Derek Longmuir

He formed his first band at age 13 in 1964, with his brother Alan. Their name eventually changed to Bay City Rollers after throwing a darts at a map of the United States, and the dart landing near Bay City, Michigan.^[1] After signing to a record company in 1971, the Rollers would become one of the biggest acts of the 1970s.

In the UK during the 1970s, the Bay City Rollers went number one twice, and had 6 records Certified silver and 2 Certified gold.^[2] He appeared on each of the band's nine studio albums through to 1981.^{[citation needed]} He decided to leave the Bay City Rollers during a tour in Japan in 1982.^[3] Derek had left by 1983.

Longmuir was born to Duncan and Georgina Longmuir.^[4] His father, Duncan was an undertaker.^[4] Derek and his older brother Alan Longmuir both went to Tynecastle High School, and left school at age fifteen^[3] in 1966.^[4] He had two sisters, Betty and Alice.^[4]

He retired from the music industry in the early 1980s and trained as a nurse working at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in 1993.^[5] He would regularly volunteer at children's hospitals. Derek had spent some time working in Portugal with the red cross.^[3] When Alan Longmuir suffered a heart attack in 1995, Derek was one of the nurses who helped him recover.^[6]

In 1991, Longmuir was in a relationship with Janice Green, who was also the person to convince Derek to take nursing as a profession.^[7]

Throughout the 2000s, Longmuir and several other members of the band were in court trying to receive unpaid royalties.^[8][9][10]