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".

Once Upon a Star
Studio album by
Bay City Rollers
ReleasedMay 1975
Recorded1975 at Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire
GenrePop
Length37:47
LabelBell
ProducerPhil Wainman
Bay City Rollers chronology
Rollin'
(1974)		 Once Upon a Star
(1975)		 Bay City Rollers
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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
  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

Other personnel
  • Melvyn Abrahams – engineering
  • Barry Hammond – engineering
  • John Pasche – cover design
  • Nick Ryan – engineering
  • Peter Tattersall – engineering
  • Phil Wainman – production

Charts
Chart (1975) Peak
position
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
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References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc)|format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. 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.
  4. http://irish-charts.com/
  5. "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
  6. "Bay City Rollers - Once Upon a Star - hitparade.ch".
  7. "Norwegiancharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Once Upon a Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  8. "Swedishcharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Once Upon a Star". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  9. "BAY CITY ROLLERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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