Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby (1975)• TopPop
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2015
- A couple of weeks ago, on April 20, 2021, singer Les McKeown of the Bay City Rollers died. McKeown was born on 12 November 1955, Edinburgh, Scotland). To commemorate him, we highlight this video of one of the Rollers biggest hits.
The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity in the 1970s. They have been called the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh" and "the first of many acts heralded as the 'biggest group since the Beatles'".
The group's line-up had many changes over the years, but the classic line-up during its heyday included guitarists Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood, singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir, and drummer Derek Longmuir. The current lineup (since 2018) includes original guitarist Stuart "Woody" Wood, singer Ian Thomson, bassist Marcus Cordock, and drummer Jamie McGrory.
The Bay City Rollers have sold 120 million records worldwide.
"Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" is a popular song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, a member of The Four Seasons, whose version of the song made it to No. 1 in Canada and No. 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1965.
The Bay City Rollers version made it to no 1 in the UK, sold a million copies and hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks from March 1975. It ended the year as the UK's top-selling single.
In Australia and Ireland it also reached to no. 1.
In the Netherlands it reached to #11 in the Dutch Top 40.
In the film 'Love Actually' the song is played by Daniel (Liam Neeson) at his wife's funeral, and by the DJ (Junior Simpson) at Juliet (Keira Knightley) and Peter's (Chiwetel Ejiofor) wedding reception.
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Broadcast date: 25 April 1975
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
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Hell's bells, I was 15 when I listened to this. I'm now 64
😭😭😭 life was so much better back then
Agree with you. So, like Steve Ellis said Bringing on back the good times! 🏴
Soooo true, the world has changed so much since then 😢
Listening in 2024 and the nostalgia that must of come from the 70s must've been fantastic adrenaline filled mayhem jeez
Loved this band as a kid bk in the 70s
Kids dont realise how massive this group was in the great 70s truly a giant of all giants of groups R.I.P les mc keown.
Was the love of my life since i was 10..so happy i saw him live 2 years ago. Rip
I was born in the 80s and knew of them. But my mum was too old to be a fan of them so they were never on in our house.
They were mentioned in an episode of Friends. Might sound daft but that's when I realised they must have been known outside the UK.
@@claireconnolly3766 Hi Claire, I was 14 and reminds me of the time n Fab to be young and luvly memories of my parents too. The Rollers were top of their game. At the time I liked Suzie Qutro and Carly Simon .Very sad for the others now Les and Alan have left us. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊🌼🌼
@@glynnevans1851 yes we loosing our childhoods bit by bit..thank you for your lovely comment.
@@claireconnolly3766 Your very welcome Claire, We certainly are May I ask were R U from Claire. Also did u like T. Rex and The Sweet n Slade n Wizard too. Kind regards Glynn
Biggest band in the world in the 70’s x
NO
@@user-xk9so1pf1c Hi, don't know about the world, but believe you me they were HUGE, I should know I lived through it, regards.
@@user-xk9so1pf1cyes fanny baws
RIP Les; my first EVER crush :(
Ditto 😢
Same here!RIP😥
Same here!!
I saw Les in concert in 2015 his singing was amazing so Les thankyou for all the music you made and thank you for all the great memories you have left your fans with we love you with all our hearts Rest In Peace Leslie Richard Mckeown sleep tìght my darling xx
Same here!😔
anyone listing in 2024 you legend
still listening after all these years
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Me 🙋♀️
Moi
I'm here !!
These songs will live forever. Being young back then - the memories will last forever, what we were doing, people we knew, girlfriends and boyfriends - maybe our first, school discos, tartan flares and platforms, and songs that instantly got you dancing or tweaked your emotions. RIP Les, Alan and Ian.
Agree had the full outfit I did a true Bay City Roller fan back then I wish I could find my photos of way back then dont know what happened to them all 😢
Rest in peace Les McKeown
Bye bye Baby. We will miss you Les. Wembley 1973 xx
Rest In Peace, Les 🏴🙏🏻
Rip les stirling Albert Hall Scotland will miss you legends live on
The sound of my teen years. RIP Les x
@@gingerbella4344 met les on a few occasions pure gentalman always there for his fans
Growing up and listening to the 70s music was a blessing for me .
I thank god every single day that i grew up in the 70s with music like this.
Me too!
@@sleepyginger Me Three!
👍👌😪
Me too, and I agree with you every word!
Count me in.
