Leo Sayer

Sayer is still performing at 53 years of age. He was part of the highly-acclaimed HBO Showtime special, Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. Most recently in 2000, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" was featured in the hit movie Charlie's Angels and was on the accompanying soundtrack album. After the break up of The Alpha Band, Soles released two solo albums, Promise in 1980, and 1982's Walk by Love, and went on to produce or perform on albums by Dylan, Burnett, Peter Case, Elvis Costello, Roger McGuinn, Don McLean, The Monkees, The 77s, Olivia Newton-John, Roy Orbison, Tonio K, Victoria Williams and others. His famous hits include, "Long Tall Glasses", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", the romantic ballad "When I Need You" and the remake of Bobby Vee's "More Than I Can Say". The band released three albums, The Alpha Band in 1977, Spark In The Dark in 1977, and The Statue Makers of Hollywood in 1978. His initial style of wearing a pierrot style outfit and make-up was dropped in the 1970s and his now distictive curly hair is widely recognisable. When that tour ended, Soles and two other members of Dylan's band, T-Bone Burnett and David Mansfield, formed The Alpha Band.

He has had huge success with his single and album releases in the UK and US. Steven Soles, Bob Dylan asked him to tour with his band on his 1975 "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour. He was born Gerard Hugh Sayer at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England. Known also as J. Leo Sayer (born May 21, 1948) is a performing artist whose singing career has spanned three decades. Steven Soles is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and guitarist. The Definitive Hits Collection (1999).