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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.
Billy, who left PILOT, is playing the piano on August 28, 1976, in a TV appearance of ‘Super Pop (7 songs live)’! There are few parts that show him, but this is a video that extracts only that ...
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Born 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 and 1982, and also contributed to The Alan Parsons Project with fellow Pilot members.
- Newburyport, Massachusetts
- March 26, 1953
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Short-term members from this period included bassist David Paton (from 1969 to 1970) and keyboardist Billy Lyall (1969–71), who went on to be founding members of another Edinburgh band Pilot. After signing with Bell Records, the band's first hit was "Keep on Dancing" (UK No. 9, 1971), a cover of a 1965 hit by the Gentrys.
Pilot is a Scottish rock group, formed in 1973 in Edinburgh by David Paton and Billy Lyall. They are best known for their songs "January", "Magic", "Just a Smile" and "Call Me Round". Career. Paton and Lyall had briefly been substitute members of the Bay City Rollers before that band's breakthrough.
It was a bit of a challenge to find footage of Billy(William C.)Lyall at this time, as it was like a behind-the-scenes job.Ⅰ) Billy getting the rhythm with h...
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Pilot were a Scottish rock group, formed in 1973 in Edinburgh by David Paton and Billy Lyall. They are best known for their songs "January", "Magic" and "Jus...