Im a Chinese teenager, and I really enjoy listening to classic Western songs. Whenever I listen to them, I feel less stressed.😊😊
Sorry you live in china try leave
I am from Germany and a big fan of Vivian Chow. Amazing how small the world is! best greetings😊
@@Raymi-mg6ck3zy4n greetings!!! Friends ✨
@@Raymi-mg6ck3zy4n vivian vhow is one of the popular singer in hk back to 90's
Rest in peace Les mckeown
Sorry to hear of Les’s death yesterday...Rest in Peace 🏴🙏
very sad family wont say why
Les kindly sent my daughter a Christmas card last year, as well as a BCR tee, shes 15, he was delighted he had a new fan, a mutual friend played pool
with Les once a week, I am
so sad over the passing of this lovely man..fly high buddy, thanks for everything..we won’t let the music die😢💔❤️
Rest in peace les I had your poster on my bedroom wall and had a baycity roller school bag your music will live on forever
If this doesn't make you happy ,and dancing ,I don't know what will.
escape 2020 and go back to happier times
I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)
This song makes me cry, it makes me remember my dead grandma
Well... Actually... It doesn't really make me smile. Its the song my biological father sang to me at age 4 years old the last ever time I saw him. Not knowing as I waved goodbye it would be the last as he sang "bye bye baby" to me! I suppose I can't call him dishonest, insincere yes!
@@lauramacgillefhinnein5106 😭
I'm 56 and it's getting harder and harder each year. I dread turning on the BBC web page afraid to see another legend has passed away. While I wasn't a "Roller" I am a huge fan of 70's music and BCR are in the mix for their songs, including this masterpiece. RIP Les you and the boys ruled the world at one time.
1st recorded a decade before by Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons
I am one year older ... I hear you !
@@MJAP123 So very true. I, too, was upset when David Cassidy died. I quite liked a few of his songs, and he truly cared about his fans. He'd always play "Could It Be Forever" at his concerts because that's what they wanted to hear. Music is life, and I try and push through each day and enjoy my time.
@@MJAP123 I hear you ... and agree !
Wow this brings back memories.Now 59 end of the year 2021 and all my music influences are slowly passing. Time waits for no one but it’s great to rewind now and then. Definitely getting harder and harder each day. Peace to you all.
Every time this song comes on, my mother (62) and I (25) dance around like we are at a concert. Amazing memories I will guard for life. Rest In Peace Les McKwown
Keep on dancing.
The seventies were magic my late wife loved them
@@davidjenkinson6602 Magic will always live forever, so your wife is eternal.
Superb x
I’m 61 and realized young people didn’t invent it, long ago. 😃
Age 11, on my brothers Chopper bike, tartan scarf n hot pants! RIP Les
My brothers hated, because I start to like BCR. But they sure understood it. They saw how BCR affect to the kids and teenagers, same as The Beatles. I love them too, Since I was a baby. I don't understand fightning between music fans.
Remember it well
My favourite in 1976 brilliant xx
In 1975 when that song came out, I was 15 years old. I still think the song is great. Greetings from Florida ☀️
Les McKeown isn’t dead he just making a solo in heaven
Aww, this brought a tear💔😢
I hope that he is making music with alan and ian in heaven💜
I'm 15. I love 70s and 80s music. I grow up in the wrong century! I could cry...
You ain't alone I'm 27 and I love old songs,more then modern day songs!😅😆
My daughter once asked me "why do you still listen to 70's music ?" i replied "i love the music now just as much as i did in the 70's, should i stop listening to music that i love ? she just smiled and said "no" i went on to explain that i don't see music as like a fashion thing where you get rid of the old for something new, if a song puts a smile on your face when you hear it, then thats all that matters.
I wouldn't say you were born in the wrong century, in fact i'd say you are lucky because if there is a particular song you want to hear, you just type in it and click, back then we had to wait a full week for the chart show or if you got lucky you might hear it on the radio during the week, i was only a young lad so couldn't afford to buy all the songs i wanted to hear.
I’m 18 and like you, I believe I was born in the wrong century
@@samuelcarver1343 thank you pal
I was there at 15 then and wish I could be there now in a new life. Live your life in the best that you feel as we all make mistakes and regret all errors. Hear this song in your heart forever.
