Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night

“Saturday Night” is a single from the album Rollin’, released in October 1974. Charted #1 in US.

The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish boy band who scored their first UK hit in 1971 with “Keep On Dancing.” In 1975, they had the UK’s best-selling single with “Bye Bye Baby,” and were primed to break through in America. This infectious pop song, with its very memorable chant (S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y… Night!) stormed the States, becoming the first US #1 hit of 1976 (America’s bicentennial). The song got a huge publicity push, and the band made their US TV debut performing the song on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell, which was an Ed Sullivan-style variety show that lasted just a few months, but had a huge viewership since there wasn’t much else to watch.

This song was first recorded in 1973 with original Rollers vocalist Nobby Clarke, but this version tanked when it was released in the UK. The band, as well as songwriters Martin and Coulter, had faith in the song and re-recorded it for US versions of their 1975 album Wouldn’t You Like It.

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Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night

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Saturday Night este o piesă de pe albumul Rollin’ din 1974 al grupului scoțian, Bay City Rollers. Versiunea originală a fost lansată în 1973, cu Nobby Clarke lead vocal, dar melodia nu a avut nici un success în UK.

Grupul a re-înregistrat melodia într-o  versiune americană cu Les McKeown lead vocal, pentru albumul lansat în US sub titlul Bay City Rollers – în 1975. Această versiune a ajuns pe locul #1 la Billboard. Pe fața B, este melodia Marlena.

Muzicieni:

• Les McKeown – vocals, guitar
• Eric Faulkner – guitar, violin, mandolin, bass
• Stuart “Woody” Wood – guitar, bass, piano, mandolin
• Alan Longmuir – bass, accordion, piano
• Derek Longmuir – drums, congas, tambourine

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