Tuesday, August 2, 2011

REMINSICING ... BAY CITY ROLLERS

 
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The Scottish group The Bay City Rollers named themselves (so the legend goes) by sticking a pin in a world map. The pin ended upon Bay City Michigan
 
Prior to their 1975 hit Bye Bye Baby (Arista 0120), originally recorded by The Four seasons, The Bay City Rollers didn't play the instruments on their records The music was performed By studio musicians. The group did provide their own music on Bye Bye Baby and thereafter.
 
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Group member Les McKeown’s car hit and killed an elderly woman in Edinburgh in April 1975. Just three weeks earlier, his brother's auto hit and killed a woman on the same street.
 
The Bay City Roller's first release to hit the charts, Saturday Night (1976) (Arista 0149), went to the number-one spot.
 
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