Leo Sayer
Barbara Charone, Sounds, 6 December 1975
ALTHOUGH the jumper says "Happy Little Leo", the artiste is in a reflective mood this cold day in November despite comic overtures. Black leather jacket, scruffy beard growth, sporting cap all combine to give Leo Sayer a hardened, tough guy aura that's immediately broken the minute he speaks.
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