Which songs did the Bay City Rollers write?
Which songs did the Bay City Rollers write?
Original songs
| Title | Written by | Originally by |
|---|---|---|
| Rock ‘n’ Roller | Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood | Bay City Rollers |
| Shanghai’d in Love | Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood | Bay City Rollers |
| Stoned Houses No.1 | Eric Faulkner | The Rollers [GB] (Bay City Rollers) |
| Too Young to Rock’n’Roll | Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood | Bay City Rollers |
What was the biggest hit for the Bay City Rollers?
Track listing
| No. | Title | Original album |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “I Only Want to Be with You” | Dedication (US 1976) / Non-album single (UK 1976) |
| 2. | “Money Honey” | Rock n’ Roll Love Letter (US 1976) / Dedication (UK 1976) |
| 3. | “Rock and Roll Love Letter” | Rock n’ Roll Love Letter |
| 4. | “The Way I Feel Tonight” | It’s a Game (1977) |
Could the Bay City Rollers play their own instruments?
They couldn’t play their instruments, according to the British record producer Phil Wainman in 1975, as the band prepared for the release of their sixth single, Bye Bye Baby, a Four Seasons cover. “Their strengths were not in singing and not in playing, but they looked great,” he said.
How many Bay City Rollers are dead?
Now only three of the ‘classic five’ Rollers line-up remain: founding member and drummer Derek Longmuir, 69, guitarist Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood, 64, and songwriter and guitarist Eric Faulkner, 67. The fifth, ‘original Roller’ Alan Longmuir, died in 2018 after contracting a mystery virus on holiday in Mexico.
How many number 1s did Bay City Rollers have?
Latest news about Bay City Rollers
| Date | Title, Artist | Wks No 1 |
|---|---|---|
| 12.10. 1974 | ALL OF ME LOVES ALL OF YOU BAY CITY ROLLERS BELL | 00 |
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| 08.03. 1975 | BYE BYE BABY BAY CITY ROLLERS BELL | 06 |
Did the Bay City Rollers ever get their money?
Yet the band has not been paid a penny by its record label, Arista, in 25 years. The company claims that the money is being withheld in a non-interest accruing account until the band resolves its internal wrangles (the band once fell out so badly they fought onstage in Japan).
Where did Bay City Rollers money go?
They handed over control of their money to their manager, lawyers and accountants and left the people in charge to sort out their money. It was placed in overseas accounts ostensibly to limit tax payments, but now the band can’t trace the money.
Are Bay City Rollers bigger than Beatles?
Ah, the Bay City Rollers. For a few years in the mid-1970s, they were bigger than the Beatles, the tartan-clad center of a firestorm which burned fiercer than fame.
What year did the Bay City Rollers come out?
The Bay City Rollers (1975) album (North American release only) hit No. 1 in the same chart on 7 February. A second North American hit came with “Money Honey”, written by Faulkner and Wood, which hit No. 9 in the US.
How did the band Roller come up with their name?
Desiring a better name for the band, they settled on “Rollers”, but needed a more powerful American-sounding term in front of that. Derek Longmuir threw a dart at a map of the United States, landing first on Arkansas. This did not meet anyone’s approval, so a second dart was thrown. It landed near Bay City, Michigan.
When did the song Saturday Night by the rollers come out?
“Saturday Night” had missed the UK chart completely two years earlier. The Rollers gave the track their American debut, via a satellite-link performance on Saturday Night Live, with Howard Cosell. In Canada, it fared equally well, hitting No. 1 on the RPM national singles chart on 10 January 1976.
