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Bee Gees 1Barry Gibb 17Robin Gibb 26Maurice Gibb 36Andy Gibb 40Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track 45How Deep Is Your Love 51Stayin' Alive 58Night Fever 65If I Can't Have You 68More Than a Woman (Bee Gees song) 73

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Bee Gees

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees performing on Dutch television in 1968. From left to right: Barry, Robin, and Maurice GibbBackground information

Genres Pop, pop rock, disco, blue-eyed soul, soft rock

Years active 1958–20032009–2012

Labels RSO, Warner Bros., Festival, Polydor, Atco

Website www.beegees.com [1]

Past members

Barry GibbRobin Gibb

Maurice GibbColin Petersen

Vince MelouneyGeoff Bridgford

Alan KendallDennis BryonBlue Weaver

The Bee Gees were a musical group which originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods ofexceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s/early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era inthe late 1970s. The group sang three-part tight harmonies that were instantly recognisable; Robin's clear vibrato leadwas a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the late 1970sand 1980s. The brothers wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for otherartists.Born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived their first few years in Chorlton, Manchester,England, then moved in the late 1950s to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, where they began their musical careers.[2]

After achieving their first chart success in Australia with "Spicks and Specks" (their 12th single), they returned to theUnited Kingdom in January 1967 where producer Robert Stigwood began promoting them to a worldwide audience.It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' career record sales total more than 220 million,[3] making them one of thebest-selling music artists of all time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997;[4] thepresenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical leader of the Beach Boys, a"family act" also featuring three harmonising brothers.[5] The Bee Gees' Hall of Fame citation says "Only ElvisPresley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees".[4]

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Following Maurice's sudden death in January 2003, Barry and Robin Gibb retired the group's name after 45 years ofactivity. In 2009, however, Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed that the Bee Gees would re-form andperform again.[6] Robin died on 20 May 2012 after a prolonged bout of cancer, leaving Barry as the last survivingBee Gee.[7]

History

Early years

Plaque at Maitland Terrace/Strang Road intersection inUnion Mills, Isle of Man.

Barry Gibb (born 1946) and twin brothers Robin (1949–2012)and Maurice Gibb (1949–2003) were born on the Isle of Man,but the family returned to father Hugh Gibb's home town ofChorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England where they went toOswald Road Primary School, in the early 1950s where theboys began to sing in harmony. The story is told that they weregoing to lip sync to a record in the local Gaumont cinema (asother children had done on previous weeks) and as they wererunning to the theatre, the heavy 78-RPM record broke. Thebrothers had to sing live and received such a positive responsefrom the audience that they decided to pursue a singingcareer.[8]

In 1958 the Gibb family, including infant brother, Andy(1958–1988), emigrated to Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The young brothers began performing where theycould to raise pocket money. First called the Rattlesnakes, later Wee Johnny Hayes & the Bluecats, they wereintroduced to radio DJ Bill Gates by racetrack promoter Bill Goode (who saw them perform at Brisbane's SpeedwayCircuit). Gates renamed them the "Bee Gees" after his and Goode's initials – thus the name was not specifically areference to "Brothers Gibb", despite popular belief.[9]

By 1960 the Bee Gees were featured on television shows. In the next few years they began working regularly atresorts on the Queensland coast. For his songwriting, Barry sparked the interest of Australian star Col Joye, whohelped them get a record deal with Festival Records subsidiary, Leedon Records, in 1963 under the name "BeeGees." The three released two or three singles a year, while Barry supplied additional songs to other Australianartists. From 1963 to 1966 the Gibb family lived at 171 Bunnerong Road, Maroubra in Sydney.[10]

A minor hit in 1965, "Wine and Women", led to the group's first LP The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry GibbSongs. By 1966 Festival was, however, on the verge of dropping them from the Leedon roster because of theirperceived lack of commercial success. It was at this time that they met American-born songwriter, producer andentrepreneur, Nat Kipner, who had just been appointed A&R manager of a new independent label, Spin Records.Kipner briefly took over as the group's manager and successfully negotiated their transfer to Spin in exchange forFestival being granted the Australian distribution rights to the group's recordings.Through Kipner the Bee Gees met engineer-producer, Ossie Byrne. He produced (or co-produced with Kipner) manyof the earlier Spin recordings, most of which were cut at his own small self-built St Clair Studio in the Sydneysuburb of Hurstville. Byrne gave the Gibb brothers virtually unlimited access to St Clair Studio over a period ofseveral months in mid-1966. The group later acknowledged that this enabled them to greatly improve their skills asrecording artists. During this productive time they recorded a large batch of original material—including the songthat would become their first major hit, "Spicks and Specks" (on which Byrne played the trumpet coda) – as well ascover versions of current hits by overseas acts such as The Beatles. They regularly collaborated with other localmusicians, including members of beat band Steve & The Board, led by Steve Kipner, Nat's teenage son.

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Frustrated by their lack of success, the Gibbs decided to return to England in late 1966. Ossie Byrne travelled withthem, and Colin Petersen, who eventually became the group's drummer, followed soon after. While at sea in January1967, they learned that "Spicks and Specks" had been awarded Best Single of the Year by Go-Set, Australia's mostpopular and influential music newspaper.

Late 1960s: first international fameBefore their departure from Australia to England, Hugh Gibb sent demos to Brian Epstein who managed The Beatlesand was director of NEMS, a British music store and promoter. Brian Epstein had passed the demo tapes to RobertStigwood, who had recently joined NEMS. After an audition with Stigwood in February 1967, the Bee Gees weresigned to a five-year contract whereby Polydor Records would be their record label in the United Kingdom andATCO Records would be the United States distributor. Work quickly began on the group's first international album,and Robert Stigwood launched a promotional campaign to coincide with its release.Stigwood proclaimed that the Bee Gees were "The Most Significant New Talent Of 1967" and thus began theimmediate comparison to The Beatles.[11] Their second British single (their first UK 45 rpm issued was "Spicks andSpecks"), "New York Mining Disaster 1941", was issued to radio stations with a blank white label listing only thesong title. Some DJs immediately assumed this was a new single by The Beatles and started playing the song inheavy rotation. This helped the song climb into the Top 20 in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Nosuch chicanery was needed to boost the Bee Gees' second single, "To Love Somebody", into the US Top 20.Originally written for Otis Redding, "To Love Somebody" was a soulful ballad sung by Barry, which has sincebecome a pop standard covered by hundreds of artists including Gram Parsons, Rod Stewart, Bonnie Tyler, JanisJoplin, The Animals, Nina Simone, and Michael Bolton. Another single, "Holiday", was released in the UnitedStates, peaking at No. 16. The parent album, Bee Gees 1st (their first internationally), peaked at No. 7 in the UnitedStates and No. 8 in the United Kingdom.Following the success of Bee Gees 1st, the band (which now consisted of Barry on rhythm guitar, Maurice on bass,Vince Melouney on lead guitar and Colin Petersen on drums),.[11] began work on the act's second album. Released inlate 1967, Horizontal repeated the success of their first album, featuring the No. 1 UK single "Massachusetts" (a No.11 US hit), and the No. 7 UK single "World". The sound of the album Horizontal had a more "rock" sound than theirprevious release, though ballads like "And The Sun Will Shine" and "Really And Sincerely" were also prominent.The Horizontal album reached No. 12 in the US, and No. 16 in the UK promoting the record, the Bee Gees madetheir first appearances in America, playing live concerts and television shows such as The Ed Sullivan Show andRowan & Martin's Laugh-In.Two more singles followed in early 1968, the ballad "Words" (No. 15 US, No. 8 UK) and the double A-sided single"Jumbo" b/w "The Singer Sang His Song". "Jumbo" was the Bee Gees' least successful single to date only reachingNo. 57 in the US, and No. 25 in the UK. The Bee Gees felt that "The Singer Sang His Song" was the stronger of thetwo sides, an opinion shared by listeners in the Netherlands, who made it a No. 3 hit. Further Bee Gees chart singlesfollowed: "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (No. 8 US, No. 1 UK) and "I Started A Joke" (No. 6 US), both culledfrom the band's third album Idea. Idea was another Top 20 album in the US (No. 17) and the UK (No. 4). Followingthe tour and TV special to promote the album, Vince Melouney left the group, feeling that he wanted to play more ofa blues style music than the Gibbs were writing. Melouney did achieve one feat while with the Bee Gees—hiscomposition "Such A Shame" (from Idea) is the only song on any Bee Gees album not written by a Gibb brother.By 1969, the cracks began to show within the group. Robin began to feel that Stigwood had been favouring Barry as the frontman. Their next album, which was to have been a concept album called Masterpeace, evolved into the double-album Odessa. Most rock critics felt this was the best Bee Gees album of the '60s, with its progressive rock feel on the title track, the country-flavoured "Marley Purt Drive" and "Give Your Best", and signature ballads such as "Melody Fair" and "First Of May"; the last of which became the only single from the album, and was a minor hit. Feeling that the flipside, "Lamplight" should have been the A-side, Robin quit the group in mid-1969 and launched a

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solo career. Robin Gibb saw brief success in Europe with the No. 2 hit "Saved By The Bell" and the album Robin'sReign. Barry and Maurice continued as the Bee Gees, even recruiting their sister Lesley to appear with them onstage.The first of many Bee Gees compilations, Best of Bee Gees was released, featuring the non-LP single "Words" plusthe Australian hit "Spicks and Specks" The CD release replaces "Spicks and Specks" with another non-LP single"Tomorrow Tomorrow", because Polydor could no longer secure the rights to the Australian track. "TomorrowTomorrow" was a moderate hit in the UK reaching No. 23, but stalled at No. 54 in the US. The compilation reachedthe Top Ten in both the US and the UK.While Robin was off on his own, Barry, Maurice, and Colin continued on as the Bee Gees, recording their nextalbum, Cucumber Castle. There was also a TV special filmed to accompany the album, which aired on the BBC in1971. Colin Petersen played drums on the tracks recorded for the album, but was fired from the group after filmingbegan and his parts were edited out of the final cut of the film. After Colin was fired, Australian drummer GeoffBridgford was recruited to complete the recording of songs for Cucumber Castle. The leadoff single, "Don't Forgetto Remember" was a big hit in the UK reaching No. 2, but a disappointment in the US, only reaching No. 73. Thenext 2 singles, "I.O.I.O." and "If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else" barely scraped the charts, and followingthe release of the album, Barry and Maurice parted ways. It seemed that the Bee Gees were finished. Barry recordeda solo album which never saw official release, though "I'll Kiss Your Memory" was released as a single, withoutmuch interest. Meanwhile, Maurice released the single "Railroad", and starred in the West End musical Sing A RudeSong.

Early 1970sThe three brothers reunited in the later part of 1970 penning a series of songs about heartache and loneliness. Duringthis period they became a four piece band joined again by Australian drummer Geoff Bridgford who after playing onthe 2 Years On album and Trafalgar album became the last non-Gibb brother to be a member of the Bee Gees.Although they had lost traction on the British charts, the Bee Gees hit No. 3 in America with "Lonely Days" (fromthe reunion LP 2 Years On) and had their first US No. 1 with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (fromTrafalgar). The trio's talents were included in the soundtrack for the 1971 film Melody as they performed severalsongs for the title. In 1972, they hit No. 16 in America with the single "My World" and "Run To Me" from the LP ToWhom It May Concern; the latter also returned them to the British top ten for the first time in three years.By 1973, however, the Bee Gees were in a rut. The album, Life in a Tin Can, released on RSO Records and itslead-off single, "Saw a New Morning," sold poorly with the single peaking at No. 94. This was followed by anunreleased album (known as A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants). A second compilation album, Best ofBee Gees, Volume 2 was released in 1973, though it did not repeat the success of Volume 1.On the advice of Ahmet Ertegün, head of their US label Atlantic Records, Stigwood arranged for the group to recordwith famed soul music producer Arif Mardin. The resulting LP, Mr. Natural, included fewer ballads andforeshadowed the R&B direction of the rest of their career. But when it too failed to attract much interest, Mardinencouraged them to work with the soul music style.The brothers attempted to assemble a live stage band that could replicate their studio sound. Lead guitarist AlanKendall had come on board in 1971, but did not have much to do until Mr. Natural. For that album, they addeddrummer Dennis Bryon, and they later added ex-Strawbs keyboard player Blue Weaver, completing the late 1970s"Bee Gees band". Maurice, who had previously performed on piano, guitar, organ, mellotron, and bass guitar, as wellas exotica like mandolin and Moog synthesiser, now confined himself to bass onstage.At Eric Clapton's suggestion, the brothers relocated to Miami, Florida, early in 1975 to record. After starting off with ballads, they eventually heeded the urging of Mardin and Stigwood and crafted more rhythmic disco songs, including their second US No. 1, "Jive Talkin'", along with US No. 7 "Nights on Broadway." The band liked the resulting new sound, and this time the public agreed, sending the LP Main Course up the charts. This was their

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second album to have two US top-10 singles since 1968's Idea. Main Course also became their first charting R&Balbum. Mardin was unable to work with the group afterwards, but the Bee Gees enlisted Albhy Galuten and KarlRichardson who had worked with Mardin during the Main Course sessions. This production team would carry theBee Gees through the rest of the 1970s.The next album, Children of the World, was drenched in Barry's newfound falsetto and Weaver's synthesiser discolicks. Led off by the single "You Should Be Dancing," it pushed the Bee Gees to a level of stardom they had notpreviously achieved in the US, though their new R&B/disco sound was not as popular with some die hard fans fromthe 1960s. The Bee Gees' band was now closer to a rock act, with rhythm guitar and real drums behind the falsetto.

