Once Upon a Star is the second studio album by the
Bay City Rollers
The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity, as a band in the 1970s. One of many 70s acts heralded as the "biggest group since the Beatles", they were called the "tartan teen sensations fro ...
. 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 as a track on this LP.
Track listing
Side one
#"
Bye Bye Baby" (
Bob Crewe
Robert Stanley Crewe (November 12, 1930 – September 11, 2014) was an American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. Crewe co-wrote and produced a string of Top 10 singles with Bob Gaudio for the Four Seasons.
As a songw ...
,
Bob Gaudio
Robert John Gaudio (born November 17, 1942) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote the vast majority of the ban ...
) – 2:50
#"The Disco Kid" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood) – 3:16
#"La Belle Jeane" (Faulkner, Wood) – 4:01
#"When Will You Be Mine" (Johnny Goodison, Phil Wainman) – 2:32
#"Angel Baby" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:52
#"
Keep on Dancing" (
Allen Jones, Willie David Young) – 2:42
Side two
#"Once Upon a Star" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:00
#"Let's Go (A Huggin' and a Kissin' in the Moonlight)" (Goodison, Wainman) – 3:28
#"Marlena" (Faulkner, Les McKeown, Wood) – 3:01
#"My Teenage Heart" (Faulkner, Wood) – 2:31
#"Rock & Roll Honeymoon" (Goodison, Wainman) – 2:45
#"Hey! Beautiful Dreamer" (Faulkner, McKeown, Wood) – 3:49
2004 UK reissue
A 2004 CD reissue on
Bell
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included five
bonus tracks: "All of Me Loves All of You" (1974 single), "The Bump" (B-side), "Keep on Dancing" (1971 single version), "Alright" and "It's for You".
Personnel
Group members
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Les McKeown – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
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Eric Faulkner – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, mandolin, violin
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Stuart "Woody" Wood – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, bass, piano
*
Alan Longmuir – bass, backing vocals, piano, accordion
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Derek Longmuir – drums, tubular bells, tambourine, sleigh bells, castanets, spoken voice
Other personnel
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Colin Frechter - musical director, piano and additional backing vocals
*Melvyn Abrahams – engineering
*Barry Hammond – engineering
*
John Pasche – cover design
*Nick Ryan – engineering
*Peter Tattersall – engineering
*
Phil Wainman
Philip Neil Wainman (born 7 June 1946, West London, England) is an English record producer and songwriter, primarily active in the 1970s. He is noted for his work with Sweet, XTC, Dollar, Mud, and the Bay City Rollers. His greatest chart succes ...
– production
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
References
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Bay City Rollers albums
1975 albums
Albums produced by Phil Wainman
Bell Records albums
Albums recorded at IBC Studios