The Life & Death of Bay City Rollers' LES McKEOWN

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  • @JoeKelly-xg1xr
    @JoeKelly-xg1xr 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Les used to come to my brother's garage , were I also worked , in hackney east London , he used to make the tea when we were busy , a really down to earth guy , had some great stories to tell , I was sad to hear of his passing , my condolences to his family ,

    • @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv
      @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thank you for sharing your lovely memory 🥰

    • @claudemarchand1196
      @claudemarchand1196 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      poverty make you humble and down to earth.

    • @JoeKelly-xg1xr
      @JoeKelly-xg1xr 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@claudemarchand1196 you may well be right , good insight , we all had similar childhoods , I was younger than my brother, when my older brother introduced me too les and told me he was from the roller,s , I replied who ? Les smiled and took no offense , my brother is six years older than me , I genuinely did not know , once I looked him up I was impressed by him , so humble , the finest attribute anybody can have , and despite his success it never changed him , I only knew les for a few years in late 80,s early 90,s , and moved to an another part of london , I never seen him again after that , but the great stories he told us when my brother pestered him enough , seemed like tall tales when he told us , but no doubt true , I carry today and still get a laugh about when I think about a small group of working class Scottish lads taking over the world ,

  • @Lubomishka92
    @Lubomishka92 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    Dear Les, you were so loved, Scotland will always be proud of you🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @carolperrenpud4364
    @carolperrenpud4364 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    Was lucky enough to see The Rollers a few times in the 70’s. Leslie was my absolute favorite! I was gutted when he died! 😭

    • @susantegner3741
      @susantegner3741 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A huge piece of my childhood disappeared when Alan and Ian passed, but it truly became real when Les passed.😢

    • @Sharon_-ww6li
      @Sharon_-ww6li 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too guys😢 listen to BCR music all the time❤ RIP

  • @nettyhb5636
    @nettyhb5636 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    The Bay City Rollers are my favourit Band in the seventies 😊😊😊😊

  • @sandramark973
    @sandramark973 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    It’s 3 years today ( 20 th April) since Leslie left this world, you are still loved by all your fans ♥️

  • @nez9751
    @nez9751 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    My older sister who is 10 yrs older than me had her bedroom walls covered in posters by this band and had tartan scarfs pinned to her wall. One of my earliest memories. ❤ didn’t really know their music but always smile when I hear about them ❤

  • @rose3781
    @rose3781 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    A lovely tribute to our dear Leslie McKeown❤️, may he rest in peace 🙏💔Thank you for making the video ❤💔🙏

  • @easystar123
    @easystar123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Les was a lovely man who could sing a good song and tell a good joke. I loved his witty sense of humour, he always made me laugh. The Bay City Rollers were big in their time. I was only 12 years of age in 1975, but i remember them very well. In fact that year of 1975 i won a colouring in competition taking in numerous schools in the area. My dear beloved mother who passed away recently bought me an entire Bay City Roller outfit to wear to the prize giving ceremony. Ive never forgot it and ive never forgot the Bay City Rollers. Rest in peace Les.

  • @kathywheeler3844
    @kathywheeler3844 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    One of my favorite bands and singer.Glad I got to see him in concert in 1977.Rest in peace 🕊️ always loved and
    remembered
    I will always be a Roller maniac

  • @carolpray9816
    @carolpray9816 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I saw The Rollers in 1977 in Philadelphia, PA. The Tower Theater. We waited online for hours to get tickets. Seeing them is one of my fondest teenage memories. RIP Les, you truly were loved by many.

    • @Hannah-pk6iq
      @Hannah-pk6iq 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      on line? in 1977?

    • @carolpray9816
      @carolpray9816 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Hannah-pk6iq I saw them live. It was either 76 or 77. It was a fantastic experience.

    • @nevermind5321
      @nevermind5321 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Hannah-pk6iqthey meant in line. Luckily back then we actually got out and did things in the real world. Lol

  • @chp139
    @chp139 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My teenage years were filled with the music of the BCR and the first love in my life was Leslie. A mixture of attraction and loving feelings ...and I was only 12 when it started. Good memories! The BCR were an important part of my life!!! Never forgotten! I saw them in concert in Offenbach/ Germany ..one if my most treasured experiences of those years.Had no idea then about their struggles. Didn't have a clue he was bisexual ....family as it turned out! Of course I didn't have a real life relationship with him, but it sure felt and still feels like he and they gave me a lot of good in my life. Thank you , Les, and thank you BCR for all my wonderful memories and for the music that at the time inspired me and filled my heart with so much joy!

