Back in the mid-seventies the Bay City Rollers were the biggest boy band, certainly in the UK and perhaps even on the planet. I had a job in Manchester at the time and they were shooting a video in the theatre of the company I worked for. The place was surrounded by hundreds of screaming teenage girls in the characteristic tartan uniform.
This cover version of a Four Seasons song was number one in the UK for six weeks in 1975. It’s nothing if not catchy…
f you hate me after what I say
Can’t pull it off any longer
Just gotta tell her anyway
Bye bye baby, baby goodbye
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Bye bye baby, don’t make me cry
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
You’re the one girl in town I’d marry
Girl, I’d marry you now if I were free
I wish it could be
I could love you, but why begin it
‘Cause there ain’t any future in it
She’s got me, but I’m not free, so
Bye bye baby, baby goodbye
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Bye bye baby, don’t make me cry
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Wish I never had known you better
Wish I knew you before I met her
Gee, how good it would be for me
Should have told her that I can’t linger
There’s a wedding ring on my finger
She’s got me, but I’m not free, so
Bye bye baby, baby goodbye
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Bye bye baby, don’t make me cry
(Bye baby, baby bye bye)
Written by Bob Crew and Bob Gaudio
The Bay City Rollers were not great singers, and they couldn’t play their instruments, but they looked great.
Which is pretty much the definition of a boy band!
Yes, great choice.