# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/les-mckeown
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:33:18.579Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/les-mckeown"
name: "Les McKeown"
slug: "les-mckeown"
description: "Leslie Richard McKeown was a Scottish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Bay City Rollers during their most successful period in the 1970s. The band's original lead singer, Gordon \"Nobby\" Clark, decided to leave the band in 1972 after fulfilling his touring obligations and McKeown joined the band as their lead vocalist by 1973 and began to re-record his vocals on tracks including \"Remember (Sha-La-La-La)\" and \"Saturday Night\", which then became a US number 1 hit."
tagline: "British singer (1955-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oldienacht-Bay_City_Rollers-9581.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-11-12"
deathDate: "2021-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.45791466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LesMcKeownUK"
    handle:    "LesMcKeownUK"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571661/"
    handle:    "nm0571661"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown"
    title: "Les McKeown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown"
    title: "Les McKeown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown"
    title: "Les McKeown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown"
    title: "Les McKeown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://guw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown"
    title: "Les McKeown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3"
    title: "レスリー・マッコーエン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%8D%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Маккьюэн, Лес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown"
    title: "Les McKeown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_McKeown"
    title: "Les McKeown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8eb430da-b920-4a98-b89a-eae6ca06dcfa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1224840"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2033495"
    title: "Les McKeown"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump