The Very Best Of

~ Release by Leo Sayer (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
recording engineer:
Bill Schnee
assistant engineer:
Dana Latham
producer:
Richard Perry (producer)
bass:
Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
clavinet:
John Barns
drums (drum set):
Steve Gadd (drummer)
guitar:
Larry Carlton and Ray Parker Jr.
background vocals:
Clydie King, Becky Louis and Sherlie Matthews (US vocalist)
vocals:
Leo Sayer
conductor:
Gene Page (conductor, composer, arranger and record producer)
strings arranger:
Gene Page (conductor, composer, arranger and record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis (in 1976) and Silverbird Ltd. (in 1976)
recording of:
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
lyricist:
Leo Sayer
composer:
Vini Poncia
publisher:
Braintree Music, Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Rondor Music and Silverbird Songs Ltd.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
53:36
2More Than I Can Say
producer:
Alan Tarney
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis (in 1980), Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (in 1980), Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 1980), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) (in 1980) and Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1980)
cover recording of:
More Than I Can Say (in 1980)
writer:
Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis
publisher:
Southern Music Ltd. (publisher), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and 台灣琦雅有限公司 (Peermusic (Taiwan) Ltd.)
recording of:
More Than I Can Say
writer:
Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis
publisher:
Southern Music Ltd. (publisher), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and 台灣琦雅有限公司 (Peermusic (Taiwan) Ltd.)
33:37
3When I Need You
recording engineer:
Howard Steele (US producer, sound engineer) (in 1976)
assistant engineer:
Dana Latham
producer:
Richard Perry (producer)
bass:
Willie Weeks (US bass player) (in 1976)
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro (in 1976)
electric piano:
Michael Omartian (in 1976)
guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist) (in 1976)
saxophone:
George Palisky, Jr. (in 1976)
synthesizer:
James Newton Howard (American score composer) (in 1976)
vocals:
Leo Sayer (in 1976)
synthesizer arranger:
James Newton Howard (American score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (in 1976), Chrysalis Records, Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1976), Rhino Records, Inc. (company credits only; not for release label use!) (in 1977), Silverbird Ltd. (in 1977) and Warner Music H.K. Ltd. (in 1997)
cover recording of:
When I Need You (in 1976)
lyricist:
Carole Bayer Sager
composer:
Albert Hammond
publisher:
Albert Hammond Enterprises, Inc., April Music, Begonia Melodies Inc., Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Empire Music Ltd., Leonard Cohen Stranger Music Inc., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), P and P Songs Limited, R & M Music Inc., R & M Music Productions, Inc., Sis ’n Bro Music Company, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Spoiled Rotten Kiddies Publishing, Unichappell Music, Inc., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell North America, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Windswept Music (London) Ltd.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
44:07
4Dancin’ the Night Away
producer:
Richard Perry (producer)
cover recording of:
Dancing the Night Away (1976 song)
writer:
James H. Brown, Jr. and Russell Smith (US country songwriter)
4:19
5Thunder in My Heart
engineer:
Howard Steele (US producer, sound engineer)
producer:
Richard Perry (producer)
bass guitar:
Abraham Laboriel
congas:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jeff Porcaro
guitar:
Lee Ritenour and Fred Tackett
piano:
Tom Snow (US keyboardist/songwriter)
tambourine:
Bobbye Hall
vocals:
Leo Sayer
conductor:
Gene Page (conductor, composer, arranger and record producer)
strings arranger:
Gene Page (conductor, composer, arranger and record producer)
recording of:
Thunder in My Heart
lyricist:
Leo Sayer
composer:
Tom Snow (US keyboardist/songwriter)
53:34
6How Much Love
recording of:
How Much Love
lyricist:
Leo Sayer
composer:
Barry Mann
publisher:
Chrysalis, Longmanor Ltd. and Screen Gems-Columbia Music Ltd.
3:31
7Orchard Road
recording of:
Orchard Road
lyricist:
Leo Sayer
composer:
Alan Tarney
4:27
8Stormy Weather
recording of:
Stormy Weather
writer:
Leo Sayer and Tom Snow (US keyboardist/songwriter)
4:14
9La Booga Rooga
cover recording of:
La Booga Rooga
lyricist and composer:
Andy Fairweather‐Low
3:40
10Don’t Look Back
recording of:
Don’t Look Back
lyricist and composer:
Leo Sayer
3:31
11Running to My Freedom
recording of:
Running to My Freedom
writer:
Tom Snow (US keyboardist/songwriter) and Johnny Vastano
3:20
12No Looking Back
recording of:
No Looking Back
writer:
Leo Sayer and Tom Snow (US keyboardist/songwriter)
2:56
13Frankie Lee
recording of:
Frankie Lee
writer:
Ray Parker Jr. and Leo Sayer
4:07
14Paris Dies in the Morning
recording of:
Paris Dies in the Morning
writer:
Andrew McCrorie-Shand, Anthony McCrorie-Shand and Leo Sayer
3:54
15Something Fine
cover recording of:
Something Fine
lyricist and composer:
Jackson Browne (American singer-songwriter)
3:53
16Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees
recording of:
Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees
writer:
Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer) and Bobby Wood (American pianist, keyboard player and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Mushroom Music Publishing
3:15