DER BRITISCHE SÄNGER LES MCKEOWN (BAY CITY ROLLERS) IST GESTORBEN

Der am 12. November 1955 in Edinburg (Schottland) geborene britische Sänger Les McKeon (Bild) ist am 20. April 2021 in London gestorben. Er war von 1973 bis 1978 Sänger der Bay City Rollers, veröffentlichte aber auch zwei Soloalben.*

Foto: Roland Rosenbauer, 2010 (Ausschnitt) – Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oldienacht-Bay_City_Rollers-9581.jpg 

Former Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown dies aged 65

The Scottish pop singer fronted the Edinburgh band during their most successful period in the 1970s. They had hits with tracks like I Only Wanna Be With You, Bye Bye Baby, Shang-a-Lang and Give a Little Love.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56848233

Les McKeown, Bay City Rollers frontman, dies aged 65

McKeown, who was raised in an Edinburgh tenement block, sang the Scottish group’s UK No 1 Bye Bye Baby as well as Top 10 hits such as Shang-a-Lang and Summerlove Sensation, and led them into a phase of US success in the mid-70s.

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/22/les-mckeown-frontman-for-bay-city-rollers-dies-aged-65

 

A statement published on the musician’s social media read: «It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our beloved husband and father Leslie Richard McKeown.

Jack Aitchison

 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19252534.bay-city-rollers-star-les-mckeown-dead-aged-65/ 

Les McKeown, Bay City Rollers Singer, Dead at 65

Vocalist featured on hits «Shang-a-Lang» and «Saturday Night» 

Daniel Kreps 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/les-mckeown-bay-city-rollers-singer-dead-obit-1159950/ 

Ex-Frontmann der Bay City Rollers ist tot

Hits wie «Bye Bye Baby» sorgten in den Siebzigern für «Rollermania»: Für ein paar Jahre zählten die Bay City Rollers zu den größten Popstars überhaupt. Nun ist ihr ehemaliger Sänger Les McKeown gestorben.

jok / dpa

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/bay-city-rollers-ex-frontmann-les-mckeown-ist-tot-a-e36d4cdb-51d3-4876-bd5d-0b68d5ca640e 

Er hat gefetzt

Zum Tod von Les McKeown, Sänger der Bay City Rollers. Ein persönlicher Nachruf.

Markus Naegele

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/les-mckeown-bay-city-rollers-nachruf-1.5273774?reduced=true

Videos:

Bay City Rollers – Bye Bye Baby 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUwW108ITzw

Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night • TopPop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BKKaKT_dtM

Bay City Rollers – Shang-A-Lang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytii7-bUxuk

Bay City Rollers – You made me believe in magic 1977

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95-NtJAJfbw

Krofft, Bay City Roller Show. Episode. Rollers Move In. 1978

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZO0cKqfoDw

Mehr:

https://www.facebook.com/LesMcKeownUK 

https://www.lesmckeown.com/home.htm

https://www.lesmckeown.com/

https://www.discogs.com/artist/227402-Les-McKeown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown

*https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown 

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