At the height of the Rollers’ fame Les fronted the famous tartan-clad boy band.
They topped the UK charts in 1975 with Bye Bye Baby and Give a Little Love, while Saturday Night was a US No1 in 1976.
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Roller legend Les Mckeown met his wife at a Japanese sushi restaurantCredit: Getty Images - Getty
But Peko revealed she did not know the Edinburgh-born singer was a pop heart-throb when she first met him in a London sushi restaurant where she was working as manager.
The mum said: “Many things surprised me after we were married. I had never seen him sing before that.
Early this week, it was announced that Bay City Rollers front man Les McKeown has died.
He was 65 years old. His family revealed that he died suddenly at his home.
The Scottish pop singer led the Edinburgh band in the 1970s, becoming instant pop stars with hit tracks I Only Wanna Be With You, Bye Bye Baby, Shang-A-Lang, and Give A Little Love.
McKeown s life has been in the public eye for so long, so many things are known about him whether it d be good or bad.
In an interview just before his death, he revealed that his wife Peko Keiko, who he married in 1978 that She could have kicked my a-right out the door a long time ago.
Apr 24, 2021
LONDON (AP) Les McKeown, the former lead singer of the 1970s Scottish pop sensation Bay City Rollers, has died suddenly at the age of 65, his family said Thursday.
A statement from his family posted on social media said: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our beloved husband and father Leslie Richard McKeown.” The Scottish singer died at home on Tuesday, it added.
Formed at the end of the 1960s, the Bay City Rollers enjoyed huge success in Britain and abroad with their tartan outfits and pop tunes like “Bye Bye Baby,” “Shang-a-Lang” and “Give a Little Love.”
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‘Tartan keeper of the true teen spirit’: Les McKeown, second left, with the Bay City Rollers, April 1975. Photograph: Getty Images
‘Tartan keeper of the true teen spirit’: Les McKeown, second left, with the Bay City Rollers, April 1975. Photograph: Getty Images
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Aw, no, Jim Steinman and Les McKeown gone in the same week! Steinman, 73, composer extraordinaire of Meat Loaf’s
Bat Out
of Hell, had deep roots in musical theatre and the dark blood of rock’n’roll bombast squirting through his veins. McKeown, 65, singer with 1970s phenomenon the Bay City Rollers, was the strutting, half-mast trousered tartan keeper of the true teen spirit.