Stumbled upon this video by accident and I don’t regret clicking
_Its mothers day, my mother passed away a few years ago but im going through her photos. Theres a photo of her young, with her sister wearing eye-catching tartan-tipped pants and apparel. Theyre both holding a banner that says BAY CITY ROLLERS, thats why Im here! Haven't heard about them before! Very catchy and understand why they were fans_
Aww that's so sweet !!
Tolle Zeit.Tolles Lied. Was waren wir damals jung.❤❤
RIP leslie 😔😇🥀
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@@user-tb4el1sr1q aww ty 💓
Goodnight, Les, from a fellow Edinburgher.
What happened to him
I'm 8 years old it's summer in London and life's amazing God what have we done 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
This was one of they're best songs. RIP Les McKeown
This song was written by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe and performed by the original The Four Seasons.
Bye bye Les. You and whole group were fabulous. From a 70 ' fan xxx
Ohhh the memories...getting weird looks from my kids as I'm tapping my feet and bopping my head with the song
HAA THEY DONT KNOW GOOD MUSIC
I hear you.
great memories
I’m literally 15 and I love them !!!
@@aiimeeskye IM 58 LOVED THEN SINCE I WAS 14
✨Love Actually✨
I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)
No. My youth.
My aunt recently passed away and this was her favorite song. It brings me a lot of comfort listening to it❤️
Bye bye Les...the sound of my childhood. RIP, God Bless you 🙏😔 🏴
Happy days happy memories feel young again where's the years gone
Rest in eternal peace Les 🙏🏻🏴
The Bay City Rollers were one of my youthful idols. Rest in peace, Les 😔
I was 10 years old when the Rollers burst into my life!! I instantly loved them, their songs, their clothes, their Scottish accents. Les was my first crush, my idol, I adored him. I begged my Mum to buy me the records, the tshirt and all the posters, I even had the bubble gum cards, and I wore tartan socks to school everyday!! RIP Les, Alan, Derrick, Sadly missed, forever in my heart. Roller Chick xx
15 then
Derek is still alive, it's Ian who passed away as well as Alan and Les.
R.i.p Les, you were my teen pin-up absolutely gutted so sad, gone too soon..your music will live on forever
The Bay City Rollers will always be great its 2021 and am still listening to them
Me too :D
Me to, The Bay City Rollers got me thru my teenage years and Covid. Thank God for them.💔😭
Me too RIP les xx
Im 13 and I know a lot of oldies and I mean more than some people who lived in these times and it disappoints me how many people who don't remember the bay city rollers 10cc the Dave Clark 5 and Herman's hermits and many others
@@mazzymaz1324 thank and its nice to know that you like these groups Mazzy ive listened to them for many years the bay city rollers were from Edinburgh where i live dave clark five and 10cc so thank you so much for replying Mazzy
I got the urge to listen to this once again
This song never fails to bring me to tears… so many teen year memories which now feels like a lifetime away. I adored this band, Les being my first crush. Got to see him a few years back and I felt 14 again hearing all the hits. RIP Les ❤
It's like your brain just takes you back automatically when you hear the 1st note xx
I'm cool as a cucumber now
🎉🎉🎉🎉 yeah I'm the new 45. Jks never I gotta be me
GURL USED TO WALK AROUND SOUTH SHIELDS SINGING WE WANT THE ROLLERS A ND SHOUT LES OR WHAT BAND MEMBER YOU LOOKED LIKE I WAS 11 12😮BUT GOOD LOOKING 😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
I remember wearing a tartan scarf down one side to impress the girls that lived on my estate in the hope of getting a date lol
great days
Did it work?
Louise Cummings are you related to Dominic? 😂
I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)
Same.
The piece if my tiny 10 year old heart that I gave to Les all those years ago is broken 💔 RIP.
I cannot believe I will not see Les McKeowan again. Deepest sympathy to his wife Peko and son Jubei. Devastating news but having met him a good few times I keep my happy memories close. Rest easy Les, reunited with Alan and Ian.
Peko called my friend to tell him the news, he’d known Les since 70s, will lay some flowers for us at the funeral, still in shock honestly
Liver disease is awful 😢 Les fought demons most of his life after what happened with the band..awful, tragic, I hate what happened .
RIP Les, thanks for thinking of my girl last Christmas😢❤️
Beautiful words 🙏💕
@@pyt7778 laying flower is so lovely of you. Thank you very much.
What race is his wife?
@@marcietorrence5361 Peko is Japanese.
