SCOTTISH MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS

● 1964: Marie Mcdonald Mclaughlin Lawrie, the singer who would go on to become known to millions as Lulu, was just 14 when she was spotted singing in Glagow nightclub The Lindella by Marion Massey, the owner’s sister, who would manage her for the next 25 years. Her debut single, a cover of The Isley Brothers’ hit Shout, was top ten hit in the UK and set Lulu on the road to stardom.

● 1975: It had already been gathering steam the previous year when the Bay City Rollers scored hits with songs like Remember, Shang-a-lang and Summerlove Sensation. But it was a cover of The Four Seasons’ Bye Bye Baby which propelled Rollermania in the spring of 1975, staying at No 1 in the UK for six weeks and selling more than a million copies.

● 1979: Singer-songwriter Dougie Maclean was busking around France in 1977 when he was overcome by homesickness for his native Perthshire and picked up his guitar. Caledonia, the song he wrote in just ten minutes, appeared on an album of the same name in 1979, but only became widely known after a new version by Frankie Miller was used in a Tennent’s Lager advert in 1991.

● 1985: Simple Minds were on the cusp of the big time when they were asked to contribute a track to an American high school movie. They were reluctant to record a song that they had not written, but Keith Forsey’s Don’t You Forget About Me, played at the end of box office smash The Breakfast Club, went to No 1 in the US and became their defining anthem.

● 1987: Championed when they were completely unknown by Dexy’s Midnight Runners singer Kevin Rowland and The Housemartins, the be spectactled singing twins Craig and Charlie Reid got their big break in January 1987 when they landed a slot on Channel 4’s hugely influential show The Tube. Months later their debut album, This Is The Story, was unveiled months later, and when Gerry Raffety produced a new version of its stand-out track, Letter From America, they had their first hit.

● 1990: Spanning four stages across Glasgow, The Big Day was the most ambitious event of the city’s reign as European Capital of Culture and still Scotland’s biggest outdoor music event. Wet Wet Wet, Texas, Hue and Cry, Deacon Blue and Big Country were among the huge bands of the time to perform.

● 1994: Although Edinburgh and Glasgow were regularly hosting stadium concerts by the early 1990s, an outdoor music festival was viewed as a risky proposition. The first T in the Park was graced by Britpop favourites, but also featured Scottish acts like Primal Scream, Del Amitri, Teenage Fanclub, Gun – and Glass Onion, who would become Travis.

● 1999: Glasgow band Belle and Sebastian were one of the best-known outfits on Scotland’s indie music scene when they were nominated for best newcomer at the Brit Awards three years after they were formed. Their huge homegrown fanbase helped win them one of the first online polls for a major honour.