"Rock and Roll Love Letter" | ||||
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Single by Bay City Rollers | ||||
from the album Rock n' Roll Love Letter | ||||
B-side | "Shanghai'd in Love" | |||
Released | April 1976 | |||
Genre | Power pop [1] | |||
Length | 2:52 | |||
Label | Arista 0185 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tim Moore | |||
Producer(s) | Colin Frechter | |||
Bay City Rollers singles chronology | ||||
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"Rock and Roll Love Letter" is the second single from American Tim Moore's second album, Behind the Eyes . Tim Moore's original version was not successful. It was later covered by the band Bay City Rollers, and that version became a Top 40 hit. [2] [3] [4] [5]
This version was released as a single in 1976 and was successful, reaching number 6 in Canada [6] and number 28 in the United States. [7] The single was not released in the UK.
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