Late 1970s: Saturday Night Fever

Following a successful live album, Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live, the Bee Gees agreed with Stigwood to participatein the creation of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. It would be the turning point of their career. The culturalimpact of both the film and the soundtrack was seismic, not only in the United States, but in the rest of the world aswell, bringing the nascent disco scene mainstream.The band's involvement in the film did not begin until post-production. As John Travolta asserted, "The Bee Geesweren't even involved in the movie in the beginning ... I was dancing to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs."[12]

Producer Robert Stigwood commissioned the Bee Gees to create the songs for the film. The brothers wrote the songs"virtually in a single weekend" at France's Château d'Hérouville studio.[12] Barry Gibb remembered the reactionwhen Stigwood and music supervisor Bill Oakes arrived and listened to the demos:

“They flipped out and said these will be great. We still had no concept of the movie, except some kind of rough script that they'd brought withthem ... You've got to remember, we were fairly dead in the water at that point, 1975, somewhere in that zone–- the Bee Gees' sound wasbasically tired. We needed something new. We hadn't had a hit record in about three years. So we felt, Oh Jeez, that's it. That's our life span,like most groups in the late 60s. So, we had to find something. We didn't know what was going to happen.[12] ”

Bill Oakes, who supervised the soundtrack, asserts that Saturday Night Fever did not begin the disco craze; rather, itprolonged it: "Disco had run its course. These days, Fever is credited with kicking off the whole disco thing–-itreally didn't. Truth is, it breathed new life into a genre that was actually dying."[12]

Three Bee Gees singles ("How Deep Is Your Love", "Stayin' Alive", and "Night Fever") reached No. 1 in the UnitedStates and many countries around the world, launching the most popular period of the disco era. They also pennedthe song "If I Can't Have You" which became a No. 1 hit for Yvonne Elliman, while the Bee Gees' own version wasthe B-Side of "Stayin' Alive." Such was the popularity of Saturday Night Fever that two different versions of thesong "More Than a Woman" received airplay, one by the Bee Gees, which was relegated to album track, and anotherby Tavares, which was the hit. The Gibb sound was inescapable. During an eight-month period beginning in theChristmas season of 1977, six songs written by the brothers held the No. 1 position on the US charts for 25 of 32consecutive weeks—three of their own releases, two for brother Andy Gibb, and the Yvonne Elliman single.Fueled by the movie's success, the soundtrack broke multiple industry records, becoming the highest-selling albumin recording history to that point. With more than 40 million copies sold, Saturday Night Fever is among music's topfive best selling soundtrack albums. It is currently calculated as the 4th highest-selling album worldwide.[13]

During this era, Barry and Robin also wrote "Emotion" for an old friend, Australian vocalist Samantha Sang, who made it a Top Ten hit (the Bee Gees sang backing vocals). Barry also wrote the title song to the movie version of the Broadway musical Grease for Frankie Valli to perform, which went to No. 1. During this period, the Bee Gees' younger brother Andy followed his older siblings into a music career, and enjoyed considerable success. Produced by Barry, Andy Gibb's first three singles all topped the US charts. In March 1978, the Bee Gees held the top 2 positions on the US Charts with "Night Fever" and "Stayin' Alive", the first time this had happened since The Beatles. On the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for 25 March 1978, five songs written by the Gibbs were in the US top ten at the same time: "Night Fever", "Stayin' Alive", "If I Can't Have You", "Emotion" and "Love is Thicker Than

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Water". Such chart dominance hadn't been seen since April 1964, when The Beatles had all five of the top fiveAmerican singles. Barry Gibb became the only songwriter to have four consecutive number one hits in the USbreaking the John Lennon and Paul McCartney 1964 record. These songs were "Stayin' Alive", "Love Is ThickerThan Water", "Night Fever", "If I Can't Have You".The Bee Gees also co-starred with Peter Frampton in the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)loosely inspired by the classic 1967 album by The Beatles. The film had been heavily promoted prior to release, andwas expected to enjoy great commercial success. However, the disjointed film was savaged by the movie critics, andignored by the public. Though some of its tracks charted, the soundtrack too was a high-profile flop. The single "Oh!Darling", credited to Robin Gibb, reached No. 15 in the US. Previously, the Bee Gees had recorded three Beatlescovers—"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight", "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" and "Sun King" –for the transitory musical documentary All This and World War II.The Bee Gees' follow-up to Saturday Night Fever was the Spirits Having Flown album. It yielded three more No. 1hits: "Too Much Heaven", "Tragedy", and "Love You Inside Out." This gave the act six consecutive No. 1 singles inAmerica within a year and a half (a record surpassed only by Whitney Houston). "Too Much Heaven" ended up asthe Bee Gees' musical contribution to the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly inJanuary 1979, a benefit organised by the Bee Gees, Robert Stigwood, and David Frost for UNICEF that wasbroadcast worldwide. The brothers donated the royalties from the song to the charity. Up to 2007, this song hasearned over $11 million for UNICEF. During the summer of 1979, the Bee Gees embarked on their largest concerttour covering the US and Canada. The Spirits Having Flown tour capitalised on Bee Gees fever that was sweepingthe nation, with sold out concerts in 38 cities. The Bee Gees produced a video for the title track of "Too MuchHeaven" directed by Miami-based film-maker, Martin Pitts and produced by Charles Allen. With this video, Pittsand Allen began a long association with the brothers.The Bee Gees even had a country hit in 1979 with "Rest Your Love On Me", the flip side of their pop hit "Too MuchHeaven", which made Top 40 on the country charts. In 1981, Conway Twitty's version of "Rest Your Love On Me"topped the country charts.The Bee Gees' overwhelming success rose and fell with the disco bubble. By the end of 1979, disco was rapidlydeclining in popularity, and the backlash against disco put the Bee Gees' American career in a tailspin. Radio stationsaround America began promoting "Bee Gee Free Weekends". Following their remarkable run from 1975 to 1979, theact would have only one more top ten single in the US, and that would not come until 1989. The Bee Gees'international popularity sustained somewhat less damage. Barry Gibb considered the success of the Saturday NightFever soundtrack both a blessing and a curse:

“Fever was No. 1 every week ... It wasn't just like a hit album. It was No. 1 every single week for 25 weeks. It was just an amazing, crazy,extraordinary time. I remember not being able to answer the phone, and I remember people climbing over my walls. I was quite grateful whenit stopped. It was too unreal. In the long run, your life is better if it's not like that on a constant basis. Nice though it was.[12] ”

1980sRobin and Barry Gibb released various solo albums in the 1980s but only with sporadic and moderate chart success.The brothers had continuing success behind the scenes, however, writing and producing for several artists. In 1980Barry Gibb worked with Barbra Streisand on her album Guilty. He co-produced and wrote or co-wrote all nine of thealbum's tracks (four of them written with Robin and the title track with both Robin and Maurice). Barry alsoappeared on the album's cover with Streisand, and duetted with her on two tracks. The album reached No.1 in boththe US and the UK, as did the single "Woman in Love" (written by Barry and Robin), becoming Streisand's mostsuccessful single and album to date.In 1981 the Bee Gees released the album Living Eyes, their last release on RSO. This album was the first CD ever played in public, when it was played to viewers of the BBC show Tomorrow's World.[14] With the disco backlash

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still running strong, the album failed to make the UK or US Top 40. Two singles from the album fared little better –"He's a Liar" reached No. 30 in the US and "Living Eyes" reached No. 45, breaking the Bee Gees' Top 40 streakwhich started in 1975 with "Jive Talkin'".In 1982 Dionne Warwick enjoyed a UK No.2 and US Adult Contemporary No. 1 with her comeback single,"Heartbreaker", taken from her album of the same name written largely by the Bee Gees and co-produced by BarryGibb. The album reached No.3 in the UK and the Top 30 in the US where it was certified Gold.A year later Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers recorded the Bee Gees-penned track "Islands in the Stream", whichbecame a US No. 1 hit and Top 10 in the UK. Rogers' 1983 album, Eyes That See In The Dark, was written entirelyby the Bee Gees and co-produced by Barry. The album was a Top 10 hit in the US and was certified DoublePlatinum.The Bee Gees had greater success with the soundtrack to Staying Alive in 1983, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever.The soundtrack was certified platinum in the US, and included their Top 30 hit "The Woman in You".Also in 1983 the band were sued by Chicago songwriter Ronald Selle, who claimed that the brothers stole melodicmaterial from one of his songs, "Let It End", and used it in "How Deep Is Your Love". At first, the Bee Gees lost thecase; one juror said that a factor in the jury's decision was the Gibbs' failure to introduce expert testimony rebuttingthe plaintiff's expert testimony that it was "impossible" for the two songs to have been written independently.However, the verdict was overturned a few months later.In 1985 Diana Ross released the album Eaten Alive, written by the Bee Gees, with the title track co-written withMichael Jackson (who also performed on the track). The album was again co-produced by Barry Gibb and the single"Chain Reaction" gave Ross a UK and Australian No.1 hit.The Bee Gees released the album E.S.P. in 1987, which sold over 3 million copies. It was their first album in sixyears, and their first for Warner Bros. Records. The single "You Win Again" went to No. 1 in numerous countries,including the UK,[15] and made the Bee Gees the first group to score a UK No. 1 hit in each of three decades: the1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[16] The single was a disappointment in the US, charting at No. 75, and the Bee Gees voicedtheir frustration over American radio stations not playing their new European hit single, an omission which the groupfelt led to poor sales of their current album in the States.On 10 March 1988, younger brother Andy died, aged 30, as a result of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heartmuscle due to a recent viral infection. His brothers acknowledge that Andy's past drug and alcohol use probablymade his heart more susceptible to this illness. Just before Andy's death, it had been decided by the group that Andywould join them, which would have made the group a four-piece group. The Bee Gees' following album, One(1989), featured a song dedicated to Andy, "Wish You Were Here". The album also contained their first US top tenhit (No. 7) in a decade, "One". After the album's release, they embarked on their first world tour in ten years.

1990sIn 1990, Polydor Records issued the box set Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song, which contained all ofthe group's singles (except 1981's "Living Eyes"), rare B-sides, unreleased tracks, solo material, and liveperformances. Many songs received new stereo mixes by Bill Inglot with some songs making their CD debut. At thetime of its release, Tales was one of the first box sets issued in the music business and it was considered an honourfor a group to have one. In the UK, Polydor issued a single disc hits collection from Tales called The Very Best of theBee Gees, which contained their biggest UK hits. The album became one of their best selling albums in that country,eventually being certified Triple Platinum.Following their next album, High Civilization (1991), which contained the UK top five hit "Secret Love", the Bee Gees went on a European tour. After the tour, Barry Gibb began to battle a serious back problem, which required surgery. In addition, he also suffered from arthritis, and at one point, it was so severe that it was doubtful that he would be able to play guitar for much longer. Also in the early 1990s, Maurice Gibb finally sought treatment for his

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alcoholism, which he had battled for many years, with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous.In 1993, the group returned to the Polydor label, and released the album Size Isn't Everything, which contained theUK top five hit "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Success still eluded them in the US, however, as the first single released,"Paying the Price of Love" only managed to reach No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the parent album stalled atNo. 153.In 1997, they released the album Still Waters, which sold over four million copies, and reached No.2 in the UK (theirhighest album chart position there since 1979) and No.11 in the US. The album's first single, "Alone", gave themanother UK Top 5 hit and a top 30 hit in the US. Still Waters would be the band's most successful US release of theirpost-RSO era.At the 1997 BRIT Awards held in Earls Court, London on 24 February, the Bee Gees received the award forOutstanding Contribution to Music.[17] On 14 November 1997, the Bee Gees performed a live concert in Las Vegascalled One Night Only. The show included a performance of "Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away)" synchronisedwith a vocal by their deceased brother Andy and a cameo appearance by Celine Dion singing "Immortality". The CDof the performance sold over 5 million copies. The "One Night Only" name grew out of the band's declaration that,due to Barry's health issues, the Las Vegas show was to be the final live performance of their career. After theimmensely positive audience response to the Vegas concert, Barry decided to continue despite the pain, and theconcert expanded into their last full-blown world tour of "One Night Only" concerts.[18] The tour included playing to56,000 people at London's Wembley Stadium on 5 September 1998 and concluded in the newly built OlympicStadium in Sydney, Australia on 27 March 1999 to 72,000 people.[18]

In 1998, the group's soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever was incorporated into a stage production produced first inthe West End and then on Broadway. They wrote three new songs for the adaptation. Also in 1998 the brothersrecorded Ellan Vannin for Isle of Man charities. Known as the unofficial national anthem of the Isle of Man, thebrothers performed the song during their world tour to reflect their pride in the place of their birth.[19]

The Bee Gees closed the decade with what turned out to be their last full-sized concert, known as BG2K, on 31December 1999.

