NEW YORK (AP) – The Bay City Rollers, a Scottish pop group that rode the enthusiasm of teenagers to the top of the music charts in the 1970s, accused Arista Records in a lawsuit Tuesday of failing to pass along millions of dollars in royalties for the last 25 years.

The lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan seeks unspecified damages on behalf of six band members, including bassist Alan Longmuir and drummer Derek Longmuir, brothers who started the group in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1967.

The band, whose hits include “I Only Want To Be With You,” says in the lawsuit that Arista owes it royalties on millions of dollars it has generated as a result of selling the band’s albums, compact discs, multimedia licenses, merchandise and rights to commercials, movies and even telephone ring tones.

In the lawsuit, the band says Arista has taken the position that it has held royalties from the band members for more than 25 years until it receives clear instructions from them as to how the money should be distributed.

The lawsuit says a payment of $254,392 in September 1997 is the only one made to the band, well short of the millions of dollars the band believes it is owed.

“Arista’s claim over the last 25 years that it does not know who to pay is and always has been a pretext intended to deprive the Rollers of the royalties to which they are entitled,” the lawsuit says.

A telephone message left with a lawyer for Arista was not immediately returned Tuesday.

The band, first known as the Saxons, sought a less English-sounding name and found it after throwing a dart that landed on a map near Bay City, Mich., the lawsuit says. After gaining success in England, the group went in 1975 on a worldwide tour that included stops in Canada, Australia and Japan.

In America, the group scored a No. 1 hit with “Saturday Night” and rose high on the charts with “Money Honey,” “You Made Me Believe in Magic” and “I Only Want To Be With You” before breaking up in 1981.