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Eric Faulkner
Eric Faulkner (born 21 October 1953 as Eric Falconer) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band the Bay City Rollers.
Faulkner was born at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a child, he learned to play the viola and joined the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra where he played in a performance for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, in Leith Town Hall. His father, George, was a shop steward and Scottish Trades Union Congress delegate, and member of the CPGB (Communist Party of Great Britain).
He attended Moredun Primary School in Edinburgh, and later Liberton High School, where he gained 8 'O' Grades and excelled at rugby and music.[citation needed]
At thirteen years old Faulkner formed his first high school band, The Witness (which later became Sugar and then KIP). His early years are covered in the first part of his autobiography, An Edinburgh Lad.
In 1972 Faulkner joined The Bay City Rollers. The original Rollers, Nobby Clark, Alan and Derek Longmuir had secured a record deal with the UK record label, Bell Records. Until the end of 1973 the band's line up was Nobby Clark, Alan and Derek Longmuir, Devine and Faulkner. During that time the band worked with the production team of Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, producers of hits for Peter Frampton's earlier band "The Herd" and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch. Their first production for the band was the song "Mañana". Winning The Radio Luxembourg Grand Prix song contest, this song gave the band their first European hit.
Radio Luxembourg gave the song their seal of approval, nominating it for their Power Play which had the song being played on the hour, every hour. This, along with the band's vociferous teenage girl fans at live gigs, catapulted "Remember", without any mainland UK airplay, straight into the charts on its first week of release.
Their first song was a cover of "Keep On Dancing", which went to number 9 in the UK.
Along with Stuart Wood, Faulkner took over songwriting for the Bay City Rollers. Their first self-penned hit was Money Honey.
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Eric Faulkner
Eric Faulkner (born 21 October 1953 as Eric Falconer) is a guitarist, songwriter and singer, best known as a member of the Scottish pop band the Bay City Rollers.
Faulkner was born at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland. As a child, he learned to play the viola and joined the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra where he played in a performance for Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, in Leith Town Hall. His father, George, was a shop steward and Scottish Trades Union Congress delegate, and member of the CPGB (Communist Party of Great Britain).
He attended Moredun Primary School in Edinburgh, and later Liberton High School, where he gained 8 'O' Grades and excelled at rugby and music.[citation needed]
At thirteen years old Faulkner formed his first high school band, The Witness (which later became Sugar and then KIP). His early years are covered in the first part of his autobiography, An Edinburgh Lad.
In 1972 Faulkner joined The Bay City Rollers. The original Rollers, Nobby Clark, Alan and Derek Longmuir had secured a record deal with the UK record label, Bell Records. Until the end of 1973 the band's line up was Nobby Clark, Alan and Derek Longmuir, Devine and Faulkner. During that time the band worked with the production team of Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, producers of hits for Peter Frampton's earlier band "The Herd" and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Titch. Their first production for the band was the song "Mañana". Winning The Radio Luxembourg Grand Prix song contest, this song gave the band their first European hit.
Radio Luxembourg gave the song their seal of approval, nominating it for their Power Play which had the song being played on the hour, every hour. This, along with the band's vociferous teenage girl fans at live gigs, catapulted "Remember", without any mainland UK airplay, straight into the charts on its first week of release.
Their first song was a cover of "Keep On Dancing", which went to number 9 in the UK.
Along with Stuart Wood, Faulkner took over songwriting for the Bay City Rollers. Their first self-penned hit was Money Honey.