B.A. Robertson

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B. A. Robertson (born Brian Alexander Robertson, 1956, in Glasgow) is a Scottish musician and songwriter. He was educated at the former Allan Glen's School, Glasgow and what is now the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama official biography. <p>He released his debut album in 1973, but it was to be a further six years until he found success in the UK charts. <p>Robertson had hits between 1979 and 1981 in the UK Singles Chart, the first of which - "Bang Bang" - reached number 2 in August 1979. Following singles "Knocked It Off", "Kool In The Kaftan" and "To Be Or Not To Be" reached chart positions 8, 17 and 9 respectively. All the singles came from his successful album Initial Success. In 1981 he had his last Top 40 hit, a duet with Maggie Bell, "Hold Me" which reached number 11. He also co-wrote "Carrie" and "Wired for Sound" for Cliff Richard and penned and sung the theme tune to the television series, Maggie and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop ("Hello, Hello"). Also wrote / sang backing...