2000–08: Maurice's death and hiatusIn 2001, the group released what turned out to be their final album of new material as a group, This Is Where I CameIn. The album was another success, reaching the Top 10 in the UK (being certified Gold), and the Top 20 in the US.The title track was also a UK Top 20 hit single. The album gave each member of the group a chance to write in hisown way, as well as composing songs together. For example, Maurice's compositions and leads are the "Man in theMiddle" and "Walking on Air," while Robin contributed "Déjà Vu," "Promise the Earth," and "Embrace," and Barrycontributed "Loose Talk Costs Lives," "Technicolour Dreams", and "Voice in the Wilderness". The other songs arecollaborative in writing and vocals. They performed many tracks from This Is Where I Came In, plus many of theirbiggest hits, on the live televised concert series Live by Request, shown on the A&E Network. The last concert of theBee Gees as a trio was at the Love and Hope Ball in 2002.Maurice, who had been the musical director of the Bee Gees during their final years as a group, died unexpectedlyon 12 January 2003 at the age of 53 from a heart attack, while awaiting emergency surgery to repair a strangulatedintestine.[20] Initially, his surviving brothers announced that they intended to carry on the name "Bee Gees" in hismemory. But as time passed they decided to retire the group name, leaving it to represent the three brotherstogether.[21]

The same week that Maurice died, Robin's solo album Magnet was released. On 23 February 2003, the Bee Geesreceived the Grammy Legend Award. Barry and Robin accepted as well as Maurice's son, Adam, in a tearfulceremony.

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Although there was talk of a memorial concert featuring both surviving brothers and invited guests,[22] nothingmaterialised. Barry and Robin continued to work independently, and both released recordings with other artists,occasionally coming together to perform at special events.In late 2004, Robin embarked on a solo tour of Germany, Russia and Asia. During January 2005, Barry, Robin andseveral legendary rock artists recorded "Grief Never Grows Old," the official tsunami relief record for the DisastersEmergency Committee. Later that year, Barry reunited with Barbra Streisand for her top-selling album GuiltyPleasures, released as Guilty Too in the UK as a sequel album to the previous Guilty. Robin continued touring inEurope. Also in 2004, Barry recorded his song "I Cannot Give You My Love" with Cliff Richard, which became aUK top 20 hit single.[23]

In February 2006, Barry and Robin reunited on stage for a Miami charity concert to benefit the Diabetes ResearchInstitute. It was their first public performance together since the death of brother Maurice. Barry and Robin alsoplayed at the 30th annual Prince's Trust Concert in the UK on 20 May 2006.In October 2008, Robin performed a couple of songs in London as part of the BBC Electric Proms Saturday NightFever performance. This involved various other performers and the BBC Concert Orchestra and was screened on theBBC and BBC interactive services.

2009–present: Return to performing and Robin's deathOn 1 September 2009, Barry Gibb, in an interview with Easy Mix radio host Tim Roxborough, mentioned on thesubject of future tours that "they will be back"; but in an agreement with Warner/Rhino they would not make anannouncement at that time.[24][25] On 7 September 2009, Robin Gibb disclosed to Jonathan Agnew that he had beenin touch with Barry Gibb and that they had agreed that the Bee Gees would re-form and "perform again".[26]

Barry and Robin performed on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing on 31 October 2009[27] and appeared on ABC-TV'sDancing with the Stars on 17 November 2009.[28] On 15 March 2010, Barry and Robin inducted the Swedish groupABBA into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[29] On 26 May 2010, the two made a surprise appearance on the ninthseason finale of American Idol.In October 2010, Robin Gibb was interviewed by the Daily Mail, and confirmed that the story of the Bee Gees is tobe made into a Hollywood movie by Steven Spielberg. The Oscar-winning director believes the group’s journey fromunknowns in Manchester to worldwide fame will prove box-office gold. Robin told the Daily Mail: "The movie isgoing to be done by some very important people. It will be our life story. Barry and I will be involved in thetechnical side". One of the challenges for Spielberg will be replicating the brothers’ distinctive three-part harmoniesand Barry’s falsetto voice. Robin said: "I’d like our original recordings to be used because it’s very hard to emulatethem."[30]

On 13 February 2012, Robin joined British military trio The Soldiers for the Coming Home charity concert at theLondon Palladium, in support of injured servicemen. It was his first public appearance for almost five months, andhis final.On 20 November 2011 it was announced that Robin Gibb, at 61 years old, was diagnosed with liver cancer, acondition he became aware of several months earlier. He had become noticeably thinner in previous months and hadto cancel several appearances due to issues with severe abdominal pain.[31] On 14 April 2012, it was reported thatGibb had contracted pneumonia[32] in a Chelsea hospital and was in a coma.[33] Gibb came out of his coma on 20April 2012.[34] He died on 20 May 2012.[35] With Robin's death, Barry became the last surviving Gibb brother.

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Songwriting successThe Bee Gees have sold in excess of 200 million records worldwide.[36] At one point in 1978, the Gibb brotherswere responsible for writing and/or performing 9 of the songs in the Billboard Hot 100.[37] In all, the Gibbs placed13 singles onto the Hot 100 in 1978, with 12 making the Top 40.At least 2,500 artists have recorded their songs.[38] Their most popular composition is "How Deep Is Your Love",with 400 versions by other artists in existence.[39] Among the artists who have covered their songs are Ardijah,Michael Bolton, Boyzone, Eric Clapton, Billy Corgan, Destiny's Child, Faith No More, Feist, The Flaming Lips, AlGreen, Jinusean, Elton John, Tom Jones, Janis Joplin, Lulu, Elvis Presley, Nina Simone, Percy Sledge, RobertSmith, Take That, and John Frusciante (who has covered "How Deep Is Your Love" during Red Hot Chili Peppersconcerts). The band's music has also been sampled by dozens of hip hop artists.Songs written by the Gibbs, but largely better known through versions by other artists, include:• "Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You" by Teri DeSario• "Buried Treasure" by Kenny Rogers (backing vocals The Gatlin Brothers)• "Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross• "Come on Over" by Olivia Newton-John• "Emotion" by Samantha Sang and by Destiny's Child• "Gilbert Green" by Gerry Marsden• "Grease" by Frankie Valli• "Guilty" and "Woman in Love" by Barbra Streisand• "Heartbreaker" & "All the Love in the World" by Dionne Warwick• "Hold On to My Love" by Jimmy Ruffin• "I Will Be There" by Tina Turner• "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman• "Immortality" by Celine Dion• "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton• "Morning of My Life" by Abi and Esther Ofarim and by Mary Hopkin• "Only One Woman" by The Marbles• "Rest Your Love on Me" by Conway Twitty• "Sacred Trust" by One True Voice• "Warm Ride" by Graham Bonnet and by Rare EarthThe Bee Gees' major non-UK/US breathrough hit "Spicks and Specks"—a 1966 chart success in Australia (top five)and New Zealand (number one), and in Holland (top five) in 1967—was covered by British rock-pop band StatusQuo for their 1968 debut album. And Al Green's 1972 non-single cover of the Bee Gees' massive 1971 NorthAmerican number one "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" enjoys a certainly critical and popular following,particularly in the UK.

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Awards and recognition

Bee Gees for the television special Billboard No.1 Music Awards (November 1977) Top to

bottom: Barry, Robin and Maurice.

Inductions

•• 1979 Hollywood Walk of Fame•• 1994 Songwriters Hall of Fame•• 1995 Florida's Artists Hall of Fame•• 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame•• 1997 ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Hall of

Fame•• 2001 Vocal Group Hall of Fame•• 2004 Dance Music Hall of Fame•• 2005 London's Walk of Fame

Grammy Awards

• 1978 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Group – "How Deep IsYour Love"

• 1979 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group – "SaturdayNight Fever"

• 1979 Best Arrangement Of Voices – "Stayin' Alive"• 1979 Album Of The Year – "Saturday Night Fever"• 1979 Producer Of The Year – "Saturday Night Fever"• 1981 Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal – "Guilty" (Barry Gibb with Barbra Streisand)• 2000 Lifetime Achievement Award• 2003 Legend Award• 2004 Hall Of Fame Award – "Saturday Night Fever"

World Music Awards•• 1997 Legend Award

American Music Awards•• 1979 Favorite Pop / Rock Band, Duo Or Group• 1979 Favorite Soul / R&B Album – "Saturday Night Fever"•• 1980 Favorite Pop / Rock Band, Duo Or Group• 1980 Favorite Pop / Rock Album – "Spirits Having Flown"•• 1997 International Artist Award

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BRIT Awards• 1997 Outstanding Contribution To Music

BMI Awards• On 15 May 2007, the Bee Gees were named BMI Icons at the 55th annual BMI Pop Awards. Collectively, Barry,

Maurice and Robin Gibb have earned 109 BMI Pop, Country and Latin Awards.[40]

Commemorative stampsIn October 1999 the Isle of Man Post Office unveiled a set of 6 stamps honouring their native sons' music. Theofficial launch took place at the London Palladium where the stage show of Saturday Night Fever was playing. Asimilar launch was held in New York shortly after to coincide with the show opening across the Atlantic. The songsdepicted on the stamps are "Massachusetts", "Words", "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", "Night Fever", "Stayin'Alive" and "Immortality".

Civic honoursIn 1978, following the success of Saturday Night Fever, and the single "Night Fever" in particular, Reubin Askew,the Governor of the US state of Florida, named the Bee Gees honorary citizens of the state, since they resided inMiami at the time.[41]

All three brothers (including Maurice, posthumously) were appointed Commanders in the Order of the BritishEmpire in December 2001 with the ceremony taking place at Buckingham Palace on 27 May 2004.[42][43]

On 10 July 2009, the Isle of Man's capital bestowed the Freedom of the Borough of Douglas honour on Barry andRobin, as well as posthumously on Maurice.[44] On 20 November 2009, Douglas Borough Council released a limitededition commemorative DVD to mark their naming as Freemen of the Borough.[45]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title USChart

UKChart

1965 The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs — —

1966 Spicks and Specks — —

1967 Bee Gees 1st 7 8

1968 Horizontal 12 16

1968 Idea 17 4

1969 Odessa 20 10

1970 Cucumber Castle 94 57

1970 2 Years On 32 —

1971 Trafalgar 34 —

1972 To Whom It May Concern 35 —

1973 Life in a Tin Can 69 —

1974 Mr. Natural 198 —

1975 Main Course 14 —

Bee Gees 13

1976 Children of the World 8 —

1979 Spirits Having Flown 1 1

1981 Living Eyes 41 73

1987 E·S·P 96 5

1989 One 68 29

1991 High Civilization — 24

1993 Size Isn't Everything 153 23

1997 Still Waters 11 2

2001 This Is Where I Came In 16 6

Live albums

Year Title USChart

UKChart

1977 Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live 8 —

1998 One Night Only 72 4

Soundtrack releases

Year Title USChart

UKChart

1977 Saturday Night Fever 1 1

1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 5 38

1983 Staying Alive 6 14

Catalogue reissueThe Gibbs recently gained ownership rights to their back catalogue, and set up a new distribution arrangement withWarner/Rhino/Reprise Records where they have since reissued digitally remastered versions of Saturday NightFever, their later Bee Gees Greatest album, and a new boxed set: The Studio Albums: 1967–1968.Additionally, more recent titles such as Still Waters and This Is Where I Came In were among the first batch ofre-releases. The band's three Warner Bros. releases, E. S. P., One and High Civilisation were also made available oniTunes for the first time since the albums went out of print in North America in the mid-90s.According to Robin Gibb's website, three more reissues were planned for the 2008 holiday season: Best of Bee Gees,Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 and Love Songs. The double album Odessa was released on 13 January 2009 in a special3-disc deluxe edition complete with the original red velvet cover with remastered stereo and mono versions of thealbum as well as alternate versions and unreleased tracks.Since the remastered release of Odessa, Rhino has stopped reissuing original Bee Gees albums and there has notbeen any announcement as to when the remaining albums will be remastered.

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Limited editionEllan Vannin was recorded in 1997 as a 1,000 quantity limited edition single for Isle of Man charities. The song wasfeatured in the Bee Gees World Tour and on ITV's "An Evening With ..." but to date has not been released generally.The single was subsequently also available as part of the 1999 Bee Gees Stamp issue.