  • @faebrowne2537
    @faebrowne2537 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    One of my first crushes as a child. I remember my older sisters covering the bedroom walls with their posters. I couldn’t wait for their tartan socks to be handed down to me! RIP Les ❤

    • @nickgratton5341
      @nickgratton5341 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m was lucky to see the rollers live and also see Les in his later life performing all the hits and i have to say i was so pleased to have this in my life thank you one and all..👍

    • @KathyFaulk-b3u
      @KathyFaulk-b3u หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh yes,myself and friends also,we absolutely adored them

  • @mariealexander9545
    @mariealexander9545 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Les was one year older than me and l felt great sorrow when he passed away l will always have great memories of Les and the songs, he sang RIP Les

  • @TrevorThompson-nf9dp
    @TrevorThompson-nf9dp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I listen to the bay city rollers always great memories of great times thank you Les you are to dearly loved to be forgotten 🌹

  • @evileyes4070
    @evileyes4070 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Another good one. Edinburgh is a beautiful city 😎😍

    • @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv
      @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you!

    • @geheimgeheim354
      @geheimgeheim354 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, that's really a beautiful and very historical City😘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

  • @johnpripusich2876
    @johnpripusich2876 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    R.I.P., Les. Thanks for the music, three concerts I attended, and so many good times.
    I got a radio DJ gig in 1978, and the first record I played was "You Made Me Believe In Magic". As a Rollers' nod, I'd sign off each day saying to my listeners "All of me loves all of you!". Love to Les and the rest of the band, now and always.

  • @PrincessJezie
    @PrincessJezie หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw the Bay City Rollers in Washington State. My first concert. Les was my favorite. May he rest in peace.

  • @lorifloyd2412
    @lorifloyd2412 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    ❤The Bay City Rollers were awesome ! ❤

  • @julieford148
    @julieford148 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I loved the Rollers still do ! RIP Les Alan and Ian ❤❤

  • @shereemcclelland2186
    @shereemcclelland2186 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a gorgeous looking human, wow him in early years with long hair, what can you say, thanx Les for being part of my life, saw the BCR in 1976; you couldn’t hear him singing because of the screaming but I couldn’t care less, what a time in history, everything was so different then 👍🇦🇺❤️

  • @deanbembridge8640
    @deanbembridge8640 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Saw him in Boston Linc's at the Blackfriars arts centre and he really had a good voice

    • @lesleyboyes8161
      @lesleyboyes8161 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I use to live in Boston in Lincs.

  • @rodouladoulos1548
    @rodouladoulos1548 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I TRAVELLED 300 MILES TO SEE THEM...AND ALL BECAUSE OF LES...RIP SWEETY...NOW YOU ARE AT PEACE

  • @Viv-bj9mb
    @Viv-bj9mb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Les was always my favourite ❤

  • @martinday2985
    @martinday2985 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I love the bay city rollers I have all their records on Japanese vinyl and cds.

  • @chiaradigiorgio1821
    @chiaradigiorgio1821 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m a huge QUEEN fan especially of Freddie Mercury ❤️❤️. Knowing Les looked up to Freddie makes me even happier . RIP FREDDIE & LES 😢😢❤️❤️

  • @debbijay
    @debbijay หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know this was about Les, but we cant forget to mention Duncan Faure, who replaced Les as lead singer. Alan rejoined the band. They had a tv show in America when Les was still with them, the Kroft Supershow. He was the live in boyfriend of Britt Eckland for a while... Then there was the horror that was the 1985 reunion tour which saw the brief reform of LES, ERIC, WOODY, IAN, PAT, and drummer GEORGE someone... no Longmuirs and no Duncan Faure. They released an album, BREAKOUT, which was released only in Australia and Japan, I do believe.

