Once Upon a Star explained

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".

Once Upon a Star
Type:	studio
Artist:	Bay City Rollers
Cover:	Once Upon a Star (Bay City Rollers album - cover art).jpg
Released:	May 1975
Recorded:	1975
Studio:	Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
Genre:	Pop
Length:	37:47
Label:	Bell
Producer:	Phil Wainman
Prev Title:	Rollin'
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Bay City Rollers
Next Year:	1975

Originally issued as a non-album single in 1971, "Keep on Dancing" was included as a track on this LP.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Bye Bye Baby" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio) – 2:50
2. "The Disco Kid" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood) – 3:16
3. "La Belle Jeane" (Faulkner, Wood) – 4:01
4. "When Will You Be Mine" (Johnny Goodison, Phil Wainman) – 2:32
5. "Angel Baby" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:52
6. "Keep on Dancing" (Allen Jones, Willie David Young) – 2:42

Side two

1. "Once Upon a Star" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:00
2. "Let's Go (A Huggin' and a Kissin' in the Moonlight)" (Goodison, Wainman) – 3:28
3. "Marlina" (Faulkner, Les McKeown, Wood) – 3:01
4. "My Teenage Heart" (Faulkner, Wood) – 2:31
5. "Rock & Roll Honeymoon" (Goodison, Wainman) – 2:45
6. "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 and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
• Eric Faulkner – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, mandolin, violin
• Stuart "Woody" Wood – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, bass, piano
• Alan Longmuir – bass, backing vocals, piano, accordion
• Derek Longmuir – drums, tubular bells, tambourine, sleigh bells, castanets, spoken voice

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
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[1]	--	access-date=2016-05-31-->	4
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[2]	3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	26
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)^[4]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[5]	14
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	2

References

1. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. Kent Music Report. <
2. Book: Pennanen, Timo. 2006. Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 978-951-1-21053-5. 263. fi.
3. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9.
4. • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
5. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 427.
6. December 27, 1975 . Top Selling Albums For 1975 . live . PDF . . 10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210309074922/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1975/Music-Week-1975-12-27.pdf . March 9, 2021 . worldradiohistory.com.