How sad. Such a young age to leave us. I recall tying a tartan scarf with my cousin to our wrists and singing into a skipping rope handle. Such great memories of all their songs. 🙏 rip
he was 64
Still young
Rest in peace legend
Beautiful comment 🙏😢
I think I was the only boy in Germany who loved the Rollers. And I still do. Great memories of a fantastic time.
You were not the only boy who loved the Rollers in Germany !!
I covered this song on my most recent 70's performance drum cover video. I'd appreciate it if you saw it :)
I think a lot of people liked them Ralph, just didn't want to admit it..! 😂🤣😂
Here in Finland, after many years, so many men also loved them, secretly. It wasn't "cool" to like them. But nowadays many men told, how they actually loved their songs and performances.
One of the best groups in the 70s.
Yes me I miss rock& roll music the 50s 60s and 70s early 80s were the best music ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Agree with you 🏴
RIP Les McKeown, my first heart throb, my first crush, my first love - I loved him to bits and collected everything about the BCRs - such sad news Rest easy Les, thanks for the music and memories x
Rest in peace les,, fond memories of my sister playing them on her record player,,
We had just reallocated to Australia and I begged my Mum to make me some roller strollers. Great memories.
Listening to nostalgic images and songs will make you feel like you’ve gone back in time with a Time Machine, reviving those days.
I’m only 16 but I’m obsessed with bay city rollers because of my parents
keep the music alive
poor child..... just kidding..
Good girl keep their music alive
Always remember the TV shows back in the 70s RIP Les x
Another 70s icon taken way too soon. R.I.P. Les.
I'm 23 and I adore this song. Takes me back to the 70's... even though I've only been here since 1997. RIP Les
I was born 1995 and I love old songs 🎵 better then modern day songs!
2002 here and I wish I was born in this decade instead 😭
so many memories I was only a kid in the 70s still love the song
great days Jane
It was a great cover version, for sure
R.I.P. Alan Longmuir brother to Drummer Derek born June 20, 1948 died July 2, 2018 at 70. He was a Founding Member of the Bay City Rollers, And Ian Mitchell Bassist born August 22, 1958 died September 2, 2020 at 62. He replaced Alan Longmuir when he left The Bay City Rollers in 1976. Lead Singer Les McKeown born November 12, 1955 died April 20, 2021 at 65.
R.I.P Ian Mitchell born 22 August 1958 Died September 2, 2020 at 62
@@BestieBeastOfficialVideos This is sad news...although I was a little too old to have been a fan of the group during their heyday, I always loved their sound and music..we become more aware of our own mortality with each passing of these wonderful talents from our youth, teen and young adult years...
DRUMER * ERICS BROTHER)
@@purselady2 Not Eric's brother. The drummer was Derek Longmuir, Alan's brother. They were the founding members. Incidentally Derek became a nurse after the Bay City Rollers broke up and was convicted of possession of child pornography a few years ago. Was a big Rollers fan growing up so this sad reality kind of taints the memory.
@@helenaville5939
We use to say:
"When finally some grass is grown over a bad story
You can bet soon will arrive a donkey and chew all that grass away".
Youth club disco 1974, 11 years old, Bye Bye Baby being blasted out of speakers and us all singing at top of our voice, happy carefree days...And We Sang Shang A Lang And We Ran With The Gang...bittersweet memories, so very sad to hear about Les, RIP to a top Roller ♥️
His pal, Alan waited him. R.I.P both ones.
R.I.P. Les it's still wonderful listening too all those fantastic tunes X
R.I.P Les. This was my favourite song as a kid, absolutely loved the Bay City Rollers. Les was my favourite. Xxxx
Still listening from N. Ireland!😊😊😊😊
Love this song reminds me of my sister June who passed away ❤x
🙏🙏🙏 !
😢this used to make me cry at 7 years old , I loved it so much, it felt like he was singing to me ❤️😢❤️😢
Did you know it is actually a cover version?
@@chriskelly4721. How many legends you know did covers? I know many of them. And so what? Peace&Love
RIP Les. The first band poster I put on my bedroom wall as a 6 year old in 75 was the Rollers. Thanks for the music.
I think us boys hated them as all the girls loved them, later admitted liked a lot of their catchy tunes. RIP Les, far to young.
Such a part of my growing up. I love THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ❤
skinners and doc martens memories of the 70's priceless
Looking back at this and laughing at their outfits. Too funny but I still love their hits.
Me too! ❤️
They weren't happy about the trousers,but glad to get back to normal seventies clothes.