    • @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv
      @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you Debbi ❤️ Love learning more about music and musicians ☺️👍

  • @ladygodiva9461
    @ladygodiva9461 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was 15 years old when I fell madly in love with Les. I had no way of going to England for a concert. I was miserable. What can I say, I was a long time grown up when they actually came to Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria for an oldies night. Unfortunately there were no cell phones back then. Unfortunately I have forgotten the year, but it was the best day of my life to this day. A dream came true. R.I.P. Les 🕯

    • @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv
      @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So pleased your wish came true! 🥰👍❤️

    • @ladygodiva9461
      @ladygodiva9461 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv Yes, unbelievable. I almost fainted. Had to sit down every now and then. No one can take away memories. Best wishes 😃🤙

    • @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv
      @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ladygodiva9461 Aww yes cherished memories no one can take away 🤗💞

  • @sandyrickard994
    @sandyrickard994 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Les remained a good looking man through all his problems. I was in love with him at 13 and had his and the band's pics all over my side of the bedroom I shared with my sister. He had a bit of fame and is still remembered, so his life was a good one overall

  • @RHR-221b
    @RHR-221b 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    *Rest In Peace, Les. Comfort to your Family and Close Friends.*
    _Torphichen!_
    I, once upon a time, played bass in a band, in Livingston, West Lothian. The keyboard player was my/your (?) friend: Wattie Black, who played with the BCR before they became rightly famous. I went on to be the bassist of an early, but nonetheless successful, version of _Blues 'n' Trouble._ Happy Days/Daze ...
    Perhaps we will meet, one of these Auld Afternoons, upon a better Astral Plane.
    By the way, another friend of yours/mine is David (Davie) Paton! ( The band *Pilot* - _January_ and _Magic_ .) *No relation to Tam Paton!*
    Stay free, Les, wherever you may be. Wishing you and yours well.
    Rab 💚 👋
    PS. *Rest In Peace, Ian Bairnson.* 🕊

  • @lorrainemortimer6106
    @lorrainemortimer6106 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fond memories of dancing in my local youth club aged 15 to the BCR's great music & thinking that they were gods (oh the good days)
    Les had so much chrisma /charm /looks he was the ideal front man RIP

  • @DeidreL9
    @DeidreL9 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Brilliantly done. THANK YOU, I absolutely loved this. I loved him for years and years. Now I’m misty eyed thinking about those days! I really appreciate the depth you go into with these videos. Loved it❤️

  • @cheryl2962
    @cheryl2962 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Loved The Bay City Rollers! Especially Les!

    • @DeborahMoffett
      @DeborahMoffett 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think les was a tootsie we will never know but!!!! someone knows go on ya boy ye 💋😂😂

  • @longtallshaz
    @longtallshaz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Miss him 💔 Saw him with the Rollers in the mid 70s and several times in the years before he died with The Legendaries. His shows were like a big party and he had such a good rapport with the audience.

  • @carolflynn7933
    @carolflynn7933 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    ❤ memories ❤

  • @suzannep8371
    @suzannep8371 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I loved both Les and Alan ❤❤

  • @nealm6764
    @nealm6764 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I made a snarky comment on one of their videos about 5 or 6 years ago. Just a little throwaway joke, and I was shocked that Les himself replied and he was quite hurt and defensive.
    It taught me a lesson that YES sometimes the person you are joking about might read the comments.
    RIP Les. Your music was lightweight pop though.

    • @711honved
      @711honved 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yep, 99% of the chart is lightweight poppy music. At their peak the Rollers sold millions of records & brought towns to a standstill when they arrived for concerts. I only ever saw The Beatles & David Cassidy do that. In real life, Les was humorous, self deprecating & racked with insecurities. It had been a rough ride but hopefully he's at peace now.

  • @bcrfan1896
    @bcrfan1896 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Love and miss Les so much.❤😢💔

  • @HenryFrederick
    @HenryFrederick 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    S-a-t-u-r-d-a-y Niiiight! RIP Les McKeon...

  • @ElthamHigh
    @ElthamHigh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    They were the days

  • @nevermind5321
    @nevermind5321 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Leslie was my favorite, I had a big crush on him and I was only 10. Every time someone in my past dies a little part of me dies. I want to live in that time forever. I hate the present time. If I could I would die right now.

