New generation Bay City Rollers to perform 2 nights in Tokyo". Japantoday.com . Retrieved 17 October 2019. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p.263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. On the tour, they covered "It's a Game", an unsuccessful 1973 single by String Driven Thing, to give them their final UK Top 20 hit (No. 16 in May 1977). Oddly enough, this single provided them with their highest-charting German hit, reaching No.4 in the same year. [18] The follow-up " You Made Me Believe in Magic" made No.34 in July in the UK and No.10 in the U.S., and this single was their final major success. [9]

McEwen, Alan (17 October 2016). "Bay City Rollers pervert Tam Paton urged band to have sex with paedophile DJ". Daily Record . Retrieved 30 June 2023.The classic line-up (minus Derek Longmuir) [22] performed a one-off New Year's Eve millennium concert, the last official Bay City Rollers concert (1999–2000) in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. Interest was rekindled in the UK by various television documentaries about the group; and the television-advertised compilation Very Best of the Bay City Rollers entered the UK Albums Chart on release in 2004 at No.11. [4] Wilmoth, Peter – Glad All Over – The Countdown Years 1974–1987 McPhee Gribble/ Penguin Books, 1993. p. 149 Blevins, Joe. "Read This: This Bay City Rollers LP should be rescued from obscurity". News.avcluv.com . Retrieved 27 October 2018. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

A second North American hit came with "Money Honey", written by Faulkner and Wood, which hit No.9 in the US. In Canada, it fared better, following its predecessor to the top, giving them their second No.1 in the RPM national singles chart on 13 March 1976. [14] They were also extremely popular in Australia. One example of their popularity, was put into the book about Countdown – the Australian TV music show which ran from 1974 to 1987. Their Countdown appearance in October 1976 coincided with a total eclipse of the sun. Director Ted Emery recalled: [16] The Bay City Rollers were on The Krofft Superstar Hour, later named the Bay City Rollers Show, an hour-long show that aired from September 9, 1978, to January 27, 1979. During this time, the classic line-up released their last album togther, Strangers in the Wind, which charted only in Australia,(#61) Japan, (#5) and the USA (#128). Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p.10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com. While taking a technical class at Napier College, Alan met fellow plumbing student Gregory Ellison, who joined the Saxons on electric guitar, with Pettigrew shifting to keyboards. Gregory's older brother Mike joined as a second lead singer, allowing more complex harmonies, especially useful for the Motown songs they liked to perform. The band convinced Tam Paton, a former big band leader [8] and influential local band and club manager, to audition them at the Longmuirs' house. Paton booked them for a Thursday night at his club, the Palais, then assigned them to open for the Hipple People at Top Storey. More gigs followed. [6]In March 2011, a New York judge determined that the Bay City Rollers could move forward with their four-year-old lawsuit against Arista Records. Arista denied responsibility for the majority of the royalties, citing a New York statute of limitations. The statute limits plaintiffs from recovering damages post six years in contract disputes, which therefore would negate the Rollers' claims for royalties incurred before 2001. However, because Arista had continued to promise the Bay City Rollers their royalties in writing, the judge ruled that the statute was not applicable. [40]

By early 1975, they were one of the biggest-selling acts in the UK. The successful 1975 UK tour prompted newspaper headlines about the rise of "Rollermania" [10] (alluding to Beatlemania a decade before). The Rollers were the subject of a 20-week UK television series, Shang-a-Lang. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.427. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. In March 2007, six former members of the group (Faure plus the "classic line-up") announced a lawsuit against Arista Records in hopes of claiming what they described as "tens of millions of dollars" of unpaid royalties. Gordon "Nobby" Clark threatened to sue the other band members if their lawsuit was successful, stating that he was the creative force behind the band's success, even though he left the group in 1973, before the bulk of their fame and fortune began. [37] [38] a b "Bay City Rollers Guitarist Announces Departure From Band; Watch Final Performances". Billboard.com . Retrieved 14 August 2021. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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During the late 2000s, Ian Mitchell led his own Bay City Rollers band, which included lead vocalist Kyle Vincent. Mitchell was the only ex-Roller involved. In 1996, the classic line-up reunited and performed "Saturday Night" on a Japanese television show to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Rollermania. [20] [21] a b c Spence, Simon (2016). When The Screaming Stops: The Dark History of the Bay City Rollers. Omnibus Press. pp.33–35. ISBN 9781783237050. Youtube.com". YouTube. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017 . Retrieved 16 July 2011.