored a No.1 hit in Britain for 2 weeks with his 1977 single "Thunder In My Heart" which was remixed by Meck. Also appeared on Top of the Pops in February to promote the single. (2006)
- The name "Leo" came from his lionized mane of curly hair.
- Married his partner of 38 years, Donatella Piccinetti, in April 2023.
- British singer.
- He has performed with the S.A.S. (Spike Edney's All Stars) Band.
- In January 1967, while 18-year-old Sayer was working as a hall porter at the King's Hotel in Hove, he assisted in the rescue of elderly guests from a serious fire that damaged the hotel's first floor. He himself was rescued from the blazing hotel by builders working on a block of flats beside the hotel.
- The peak of his career came in 1977, when he achieved two consecutive number one hits in the United States, first with the disco-styled "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" (a Grammy Award winner for the year's best Rhythm and Blues Song), followed by a romantic ballad, "When I Need You" (1977), which reached number one in both the United Kingdom and United States. Written by Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager, it was Sayer's first No. 1 single in the United Kingdom (after three number two hits).
- Sayer performed at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1990, with "The Moth And The Flame" (English version of "Tu... sì" by Mango) and, in 1991, with "All Alone" (English version of "Dubbi No" by Mietta).
- He was initially discovered by musician David Courtney, who then co-managed and co-produced him with former pop singer turned manager, Adam Faith.
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