Today in History: Scottish pop singer Les McKeown was born on this day in 1955. McKeown was the lead singer of the original boy band, the Bay City Rollers. The Bay City Rollers was a Scottish band named after Bay City Michigan. They got the name by randomly sticking a pin on a map of the USA. Largely forgotten now, the were a big deal in the mid to late 70's, even reaching #1 on the billboard charts. It is guessed that they may have sold between 60 million and 300 million records, though the band members saw very little of that money. When the band sputtered out in the 80's, one member moved on to becoming a nurse.
To describe their sound you could say they were Slade crossed with Herman’s Hermits, and they even went on to influence the Ramones. The 'Hey! Ho! Let's Go' chant in "Blitzkrieg Bop" by the Ramones was, according to Tommy Ramone, inspired by "Saturday Night".
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