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Old 22-04-2021, 04:04 PM #1
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Default Les Mckeown has died...

Suddenly at 65....
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I had to look up who this was

Bay City Rollers

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smooched to this at the school disco
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Bay City Rollers

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smooched to this at the school disco

lol...me too
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Aww. RIP Les.
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The Story of The Bay City Rollers was a sad one from what I can recall....I think they made other people a lot of money but recieved very little themselves. They were properly shafted...
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Their two #1 hits in the UK, and one in the US.
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they were crazily popular with young teen girls, never my cup of tea, but good Scottish lads
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No I wasnt a massive fan...but they had a huge following. I went to see them at Wembley along with The Osmonds (-Donny) David Essex and David Cassidy....all from that era. I was a massive David Cassidy fan...but David Essex was the star of the night...
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Yes as a Real Young Lad
He was the second Lead Singer
and helped them Grow Massive in USA


He will be missed

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Aw no. My Mum’s favourite band when she was younger. She was absolutely obsessed from what she and other relatives have said - tartan sewn into her jeans the lot!

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RIP they were massive back in the 70's
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Bye bye Baby R.I.P. Les

Crikey i remember when there was tartan everywhere scarfs,trousers , well everything red tartan, not my kinda music but all the ' teeny boppers ' were mad for them.
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The street would empty when they came on TOTP. The Rollers were huge when i was wee. RIP
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My sisters and I were all Rollers mad.
Tartan everywhere, including scarf on the wrist.
Eric was my favourite.R.I.P. Les.
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i remember i wanted these from a shop on Princes street Edinburgh but my mum said no way

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Tartan everywhere, including scarf on the wrist.
Eric was my favourite.R.I.P. Les.
Were you not all called The Tartan Army ?
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Actually, not so much their singles releases, their album tracks contained some really strong songs.

A Sister-in-law of mine was crazy about them, had all their records, plus Les's solo album.
He had a really good voice.

Sad news and 65 only too.
R.I.P.

Apparently the Bay City Rollers were really big in the USA too.
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