50th anniversary collectionsIn conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Bee Gees (when they started calling themselves "Bee Gees" in 1959),Rhino Records have released two new collections. Mythology is a four-disc collection highlighting each brother,including Andy, with tracks personally selected by Barry, Robin, Maurice's wife Yvonne (with his children Adamand Samantha), and Andy's daughter Peta. Maurice's disc contains two unreleased tracks called "Angel Of Mercy"and "The Bridge". Andy's disc contains the unreleased track "Arrow Through The Heart". Mythology also features ascrapbook of family photos, many never-before published, along with tributes from artists such as George Martin,Brian Wilson, Elton John, Graham Nash and the band's longtime manager Robert Stigwood.The second collection, The Ultimate Bee Gees, is a more modest two-disc 40-track collection highlighting theirbiggest hits and includes a bonus DVD of unreleased videos, previously unreleased television appearances, liveperformances, and promo videos. Each disc is themed, with the first disc being the more upbeat songs called "ANight Out" and the second disc being more ballad-focused called "A Night In".[46]

Band instrumentalistsBarry Gibb played rhythm guitar.During the early 1970s, Robin Gibb played piano and violin occasionally, but most of the time he only sang.Although he kept on playing strings and keyboards privately, he had not played any instrument on stage sincemid-'70s.Maurice Gibb played bass guitar, rhythm and lead guitar, piano, organ, harpsichord, electric piano, mellotron, andelectronic keyboards, synthesisers and drum tracks. From 1966 to 1972 he played multiple instruments on manyrecords. During the late 1970s he played mainly bass guitar. From about 1986 onward he usually played keyboardsand guitars. Maurice was credited by the brothers as being the most technologically savvy member of the band, andhad built his own home studio. The bootleg CD ESP Demos allegedly includes rough versions of tracks from thealbum of the same name that were recorded at that studio.These musicians were considered members of the band:• Colin Petersen – drums (1967–1969)

• Vince Melouney – lead guitar (1967–1968)

• Geoff Bridgford – drums (1969–1972)

• Alan Kendall – lead guitar (1971–1980, 1987–2001)

• Dennis Bryon – drums (1974–1980)

• Blue Weaver – keyboards (1975–1980)

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Filmography• 1969: Cucumber Castle• 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band• 1979: The Bee Gees Special• 1990: One For All Tour• 1997: Keppel Road• 1998: One Night Only• 2001: This Is Where I Came In• 2002: Live By Request• 2010: In Our Own Time

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)• Bee Gees (http:/ / digital. library. unt. edu/ explore/ partners/ UNTML/ browse/ ?start=48&

fq=untl_collection:JGPC) interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969).

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Barry Gibb

Barry Gibb

Barry Gibb in 1973

Background information

Birth name Barry Alan Crompton Gibb

Born 1 September 1946Douglas, Isle of Man

Origin Raised in:Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, EnglandMoved to:Brisbane, Australia

Genres Pop, rock, soft rock, adult contemporary, blue-eyed soul, disco, funk, country

Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer

Instruments Vocals, guitar

Years active 1958–present

Labels Polydor, MCA

Associated acts Bee Gees

Website www.barrygibb.com [1]

Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE (born 1 September 1946) is a singer, songwriter, producer and both the eldestand last surviving Bee Gees brother. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents.With his younger brothers, twins Robin and Maurice, he formed the Bee Gees, one of the most successful popgroups of all time. Their younger brother Andy was also a popular singer. The trio got their start in Australia, andfound their major success when they returned to England.Known for his high-pitched falsetto singing voice, Gibb shares the record with John Lennon and Paul McCartney forconsecutive Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones as a writer with six. The book of Guiness World Records lists BarryGibb as the second most successful songwriter in history behind Paul McCartney.[2]

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Early lifeBarry Gibb was born to Barbara and Hugh Gibb in the Isle of Man. He has an older sister, Lesley (born 1945), andhad three younger brothers, fraternal twins Robin (1949–2012) and Maurice (1949–2003), and Andy (1958–1988).He and his family moved to Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester in 1953. When he was 12 years old, his familymoved to Brisbane, Australia, settling in one of the city's poorest suburbs, Cribb Island. The suburb was laterbulldozed to make way for Brisbane Airport. It was in Australia that Gibb and his brothers Robin and Mauricestarted performing as the Bee Gees. The Gibb family returned to England in 1967. Shortly afterward, the Bee Geesbecame international stars.

CareerThe Bee Gees rank sixth on the all-time top-sellers list. When they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ofFame in 1997, their citation read "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and PaulMcCartney have outsold the Bee Gees".[3] The trio's contribution to Saturday Night Fever pushed the film'ssoundtrack past the 40 million mark in sales. It reigned as the top-selling album until Michael Jackson's Thriller.They are the only group in pop history to write, produce, and record six straight No. 1 hits. They have 16 Grammynominations and nine Grammy wins.In 1978, he had five songs simultaneously in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, and for one week in March, fourof the top five songs were written by him. His songs were No. 1 for 27 out of 37 weeks from 24 December 1977 to 2September 1978. As a songwriter Gibb has had No. 1 songs in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, when"(Barry) Islands in the Stream" became number 1 in the UK as the Comic Relief single for 2009. His songs havebeen recorded by numerous artists, including José Feliciano, Al Green, Wyclef Jean, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Little,Barry Manilow, Olivia Newton-John, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Nina Simone, BarbraStreisand, Tina Turner, Conway Twitty, Frankie Valli, Luther Vandross, Sarah Vaughn, Jennifer Warnes, DionneWarwick, and Andy Williams.Gibb has also produced albums for Andy Gibb, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, and Dionne Warwick.The Bee Gees have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[3][4][5]

On 8 May 2007 episode of American Idol, Gibb mentored the four remaining contestants. On the following night, hesang his own song "To Love Somebody" before the elimination of LaKisha Jones.Gibb's country song "Drown on the River" is featured on the 2007 movie soundtrack for Deal. It can also be foundon iTunes.Gibb wrote the theme music for ITV's Grease Is the Word.On 14 March 2009, Gibb teamed with Olivia Newton-John to present the one-hour finale performance at astar-studded 12-hour live concert at Sydney's Sydney Cricket Ground, part of Sound Relief, a fundraiser to aidvictims of the February 2009 Victorian Bushfires that devastated large tracts of heavily wooded and populatedsouth-eastern Australia. The concert was televised live nationally across Australia on the Max TV cable network.In late 2009, Barry and Robin announced plans to record and perform together as the Bee Gees.[6]

On 21 February 2012, Gibb performed his first solo concert in the US at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe in Florida.[7]

He sang "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" with Maurice's daughter, Samantha Gibb, who is a singer in her ownband. Barry's son, Steve, was also on stage as lead guitarist and sang a Maurice composition, "On Time".d Roll Hall of Fame.On 12 January 2003: Maurice Gibb passed away.On 2 May 2004, Barry and Robin Gibb received the CBE award at Buckingham Palace with their nephew Adam,who collected the award in honour of his late father, Maurice Gibb.[8]

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In January 2006, Gibb purchased the former home of country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash inHendersonville, Tennessee, intending to restore it and turn it into a songwriting retreat.[9] The house was destroyedby fire on 10 April 2007 while under renovation.[10]

On 10 July 2009, Gibb was made a Freeman of the Borough of Douglas (Isle of Man). The award was also bestowedupon his brother Robin, and posthumously upon his brother Maurice.[11]

In 2009, Barry and Linda Gibb became U.S. citizens. They retained their British citizenship.On 20 May, 2012 Robin Gibb died, making Barry the sole surviving Bee Gee.

Legislation lobbyingOn 7 December 2006, Barry Gibb (along with around 4,500 other musicians) bought a full-page advertisement in theFinancial Times newspaper, calling for the British Government to extend the existing 50 year copyright protection ofsound recordings in the United Kingdom. The fair play for musicians advertisement proposed the copyright beextended to the American standard of 95 years, and was viewed as a direct response to the Gowers Review(published by the British Government on 6 December 2006), which recommended the retention of the 50 yearprotection for sound recordings.[12]

Discography

The Kid's No Good

1970 (unreleased) All tracks written by Barry Gibb except where noted.Side 1

• Mando Bay (or Born) – 4:48• One Bad Thing – 3:32 (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb)• The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine – 3:07 (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb)• Happiness – 3:28• Peace in My Mind – 4:10• Clyde O'Reilly – 5:23Side 2

•• I Just Wanna Take Care of You• I'll Kiss Your Memory – 4:26• The Victim – 3:59• This Time – 3:24• What's It All About – 3:09• Born (or Mando Bay) – 3:54Album notes

•• Recorded in February to March 1970 in London, produced by Barry Gibb.• The album is known by this title but it is not definite. The line 'the kid's no good' features in a Bee Gees song by

Barry Gibb, "Come Home Johnny Bride", on the 1973 album Life in a Tin Can.•• This is most likely the intended line-up, though available sources differ as to the placement of the first and last

tracks. Bootleg versions add a number of additional tracks, and one claims to be a Polydor release.•• "I'll Kiss Your Memory" and "This Time" were released on a single (Polydor in much of the world, Atco in North

America), which did not chart. A second single of "One Bad Thing" and "The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine" waspressed by Atco Canada but not released.

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1984: Now Voyager

Polydor, 1984 (MCA in North America)Side 1

•• I Am Your Driver•• Fine Line•• Face to Face•• Shatterproof•• Shine, ShineSide 2

•• Lesson in Love•• One Night (For Lovers)•• Stay Alone•• Temptation•• She Says•• The HunterAlbum notes

• To tie in with the album, Gibb filmed a "video album" version with a storyline, including nine of the songs and aninstrumental title theme that is not on the LP or CD albums. The Now Voyager film is currently available as aRegion 0 (all region) NTSC DVD. The video for "Fine Line" features a rarely seen Barry Gibb minus histrademark beard.

•• "Shine Shine" reached the Top 40 in the US and the Top 10 in Adult Contemporary Charts.

Moonlight Madness

Polydor, 1986 (unreleased)Side 1

• Moonlight Madness (Barry Gibb, George Bitzer, Alan Kendall) – 5:17• My Eternal Love (Barry Gibb, Richard Powers) – 4:37• System of Love (Barry Gibb, Alan Kendall) – 4:14• Where Tomorrow Is (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 4:14• In Search of Love (Barry Gibb, Richard Powers) – 4:18• Cover You (Barry Gibb, Karl Richardson) – 5:15Side 2

• The Savage Is Loose (Barry Gibb, Randy Jackson, George Bitzer) – 3:25• Not In Love at All (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, George Bitzer) – 4:22• Words of a Fool (Barry Gibb) – 4:51• Distant Strangers (Barry Gibb, Carlos Vega, Steve Farris, Neil Stubenhaus) – 4:01• Change – (Barry Gibb, George Bitzer, Alan Kendall) – 4:56• Letting Go (Barry Gibb, George Bitzer) – 3:38Album notes

• Recorded in February to March and April to May 1986 at Middle Ear Studio, Miami Beach, produced by BarryGibb and Karl Richardson.

• Also known as When Tomorrow Comes and My Eternal Love.• Several songs would later appear on the Hawks soundtrack.

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• A bootleg version exists, titled The Original Hawks. This disc features the entire unreleased album, as well as anumber of bonus tracks.

1988: Hawks (OST)Polydor, 1988•• System of Love•• Childhood Days•• My Eternal Love•• Moonlight Madness•• Where Tomorrow Is• Celebration De La Vie (Theme from Hawks)•• Chain Reaction•• Cover You•• Not In Love at All•• Letting GoAlbum notes

• The final incarnation of the unreleased Moonlight Madness album.•• "Chain Reaction" is performed by Diana Ross.

1979: The Guilty Demos

private, 1979 (unreleased) / iTunes, 2006 All tracks written by Barry and Robin Gibb except where noted.• Guilty (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 4:09• Woman in Love – 3:53• Run Wild – 4:22• Promises – 4:14• The Love Inside (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Andy Gibb) – 4:47• What Kind of Fool (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 4:04• Life Story – 4:56• Make It Like a Memory (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 6:34• Carried Away (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 3:51• Secrets – 3:50Album notes

• Recorded in October 1979 at Criteria Studios, Miami, produced by Barry Gibb.•• Recorded as a guideline for Barbra Streisand.• Finally released on iTunes in 2006 as The Guilty Demos.•• A demo of "Never Give Up" was also recorded, but remains unreleased.•• "Carried Away" and "Secrets" were not used on Streisand's version.

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1982: The Heartbreaker Demosprivate, 1982 (unreleased) / iTunes, 2006 All tracks written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb• Heartbreaker – 4:32• It Makes No Difference (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 4:26• Yours – 5:00• Take the Short Way Home (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 4:07• Misunderstood – 3:55• All the Love in the World – 3:43• I Can't See Anything (But You) (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 3:19• Just One More Night (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 3:51• You Are My Love – 3:49Outtakes

• Oceans and Rivers – 4:24• Broken Bottles – 4:00•• Never Get Over You (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten)•• Stay Alone (Barry Gibb, George Bitzer)• The list of songs that are not used by Dionne Warwick's version.• And the song "Stay Alone" was not used, and later he recorded for his album Now Voyager.Personnel

• Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar• Albhy Galuten – piano, synthesiserAlbum notes

• Recorded at February 1982 in Miami Beach.• Recorded as a guideline for Dionne Warwick.• Released on iTunes in 2006 as The Heartbreaker Demos.

