Rod Stewart sailed successfully to the top of the UK charts in1975, where he stayed for four whole weeks, with the internationally famous, hit-song “Sailing”. Composed by Gavin Sutherland of the Sutherland Brothers in 1972, they originally had a minor hit with the song when it reached number 54 in the Charts. With the lyrics of the song containing the words “I am sailing, I am sailing, home again ‘cross the sea. I am sailing stormy waters, to be near you, to be free”.
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