Sailor (band)

Sailor was a British music group with great success in the 1970s .

Content

 * 1 History
 * 2 Musicians
 * 3 Discography
 * 3.1 Albums
 * 3.2 Singles
 * 3.3 Other Singles
 * 3.4 Radio 2 Top 2000

History
The history of Sailor was conceived entirely in the first instance. It would be the continuation of the tradition of a zeemanscafé to Paris, Le Matelot where Josephine Baker would have occurred. All kinds of facts were invented in this glam rock band to get into the limelight. That succeeded at first only in Netherlands where Traffic Jam end of 1974 was a pretty big hit. Then I received a few others. Members invariably occurred insailor suits and played a musical instrument designed especially for them: Nickelodeon, a stretch in which various synthesizers were hung on. The music was characterized by a very open sound. Most of the music and lyrics come from Georg Kajanus . The band had Phil Pickett also a good composer would appear later in the Culture Club, but he had to abide by the concept of Kajanus.

The first singles and LPs were successful through the unique melancholy sound, but then they sold a lot less. That was caused by a one-sided way of composing; all in the service of the same theme. Because of the similarity of the different songs on the album Sailor, these are almost interchangeable. After five albums inspiration was obviously on. The end was accelerated by the emergence of punk that had little of this mannered music, but ultimately successful concept the first time the band also badgers done.

After the dissolution, the band has given various compositions reunion concerts and then came the Golden Oldie-circuit. New albums appeared no more.

Musicians [ edit ]

 * Georg Kajanus - vocals, guitar , keyboards
 * Phil Pickett - ditto
 * Henry Marsh - keyboards
 * Grant Serpell - percussion

Other Singles [ edit ]

 * 1975: Blue Desert / Blame It on the Soft Spot
 * 1975: Open Up the Door
 * 1975: The Old Nickelodeon Sound
 * 1976: Stiletto Heals
 * 1977: One Drink Too Many
 * 1977: Down by the Docks
 * 1977: Romance
 * 1978: All I Need Is A Girl
 * 1978: The Runaway
 * 1978: Give Me Shakespeare
 * 1978: Stay The Night
 * 1978: Stranger in Paris
 * 1980: Danger on the Titanic
 * 1980: Do not Send Flowers
 * 1980: Hat Check Girl
 * 1980: The Secretary
 * 1991: Music
 * 1991: Knock, knock
 * 1991: Latin love
 * 1992: It Take Two To Tango
 * 1992: Precious Form
 * 2001: Estepona