1983: The Eyes That See in the Dark Demosprivate, 1983 (unreleased) / iTunes, 2006• This Woman (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 3:57• You and I – 4:25• Buried Treasure – 3:55• Islands in the Stream – 3:59• Living With You – 3:06• Evening Star (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 4:00• Hold Me – 4:10• Midsummer Nights (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 3:41• I Will Always Love You (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 4:10• Eyes That See in the Dark (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 4:00Personnel

• Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar• Robin Gibb – vocals• Maurice Gibb – guitar, bass, synthesiser• Albhy Galuten – piano, synthesiserAlbum notes

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•• Recorded as a guideline for Kenny Rogers. The released versions include instrumental tracks from these demos.• Released on iTunes in 2006 as The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos.• Gibb's demo of "Islands in the Stream" was not used when the song was chosen for inclusion on the 2001 Bee

Gees compilation, Their Greatest Hits: The Record. Instead, Robin and Maurice, sans Barry, recorded abrand-new version.

1985: The Eaten Alive Demos

private, 1985 / iTunes, 2006• Oh Teacher – 4:01• Experience (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Andy Gibb) – 4:46• More and More (Barry Gibb, Andy Gibb, Albhy Galuten) – 3:02• I'm Watching You – 3:40• Love on the Line – 4:01• (I Love) Being in Love With You – 4:30• Crime of Passion – 3:43• Don't Give Up on Each Other (Barry Gibb, George Bitzer) – 3:52Personnel

• Barry Gibb – vocals, guitar• Albhy Galuten – piano, synthesiserAlbum notes

•• Recorded at Los Angeles around March 1985.•• Recorded as a guideline for Diana Ross.• Released on iTunes in 2006 as The Eatin Alive Demos. The spelling of "Eaten" was later corrected.•• Notable for their absences are "Eaten Alive" and "Chain Reaction." Though a demo exists, the album's title track

was not included as the song is currently the property of its co-author, Michael Jackson. Gibb and Albhy Galutendid not send any demo of "Chain Reaction" to Diana Ross, and evidently Gibb did not want to release whateverwork tape they had of it.

Guilty Pleasures Demos

private, 2005 (unreleased) / Barry Gibb Radio, 2006•• Come Tomorrow•• Stranger in a Strange Land•• Hideaway•• It's Up to You•• Night of My Life•• Above the Law•• Without Your Love•• All Our Children•• Golden DawnAlbum notes

•• Recorded as a guideline for Barbra Streisand.•• As of yet, the full-length demos have not been released. All nine songs appeared on the online "Barry Gibb

Radio" as two- or three-minute fragments, with a fade at each end.• Two songs are missing from the above tracklist – "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" and "Letting Go." As

both songs were previously released, no new demos were necessary.

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Albums• 1970: The Kid's No Good (Unreleased)• 1984: Now Voyager• 1988: Hawks (Soundtrack album)• 2006: The Eaten Alive Demos (iTunes)• 2006: The Guilty Demos (iTunes)• 2006: The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos (iTunes)• 2006: The Heartbreaker Demos (iTunes)[13]

Singles• 1969: "I'll Kiss Your Memory"•• 1970: "One Bad Thing"• 1978: "A Day in the Life"• 1981: "Guilty" (duet with Barbra Streisand)• 1981: "What Kind of Fool" (duet with Barbra Streisand)• 1984: "Face To Face" (duet with Olivia Newton-John)• 1984: "Shine, Shine"• 1984: "Fine Line"• 1988: "Childhood Days"•• 2006: "Dr. Mann"•• 2006: "Underworld"• 2007: "Drown on the River"[14]

• 2011: "All in Your Name" (featuring Michael Jackson)[15]

•• 2011: "Daddies Little Girl" (Barry Gibb composed this song in honor of his daughter Ali Gibb)•• 2011: "Grey Ghost" (dedicated to the beautiful people of Japan)

References[1] http:/ / www. barrygibb. com/[2] Smith, Steve. "First Abba song in 18 years and Hollywood honors McCartney" (http:/ / www. sgvtribune. com/ ci_19878506).

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16 October 2009.[7] "Barry Gibb Performs his First U.S. Solo Concert at Hard Rock Live on February 21 | Hard Rock Live Hollywood" (http:/ / www.

hardrocklivehollywoodfl. com/ blog/ 2012/ 01/ barry-gibb-performs-his-first-u-s-sole-concert-at-hard-rock-live-on-february-21/ ).Hardrocklivehollywoodfl.com. 26 January 2012. . Retrieved 16 April 2012.

[8] "Barry, Robin and Maurice's son Adam received the CBE award" (http:/ / www. brothersgibb. org/ reports-cbe. html). Brothersgibb.org. 27May 2004. . Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[9] "Gibb buys Johnny Cash's house" (http:/ / www. usatoday. com/ life/ people/ 2006-01-05-cash-house_x. htm?POE=LIFISVA). USA Today. 5January 2006. . Retrieved 15 April 2007.

[10] "Johnny Cash's Former Home Burns to Ground" (http:/ / www. wsmv. com/ entertainment/ 11606239/ detail. html). . Retrieved 10 April2007.

[11] Rachael Bruce (10 July 2009). "Bee Gees named Freemen of the Borough" (http:/ / www. iomtoday. co. im/ news/Bee-Gees-named-Freemen-of. 5449394. jp). Isle of Man Today. . Retrieved 11 July 2009.

[12] "Being For The Benefit Of British Musicians" (http:/ / stereogum. com/ 4121/ being_for_the_benefit_of_british_musicians/ news/ ).Stereogum.com. . Retrieved 2 June 2011.

[13] "Bee Gees Rarity Site" (http:/ / www. beegees. dk/ ). Beegees.dk. . Retrieved 2 June 2011.

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[14] "Gibb Songs" (http:/ / www. columbia. edu/ ~brennan/ beegees/ 06. html). Columbia.edu. . Retrieved 2 June 2011.[15] "All In Your Name" (http:/ / www. barrygibb. com/ shop/ index. php?route=product/ product& product_id=76). barrygibb.com. . Retrieved

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External links• Official Barry Gibb website (http:/ / barrygibb. com)• Official Bee Gees website (http:/ / www. beegees. com)• Barry Gibb (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0002956/ ) at the Internet Movie Database

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Robin Gibb

Robin Gibb

Robin Gibb performs on the Dutch television network AVRO programme TopPop in 1973.

Background information

Birth name Robin Hugh Gibb

Born 22 December 1949Douglas, Isle of Man

Died 20 May 2012 (aged 62)London, England

Genres Pop, soft rock, adult contemporary, disco[1]

Occupations Singer-songwriter

Instruments Vocals, piano, violin, guitar

Years active 1958–2012

Labels Polydor, RSO, Mirage

Associated acts Bee Gees

Website Official website [2]

Robin Hugh Gibb, CBE (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter. He is best knownas a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry. He had anotheryounger brother, Andy Gibb, who was also a very popular solo singer.Born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the family later moved to Manchester before settling in Brisbane,Australia. Gibb began his career as part of the family trio and when the group found their first success they returnedto the United Kingdom where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2004, the Bee Gees received their CBEs from thePrince of Wales at Buckingham Palace for their "contribution to music".[3] With record sales estimated in excess of200 million units, the Bee Gees became one of the most successful pop groups of all time.[4]

After a career spanning six decades, Gibb last performed on stage in February 2012 supporting injured Britishservicemen and women at a charity concert at the London Palladium.[5] On 20 May 2012, Gibb died at the age of 62from colorectal cancer.[6][7]

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Early lifeBorn to Barbara and Hugh Gibb[8] in the Isle of Man, Gibb was the fraternal twin of Maurice Gibb, and the elder ofthe two, born 35 minutes before Maurice. The third-born of five children, Gibb had one older sister, Lesley (born1945), and three brothers: Barry (born 1946), twin Maurice (1949–2003), and Andy (1958–1988).Gibb was the subject of an edition of the BBC genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? firstbroadcast on 21 September 2011. The programme revealed that Gibb's paternal great-grandfather was born intopoverty in Paisley and went on to become a decorated soldier and his paternal great-grandmother was a midwife.[9]

Gibb's mother Barbara was born in Worsley, Salford, and in the 1950s the family returned to Manchester,England.[10] The family lived on Keppel Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy and it was here that the young Gibb brotherssang together and performed in local theatres.[10] In late 1958, the family moved to Brisbane, Australia. The familytravelled to Australia on the same ship as Australian musician Red Symons. The brothers' music careers began inAustralia and flourished when they returned to England in 1967.[11]

Solo careerTraditionally, Gibb's role in the Bee Gees was lead singer, for which he vied with Barry during the group's firstperiod of British success in the late 1960s. This rivalry eventually prompted Gibb to leave the group and begin a solocareer. The final irritant was when Gibb’s song "Lamplight" was relegated to the B-side of Barry's song "First ofMay". Meanwhile, there were rumours during this period that Gibb was dealing with drug abuse problems, leadingGibb's parents to allegedly threaten legal action to make him a ward of court (the UK age of majority at that timebeing 21, and he was only 19).In his solo career, Gibb was initially successful with a Number 2 UK hit, "Saved by the Bell", which sold over onemillion copies and received a gold disc.[12] However, Gibb's first solo album, Robin's Reign, was less successful andhe soon found that being a solo artist was unsatisfying. Maurice played bass guitar on the song "Mother and Jack",but was subsequently removed from the project by producer Robert Stigwood. Despite having almost completed asecond solo album, Sing Slowly Sisters, Gibb reunited with his brothers, who then revived the Bee Gees. The groupcame back on a high note, reaching No. 3 on the US charts with the song "Lonely Days" in 1970. In 1971, the BeeGees had their first US No.1 hit, "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", but after that their popularity started to ebb.In 1974, with new producer Arif Mardin, the Bee Gees reinvented themselves with the song "Blue-Eyed Soul". Thegroup now entered their second period of phenomenal success in the disco-era late 1970s.[13]

In 1978, Gibb performed on the Sesame Street Fever album for the Sesame Street children's TV program. On the"Sesame Street Fever" title track, he sang a song called "Trash" for the character Oscar the Grouch, and spoke on atleast one other song.While continuing in the Bee Gees, Gibb also promoted his new solo career. During the 1980s, Gibb released threesolo albums (How Old Are You?, Secret Agent, and Walls Have Eyes). These three albums were more successful inEurope than in the UK or US, with How Old Are You? spawning the hit single "Juliet". However, Gibb's 1984 single"Boys Do Fall in Love" did reach the Billboard Magazine top 40 list of hits. Gibb also recorded several extendedversions of dance songs, including "Boys Do Fall in Love", "Secret Agent", "Like a Fool" and the rarest, "You Don'tSay Us Anymore"; many of these extended versions were released to radio disc jockeys only.On 27 January 2003, fifteen days after Maurice died, Gibb released a new solo album, Magnet in Germany on SPVGmbH, and worldwide shortly afterwards. Magnet featured the Bee Gees song "Wish You Were Here" (from the1989 album One) in a new acoustic version. The lead single, "Please", had coincidental lyrics about "loss". AfterMaurice's death, Gibb and Barry again disbanded the Bee Gees; however, in late 2009, the two brothers announcedthat they would reform and perform again as the Bee Gees whenever they could. In recent years, Gibb sang thevocals to the opening titles to the British ITV show The Dame Edna Treatment.

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On 18 May 2008, Gibb released the song "Alan Freeman Days" in tribute to the Australian DJ Alan Freeman. Thesong was issued as a download only track, although a promotional CD was issued by Academy Recordings. InDecember 2008, "Alan Freeman Days" was followed by another downloadable song entitled "Wing and a Prayer",which shared the same name as a song from the 1989 One album. However, the new song was actually a reworkingof the song, "Sing Slowly Sisters", that had remained unreleased since 1970.[14] Later in December, Gibb issuedanother song, "Ellan Vannin (Home Coming Mix)", featuring the King William's College Choir from the Isle ofMan. ("Ellan Vannin" is the Manx name for the Isle of Man.)In 2008, Gibb completed a new solo album entitled 50 St. Catherine's Drive, but it was never released. However, inAugust 2009, a 50-second video clip of "Instant Love" from 50 St. Catherine's Drive appeared as a preview. "InstantLove" was a collaboration with Gibb's son Robin-John. A second version of "Instant Love" featuring Robin-John onvocals appeared in a short film called Bloodtype: The Search in which Robin-John appeared.[15]

Gibb and Robin-John also wrote the score for The Titanic Requiem, recorded by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra forthe 2012 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.[16] Gibb was due to attend the piece's premier on 10 April2012, but his failing health kept him away.[17]

In 2010, Gibb was also a guest mentor on the Australian version of The X Factor, alongside Australian TV host KyleSandilands, Australian actor/singer Natalie Imbruglia, Irish singer Ronan Keating, and Australian singer GuySebastian.

