{"id":156,"date":"2009-08-17T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/bay-city-rollers\/"},"modified":"2011-08-23T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T16:33:36","slug":"bay-city-rollers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/bay-city-rollers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay City Rollers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Girls loved these long haired men, boys despised them : The Bay City Rollers<br \/>\nThe Bay City Rollers were a Scottish rock band of the 1970s.They went for a smiley image with long thick hair and tartan-trimmed suits.<\/p>\n<p>Bay City Rollers charted from 1974 to 1985 with several number one hits.<\/p>\n<p>The band from Edinburgh was made up of guitarists\u00a0Eric Faulkner\u00a0and\u00a0Stuart Wood, singer\u00a0Les McKeown, bassist\u00a0Alan Longmuir, and drummer\u00a0Derek Longmuir<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1887\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1887\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1887\" title=\"Bay-City-Rollers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers.jpg\" alt=\"Bay City Rollers\" width=\"700\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay City Rollers - big in 1976<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Bay City Rollers Fans<\/h2>\n<p>Girls would shout to the tune of &#8220;This Old Man&#8221;:<br \/>\nB-A-Y, B-A-Y,<br \/>\nB-A-Y, C-I-T-Y,<br \/>\nWith an R-O-double-L, E-R-S,<br \/>\nBay City Rollers are the best!<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Boys would shout:<br \/>\nHow much longer will they go on for?<\/p>\n<h3>Rollermania &#8211; Bay City Rollers in the Seventies<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Rollermania&#8221; kicked off around 1973. The group&#8217;s line-up featured numerous changes over the years, but the classic line-up during its heyday included guitarists Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood, singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir, and drummer Derek Longmuir.<\/p>\n<p>As quick as they rose, they fell and thereby only remained at the top for a few years. The Longmuir brothers, Faulkner, Wood and McKeown &#8211; are generally referred to as the &#8220;classic line-up&#8221;. In early 1974 McKeown hastily re-recorded lead vocals of the group&#8217;s forthcoming single, &#8220;Remember (Sha La La La)&#8221;, which became a sizable hit and a lead-in to a series of UK chart hits.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/bay-city-rollers\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bay City Rollers\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bay-City-Rollers.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Girls loved these long haired men, boys despised them : The Bay City Rollers The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish rock band of the 1970s.They went for a smiley image with long thick hair and tartan-trimmed suits. 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