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The group had five members:
Most of the band members came from Prestonpans, East Lothian. It was here that they were discovered by potato merchant Tam Paton, who became their manager. In later years it would emerge that Paton had abused the band members and was convicted of peadophile offences. Their Scottish identity was a major factor in their marketing, and they were one of few groups whose fans had a completely distinctive style of dress, the main elements of which were mid-calf-length tartan trousers and tartan scarves. They had several hits that made to the Top 3 of the British charts, and for a period had their own television series, entitled Shang a Lang (the title of one of their hits). By Spring of 1975, the Rollers were one of the highest selling acts in Britain, and announced their next single, a cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye Bye Baby". The single went to number 1 in March '75 and sold a million copies. They had a dedicated following of teenage girls that was so intense, that the media called it "Rollermania". However, they were never popular with music critics nor the male audience and their popularity quickly waned. The band members have said they chose their band's name by throwing a dart at a map of the United States. The dart landed on the map near the community of Bay City, Michigan. A popular playground chant of the time went (to the tune of This Old Man): B-A-Y, B-A-Y, B-A-Y, C-I-T-Y, With an R-O-double-L, E-R-S, Bay City Rollers are the best!
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B-A-Y, B-A-Y,. A popular playground chant of the time went (to the tune of This Old Man):. The dart landed on the map near the community of Bay City, Michigan. The band members have said they chose their band's name by throwing a dart at a map of the United States. However, they were never popular with music critics nor the male audience and their popularity quickly waned. They had a dedicated following of teenage girls that was so intense, that the media called it "Rollermania". The single went to number 1 in March '75 and sold a million copies. By Spring of 1975, the Rollers were one of the highest selling acts in Britain, and announced their next single, a cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye Bye Baby". They had several hits that made to the Top 3 of the British charts, and for a period had their own television series, entitled Shang a Lang (the title of one of their hits). Their Scottish identity was a major factor in their marketing, and they were one of few groups whose fans had a completely distinctive style of dress, the main elements of which were mid-calf-length tartan trousers and tartan scarves. In later years it would emerge that Paton had abused the band members and was convicted of peadophile offences. It was here that they were discovered by potato merchant Tam Paton, who became their manager. Most of the band members came from Prestonpans, East Lothian. The group had five members:. After the article has been cleaned up, you may remove this message. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of article quality. Saturday Night. Bye, Bye Baby. Stuart Wood (guitar). Les McKeown (vocals). Derek Longmuir (drums). Alan Longmuir (bass). Eric Faulkner (guitar). |