The Show Must Go On – Leo Sayer (1973)

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Leo Sayer – The Artist

Gerard Hugh “Leo” Sayer (born 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009.
Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and became a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in that decade. His first seven UK hit singles reached the Top 10 – a feat first accomplished by his first manager, Adam Faith.[ His songs have been sung by other notable artists, including Cliff Richard (“Dreaming”), Roger Daltrey and Three Dog Night. Sayer began his music career co-writing songs with David Courtney, including “Giving It All Away”, which gave Roger Daltrey of the Who his first solo hit in 1973. All but two of the songs on the album Daltry were co-written by Sayer and Courtney. The same year, Sayer began his career as a recording artist under the management of Adam Faith, who signed Sayer to the Chrysalis label in the United Kingdom and Warner Bros. Records in the United States. His debut single, “Why Is Everybody Going Home”, failed to chart, but he achieved national prominence in the United Kingdom with his second single, the music hall-styled song “The Show Must Go On”, which Sayer performed on British television wearing a pierrot costume and makeup. The single went to No. 2 on the United Kingdom singles chart, as did his debut album, Silverbird, co-written with David Courtney, who also co-produced the album with Adam Faith.

The Show Must Go On – The Song

“The Show Must Go On” is a song co-written by Leo Sayer and David Courtney and first recorded by Sayer. It was released in the United Kingdom in 1973, becoming Sayer’s first hit record (reaching its chart peak of #2 in early 1974 in the UK). It was included on Sayer’s debut album Silverbird. The song was covered by Three Dog Night, whose version was released in 1974, becoming a hit in the United States. It uses a circus theme as a metaphor for dealing with the difficulties and wrong choices of life. Early in Sayer’s career, he performed it dressed and made up as a pierrot clown. Like the album version on Sayer’s debut album, Three Dog Night’s version also quotes Julius Fučík’s “Entrance of the Gladiators” which is commonly associated with circus clowns.

The Circus Tent – The Shape

This record has been modelled into the silhouette of a circus tent. A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclists as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists. Circus acts are often performed under a large tent which is erected before and after the show and carried around with the performers.

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