CollaborationsIn August 2003, Gibb announced the release of a new single of "My Lover's Prayer", a song first recorded by the BeeGees in 1997, with vocals by Gibb and singers Wanya Morris and Lance Bass. "My Lover's Prayer" was played onthe radio, but was never actually released. In October 2003, Gibb recorded a second version of this song as a duetwith singer Alistair Griffin, a runner-up in the UK television program Fame Academy on which Gibb had appearedas a judge. In January 2004, the new "My Lover's Prayer" was released in the UK as a double A side CD single. Iteventually reached number 5 in the UK music charts.In January 2005, Robin joined his brother Barry and several other artists under the name One World Project torecord a charity single in aid of Asian tsunami relief, titled "Grief Never Grows Old". Other artists who performedon the single included Boy George, Steve Winwood, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Sir Cliff Richard, Bill Wyman,America, Kenny Jones, Chicago, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Russell Watson and Davy Spillane.In June 2005, Gibb joined X Factor runner up band G4 at a sell-out concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London,singing the Bee Gees song "First of May". In December 2005, a recording of this performance was released as partof a double A side single, credited as "G4 feat Robin Gibb" together with G4's cover version of the Johnny Mathissong "When a Child is Born". "First of May" also appeared on the platinum selling album G4 & Friends, whichreached number 6 in the UK album charts.In November 2006, Gibb released an album of Christmas carols called Robin Gibb – My Favourite Carols, backedby The Serlo Consort, a London choir. The Serlo Consort [18]. The album also featured a new song by Gibb called"Mother of Love", which was released in Europe as a download single. The song was inspired by Maurice and wasRobin's first new composition since Maurice died. Gibb donated all royalties from "Mother of Love" to the "JankiFoundation for Global Healthcare", and dedicated the song to Dadi Janki, the organisation's spiritual leader. Gibbdedicated the album to his mother, Barbara Gibb. Robin Gibb – My Favourite Carolshas a bonus DVD disc titled APersonal Christmas Moment with Robin Gibb.Gibb went back to the top of the UK charts in 2009 when he collaborated with singers Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon, andTom Jones on a new version of "Islands in the Stream", written by Robin, Barry, and Maurice. The new version,inspired by the BBC comedy TV show Gavin & Stacey, was created to benefit the charity Comic Relief.[19]

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In September 2011, Gibb recorded the Bee Gees classic "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" with British Army menThe Soldiers for a charity single in the UK, the video for which was produced by Vintage TV.[20]

Concerts

Gibb in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March2008

In late 2004, Gibb embarked on a solo tour of Germany, Russia andAsia, with singer Alistair Griffin as the opening act. On his return tothe UK, Gibb released a CD and DVD of live recordings from theGerman leg of the tour, backed by the Frankfurt Neue PhilharmonicOrchestra of Frankfurt, Germany. In 2005, Gibb made a solo tour ofLatin America.

On 20 February 2006, Gibb and Barry performed at a concert for theDiabetes Research Institute of the University of Miami in Hollywood,Florida. This was their first joint performance since Maurice'sdeath.[21] In March 2006, Gibb announced plans for more solo concertsin Shanghai, China and Portugal. In May 2006, Gibb took part in thePrince's Trust 30th Birthday Concert at the Tower of London alongwith Barry. They sang three songs: "Jive Talkin'", "To LoveSomebody" and "You Should Be Dancing". In September 2006, Gibbperformed "Stayin' Alive" at the Miss World 2006 contest finals inWarsaw, Poland. In November 2006, Gibb performed a solo concert, entitled "Bee Gees – Greatest Hits", at theAraneta Coliseum in Manila, the Philippines.

Gibb marked his return to his birthplace by playing a concert at the Isle of Man TT festival in 2007. The Peel BayTT Festival [22] – 12 February 2007. Gibb donated all of his share of the money from this concert to the children'sward at Noble's Hospital, Isle of Man, and invited all emergency service staff and marshals for the TT to attend forfree.On 8 September 2007, Gibb performed a concert in Salt Lake City, Utah at EnergySolutions Arena for the Nu SkinEnterprises Convention, singing a set of Bee Gees hits.On 25 October 2007, Gibb performed a concert at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria and sang the BeeGees' most famous songs.On 25 October 2008, to mark the 30th anniversary of the song "Saturday Night Fever" topping the UK charts, Gibbperformed with special guests including Ronan Keating, Stephen Gateley, Sam Sparro, Sharleen Spiteri, GabriellaCilmi and Bryn Christopher at the London music festival BBC Electric Proms.On 30 January 2012, Gibb announced his intention to appear on stage at the Coming Home Concert at the LondonPalladium in February to benefit British soldiers returning home from Afghanistan; "I’m looking forward toappearing if possible and being able to continue my support for our servicemen and women. We owe a debt ofgratitude to the dedication and professionalism of our armed forces.”[23][24] It would be his last performance onstage.[5]

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Personal lifeIn 1968 Gibb married Molly Hullis, a secretary in Robert Stigwood's organisation. The couple had survived theHither Green rail crash, which killed 49 people on 5 November 1967.[25] They had two children together, Spencer (b.1972) and Melissa (b. 1974). The couple divorced in 1980 after years of living separate lives, with Gibb almostpermanently in the US and Hullis remaining in the UK.[26]

Gibb's second wife, Dwina Murphy Gibb, is an author and an artist. She is interested in the Druidry religion and is afollower of the neo-Hindu Brahma Kumaris movement. The couple had a son, Robin-John (known as RJ (b. 1983).Gibb and his wife divided their time between the Isle of Man, Miami, Florida and Thame in Oxfordshire.[27]

On 10 March 1988, Andy Gibb died in Oxford, England, of myocarditis.[28] On 12 January 2003, Maurice Gibb diedin Miami Beach, Florida of complications from a twisted intestine.On 4 November 2008, he had a fourth child, Snow Evelyn Robin Juliet Gibb, born out of a private relationship witha housekeeper. [29]

Gibb was "an ardent vegan and teetotaller".[30]

In politics, Gibb was a supporter of the British Labour Party and launched a rally in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,ahead of the 2005 General Election.[31] Gibb was a close friend of the former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair,who was criticised for staying at Gibb's Miami mansion over Christmas 2006.[32] In 2008 Gibb publicly stated thathe continued to get on "like a house on fire" with Blair, and claimed that the then Labour Prime Minister GordonBrown regularly listened to the Bee Gees.[33]

Health problems and deathOn 14 August 2010, while performing in Belgium, Gibb began to feel abdominal pains. On 18 August, he wasrushed to a hospital in Oxford, England and underwent emergency surgery for a blocked intestine, the samecondition that killed Maurice.[34] Gibb recovered and returned to perform concerts in New Zealand and Australia.During this time, Gibb was also involved in promoting fund-raising for the memorial dedicated to RAF BomberCommand in Green Park, London. Gibb also wrote The Titanic Requiem with his son Robin-John, which wasrecorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in2012.[35] Gibb continued to make television appearances and other events following his surgery, but in April 2011 hewas forced by health problems to cancel his tour of Brazil.[34] Another concert in Paris was cancelled in October2011. On 14 October, Gibb was due to perform the charity single with The Soldiers, but was again rushed to hospitalwith severe abdominal pains.[36] On 18 October, following his release from the hospital, Gibb appeared on ITV's TheAlan Titchmarsh Show looking gaunt and frail.[37]

On 27 October 2011, Gibb cancelled an appearance only minutes before he was due to perform at the Poppy AppealConcert in London.[38] Later the same week however, Gibb was seen in London and quoted as saying he felt"absolutely great".[39]

On 20 November 2011, it was revealed that Gibb had been diagnosed with liver cancer several months earlier. Asource close to the singer stated that his condition was "not good" and his wife, Dwina, had not left his bedside. Hisbrother Barry and his wife Linda, as well as their mother Barbara and Robin's children, Melissa and Spencer, flew tothe UK to be with him.[40]

In an interview published in The Mail on Sunday on 22 January 2012, Gibb spoke for the first time of the cancer."For more than 18 months, I had lived with an inflammation of the colon; then I was diagnosed with colon cancer, which spread to the liver. I have undergone chemotherapy, however, and the results — to quote my doctor — have been 'spectacular'. It’s taken a toll, naturally, but the strange thing is that I've never felt seriously ill. I’ve mostly felt great. There have been many false claims around, which I'd like to dispel. I am not and have never been 'at death's door'. Nor do I have a team of alternative doctors

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working on my health. That's not true, although I'm not averse to healthy remedies for any illness. I feelthey can go together with conventional medicine. I do eat health foods and drink herbal teas made forme by Dwina, my wife and RJ's mother. Other than that, I am under the care of Dr. Peter Harper at TheLondon Clinic".[41]

On 4 March it was announced that Gibb was in remission from cancer.[42] On 28 March, Gibb's publicist announcedthat he had been hospitalised for intestinal surgery and was recovering and cancelled scheduled appearances.[43][44]

On 14 April, it was reported that Gibb was "fighting for his life" after contracting pneumonia and was in a coma in aChelsea hospital. Gibb's two oldest children, his wife Dwina, his brother Barry and his mother were at hisbedside.[45][46] On 20 April, it was reported that Gibb was out of his coma and was making remarkable progress,according to his family.[47] On 22 April, however, it was reported that he had advanced colorectal cancer.[48] He diedin London on 20 May 2012 at the age of 62.[6][49]

Music historian Paul Gambaccini described Gibb as "one of the major figures in the history of British music" and"one of the best white soul voices ever", while he noted that the Bee Gees were "second only to Lennon andMcCartney as the most successful songwriting unit in British popular music".[49] Gibb's death left his brother Barryas the only surviving original member of the Bee Gees.

AwardsIn 1994, Gibb was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California.In 1997, the Bee Gees were inducted as a group into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, US. At the1997 BRIT Awards held in Earls Court, London on 24 February, the Bee Gees received the award for OutstandingContribution to Music.[50]

In 2002, Gibb was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours,along with his brothers Maurice and Barry. However, the official presentation ceremony at Buckingham Palace inLondon was delayed until 2004 due to Maurice's death.[3]

In May 2004, Robin and Barry both received Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Music from The University ofManchester in Manchester, England.[51] In 2005, Robin Gibb received the Steiger Award (Miner Award) in Bochum,Germany for accomplishments in the arts. On 10 July 2009, both Robin and Barry were made Freemen of theBorough of Douglas, Isle of Man. The award was also bestowed posthumously on Maurice, therefore confirming thefreedom of the town of their birth to Barry, Robin and Maurice.[52]

DiscographyGibb's entire song catalogue is published by Universal Music Publishing Group.

Albums

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Year Title UnitedKingdom

Germany UnitedStates

Switzerland Canada NewZealand

Italy

1970 Robin's Reign – No.19 – – No.77 – –

1983 How Old Are You? – No.6 – No.26 – No.22 No.13

1984 Secret Agent – No.31 No.97 No.20 – – –

1985 Walls Have Eyes – – – – – – –

2003 Magnet No.43 No.10 – – – – –

2006 My Favourite Christmas Carols – – – – – – –

2012 Titanic Requiem – – – – – – –

Singles

Year Title UnitedKingdom

Germany UnitedStates

Austria Switzerland SouthAfrica

NewZealand

Italy

1969 "Saved By the Bell" No.2 No.3 – – – No.1 No.1 –

1969 "One Million Years" – No.14 – – No.6 – – –

1970 "August, October" No.45 No.12 – – – – No.11 –

1978 "Oh! Darling" – – No.15 – – – – No.5

1980 "Help Me!"(Robin Gibb with Marcy Levy)

– – No.50 – – – – –

1983 "Juliet" No.94 No.1 No.104 No.2 No.1 – – No.1

1983 "How Old Are You?" No.92 No.37 – – – – – –

1983 "Another Lonely Night in New York" No.71 No.16 – – No.19 – – –

1984 "Boys Do Fall in Love" No.70 No.21 No.37 No.36 – No.7 – No.10

1984 "Secret Agent" – – – – – – – –

1985 "In Your Diary" – – – – – – – –

1985 "Like a Fool" – – – – – – – –

1986 "Toys" – – – – – – – –

2002 "Please" No.23 No.51 – – – – No.48 –

2003 "Wait Forever" – – – – – – – –

2004 "My Lover's Prayer"(Robin Gibb and Alistair Griffin)

No.5 – – – – – – –

2005 "First of May"(G4 feat. Robin Gibb)

– – – – – – – –

2006 "Mother of Love" – – – – – – – –

2007 "Too Much Heaven"(Robin Gibb and US5)

– No.7 – – – – – –

2009 "Islands in the Stream"(Comic Relief with Robin Gibb)

No.1 – – – – – – –

2011 "I've Gotta Get a Message to You"(The Soldiers with Robin Gibb)

No.75 – – – – – – –

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2012 "Don't Cry Alone"(promotional video only)

– – – – – – – –

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Bee-Gees-singer-Robin-Gibb-61-answers-health-quiz. html). Daily Mail. . Retrieved 10 April 2012.[17] O'Mahoney, Jennifer (14 April 2012). "Bee Gees' Robin Gibb fights for life with pneumonia" (http:/ / www. independent. co. uk/

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30/ robin-gibb-i-m-determined-to-sing-at-royal-palladium-in-support-of-british-troops-86908-23727072). Daily Record. Retrieved 21 May2012

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html). London Evening Standard. 29 December 2006. . Retrieved 15 April 2012.[27] "The PM's wife, the Druid priestess and the no-sex guru | News" (http:/ / www. thisislondon. co. uk/ news/

article-23380710-the-pms-wife-the-druid-priestess-and-the-no-sex-guru. do). Evening Standard. London. . Retrieved 29 October 2011.[28] "Andy Gibb Death Cause | Gibb's Death Tied to Natural Causes" (http:/ / articles. latimes. com/ 1988-03-12/ news/ mn-868_1_andy-gibb).

