''Rock N'Roll Love Letter'' is an album by the
Bay City Rollers
The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity in the 1970s. They have been called the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh" and one of many acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beat ...
. It was a North America-only
release
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, issued in early 1976 by
Arista Records
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, catalogue #4071.
Of the record's 11
tracks, two were lifted from the Rollers' 1975's UK release ''
Once Upon a Star
:
Once Upon a Star is the second studio album by the Bay City Rollers. Released in May 1975, the album features the UK number-one hit single, " Bye Bye Baby".
Originally issued as a non-album single in 1971, " Keep on Dancing" was included a ...
''; seven came from ''
Wouldn't You Like It?
''Wouldn't You Like It?'' is the third studio album by the Scottish pop rock group Bay City Rollers. The LP, issued in the UK in late 1975, saw a marked change in the group's musical direction: all the songs save one were the band's own com ...
''; and two were newly recorded
singles
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. The cover art features the same photo as ''Wouldn't You Like It?''.
The album reached No. 1 in Canada on 27 March 1976, jumping from No. 25 to the top position in a single week to depose their previous album ''
Bay City Rollers
The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity in the 1970s. They have been called the "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh" and one of many acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beat ...
'' from the top slot. In the US, it went as high as No. 31 on
Billboard
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's Pop Albums chart. Two singles from the disc made Billboard's
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: "Money Honey", which reached No. 1 in Canada and peaked at No. 9 in the US; and "Rock and Roll Love Letter", peaking at No. 6 in Canada (12 June 1976)
and No. 28 in the US.
This album was finally released on CD (along with "Bay City Rollers") as a 2 LP On 1-CD set in 2011, by Wounded Bird Records.
Track listing
#"
Money Honey" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood)
#"La Belle Jeane" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"
Rock and Roll Love Letter" (Tim Moore)
#"Maybe I'm a Fool to Love You" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"Wouldn't You Like It" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"I Only Wanna Dance With You" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"Shanghai'd in Love" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"Don't Stop the Music" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"The Disco Kid" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"Eagles Fly" (Faulkner, Wood)
#"Too Young to Rock & Roll" (Faulkner, Wood)
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Personnel
*
Eric Faulkner
Eric Faulkner (born 21 October 1953 as Eric Falconer) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band, the Bay City Rollers.
Faulkner was born at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a ...
– Guitar
*
Alan Longmuir
Alan Longmuir (20 June 1948 – 2 July 2018) was a Scottish musician and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, the Bay City Rollers. He played the bass guitar in the band whilst his younger brother Derek Longmuir was drummer.
Biograp ...
– Bass Guitar
*
Derek Longmuir
Derek Longmuir (born 19 March 1951, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish former drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers. His elder brother, Alan Longmuir, played bass guitar in the group.
Biography
Longmuir was bo ...
– Drums
*
Les McKeown
Leslie Richard McKeown (12 November 195520 April 2021) was a Scottish pop singer. He was the lead singer of the Bay City Rollers during their most successful period in the 1970s.
Early life
McKeown was born in Broomhouse, a suburb close to the ...
– Lead Vocals
*
Stuart "Woody" Wood – Guitar
References
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1976 albums
Bay City Rollers albums
Albums produced by Phil Wainman
Arista Records albums