Leo Sayer invited to sing with Elvis Presley - day before music icon tragically died

Leo Sayer revealed that during a telephone call, Elvis Presley told him helium had 'great energy' and was 'a precise affirmative guy' truthful helium wanted to effort and sing thing together

Leo Sayer was personally invited to enactment with Elvis Presley - but The King died conscionable hours aft their conversation.

The "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" hitmaker had breached his limb and "a bit" of his backmost erstwhile helium fell disconnected signifier successful the US. He was going done carnal therapy with a erstwhile Miami Dolphins subordinate named Michael, whose Alabama gym was funded by a "big guy" successful Memphis erstwhile helium was stunned to person a telephone call.

Leo recalled however the telephone rang successful the gym and Michael passed it to him, with the dependable connected the different extremity saying: "This is Elvis Aaron Presley, and you marque maine consciousness similar dancing." He added to the Telegraph magazine: "That was his archetypal line. We talked for an hour. He said: 'Michael's told maine each astir you.'

"You got large energy, you're a precise affirmative guy. I've been listening to your records. I truly emotion them. Some songs successful determination I could person sung, and possibly I could sing. Why don't you travel to the location time and let's spot if we tin person immoderate amusive together?" Sadly, Elvis died the pursuing day.

Leo continued: "And that was it. My accidental to conscionable and enactment with Elvis was gone successful 60 seconds. But I could ne'er archer anybody that story. Because who would ever f****** judge that the Gerard Hugh Sayer from Shoreham-by-Sea had really talked to The King?"

Meanwhile, the 76-year-old vocalist claimed notorious precocious paedophile Sir Jimmy Savile "fancied" him and wouldn't permission him unsocial erstwhile helium appeared connected "Top of the Pops" to beforehand his 2nd single, "The Show Must Go On", successful 1973. He said: "Jimmy Savile would not get disconnected the stage. I deliberation helium fancied me. I was rather cute successful those days.

"We had to usage BBC musicians... and they're each playing unrecorded arsenic you're singing live. So it's terrifying. And you've got Jimmy Savile whispering successful your receptor each the mode through, 'you're truly cute...' How bash you ore connected singing the song? Somehow I managed to get done it."

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