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Sailor were a British pop/glam rock group, best known in the 1970s for their hit singles "A Glass of Champagne" and "Girls, Girls, Girls", written by the group's lead singer and 12-string guitar player, Georg Kajanus. According to the band's own website, Sailor stopped performing in May 2014.
Sailor signed to Epic Records-CBS Records and between 1974 and 1978 released five albums with Kajanus: Sailor, Trouble, The Third Step, Checkpoint (without Pickett) and Hideaway. Kajanus was the lead singer, guitarist and, for the first three albums, the sole songwriter for the band, penning its two major hits, "A Glass of Champagne" and "Girls ...
Sailor was released in August 1974 by Epic Records. [8] With an accompanying single "Traffic Jam", the album was supported by a series of tours, including a scheduled, but later cancelled concert tour with rock band Mott The Hoople, where Sailor was a supporting act, [8] [7] and a television appearance on BBC Two's music series In Concert, broadcast on 4 September 1974.
After Sailor disbanded, he worked with Kajanus on DATA and "And The Mamluks", a short-lived electronic-music project. In 1989 Sailor reformed with Marsh. [4] He left in 1999 but returned in 2005. Marsh's sons, Oliver and Thomas, have also performed with the band in reformed gigs. [5]
Trouble is the second album by the British pop group Sailor, formed in 1973 and best known in the 1970s for their hit singles "A Glass of Champagne" and "Girls, Girls, Girls" (both featured on this album), written by the group's Norwegian lead singer and 12-string guitar player, Georg Kajanus. [1] The album reached #45 in the UK charts. [2]
Sailor is the second studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band, released in October 1968 by Capitol Records. It was recorded in Los Angeles, California, [1] and was produced by the band along with Glyn Johns. It was the last album to feature contributions from original members Boz Scaggs and Jim Peterman.
The band members met whilst studying a Music course at Wigan and Leigh College. When their regular singer fell ill, they recruited young Chorley singer and songwriter James Walsh from a school choir. The band, then named Waterface, had tried a number of guitarists before they asked long-time friend Barry Westhead to join the band in 2000 on ...
Sailor (band), a British pop group which peaked in the mid-1970s Sailor (Sailor album), a 1974 debut studio album by Sailor; Sailor, a 1970s BBC television series "Sailor (Your Home is the Sea)", a 1960 German-language song by Lolita "Sailor" (song), the English-language rendering by Petula Clark; The Sailor (Mickey Newbury album), 1979