    • @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv
      @HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If only time machines were a thing I would join you 💕 Thanks for watching 🥰

    • @nevermind5321
      @nevermind5321 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HarmonyHeartsLifestyle-ul5yv Yes wouldn’t that be wonderful! You’re welcome ☺️

    • @scottparham5894
      @scottparham5894 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I feel the same ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @nevermind5321
      @nevermind5321 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scottparham5894 it sucks to feel like the best part of your life is long gone.😕😢

  • @LizzyLou-mw2fp
    @LizzyLou-mw2fp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    THANK. YOU. FOR. YOUR, GREAT. MUSIC, LES,,,🍀💚🌹💌

  • @brian-ld4vd
    @brian-ld4vd 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I had the 45 single and used to listen to it over and over as a little boy and thought it was the coolest song ever. LoL. RIP

  • @sweetypie9711
    @sweetypie9711 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I always thought Les had the perfect life when I'd see him on TV, rich and famous. How wrong can you be though 😢 Fly free now beautiful angel 😇

  • @136miles
    @136miles 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is so sad, Woody is still touring I seen them last month they were great

  • @KeithMoore-s9j
    @KeithMoore-s9j หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They were huge in their day. They did it .what happened after..hey .ho , nothing lasts for ever. They lived the dream and they were the biggest pop band in the country and probably the world . well done boys and thank you

  • @connierichards9121
    @connierichards9121 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Loved the saturday morning show.

  • @mariaocallaghan-lp5nw
    @mariaocallaghan-lp5nw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I used love Der songs wen I was young .Les was a good singer rip.

    • @ladygodiva9461
      @ladygodiva9461 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I still love her today and will until the end of my life.

  • @silentnight3235
    @silentnight3235 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The rollers were all the rage back then, they brought some excitement to the UK. I'm sorry as hell that he died so young. R.I.P son.

  • @beatricecowley4307
    @beatricecowley4307 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    To young to know what was going on around them. The Bay City Rollers were worked to death by Paton and the record company. They didnt have the time or the energy to realise they were being robbed blind. Its sad they never got the money they worked so hard for.

  • @angelwings44472
    @angelwings44472 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember my cousin used to wear trousers with tartan down the side and the jacket was the same and they would rap tarten scarfs around there wrist I thought she looked so cool I was 7 she was 15 happy days🇮🇪

  • @CHRISLAW-g8h
    @CHRISLAW-g8h 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Saw less at Chelsea Heights hotel in Melbourne about 6 years ago with a couple of the original bay city rollers and he was still great

  • @saraanderson6615
    @saraanderson6615 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My favorite song was Saturday Night ❤️

  • @markdavids2511
    @markdavids2511 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was a child back when the Rollers were top of their game but I can remember all the teenage girls going mental about them.

  • @Mmoose712
    @Mmoose712 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I think i have all of bay city roller's albums. Love all of them but eric is still my crush

  • @WilliamFisher-jn4ul
    @WilliamFisher-jn4ul 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A sad ending as a few others from that era 😢 rip 🙏

  • @WendyYems
    @WendyYems 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    YES BAY CITY ROLLERS came to hull. WHAT A GREAT NIGHT

  • @ViYoung-os4kv
    @ViYoung-os4kv 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    They came for a riding lesson at breezemount riding school in ireland. I remember telling them they had the wrong footwear on to ride horses. I had no interest and nobody believed i didnt ask for an autograph. I was in love with david cassidy.

  • @JESUS-SAVES_1975.
    @JESUS-SAVES_1975. 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I remember the song Saturday Night very well. I was 15 years old in 1975. That song was on the radio all the time. I guess I never realized just how many singles they released and how many albums they made. They were actually a lot more successful than I thought.

    • @wendystinton1791
      @wendystinton1791 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was 15 in 1975 too😊. I used to be a fan and had posters on my wall, my friend was a Les fan and I liked Woody. Good old days 😊

    • @LindaBartkowiak
      @LindaBartkowiak 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not just the music, their memorabilia made loads of cash, but they were young and ripped of by their manager, and also, the record label should have made millions not the only band that was ripped of at these times.

  • @太田晴代-n9s
    @太田晴代-n9s 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Les spread love all of the world.

  • @ElthamHigh
    @ElthamHigh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Every one loved the rollers❤

    • @ravingiron9356
      @ravingiron9356 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      including the nonce drummer?

