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Steve_uk · 07-02-2018, 06:58 PM

This group was huge in the UK in the mid- 1970s, founded by bassist Alan Longmuir, who has died aged 70 after contracting a mystery virus in Mexico. https://youtu.be/mEhkM3X_teQ

Penny Lane · 07-02-2018, 08:25 PM

So sorry to hear this. The band was named after Bay City, Michigan by throwing a dart at a map of the United States, which landed near Bay City, Michigan which is about an hour's drive north of me straight up I-75.

MA · 07-02-2018, 08:28 PM

Rest in peace

Foggy · 07-02-2018, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve_uk

This group was huge in the UK in the mid- 1970s, founded by bassist Alan Longmuir, who has died aged 70 after contracting a mystery virus in Mexico. https://youtu.be/mEhkM3X_teQ

Very sad news

I definitely remember this group and many of their songs:

Give A Little Love; Let's Go (Hugging and Kissing in the moonlight)
Summer Love Sensation; Be My Baby; Remember (Sha La La La)
Saturday Night (S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y); My Teenage Heart
Keep On Dancing; Yesterday's Hero

Their songs are just as good today. as they were back in the 70's.
Just Timeless

What is more amazing last year they had a concert in Australia July 2017 at THE GOV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJPw-85nho

Steve_uk · 07-03-2018, 01:01 AM

Shabbily treated in many ways: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...pital-falling/

Hawkee · 07-03-2018, 01:29 AM

The Bay City Rollers also did a cover of Dusty Springfield's song I Only Wanna Be With You and it's a cool cover. I remember hearing the song Saturday Night and I thought it was clever the way they designed the intro with them spelling Saturday
Bestie

Steve_uk · 07-03-2018, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Foggy

Very sad news

I definitely remember this group and many of their songs:

Give A Little Love; Let's Go (Hugging and Kissing in the moonlight)
Summer Love Sensation; Be My Baby; Remember (Sha La La La)
Saturday Night (S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y); My Teenage Heart
Keep On Dancing; Yesterday's Hero

Their songs are just as good today. as they were back in the 70's.
Just Timeless

What is more amazing last year they had a concert in Australia July 2017 at THE GOV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJPw-85nho

Yes I remember those times, when neighbours knew one another, houses were cheap, unemployment was low and people lived for the moment, free of debt and worry, many fewer in the prison system, streets generally safe..https://youtu.be/ytii7-bUxuk

1960'sTVfan · 07-03-2018, 01:08 PM

Sad to learn of this news. Bay City Rollers had a brief heyday in the states, mostly during 1975 and 76. By 1977 they were already starting to slip off the radar. Saturday Night is the song that made them stars in the USA. My favorite Rollers tune is Money Honey, which is one of their more heavier songs. I Only Want To Be With You is good too, much better than the Dusty Springfield version in my opinion. Bay City Rollers in some ways were the 1970's version of The Beatles, but the Rollers popularity was shorter lived.

Steve_uk · 07-03-2018, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by retroTVfan4ever

Sad to learn of this news. Bay City Rollers had a brief heyday in the states, mostly during 1975 and 76. By 1977 they were already starting to slip off the radar. Saturday Night is the song that made them stars in the USA. My favorite Rollers tune is Money Honey, which is one of their more heavier songs. I Only Want To Be With You is good too, much better than the Dusty Springfield version in my opinion. Bay City Rollers in some ways were the 1970's version of The Beatles, but the Rollers popularity was shorter lived.

Compared to some of the boy bands around today they were the genuine article. Cheated out of millions, I'm surprised they evince such a sang-froid exterior.
https://youtu.be/7BKKaKT_dtM

Steve_uk · 07-03-2018, 01:37 PM

Will these days ever return..https://youtu.be/4ZVR0hi4Tp4

AB · 07-03-2018, 03:10 PM

Rest in peace. I enjoyed their music back in the 70's.

Dude111 · 07-04-2018, 12:04 AM

Very sad

Steve_uk · 07-04-2018, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Dude111

Very sad

I once worked with someone who became ill after visiting Mexico; amoebic dysentery I believe. She was never the same again.

Steve_uk · 07-04-2018, 12:10 PM

It's a teenage dream to be seventeen..https://youtu.be/hGI92eNYC6E

07-02-2018, 06:58 PM	#1
Steve_uk Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 29, 2012 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 5,803	Alan Longmuir of the Bay City Rollers, 1948-2018 This group was huge in the UK in the mid- 1970s, founded by bassist Alan Longmuir, who has died aged 70 after contracting a mystery virus in Mexico. https://youtu.be/mEhkM3X_teQ

07-02-2018, 08:25 PM	#2
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,035	So sorry to hear this. The band was named after Bay City, Michigan by throwing a dart at a map of the United States, which landed near Bay City, Michigan which is about an hour's drive north of me straight up I-75.
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MA Member Moderator Forum Idol Join Date: May 20, 2017 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 127,311	Rest in peace
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07-03-2018, 01:29 AM	#6
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,771	The Bay City Rollers also did a cover of Dusty Springfield's song I Only Wanna Be With You and it's a cool cover. I remember hearing the song Saturday Night and I thought it was clever the way they designed the intro with them spelling Saturday Bestie
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07-03-2018, 01:01 AM	#5
Steve_uk Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 29, 2012 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 5,803	Shabbily treated in many ways: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...pital-falling/

07-03-2018, 01:08 PM	#8
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,074	Sad to learn of this news. Bay City Rollers had a brief heyday in the states, mostly during 1975 and 76. By 1977 they were already starting to slip off the radar. Saturday Night is the song that made them stars in the USA. My favorite Rollers tune is Money Honey, which is one of their more heavier songs. I Only Want To Be With You is good too, much better than the Dusty Springfield version in my opinion. Bay City Rollers in some ways were the 1970's version of The Beatles, but the Rollers popularity was shorter lived.

07-03-2018, 01:37 PM	#10
Steve_uk Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 29, 2012 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 5,803	Will these days ever return..https://youtu.be/4ZVR0hi4Tp4

07-03-2018, 03:10 PM	#11
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,429	Rest in peace. I enjoyed their music back in the 70's.

07-04-2018, 12:04 AM	#12
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 35,867	Very sad

07-04-2018, 12:10 PM	#14
Steve_uk Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 29, 2012 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 5,803	It's a teenage dream to be seventeen..https://youtu.be/hGI92eNYC6E