<Li> Gordon "Nobby" Clark </Li> <P> The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop band whose popularity was highest in the mid 1970s . The British Hit Singles & Albums noted they were "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the' biggest group since the Beatles' and one of the most screamed - at teeny - bopper acts of the 1970s". For a relatively brief, but fervent period (nicknamed "Rollermania"), they were worldwide teen idols . The group's line - up had numerous changes over the years, but the classic line - up during its heyday included; guitarists Eric Faulkner and Stuart John Wood, singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir, and drummer Derek Longmuir . </P> <P> In 1966 bassist Alan Longmuir, his younger brother, drummer Derek Longmuir and their schoolfriend, lead singer Gordon "Nobby" Clark, founded The Saxons in Edinburgh, Scotland . Soon after, they changed to The Bay City Rollers by throwing a dart at a map of the United States, which landed near Bay City, Michigan . The Bay City Rollers' first manager was Tam Paton, himself a former big band leader . Short - term members from this period included bassist David Paton (from 1969 to 1970) and keyboardist Billy Lyall (1969--71), who went on to be founding members of another successful Edinburgh band, Pilot . </P> <P> After signing with Bell Records, the band's first hit was "Keep On Dancing" (UK No. 9, 1971), a cover of a 1965 hit by The Gentrys . Clark was backed on vocals on "Keep On Dancing" by King, multi-tracked . Upon this release's success, they made appearances on BBC One's Top of the Pops . </P>

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