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Leo Sayer

British singer
Person human Q363074

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
May 21, 1948
Place of birth
Shoreham-by-Sea
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
singer-songwriter, singer, musician, composer
Educated at
Chatsmore Catholic High School[8]
Genre
pop music[10]
Official website
www.leosayer.com[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Family name
Sayer[14]
Given name
Leo[15]
Instrument
voice[18]
Medical condition
dyslexia[17]
P14750
4125-0AB5-653C-7687-8826
Record label
Chrysalis Records[11]
Residence
Sydney[13]
Start of work period
1973[20]
Voice type
tenor[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gerard Hugh Sayer en Leo Sayer cs Gerard Hugh Sayer da Leo Gerard Hugh Sayer de Gerard Hugh Sayer es Gerard Hugh Sayer fa لیو سایر he ליאו סאייר it Gerard Hugh Sayer ja レオ・セイヤー ko 레오 세이어 ru Лео Сэйер ru Leo Sayer ru Лео Сейер ru Сейер, Лео ru Сэйер ru Сэйер Лео ru Сэйер, Лео sv Sayer th ลีโอ เซเยอร์
🔖 Identifiers · 69
ISNI
000000007822972X
VIAF cluster ID
56797604
Library of Congress authority ID
n91004887
GND ID
134508149
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Leo Sayer Union Chapel.jpg ↗
AZLyrics.com artist ID
l/leosayer
Acharts.co artist ID
leo_sayer
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
160292
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000251491
Awards & Winners artist ID
01ktx57
BBC Things ID
71d5a793-3b63-416a-94c9-bedd3e7d96b5
BIBSYS ID
43459
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13899450n
Billboard artist ID
leo-sayer
Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
0019C5917
CineMagia person ID
175713
Companies House officer ID
cjxI_cfD_RLmAJbC6k2aQ0eXFHI
Deezer artist ID
4629
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134508149
Discogs artist ID
128516
Europeana entity
agent/base/68153
FAST ID
280430
Film.ru person ID
leo-sayer
Freebase ID
/m/01ktx57
GTAA ID
149658
Genius artist ID
Leo-sayer
Genius artist numeric ID
289513
Grammy Awards artist ID
leo-sayer, leo-sayer/12444
IMDb ID
nm0768452
Instagram username
leosayerofficial
JRC Names ID
380527
Jaxsta profile ID
049f047d-c637-44ca-a886-ba21726832c3
KANTO ID
000201744
Kinobox person ID
904512
Last.fm ID
Leo
Laut.de artist ID
Leo-Sayer
Libraries Australia ID
35976277
LyricsTranslate ID
leo-sayer-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
74df4e2f-fe75-4b4a-87c5-3f1b4bc95aa2
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
6473
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000080360
NL CR AUT ID
xx0029638
NLA Trove people ID
1170316
NLP ID
a0000002651386
NME artist ID
leo-sayer
NSK (VIAF) ID
000050928
NSK ID
981005678018809366
NUKAT ID
n2019205630
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810556667105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1114038
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07121268X
Notable Names Database ID
322/000049175
Obálky knih ID
xx0029638
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100443913
Plex person key
5d776a98594b2b001e6c06e8
Rate Your Music artist ID
leo_sayer
Rock's Backpages artist ID
leo-sayer
SBN author ID
CAGV320062
SVKKL authority ID
0305463-Sayer-Leo-1948
SecondHandSongs artist ID
688
Setlist.fm artist ID
73d6be19
Songkick artist ID
480896
Spotify artist ID
04LIHk1SobiQwt2tlupoAV
TMDB person ID
220883
TV Maze person ID
109330
Tidal artist ID
15990
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgt37YQbPtbCbKWYgbKh3
Yale LUX ID
person/927d90f2-a74f-4c45-bce0-2bf781c3bef7
Yandex Music artist ID
15899

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🔗 Connections
Mb:lyricist 20
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Orchard Road, Orchard Road, Giving It All Away, Giving It All Away, How Much Love, How Much Love +12 more
Mb:performer of 13
Just a Boy, All the Best, Another Year, Cool Touch, Endless Flight, Have You Ever Been in Love, Here, Leo Sayer +5 more
← Performer 4
When I Need You, The Missing Link, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, I Can't Stop Loving You
Occupation 3
singer, musician, singer-songwriter
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Genre 1
pop music
Given name 1
Leo
Influenced 1
Aaron Carter
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Medical condition 1
dyslexia
Place of birth 1
Shoreham-by-Sea
Record label 1
Chrysalis Records
Residence 1
Sydney
Sex or gender 1
male
Voice type 1
tenor
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Leo Sayer songs
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Summary

Leo Sayer was born on May 21, 1948[1], in Shoreham-by-Sea[2]. He has worked as a singer-songwriter[3], singer[4], musician[5], and composer[6].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[21]

  • Country: GB[22]

  • Began / founded: 1948-05-21[23]

  • Genre(s): disco, pop rock, soft rock[24]

  • Community tags: aln-sh, british, disco, english, pop rock, soft rock, songs, uk[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 74df4e2f-fe75-4b4a-87c5-3f1b4bc95aa2[26]

Why It Matters

Leo Sayer has been cited as an influence by Aaron Carter[27], an actor[28], 1987–2022[29], of United States[30], specialised in music[31].

FAQs

Where was Leo Sayer born?

Leo Sayer was born in Shoreham-by-Sea[2].

What did Leo Sayer do for work?

Leo Sayer worked as a singer-songwriter[3], singer[4], musician[5], and composer[6].

Where did Leo Sayer go to school?

Leo Sayer was educated at Chatsmore Catholic High School[8].

Who did Leo Sayer influence?

Leo Sayer has been cited as an influence by Aaron Carter[27].

Related Entities

Aaron Carter Sydney United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [9] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'azb', 'ca', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl',
    Tidal artist ID → 15990
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63220|batch #63220]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    TV Maze person ID → 109330
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ TV Maze person ID: 109330, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270242|batch #270242]]"
  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 4125-0AB5-653C-7687-8826
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46381|batch #46381]]: HAND ID (4)"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → singer-songwriter, singer, musician +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32085|batch #32085]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (27)"
  5. 26w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Chrysalis Records
    Educated at → —
    Occupation → singer-songwriter, singer, musician +1
    Instance of → human
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ NME artist ID: leo-sayer, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214803780|leo sayer (#214803780)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix'n'"
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