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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 ...
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.
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.
As a result, often in the Bay City Rollers' recordings, McKeown's vocals were the only musical contributions from the band. McKeown later wrote that he was raped by Paton and that Paton provided him with Mandrax and amphetamines to help him cope with the pressures of touring. [2] [13] McKeown (centre) with "Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers", 2014
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 ...
Bay City Rollers, 1976 Longmuir being Chauffeured into a hospital in Helsinki, Finland. In the UK during the 1970s, the Bay City Rollers went number one twice, and had 6 records Certified silver and 2 Certified gold. [2] He appeared on each of the band's nine studio albums through to 1981.
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.
Ian Mitchell, bassist for the Bay City Rollers, has died at the age of 62, according to a post on the group’s Facebook page. With hits including “Saturday Night” and “Bye Bye Baby,” the ...