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Bay City Rollers sue record label | Bay City Rollers sue record label |
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Hit 1970s pop band The Bay City Rollers are suing their record company, claiming they are owed millions of dollars in unpaid royalties. | Hit 1970s pop band The Bay City Rollers are suing their record company, claiming they are owed millions of dollars in unpaid royalties. |
The Scottish group says Arista Records has withheld payments from album sales, merchandise, commercials, film rights and ringtones during the last 25 years. | The Scottish group says Arista Records has withheld payments from album sales, merchandise, commercials, film rights and ringtones during the last 25 years. |
A spokesman for Arista, now a part of Sony BMG, declined to comment. | A spokesman for Arista, now a part of Sony BMG, declined to comment. |
The act were hugely popular among teen fans in the UK, the US, Australia, Japan and elsewhere from 1971-77. | The act were hugely popular among teen fans in the UK, the US, Australia, Japan and elsewhere from 1971-77. |
They enjoyed 10 top 10 hits in the UK including Bye Bye Baby and Give a Little Love, and also made it big in the US when their single Saturday Night went to number one in 1976. | They enjoyed 10 top 10 hits in the UK including Bye Bye Baby and Give a Little Love, and also made it big in the US when their single Saturday Night went to number one in 1976. |
The legal action, filed in the US District Court in New York, does not specify how much the group are seeking from Arista. | The legal action, filed in the US District Court in New York, does not specify how much the group are seeking from Arista. |
Band 'deprived' | Band 'deprived' |
But one of their lawyers, Joshua Krumholz, said: "We know it's in the millions." | But one of their lawyers, Joshua Krumholz, said: "We know it's in the millions." |
In the documents, the group said they had sold at least 70 million albums around the world but received only a single royalty payment of about $254,000 (£129,000) in more than 25 years. | In the documents, the group said they had sold at least 70 million albums around the world but received only a single royalty payment of about $254,000 (£129,000) in more than 25 years. |
The documents said Arista had promised to pay royalties over the years but claimed not to know who to pay. | |
This was a "pretext intended to deprive the Rollers of the royalties to which they are entitled", the group said. | This was a "pretext intended to deprive the Rollers of the royalties to which they are entitled", the group said. |
The legal action has been brought by band members Les McKeown, Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood, Alan Longmuir, Derek Longmuir and Duncan Faure. | The legal action has been brought by band members Les McKeown, Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood, Alan Longmuir, Derek Longmuir and Duncan Faure. |
Singer McKeown now tours small venues, while Derek Longmuir is a nurse and another former member is a plumber, Mr Krumholz said. | Singer McKeown now tours small venues, while Derek Longmuir is a nurse and another former member is a plumber, Mr Krumholz said. |
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