Billy Lyall
| Billy Lyall | |
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| Born | William Lyall 26 March 1953 Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Occupation | Singer, musician |
| Years active | 1969 -1989 |
Billy Lyall (26 March 1953 – 1 December 1989) was a Scottish musician.
Born William Lyall in Edinburgh, Scotland, Lyall was a keyboard player, vocalist and occasional flautist with Pilot, and an early member of the Bay City Rollers. He was keyboard player for Dollar between 1978 & 1982, and also contributed to The Alan Parsons Project with fellow Pilot members. He left Pilot in early 1976 and released a solo album, Solo Casting later that year. He also contributed string arrangements and synthesizer parts to an album by the band Runner (Island records) in 1979.[1]
Lyall died of AIDS-related causes in 1989, aged 36.[2] Bay City Rollers' manager Tam Paton later revealed that Lyall was gay.[3]
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