Bay City Rollers: The boy band that turned the world tartan
BBC News By Steven Brocklehurst image captionThe classic Bay City Rollers line-up was Derek Longmuir, Eric Faulkner, Alan Longmuir, Les McKeown and Stuart Wood In September 1975, the Bay City Rollers, headed by Les McKeown, whose death was announced on Thursday, were the biggest pop band in the UK and were about to the hit the United States. The Scottish teen sensations were rolling on towards turning the whole world tartan. "They were adorable. Five cute guys at once. That's the story of rock n roll," says US journalist Danny Fields. "The invention of boy bands became an industry thanks to ...