  • @lynnemakey4567
    @lynnemakey4567 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    miss see les and is band ❤

  • @LindaBartkowiak
    @LindaBartkowiak 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not only that, their manager and possibly the record company ripped them off on the music and memorabilia, but they didn't even get royalties on every air play . They should have been millionaire's.

    • @pauljosephcleary
      @pauljosephcleary 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My Uncle drove them around Melbourne.They joked about having no money.That stuck in my mind all this time.

  • @juliemarsden1858
    @juliemarsden1858 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My sister went to school with a couple of them when she lived in Scotland

  • @TabithaReminiec3399
    @TabithaReminiec3399 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    RIP Les...You are missed

  • @Daracdor
    @Daracdor 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There was a girl in my school back in the day who was in dress making class .
    When the rollers come to power ... she charged other girls for stitching tartan cloth edging onto jeans and denim tops and selling long scarves .
    She made bridal wear after she left .

  • @craigmilne6365
    @craigmilne6365 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Alan and Derek came from caley Road in dalry/haymarket

    • @craigmilne6365
      @craigmilne6365 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They were my neighbours

  • @TeresaShinkle
    @TeresaShinkle 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Awful their manager was a freaking pervert.

  • @poppyqueen111
    @poppyqueen111 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lovely man .

  • @chiaradigiorgio1821
    @chiaradigiorgio1821 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    😢😢❤️

  • @KarmicSalt
    @KarmicSalt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    RIP Les...

  • @MsAlien911
    @MsAlien911 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I would have seen em if my best friend cathy hadnt passed out the minute they got on stage. We were only 13, so i had to go with her to the ambulance. I think she screamed too loud for Derek 😂😂, passed out.

  • @justplainjimmy1481
    @justplainjimmy1481 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I had no idea he died.

  • @elizabethspedding1975
    @elizabethspedding1975 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    RIP 🌹

  • @pleun315
    @pleun315 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    That manager did sexually abuse the band members...... there are a couple of documentaries here on TH-cam where some members tell all. Very sad....

    • @elizabethrennick9407
      @elizabethrennick9407 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That manager should have been locked up for longer than he was

    • @pleun315
      @pleun315 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@elizabethrennick9407 well England protects their paedophiles....look at the music industry from the last 5 decades, with Jimmy Saville and partners, everyone knew about, its aweful........even the royal family keeps creep Randy Andy out of prison, why is he a free man ....? Watch his infamous interview....

    • @fishingstevie8830
      @fishingstevie8830 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They should have exposed him for what he was at the time ..Fame and money comes 2nd to that as them people should be outed .

    • @tumzontour4173
      @tumzontour4173 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I recently watched a documentary about them, Nicky Campbell presented it, it was so unbelievably sad those poor boys.

    • @butters395
      @butters395 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      hard to believe with all the singles.... merchandising...tv show etc.....they all ended up completely broke 😒

  • @TabithaReminiec3399
    @TabithaReminiec3399 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Rollers weren't a Boy Band
    Boy bands are vocal groups

  • @MarkByrne1965
    @MarkByrne1965 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    RIP Les 🥹❤️

  • @elizabethrennick9407
    @elizabethrennick9407 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It’s McKeown and a fantastic singer

  • @marionbostock4317
    @marionbostock4317 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks les and boys fantastic

  • @denisburgess2966
    @denisburgess2966 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bye Bye Baby was originally sung by Frankie Valli and the four seasons.

  • @stephenswistchew7720
    @stephenswistchew7720 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Tam Payton was a potato dealer in Edinburgh and the bay city rollers used to work for him delivering potatoes I know this as I met them many times they used to deliver the spuds to the fish and chip shop I used to work in fact

  • @yvonnehayton6753
    @yvonnehayton6753 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Music lovers" and BCRs don't really go together. And I was a fan!

  • @margarethughes3763
    @margarethughes3763 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happened to tam patton bay city rollers agent.

    • @ravingiron9356
      @ravingiron9356 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He lived a life of luxury after nicking all their money lol.

    • @janeslater8004
      @janeslater8004 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He died 2009

  • @MargaretMcLaughlin-c7d
    @MargaretMcLaughlin-c7d 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Let's not forget he stood trial for running down and killing an elderly woman by recklessly driving a very powerful sports car which his great wealth bought for him.......

