“The Show Must Go On” — Leo Sayer / Three Dog Night

Continuing our (very short, I promise) series of songs which have the same title as much better-known songs, such as Frank Sinatra’s “All Of Me”, today we turn to Leo Sayer’s 1973 UK Number Two hit “The Show Must Go On”.

For most people, that title makes people think of Queen’s soaring, masterful 1991 hit, back when Freddie was still with us. Possibly my favourite Queen vocal.

Listening to Queen’s “The Show Must Go On” is always quite emotional for me. We now know Freddie was in his final days as he lay down the…