Once Upon a Star
Once Upon a Star | ||||
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Released | May 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 at Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 37:47 | |||
Label | Bell | |||
Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
Bay City Rollers chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
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 as a track on this LP.
Once Upon a Star is also the title of a collection of science fiction stories by Kendell Foster Crossen
Track listing[]
Side one[]
- "Bye Bye Baby" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 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
- "Marlina" (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 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[]
- Les McKeown – lead vocals
- Eric Faulkner – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, mandolin, violin
- Stuart "Woody" Wood – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals, piano, bass
- Alan Longmuir – bass, backing vocals, accordion
- Derek Longmuir – drums
Other personnel[]
- 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 – production
Charts[]
Weekly charts[]
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] | 4 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] | 3 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[4] | 1 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] | 26 |
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[6] | 30 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] | 17 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 34 |
UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 1 |
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)[10] | 12 |
Year-end charts[]
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] | 14 |
References[]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)
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(help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. - ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ http://irish-charts.com/
- ^ "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
- ^ "Bay City Rollers - Once Upon a Star - hitparade.ch".
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Once Upon a Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Once Upon a Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
- ^ "BAY CITY ROLLERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
- ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 427. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Categories:
- Bay City Rollers albums
- 1975 albums
- Albums produced by Phil Wainman
- Bell Records albums
- Albums recorded at IBC Studios