Rest in peace Les, you were one of my first crushes. I loved the Bay City Rollers. I'm so sad he's gone. Bye bye baby xxxxxxxx
superbe!
ローラズは私の青春でした。ありがとうございます。感謝します。
Sad news about Les McKeown. I still like to listen to the Bay City Rollers to this day. RIP Les, your voice brought joy to many.
Band of my early teens in the 70's and at the time the biggest band in the world. Saw them in Glasgow Apollo then and then again at Glasgow Barrowlands when they reunited in the last few years. Les was having a ball that night as were the entire crowd. RIP Les McKeown
Both my elder sisters too.BCRmania I remember all too well and I'm 61.
This video brings back many happy carefree times of the 70s RIP Les😢
But not for the band.
Some of whom were raped by the manager
I am in Australia and i was living in a remote area in 1975. They were the first album i ever bought, and for a birthday (as I recall) my mother made me my very own gaucho suit (fake denim) with tartan (good lord .. and really). Their music still puts a smile in the heart RIP Les..
Well, I never got a whole tartan suit, but I did get a BCR cake and some plaid patches for my jeans! :) I loved the BCR!
Yes I still Love the Bay city rollers!!
Same here and they are so lovely.. how are you doing Nancy?
@@samwilliams2986 hope you’re doing well Sam.
You gave us some great times in the 70s... RIP Les.
レスリー安らかに😭
my mam usually play it all the time when i was little. I am 43 now and she is 63 and we always sing it
First time I have listened to this song since it was in the charts it sounds really good.
It is and it's actually a cover version. The original was written in 1965
@@chriskelly4721. Please. Remember how many covers even The Beatles did.
Loved the Band, Loved the Songs, Loved the 70’s Era........ WISH TO GO BACK!!
Use this at my funeral 💋🏵🌷🌼🌺🌻🦋
👋👋
So sad to hear that Les Mckeown has passed away. I keep-playing this song with a heavy heart. RIP Les, and sing with the angels. Never be forgotten.
RIP Les, much love, greatest glam rock outfit ever
Rollers Glam Rock 🤣🤣🤣
Really not the best outfit. Bolan, Bowie, Bryan F all outdid this one.
Every girl had a crush on one of these boy's, back in the day!
I'm admitting it, for me it was Les.
I loved them tartan trousers and stripey socks! 😍😂
Les for me too.
only the girls?
There's never been such a chirpy song with such heartbreaking lyrics 💔
"You're the one girl in town I'd marry, girl I'd marry you now if I were free, I wish it could be"
"Wish I never had known you better. Wish I knew you before I met her"
I love The Bay City Rollers ❤
As a young boy, this was pure poetry. The most uplifting sound. It is still so uplifting today!
Very sad to hear that Les McKeown has passed away. Loved the BCR back in the day, i had a pair of those trousers and several things in tartan, I thought i looked so cool, everyone else probably thought i looked like a pratt but i didn't care! Les was always my favourite, still listen to their songs when i get nostalgic.
I loved Alan so much, but also Les so much. First Alan passed, now it was Leslie's turn.
@@MrMickRoo1 Hi Minka, I only just found out Les had past away last week. At the time I liked Suzie Qutro and Carly Simon but the Rollers were top of their game. So sad to hear as only 65 must be devastating for the others now Les and Alan have left us.Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊
@@MrMickRoo1 Ian Mitchell passed away too last Sept 😢
@@pyt7778 I know, dear...
I have a huge soft spot for the Rollers, such an absolute crazy story, needs to be made into a biopic. Bye Bye Les xxxx
Les wasn't the original
lead singer of this band
But his voice paved
Their success
RIP.
I remember my first freefall parachute jump. As the plane was climbing to altitude I couldn't get this song out of my head. Happy days.
I remember posters on my wall and telling mum to make our clothes like there's also went to see them in concert what childhood lovely memories ❤️♥️♥️❤️
Rip Alan, Les, and Ian.
One of my wife's favourites. Was played at her funeral. 😢
Fitting. And my belated condolences to you.
I'm sorry to hear that my friend :). You ever seen love actually at christmas. This exact scenario happens in the movie, with the same song. Made me cry man
❤❤
@@pandorazbox9659Thank you.
@@asbjrnschleicher8513Thank you. And, that scene from Love Actually is a difficult watch.
Love the Rollers and I'm an 80s baby lol. Thanks mum! 😀