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Fabulous Flip Sides In Memoriam Bay City Rollersâ Les McKeown
Remembering Bay City Rollersâ lead vocalist and guitarist Les McKeown
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Bay City Rollers’ lead vocalist and guitarist Les McKeown passed away on April 20 at the age of 65. In 1975, the Scottish band debuted in the U.S. with their self-titled third album, containing the weekend party anthem “Saturday Night,” which spelled out S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y and climbed the U.S. Top 40 all the way to No. 1 in early January 1976 and became a gold single. The flip side was the gentler “Marlina,” co-written by McKeown and more in line with what would become their final U.S. Top 40 hit, late the following year, “The Way I Feel Tonight.”
The Leader Newspaper
Les McKeown performing at Villamartin Plaza.
By Andrew Atkinson
Former Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown has been remembered following his passing, aged 65, after appearing on the Costa Blanca south in 2019.
“We say Bye Bye Baby one last time from the Villamartin Plaza to our dear friend Leslie Richard McKeown who left us Tuesday evening,” Casey Shaddock who booked McKeown’s Bay City Rollers to perform in Spain told The Leader.
“Our sincere thoughts and condolences go out to Peko, the family, and all of the band,” said Shaddock.
Shaddock, the President and spokesperson for Villamartin Plaza, said: “It was a pleasure Les, ‘Villamartini’ as you always called it, will always remember you.”
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Troubled life of Bay City Rollers heartthrob Les McKeown, 65, who battled drink and drug addictions and had secret flings with men and women during decades-long marriage to incredible wife
The family of Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown have announced that he passed away at his home aged 65
Scottish vocalist who was born in Edinburgh fronted the iconic pop rock band during their 1970s heyday
Friends and fans paid tribute to the iconic frontman who helped secure band worldwide success
But after leaving the ban McKeown admitted that he was secretly gay and had affairs with at least 12 men
His wife Peko, who he met in 1978, stood by him despite drink and drugs turning him into a complete b ard