Los Angeles Times. 1988-03-12. . Retrieved 2012-04-21.[29] Colin Fernandez (2009-02-09). "Straying Alive! Married Bee Gee Robin Gibb has baby with live-in housekeeper 26 years his junior" (http:/

/ www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-1138950/ Straying-Alive-Married-Bee-Gee-Robin-Gibb-baby-live-housekeeper-26-years-junior.html). Dailymail.co.uk. . Retrieved 2012-04-21.

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[30] Alex Spence 29 October 2011 12:01 am. "The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion" (http:/ / www. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/comment/ article1265367. ece?token=null& offset=0& page=1). The Times (London). . Retrieved 29 October 2011.

[31] "UK | UK Politics | PM 'paying' for Bee Gee home stay" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ uk_politics/ 6213401. stm). BBC News. 28December 2006. . Retrieved 21 November 2011.

[32] Will Woodward and Richard Luscombe in Miami (29 December 2006). "Miami price: Blair feels the heat | Politics" (http:/ / www. guardian.co. uk/ politics/ 2006/ dec/ 29/ musicnews. labour). The Guardian (London). . Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[33] http:/ / www. metro. co. uk/ showbiz/ 148064-gordon-brown-fan-of-the-bee-gees[34] "Bee Gees star Robin Gibb axes string of live dates after being rushed to hospital" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/

article-1373337/ Bee-Gees-star-Robin-Gibb-axes-string-Brazil-live-dates-rushed-hospital. html). Daily Mail (London). 5 April 2011. .Retrieved 27 October 2011.

[35] "Robin Gibb too ill to attend Titanic concert" (http:/ / www. telegraph. co. uk/ culture/ music/ music-news/ 9197578/Robin-Gibb-too-ill-to-attend-Titanic-concert. html). The Telegraph. 11 April 2012. . Retrieved 14 April 2012.

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[37] Bryant, Tom (25 October 2011). "Bee Gees star Robin Gibb’s brave battle against crippling illness" (http:/ / www. mirror. co. uk/ news/top-stories/ 2011/ 10/ 25/ bee-gees-star-robin-gibb-s-brave-battle-against-crippling-illness-115875-23512662/ ). Daily Mirror (London). .Retrieved 27 October 2011.

[38] Boyle, Simon (28 October 2011). "Bee Gees Robin Gibb: fresh fears for star after he pulls out of charity event" (http:/ / www. mirror. co.uk/ news/ editors-picks/ 2011/ 10/ 28/ bee-gees-robin-gibb-fresh-fears-for-star-after-he-pulls-out-of-charity-event-115875-23519948/#ixzz1cm353R4N). Daily Mirror (London). . Retrieved 4 November 2011.

[39] McCormack, Kirsty (31 October 2011). "Positive thinking: A frail-looking Robin Gibb is feeling 'great' as he hopes to top the charts again"(http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-2055510/ Frail-looking-Robin-Gibb-insists-feels-great-hopes-charts-again. html). DailyMail (London). . Retrieved 4 November 2011.

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[41] "'How my obsession with the Titanic has helped save my life,' says cancer-stricken Robin Gibb working with his son on orchestral requiemto those who perished" (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ femail/ article-2089867/ Robin-Gibb-How-obsession-Titanic-helped-save-life.html?ITO=1490). Mail On Sunday (London). 22 January 2012. . Retrieved 22 January 2012.

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May 2012

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External links• Robin Gibb's personal website (http:/ / www. robingibb. com/ )• Robin Gibb's MySpace page (http:/ / www. myspace. com/ robingibbofficial)• Gibb Songs (http:/ / www. columbia. edu/ ~brennan/ beegees/ 02. html) Magnet by Joseph Brennan• Words & Music, Fans Of The Brothers Gibb (http:/ / www. BrothersGibb. com)• Promo Video, My Lover's Prayer (http:/ / vidsearch. myspace. com/ index. cfm?fuseaction=vids. individual&

videoid=1405250239)• Robin Gibb (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0316471/ ) at the Internet Movie Database

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Maurice Gibb

Maurice Gibb

Maurice Gibb performing on AVRO's TopPop (a Dutch television show) in 1973

Background information

Birth name Maurice Ernest Gibb

Born 22 December 1949Douglas, Isle of Man

Origin Raised in:Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, EnglandMoved to:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Died 12 January 2003 (aged 53)Miami Beach, Florida, US

Genres Pop, rock, soft rock, adult contemporary, blue-eyed soul, disco, funk

Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer

Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, keyboards

Years active 1958–2003

Labels Polydor

Associated acts Bee Gees

Notable instruments

Rickenbacker 4001

Maurice Ernest Gibb, CBE (22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a musician, singer-songwriter and recordproducer. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the twin brother of Robin Gibb and younger brother toBarry. He is best known as a member of the singing/songwriting trio the Bee Gees, formed with his brothers. Thetrio got their start in Australia, and found major success when they returned to England. The Bee Gees became oneof the most successful pop groups ever.

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BiographyBorn Maurice Ernest Gibb to Barbara (née Pass) and Hugh Gibb on the Isle of Man, Maurice was the fraternal twinbrother of Robin Gibb, and was the second-born of the twins, born 35 minutes after Robin. The fourth-born of fivechildren, he had one older sister, Lesley (b. 1945), and three brothers, Barry (born 1946), twin Robin (1949–2012),and Andrew (1958–1988). In the 1950s, the family moved to Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester, England, then inlate 1958, they moved to Brisbane, Australia, settling in one of the city's poorest suburbs, Cribb Island, which wassubsequently demolished to make way for the Brisbane Airport.Gibb was married to the Scottish pop star Lulu from 1969 to 1973. Their careers and his heavy drinking forced themapart and they divorced, childless, in 1973.[1] He married his second wife Yvonne Spencely on 17 October 1975.They had two children: Adam and Samantha. Their marriage lasted until his death.[2]

Gibb loved the sport of paintball, and had a team which he called the Royal Rat Rangers, a reference to his beingnamed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), and to his time at the Little River AA group, wherethe members referred to each other as "river rats." He promoted the sport at every opportunity, and opened apaintball equipment shop, "Commander Mo's Paintball Shop," in North Miami Beach, Florida.

DeathMaurice Gibb died at a Miami Beach, Florida, hospital on 12 January 2003 of complications resulting from a twistedintestine (volvulus).[3] His brothers Barry and Robin retired the name Bee Gees for a time, declining to perform as agroup.[4] However, as time passed, they decided to perform occasionally under the Bee Gees banner[5] .

Career

Maurice performing on Dutchtelevision show Twien in 1968.

Maurice Gibb's role in the group focused on melody and arrangements. He sangharmony and backing vocals, and played a variety of instruments. Very early onin 1965 and 1966 he played lead guitar, but as early as 1966 he was playing otherkeyboard and string instruments in the studio. Bee Gees records from 1967 to1972 are dominated by Maurice playing piano and bass guitar, along withmellotron ("Every Christian Lion Hearted Man" and "Kilburn Towers"), rhythmguitar (along with Barry), and other parts. The piano on songs like "Words" and"Lonely Days" is the Maurice Gibb sound. On stage he usually played bassguitar, with an additional musician taking bass when Maurice switched to piano.Maurice was less influential in the disco Bee Gees sound of 1975 to 1979, whenhe played mostly bass guitar.[6] After that time for the last 20 years of his life heplayed primarily electronic keyboard instruments on stage and in the studio, butoccasional lead guitar (including the acoustic guitar given to him by John Lennon, which Maurice used on "This IsWhere I Came In", 2001).[7] In the reunited Bee Gees from 1987 onward, Maurice was the group's resident expert onall technical phases of recording, and he coordinated musicians and engineers to create much of the group's sound.

As a songwriter, Maurice contributed mainly to melody, with his brothers writing the lyrics that they would sing onthe finished song (for the most part). It is difficult to identify his contributions because the songs were so shaped tothe singer, but his brothers' continued writing collaboration with him on solo projects shows how much they reliedon him. Maurice sang lead on average one song per album. He was sometimes known as "the quiet one" for his lessobvious contributions to the group, but privately he was a good teller of stories who immensely enjoyed talking withfans. His reputation as a mild-mannered stabilising influence with two very ambitious brothers continued through hislife.[8] His comic personality shone on stage during Bee Gees concerts when the brothers would perform an acousticmedley. Many times during the song "Holiday", Maurice would mock Robin while he was singing or pretend he wasbored (Maurice did not sing on the original record).

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Away from the Bee Gees, Maurice recorded an unreleased solo album in 1970. He also appeared in a short-livedWest End musical, Sing a Rude Song written by Caryl Brahms and Ned Sherrin that same year. In 1972, Mauriceproduced Jimmy Stevens' album Don't Freak Me Out (called Paid My Dues in the United States).[8] During the BeeGees hiatus in the mid-1980s, he worked with both Barry and Robin on their solo projects, and did someinstrumental writing and recording including the soundtrack for the film A Breed Apart. In 1986, Gibb produced andco-wrote an entire album for Swedish singer Carola. Of these and other projects, the only work released under hisown name were two singles: "Railroad" in 1970 and "Hold Her in Your Hand" in 1984.[7]

Maurice's last project was to produce an album's worth of songs written and sung by his daughter Samantha, whichfinally appeared in 2005 under the name M E G—Maurice's initials.[9]

AwardsIn 1994, Maurice Gibb was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 1997 was inducted into the Rock andRoll Hall of Fame.[10] His catalogue is published by BMG Music Publishing.In 2002, Maurice was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), along with his brothers, but theawards were not presented until 2004, after Maurice's death; his son Adam accompanied Barry and Robin toBuckingham Palace for the ceremony, representing his father.[11][12]

On 10 July 2009, Maurice was posthumously made a Freeman of the Borough of Douglas. The award, was alsobestowed on Robin and Barry, therefore confirming the freedom of the town of their birth to all three brothers.[13]

DiscographyAlbums:• 1970: The Loner (unreleased)• 1981: Strings and Things (unreleased)• 1984: A Breed Apart (unreleased)Singles:•• 1970: "Railroad"•• 1984: "Hold Her In Your Hand"•• 2001: "The Bridge" (unreleased)Film Scores:• 1984: A Breed Apart, included several versions of the songs, "Hold Her In Your Hand" and "On Time".Musicals:• 1970: Sing A Rude Song

Productions:• 1970: Tin Tin; Tin Tin.[14]

• 1971: Tin Tin; Astral Taxi.• 1979: Osmonds; Steppin' Out.• 1986: Carola; Runaway.• 2005: MEG

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References[1] "Maurice Gibb – Obituaries, News" (http:/ / www. independent. co. uk/ news/ obituaries/ maurice-gibb-601289. html). The Independent. .

Retrieved 5 September 2011.[2] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0316465/ bio[3] CandiottI, Susan (16 January 2003). "Gibb autopsy cites twisted intestine" (http:/ / articles. cnn. com/ 2003-01-16/ entertainment/ gibb.

autopsy_1_maurice-gibb-autopsy-cardiac-arrest?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ). CNN. . Retrieved 22 December 2010.[4] D'Angelo, Joe. "Bee Gees Name To Be Retired, Robin Gibb Says" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ news/ articles/ 1459623/ 20030122/ bee_gees.

jhtml). MTV. . Retrieved 10 December 2009.[5] Michaels, Sean (8 September 2009). "Bee Gees to re-form for live comeback" (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ music/ 2009/ sep/ 08/

bee-gees-re-form). The Guardian (London). . Retrieved 12 May 2010.[6][6] David Leaf, "Bee Gees / The Authorized Biography", 1979.[7][7] Album credits.[8] Melinda Bilyeu, Hector Cook, Andrew Môn Hughes, The Bee Gees / Tales of the Brothers Gibb. London: Omnibus, 2001.[9] M. E. G. (http:/ / www. megmusic. net)[10] Steve Dougherty (2 July 2001). "Stayin' Afloat" (http:/ / www. people. com/ people/ archive/ article/ 0,,20134801,00. html). People

(magazine). . Retrieved 17 July 2011.[11] "Honours in the music world" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 2/ hi/ entertainment/ 1734559. stm). BBC News. 31 December 2001. . Retrieved 29

August 2010.[12] "Surviving Bee Gees collect CBEs" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 2/ hi/ entertainment/ 3753699. stm). BBC News. 27 May 2004. . Retrieved 29

August 2010.[13] Bee Gees receive honorary Freedom of the Borough (http:/ / www. douglas. gov. im/ shownews. asp?ID=3181)[14] Including the No.20 Billboard USA hit Toast and Marmalade for Tea.

