Billy Lyall
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William Lyall (26 March 1953 – 1 December 1989) was a Scottish musician, known for his work with Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, and the Bay City Rollers.
Biography
Career
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lyall was a singer, keyboard player and flautist with Pilot, and co-wrote "Magic", Pilot's 1974 hit single.
He contributed to the Alan Parsons Project with fellow Pilot members, and he was an early member of the Bay City Rollers. He was the keyboard player for Dollar between 1978 and 1982.
He left Pilot in early 1976, and released a solo album, Solo Casting, later that year. In 1979, he contributed string arrangements and synthesizers to an album by the band Runner.[1]
Personal life and death
Lyall moved to London in the early 1970s and lived in a red-brick mansion flat on Fitzjames Avenue, West Kensington. He died during the AIDS pandemic in 1989, at the age of 36.[2] Bay City Rollers' manager Tam Paton later acknowledged that Lyall was gay.[3]
Discography
With Pilot
Albums
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1974 | From the Album of the Same Name |
| 1975 | Second Flight |
| 1976 | Morin Heights |
| 1977 | Two's a Crowd |
Singles
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1974 | "Just a Smile" |
| "Magic" | |
| "Ra-Ta-Ta" | |
| 1975 | "January" |
| "Call Me Round" | |
| "Just a Smile" (new version) | |
| "Lady Luck" | |
| 1976 | "Running Water" |
| "Canada" | |
| "Penny in My Pocket" | |
| 1977 | "Get Up and Go" |
| "Monday Tuesday" |
With Dollar
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Shooting Stars | |
| The Paris Collection |
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| The Dollar Album |
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Singles
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| "Shooting Star" | 1978 |
| "Who Were You With in the Moonlight" | 1979 |
| "Love's Gotta Hold on Me" | |
| "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" | |
| "Love Street" | 1980 |
| "The Girls Are Out to Get Ya" | |
| "Takin' a Chance on You" | |
| "You Take My Breath Away" | 1981 |
| "Hand Held in Black and White" | |
| "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)" | |
| "Ring Ring" | 1982 |
| "Tokyo" (Japan-only release) | |
| "Give Me Back My Heart" | |
| "Videotheque" | |
| "Give Me Some Kinda Magic" | |
| "Two Hearts" (Japan-only release) |
References
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- 1953 births
- 1989 deaths
- Scottish keyboardists
- 20th-century Scottish male singers
- Scottish flautists
- Musicians from Edinburgh
- Bay City Rollers members
- Pilot (band) members
- AIDS-related deaths in the United Kingdom
- Gay singers
- Scottish LGBTQ singers
- 20th-century Scottish LGBTQ people
- 20th-century British flautists
- Scottish gay musicians