The Untold Truth Of The Bay City Rollers

The group's first hit was 1971's single "Keep on Dancing," according to BBC News. A few other singles followed; some charted, others did not. The band's breakthrough success came in 1974, with the releases of "Remember, "Shang-a-Lang," "Summerlove Sensation," and "All of Me Loves All of You," according to the book "British Hit Singles & Albums." Suddenly, the band found themselves phenomenally successful, particularly with one audience: teenage girls.

Music publicist Carol Strauss Klenfner visited Glasgow in 1975, and found the young lasses of the city swept up in "Rollermania." "It was just crazy, 12-year-olds and 14-year-olds all dressed up in Roller garb, with that look in their eye, of love. It was young love personified," she said.

Similarly, journalist Danny Fields described them as the first boy band. "They were adorable. Five cute guys at once. That's the story of rock n roll. The invention of boy bands became an industry thanks to the Bay City Rollers," he said.

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