Artist: Bay City Rollers Genre(s):
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Discography:
The Very Best Of Year: 2004
Tracks: 22
The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop/rock circle of the '70s with a strong undermentioned among adolescent girls. The origins of the mathematical group go back to the formation of the duette the Longmuir Brothers in the recent '60s, consisting of drummer Derek Longmuir (b. March 19, 1952, Edinburgh, Scotland) and his bass-playing brother Alan (b. June 20, 1953, Edinburgh). They eventually changed their describe to Saxon, adding isaac Bashevis Singer Nobby Clarke and John Devine. Then they changed their name over again by pointing at random to a blot on a map of the United States: Bay City, MI. Their start arrive at was a cover of the Gentrys' "Hold open on Dancing," which reached number club in the U.K. in September 1971. In June 1972, guitar player Eric Faulkner (b. October 21, 1954, Edinburgh) united. In January 1973, isaac Bashevis Singer Leslie McKeown (b. November 12, 1955, Edinburgh) and guitar player Stuart Wood (b. February 25, 1957, Edinburgh) replaced Clarke and Devine, stabilising the quintet's card.
Later flopping with trey singles, they in conclusion hit the Top Ten once again in February 1974 with a cover of the Shangri-Las' "Remember (Walk in the Sand)." At this point, the Rollers became a stripling sensation in Great Britain, with their good looks and tartan breeches, and they scored a series of Top Ten U.K. hits over the next deuce and a half years: "Shang-a-Lang," "Summerlove Sensation," "All of Me Loves All of You," "Pass Bye Baby" (a cover of the Four Seasons hit that went to issue one), "Give a Little Love" (some other issue one), "Money Honey," "Beloved Me Like I Love You," and "I Only Want to Be With You" (a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit). Their albums
Rollin',
Once Upon a Star,
Wouldn't You Like It, and
Dedication were as well Top Ten successes, with
Rollin' and
Once Upon a Star getting to issue one. They scored their start U.S. hit with "Sabbatum Night," which was released in September 1975 and hit issue one in January 1976. It was followed by the Top Ten hits "Money Honey" and "You Made Me Believe in Magic." The Rollers also had quintet straight atomic number 79 albums in the U.S.:
Bay laurel City Rollers, Rock 'n' Roll Love Letter,
Inscription,
It's a Game, and
Sterling Hits.
Alan Longmuir leftfield the band in June 1976 and was replaced by Ian Mitchell (b. August 22, 1958, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland) wHO was in release replaced by Pat McGlynn (b. March 31, 1958, Edinburgh) in June 1977. Longmuir returned in 1978, the same year that McKeown was replaced by Duncan Faure and Faulkner relinquish to go solo. But by and then the Bay City Rollers had scored their last hits.