    • @griswald7156
      @griswald7156 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think it was a ford Mustang..

    • @yume1207
      @yume1207 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      何故 その事を言う必要があるのか…不幸な事故です お相手の方 親族の方 とても辛い思いをされたと思います レスリ―も十分反省されたと思います!

    • @lah1667
      @lah1667 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@griswald7156 he had no money....

  • @claudemarchand1196
    @claudemarchand1196 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the deafness of his father was a blessing. lord knew he will have a son with a crappy band. god is great sometime.

  • @RHR-221b
    @RHR-221b 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    With respect, H & H L: 'Tam Paton's surname is pronounced Payton.'
    Thank you for the channel!
    All the best. Stay free. Rab 🍻 😎

    • @novisnow5
      @novisnow5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no it isn't. His name is pronounced just like the narrator states. sounds like patten not payton

    • @RHR-221b
      @RHR-221b 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@novisnow5 Have you ever known Davie Paton (Lead from the band 'Pilot' et al.?) My friend from late 1970 onwards? Explain your _faux pas_ to Davie/David.
      Are you _au fait_ with Edinburgh/Scottish dialects? Where do *you* bide?
      Stay free, and, hopefully, educated. No thanks required, flower. R 👋 🕊

  • @nigeleldridge4769
    @nigeleldridge4769 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    so sad

  • @heelsurfs9519
    @heelsurfs9519 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for your informative bio tribute to Bay City Rollers' singer Les McKeown. 👍😊
    Unfortunately, it seems that someone else has copied your content, and recently posted their version using an AI voiceover. Unlike your video, the copycat version is full of mistakes ---- mispronouncing Les' McKeown's last name 5 different ways, and the visuals are a mish-mash thrown together without sequence.
    You should checkout: "Tinseltown Talks". Good luck getting their post removed.

  • @williamtillbrook8142
    @williamtillbrook8142 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One hell of a lot of inaccuracies. Obviously not 100% Research done

  • @SharonMartinez
    @SharonMartinez 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just read his Wikipedia profile and I am really nonplussed. He got away with murder. At the age of 20, he killed an elderly driver was banned from driving for ONE year, and charged 100 pounds. WTH? And the guilt of this led to his alcoholism. He already was an alcoholic. He wasn't that guilty because he continued to drink and drive and lost his license for 18 months. Geez Louise. Died of cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Alcohol will do that to you as well as help you run people over and cost you 100 pounds to boot.

  • @LindaBartkowiak
    @LindaBartkowiak 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Also, their manager is or was living nicely in Edinburgh. Big house guard dogs security makes you think . Yup sickening.

  • @paulrogers7067
    @paulrogers7067 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The great front man of a band that couldn't play

  • @yensabi
    @yensabi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Word on the street was he ended up selling drugs in his local area to fund his habit....!!!

    • @PlasticGirl65
      @PlasticGirl65 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And so many comments saying what a lovely man he was makes me laugh.

  • @rossr100
    @rossr100 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A shame indeed. Tam robbed them blind.
    I was a fan

  • @TheFunkhouser
    @TheFunkhouser 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And their accounts/ manager ripped them off, took hundreds of thousands of pounds!! 😠

  • @nandowd7998
    @nandowd7998 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ed🎉Eric❤BCR rule!!!. Yes you made me believe in magic...llove you all...nan

  • @pauldesousa6688
    @pauldesousa6688 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My ex partner, Lynne Elliott co-wrote Shang-A-Lang

  • @flankerroad7414
    @flankerroad7414 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    April of 2021. Did Les get that vax? Serious question...he left us way too young.

    • @lindsandkev
      @lindsandkev 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought the same, yes he probably did.

  • @ThreePhaseHigh
    @ThreePhaseHigh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Never had a happy day in his whole life conclusion money doesn’t buy happiness

  • @veronical.lianmaseras4543
    @veronical.lianmaseras4543 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Did Les get his boosters?

    • @seerstone8982
      @seerstone8982 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's the first thing that I thought.

  • @MegaBadgeman
    @MegaBadgeman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Didn't Les become a qualified accountant so he could trace where their money went?