Sailor was an English music-hall pop band from London that released five albums between 1974 and 1978 on Epic. Rupert Holmes produced their 1975 second album Trouble, which spawned the UK hits “Glass of Champagne” and “Girls, Girls, Girls.” After the departure of singer–guitarist Georg Kajanus, a revamped Sailor linked with onetime Chicago producer James […]
Eclection was a London-based multinational folk-psych band that released a self-titled album in 1968 on Elektra. Norwegian-born guitarist Georg Kajanus later emerged as the frontman of the English music-hall pop band Sailor. Members: Gerry Conway (drums), Trevor Lucas (bass, vocals, 1967-69), Georg Hultgreen [aka Georg Kajanus] (guitarist), Mike Rosen (guitar, trumpet, 1967-69), Kerilee Male (vocals, […]
Kajanus & Pickett were the rustic-folk/rock duo of Norwegian-born singer/guitarist Georg Kajanus and English keyboardist Phil Pickett. After releasing the album Hi Ho Silver! on Signpost/MCA in 1972, the pair formed half of the music-hall/pop band Sailor, which released five albums on Epic between 1974 and 1978. Kajanus first emerged in multinational folk-rockers Eclection, which […]
Trouble is the second album by English vaudevillian-pop band Sailor, co-produced by Rupert Holmes and released in 1975 on Epic. Tracklist: A1. “Girls, Girls, Girls” (3:02) A2. “Trouble in Hong Kong” (3:07 A3. “People in Love” (3:29) A4. “Coconut” (2:24) A5. “Jacaranda” (2:15) B1. “A Glass of Champagne” (2:41) B2. “My Kind of Girl” (3:01) B3. […]
Data was an English synthpop trio behind the 1981–83 Illuminated albums Opera Electronica and 2-Time, followed by the 1985 Sire release Elegant Machinery. Former Sailor frontman Georg Kajanus headed the trio with two sibling vocalists. Members: Georg Kajanus (keyboards, vocals, guitar), Frankie Boulter (vocals), Phil Boulter (vocals) Background DATA formed in 1980 in London when […]
