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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 ...
Alan Longmuir, a founding member of the Bay City Rollers, died early Monday after a brief illness, according to the BBC. The group were a pop sensation in the mid-1970s — a Tartan-clad early boy ...
Formed at the end of the 1960s, the Bay City Rollers enjoyed huge success around the world with their tartan outfits and pop tunes like “Bye Bye Baby,” “Shang-a-Lang” and “Give a Little ...
Bay City Rollers founding member Alan Longmuir died in 2018. Members Ian Mitchell and Les McKeown died in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Like many musicians, the Bay City Rollers were not able to ...
Fellow band founder Derek Longmuir, brother of Alan, also attended the unveiling. The group got together in the early 70s and ...
The Bay City Rollers in 1975. L-R: Alan Longmuir, Les McKeown, Eric Faulkner, Derek Longmuir, Stuart "Woody" Wood. (Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) ...
Les McKeown, all smile and hairless chest, didn’t simply lead the Bay City Rollers to international success and 300m record sales, he was responsible for a new Scottish identity.
The Bay City Rollers in December 1978 (from left): Eric Faulkner, Derek Longmuir, Stuart “Woody” Wood, Leslie McKeown and Ian Mitchell Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. The group scored a ...
Longmuir formed the Bay City Rollers with his younger brother Derek in 1966, and the band — who paid homage to their Scottish roots by frequently wearing tartan ensembles — went on to record a ...
Ian Mitchell, the bassist for the Bay City Rollers on their fourth album, has died at the age of 62, according to a post on the group’s Facebook page. No cause of death was given. Mitchell ...
Les McKeown, best known as the singer for Scotland's Bay City Rollers, died April 20 of unspecified causes. He was 65. "It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our beloved ...