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The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock known for their worldwide teen idol popularity as a boy band in the 1970s. One of many 70s acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beatles", [4] they were called the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and sold 120 million albums.
This is the discography of Scottish band Bay City Rollers. The British Hit Singles & Albums noted that they were "the tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the 'biggest group since the Beatles' and one of the most screamed-at teeny-bopper acts of the 1970s". [1] [2]
Members of the Scottish pop band Bay City Rollers. Pages in category "Bay City Rollers members" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
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 ...
"Saturday Night" is a song recorded by the Scottish pop rock band Bay City Rollers. It was written and produced by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter.The tune is an upbeat rock number with a memorable hook, in which the word "Saturday" is spelled out in a rhythmic, enthusiastic chant.
The band broke through the UK charts in early 1974 with the song "Remember" (also produced by Coulter and Martin). In the UK during the 1970s, the Bay City Rollers went number one twice, and had 6 records Certified silver and 2 Certified gold. [7] In the late 1980s, Faulkner formed his own version of Bay City Rollers called "The New Rollers".
Bay City Rollers, released in late 1975, was the first full-length album by Scotland's Bay City Rollers to be issued in the US and Canada. The compilation, which hit No. 1 in the RPM Canadian album chart on 7 February 1976 [4] and reached as high as No. 20 on the US album chart, included the US and Canadian #1 hit single "Saturday Night".
McKeown was born in Edinburgh to Irish parents and joined the Bay City Rollers in late 1973, replacing founding lead singer Gordon “Nobby” Clark, who had become disillusioned with the band’s ...