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McKeown (centre) with "Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers", 2014. McKeown left the group in 1978 as its popularity began to decline. [6] He was replaced by South African singer Duncan Faure, who sang on three albums with them, who by now were called "The Rollers". [14] In 1982, McKeown, Alan and Derek Longmuir, Stuart Wood, Ian Mitchell, and Pat ...
The same year Rabbitt split up (1978), Faure joined Bay City Rollers, replacing lead singer Les McKeown. With Faure, the line-up produced three albums: Elevator (1979), Voxx (1980) and Ricochet (1981). [1] Faure left the Rollers after the release of Ricochet. Duncan moved to the United States to continue work as a recording artist.
On 22 September 2015, the Bay City Rollers, including McKeown, Wood, and Alan Longmuir, announced they were reforming and would play a show at the Glasgow Barrowlands on 20 December. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Eric Faulkner was unable to contribute because of health concerns, almost dying in February 2015 after contracting viral encephalitis. [ 43 ]
Les McKeown, former lead singer for the Bay City Rollers, the group that became a global phenomenon in the 1970s, died Tuesday at age 65. His family announced the death Thursday in a social media ...
Tributes have been paid to Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown after he died suddenly at the age of 65. The Scottish pop vocalist, known for his romantic lyrics and flamboyant fashion sense, was ...
Les McKeown, the singer of the Scottish '70s band Bay City Rollers, has died at the age of 65. On Thursday, McKeown's family shared the news of his death in a post on social media.
Elevator is a 1979 rock album by the Bay City Rollers. Having replaced longtime lead singer Les McKeown with Duncan Faure, the group shortened their name to simply The Rollers, and pursued a more rocking, power-pop sound than their previous work. The album, released by Arista, was critically acclaimed but poorly received commercially. Neither ...
After leaving the Bay City Rollers in the 1970s, Longmuir spent much of his time fishing and looking after his horses on his farm in Dollar, Clackmannanshire. [2] He went back to working as a plumber and water pipe inspector [4] until 2000, and from then until retiring in 2014, was a bylaws inspector.