Leo Sayer
In ancient times soothsayers were held in great esteem by kings and peasants alike for their mysterious, often downright bizarre prophesies. Today, in the more mundane realm of the music biz, record company execs are captivated, indeed obsessed, with the new coterie of electronic wizards who can—SHAZAM SHAZAM— pick hit singles.
Could 1,000 Nurses Be Wrong?
Leo Sayer
by
Patrick Goldstein
In ancient times soothsayers were held in great esteem by kings and peasants alike for their mysterious, often downright bizarre prophesies. Today, in the more mundane realm of the music biz, record company execs are captivated, indeed obsessed, with the new coterie of electronic wizards who can—SHAZAM SHAZAM— pick hit singles.
Now I make no bones about .my inability to predict AM future. My last successful prognostication was “Rock ‘N Roll Heaven” by the Righteous Brothers (the more dead bodies mentioned the better—ask Dion). However, an old crony, Ed the Bed, now a leading Balitmore gynecologist, can filter the Top 40 wheat from the chaff with a prescience unequaled since the salad days of Tiresias. So when the mad doctor of rock ‘n’ roll phoned late one night, banging hiS special D&C coathanger against the receiver, I knew we had a live one.