B. A. Robertson (born Brian Alexander Robertson, 12 September 1956, 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. Career He released his debut album in 1973, but it was to be a further six years until he found success in the UK charts. 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 wrote or co-wrote "Carrie", "Hot Shot" and "Wired for Sound" for Cliff Richard and wrote "Language of Love" which Richard released as a b-side. Roberts

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