Derek Longmuir

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Derek Longmuir
Longmuir (middle) with the Bay City Rollers in 1976.
Longmuir (middle) with the Bay City Rollers in 1976.
Background information
Born (1951-03-19) 19 March 1951 (age 73)
Edinburgh, Scotland
GenresRock, pop
Occupation(s)Drummer, nurse
Instrument(s)Drums
Years active1964-1981
Formerly ofBay City Rollers

Derek Longmuir (born 19 March 1951, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish former drummer and a founding member of the pop group Bay City Rollers. His elder brother Alan Longmuir played bass guitar in the group.

Biography[edit]

Bay City Rollers[edit]

He formed the Bay City Rollers in 1964, with his brother Alan (1948-2018). After signing to a record company in 1971, the Rollers would become one of the biggest acts of the 1970s. He appeared on each of the band's nine studio albums through to 1981.[citation needed] He retired from the music industry in the early 1980s and trained as a nurse working at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.[citation needed]

Arrest[edit]

In 2000, Longmuir was sentenced to 300 hours of community service after admitting to possessing child pornography.[1] Despite his guilty plea, he maintained that the offending materials did not belong to him but were left behind by an acquaintance. Longmuir said he pleaded guilty in hope of avoiding a "media circus".[2] Despite his conviction and initially being suspended from working as a nurse,[3] the conduct committee of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) decided to give him a caution and allowed him to continue working as a nurse.[2]

In an interview in the Sunday Herald on 7 May 2000, Longmuir's foster son, Jorge Loureiro, said that Longmuir was innocent and had been framed by an obsessed American fan he had befriended, with discs having been sent to his home anonymously days before he was arrested.[4]

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Title Album details
Rollin'
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Bell
Once Upon a Star
  • Released: May 1975
  • Label: Bell
Bay City Rollers
  • Released: September 1975
  • Label: Arista
Wouldn't You Like It?
  • Released: December 1975
  • Label: Bell
Rock n' Roll Love Letter
  • Released: March 1976
  • Label: Arista
Dedication
  • Released: September 1976
  • Label: Arista/Bell
It's a Game
  • Released: July 1977
  • Label: Arista
Strangers in the Wind
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Arista
Elevator
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Arista
Voxx
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Arista

Live Albums[edit]

Title Album details
Live in Japan

Singles[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK AUS AUT BEL CAN GER IRE NED NZ NOR SA US
1971 "Keep on Dancing" 9 Non-album singles
1972 "We Can Make Music"
"Mañana" 25
1974 "Remember (Sha-La-La-La)" 6 67 37 20
  • UK: Silver
Rollin'
"Shang-a-Lang" 2 28 28 41 16 10
  • UK: Silver
"Summerlove Sensation" 3 53 5
  • UK: Silver
"All of Me Loves All of You" 4 5
  • UK: Silver
Non-album single
1975 "Bye, Bye, Baby" 1 1 13 15 10 1 11 32 7 6
  • UK: Gold
Once Upon a Star
"Give a Little Love" 1 2 11 1 4
  • UK: Gold
Wouldn't You Like It?
"Don't Stop the Music" 42 32
"Love Me Like I Love You" 4 7 15 8 28 18 Non-album single
1976 "Saturday Night" 45 5 1 10 2 7 16 1
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
Bay City Rollers (North America) /

Rollin' (UK/Europe)

"Money Honey" 3 3 1 16 4 11 9
  • UK: Silver
  • CAN: Gold
Rock n' Roll Love Letter (North America) /

Dedication (UK/Europe)

"Rock and Roll Love Letter" 9 6 13 34 28
"I Only Want to Be with You" 4 8 17 14 3 9 2 9 12 12
  • UK: Silver
Dedication (North America) /

Non-album single (UK/Europe)

"Yesterday's Hero" 15 22 13 54 Dedication
"Dedication" 69 60
"Don't Worry Baby" 34
1977 "It's a Game" 16 9 9 4 6 21 It's a Game
"You Made Me Believe in Magic" 34 36 5 25 39 10
"The Way I Feel Tonight" 56 23 38 24
"Don't Let the Music Die"
1978 "Where Will I Be Now" 48 Strangers in the Wind
"All of the World Is Falling in Love"
1979 "Turn On the Radio" Elevator
"Hello and Welcome Home"
1980 "God Save Rock & Roll" Voxx
1981 "Life on the Radio" Ricochet
"No Doubt About It"
1983 "Piece of the Action" Live in Japan

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Former Roller sentenced for child porn". BBC News. 24 March 2000. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Former Roller can continue nursing". BBC News. 8 October 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Ex-star on porn charge sentenced". The Guardian. 24 March 2000.
  4. ^ "Former Roller was framed on porn charges says foster son". Sunday Herald. 7 May 2000. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Stambler, Irwin, Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul. 1974. St. Martin's Press, Inc., New York, N.Y. ISBN 0-312-25025-8.