Les McKeown, former lead singer of the Bay City Rollers, dead at 65
moving Facebook post on Thursday. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our lovely husband and father Leslie Richard McKeown,” they wrote, adding that he “died suddenly at home on Tuesday.”The family didn’t disclose the cause of death, only mentioning that they’re “making arrangements for his funeral and ask for privacy after the shock of our profound loss.”McKeown was the frontman for the Bay City Rollers during their heyday in the mid-1970s, during which they recorded such mega-hits as “Shang-A-Lang,” “Bye, Bye, Baby,” and “Give a Little Love.”The Edinburgh teenagers exploded onto the US market with their 1974 hit “Saturday Night,” snagging the top spot on the American Billboard chart.