Bay City Rollers

Singer fronted the Scottish pop-rock group throughout its most successful period in the mid-'70s.

January 3, 1976 -- The Bay City Rollers hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with one of the greatest 1970's rock anthems.  They'd had popularity in the UK and in their home of Edinburgh, Scotland, but this was their debut hit in the U.S.  "Saturday Night" didn't make it to the UK charts 2 years earlier, but we Americans knew greatness when we heard it...

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