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The song was re-recorded for the Rollers' 1974 UK album Rollin' with lead vocals by Les McKeown, Clark's replacement. In the autumn of 1975 "Saturday Night" this version was released in the US as a single (but not in the UK), reaching number one on Billboard' s Hot 100 in the issued dated 3 January 1976 — the first number one of the United ...
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 ...
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".
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 ...
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, 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.
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".