External links• Maurice Gibb (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0316465/ ) at the Internet Movie Database

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Andy Gibb

Andy GibbAndy Gibb publicity photo for Solid Gold

Background information

Birth name Andrew Roy Gibb

Born 5 March 1958Manchester, England

Origin Redcliffe, Australia

Died 10 March 1988 (aged 30)Oxford, England

Genres pop, disco

Occupations Singer, musician, recording artist, performer, actor

Instruments Vocals, guitar

Years active 1975–1988

Labels RSO, Polydor

Associated acts Bee Gees

Andy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer and teen idol, and the younger brother of BeeGees Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.

The early yearsAndrew Roy Gibb was born in Manchester, England, to Barbara (née Pass) and Hugh Gibb. At the age of sixmonths, Gibb emigrated with his family to Queensland, Australia, settling on Cribb Island just north of Brisbane. Hewas the youngest boy of five children and had one older sister, Lesley (b. 1945), and three older brothers, Barry (b.1946) and fraternal twins Robin (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) and Maurice (22 December 1949 – 12 January2003). After moving several times around Brisbane and Sydney, Gibb returned to the United Kingdom in January1967 as his older brothers began to gain international fame with their trio, Bee Gees. He participated in the group inthe begining. (Ron de Grundt reference)As a young teenager, Andy began playing at tourist clubs around Spain's coastal Island of Ibiza, and later on the Isleof Man, the birth place of his older brothers, where his parents were living at the time. Andy formed his first group,Melody Fayre (named after a Bee Gees song) which included local island musicians John Alderson (guitar) and JohnStringer (drums). The group was managed by Gibb's mother Barbara. The group had regular bookings on the smallisland's hotel circuit. His first recording (in early 1974) was a Maurice Gibb composition called "My Father Was AReb" on which Maurice also produced and played. It was not released.At the urging of his brother Barry, Andy returned to Australia in 1974. Barry's prompting was based on his belief that Australia had been a good training ground for Bee Gees and would also help his youngest brother. The Gibb brothers' eldest sister Lesley had remained in Australia and had raised a family there with her husband. Both Alderson and Stringer followed Gibb to Australia with hope of forming a band in Australia. With Col Joye producing, Gibb, Alderson and Stringer recorded a number of Andy Gibb's own compositions. What may have separated "the training ground" aspect of Australia for Andy Gibb compared to his brothers was that Gibb was relatively financially independent, mainly because of his brothers' support and largesse, hence the group's sporadic work rate. Andy Gibb would disappear for periods of time, leaving Alderson and Stringer not working and

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consequently out of money. Despondent, Alderson and Stringer returned to the UK.Andy Gibb's first single was the ballad "Words and Music" on the ATA label, owned by Joye. The single, backed byanother Andy Gibb composition "Westfield Mansions", would eventually reach Top Twenty on the Sydney musiccharts in 1976. Then Gibb joined the band Zenta (including renowned drummer Trevor Norton) and supportedinternational artists Sweet and the Bay City Rollers on the Sydney leg of their Australian tours. The plannedfollow-up single "Can't Stop Dancing" (a Ray Stevens song, later a US hit for The Captain and Tennille in May1977) was not released, although Andy did perform it on television at least once on the revitalised Bandstand showhosted by Daryl Somers.Robert Stigwood who, at the time, was also Bee Gees' manager, signed Gibb to his label, RSO Records in early1976, after he had heard some of Andy's demo tapes. Andy soon moved to Miami Beach, Florida, to begin workingon songs with his brother Barry and co-producers Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson.Before leaving Australia, Gibb had married his girlfriend, Kim Reeder. They had one child, a daughter named PetaJaye who was born 25 January 1978. The couple were already separated when Reeder found out she was pregnantand they would divorce later that year.

Number one hitsIn late 1976 in Miami, Andy Gibb, with older brother Barry producing and recording in the famed Criteria Studios,set about making his first album. The first release from the sibling combination, and Andy’s first single releasedoutside Australia, was "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" which was written by Barry, who also provided backupvocals. That single reached number one in the United States and Australia and ended up being the most playedrecord of the year. In Britain it was a lesser hit, just scraping in to the Top 40. Of the ten tracks on the album, theother eight were Andy Gibb compositions, mostly songs written during his time in Australia. Amongst the eightsongs was a re-recording of "Words and Music".In September 1977, his album Flowing Rivers, with another number one single "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"(co-written by Andy and Barry Gibb) to support it, quickly became a million selling album. That single broke inearly 1978 during the time Bee Gees' contributions to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack were dominating theworld charts. In the US it replaced "Stayin' Alive" at the top of the charts, and then was surpassed by "Night Fever"when it reached number one in mid-March.Andy then began work with the Gibb-Galuten-Richardson production team on his second album Shadow Dancing,which was released in April 1978. The title track, written by all four Gibb brothers, was released as a single in theUS in April 1978, and in mid-June began a seven week run at number one, achieving platinum status. In the UnitedStates, Gibb became the first male solo artist to chart three consecutive number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.Two further Top Ten singles, "An Everlasting Love" (which reached number five) and "(Our Love) Don't Throw ItAll Away" (which reached number nine), were released from the album, which became another million seller.In 1979, Andy performed along with Bee Gees, ABBA, and Olivia Newton-John (duet with "Rest Your Love OnMe"), at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly which was broadcast worldwide.He returned to the studio to begin recording sessions for his final full studio album, After Dark. In March 1980, thelast of Gibb's Top Ten singles charted just ahead of the album's release. "Desire" (written by all four Gibb brothers),was recorded for Bee Gees' 1979 album Spirits Having Flown, and featured their original track complete with Andy'soriginal "guest vocal" track. A second single, "I Can't Help It", a duet with family friend and fellow British andAustralian expat Olivia Newton-John, reached the top 20.Later in the year, Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits was released as a finale to his contract with RSO Records, with two new songs: "Time Is Time" (number 15 in January 1981) and "Me (Without You)" (Gibb's last top 40 chart entry) shipped as singles. "After Dark" and "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" were non-single songs added to the album, the latter of which was a duet with PP Arnold, who had previously worked with Barry Gibb, including

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singing uncredited backups on "Bury Me Down by the River" from Cucumber Castle.

Career declineDuring his relationship with actress Victoria Principal, Gibb worked on several projects outside the recording studioincluding performances in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Broadwayand Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance in Los Angeles, California. He also co-hosted the television musicshow, Solid Gold, from 1980 to 1982. Gibb was ultimately fired from both Dreamcoat and Solid Gold because ofabsenteeism caused by cocaine binges.[1][2]

Broadway producer Zev Bufman who financed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat said this of Gibb,"When Andy was at the theater, he was a joy. But he wasn't there enough", adding that of the five people to playJoseph up to that point, Gibb was the best actor.[1] He also said after Gibb's death, "We'd lose him over longweekends. He'd come back on Tuesday, and he'd look beat. He was like a little puppy – so ashamed when he didsomething wrong. He was all heart, but he didn't have enough muscle to carry through."[2] An unnamed co-star inDreamcoat was quoted as saying, "I hear he spent most of his time in his hotel room in front of the TV. I guess hewas frightened and insecure. That's what happens when you're the baby brother of the Bee Gees."[1] Commentingafter Gibb's death, Solid Gold producer Brad Lachman stated, "...[Andy] was a very charming, vulnerable andcharismatic performer. He clearly meant well. He wasn't being difficult. He was going through [drug] problems hecouldn't deal with. He wanted everyone to love him. He had so much going for him, and he just couldn't believeit."[2]

His romance with Principal also ended shortly thereafter when she gave him an ultimatum to choose between her ordrugs, but not before they recorded and released a duet of the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream" in thesummer of 1981. This would be Gibb's last official single, and his last US chart entry, peaking at number 51.His family convinced him to seek treatment for his drug addiction which included a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic inthe mid-1980s. It was during this time that Gibb began touring small venues with a stage show featuring his hits aswell as covers. He also appeared in guest-starring roles on several television sitcoms including Gimme a Break! andPunky Brewster. Following an expansive tour of East Asia, he regularly performed shows in Las Vegas and LakeTahoe. In 1984, he was the headline performer at the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile, performing two nights in a row.He also held a two-week engagement at San Francisco's historic Fairmont Hotel in March 1986.Andy returned to work alongside brothers, Barry and Maurice. Their demo recordings with engineer, Scott Glasel,secured him a contract with the UK branch of Island Records. One of the demo tracks, "Man on Fire", was releasedposthumously in 1991 on a Polydor Records anthology. Another track, "Arrow Through the Heart", was the finalsong Andy would ever record and was featured on an episode of VH1's series, Behind the Music, and released onBee Gees Mythology 4-disc box set in November 2010.

DeathOn 5 March 1988, Andy Gibb celebrated his 30th birthday in London, England, while working on a new album.Soon after, he entered John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford complaining of chest pains and died five days later on 10March 1988, as a result of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle caused by a recent viral infection.[3]

Gibb's body was returned to the United States where he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (HollywoodHills) in Los Angeles.

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Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions[4][5] Certifications

(sales threshold)US US R&B CAN UK SWE NOR NZ

1977 Flowing Rivers

•• First studio album•• Release date: September 1977• Label: RSO Records

19 — 9 — 4 — — • US: Platinum[6]

• CAN: Gold[7]

1978 Shadow Dancing

•• Second studio album•• Release date: April 1978•• Label: RSO Records

7 18 1 15 42 8 15 • US: Platinum[6]

• CAN: Platinum[7]

• UK: Silver[8]

1980 After Dark

•• Third studio album•• Release date: February 1980•• Label: RSO Records

21 67 24 — 23 21 — • US: Gold[6]

"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilations

Year Album details Peak positions

US[4]

1980 Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits

•• Release date: 1980•• Label: RSO Records

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1991 Greatest Hits Collection

•• Release date: 1991• Label: Polydor Records (reissued in 2012 by Reprise Records/Warner Bros.)

—

2001 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection

•• Release date: 14 August 2001•• Label: Polydor Records

—

2010 Mythology (Disc 4 - Andy)

•• Release date: November 2010• Label: Reprise Records/Warner Bros.

—

"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions[4][5] Certifications

(sales threshold)Album

US USAC

USR&B

NZ UK AUS

1975 "Words and Music" — — — 29 — 78 Non-album song

1977 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" 1 8 19 2 26 1 • US: Gold[9] Flowing Rivers

"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" 1 18 — 25 — 13 • US: Gold[9]

1978 "Shadow Dancing" 1 8 11 5 42 11 • US:Platinum[9]

Shadow Dancing

"An Everlasting Love" 5 8 — 28 10 57 • US: Gold[9]

"(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" 9 2 — 27 32 61 • US: Gold[9]

1980 "Desire" 4 — 49 38 — 90 After Dark

"I Can't Help It" (with Olivia Newton-John) 12 8 — — — 62

"Time Is Time" 15 29 — — — — Andy Gibb's GreatestHits

1981 "Me (Without You)" 40 45 — — — —

"All I Have to Do Is Dream" (with VictoriaPrincipal)

51 25 — — — — Non-album song

"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References[1] Diliberto, Gioia (31 January 1983), "Awol from Broadway Once Too Often, Andy Gibb Is Ordered to Turn in His Dreamcoat" (http:/ / www.

people. com/ people/ archive/ article/ 0,,20084163,00. html), People (Time Inc.) 19 (4), , retrieved 27 January 2010[2] Levin, Eric (28 March 1988), "Death of a Golden Child" (http:/ / www. people. com/ people/ archive/ article/ 0,,20098585,00. html), People

(Time, Inc.) 29 (12), , retrieved 27 January 2010[3] "Gibb's Death Tied to Natural Causes" (http:/ / articles. latimes. com/ 1988-03-12/ news/ mn-868_1_andy-gibb). LA Times. UPI. 12 March

1988. . Retrieved 19 April 2012.[4] "Andy Gibb Chart History" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p13045). allmusic.com. . Retrieved 23 October 2008.[5] "Andy Gibb UK Chart History" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ artistinfo. php?id=2806). chartstats.com. . Retrieved 23 October 2008.[6] "RIAA – Gold & Platinum – April 7, 2010: Andy Gibb certified albums" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata.

php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Andy Gibb& format=ALBUM& go=Search& perPage=50). Recording Industry Association ofAmerica. . Retrieved 7 April 2010.

[7] "Canadian Recording Industry Association search results" (http:/ / www. cria. ca/ cert_db_search. php). Canadian Recording IndustryAssociation. . Retrieved 7 April 2010.

[8] "BPI search results" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Retrieved 7 April 2010.[9] "RIAA – Gold & Platinum – April 7, 2010: Andy Gibb certified singles" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata.

php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS& artist=Andy Gibb& format=SINGLE& go=Search& perPage=50). Recording Industry Association ofAmerica. . Retrieved 7 April 2010.

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External links• Andy Gibb (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p13045) at Allmusic• The Brothers Gibb (http:/ / thebrothersgibb. com)• Andy Gibb (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0316449/ ) at the Internet Movie Database• Andy Gibb (http:/ / www. ibdb. com/ person. asp?ID=79234) at the Internet Broadway Database• Andy Gibb (http:/ / www. findagrave. com/ cgi-bin/ fg. cgi?page=gr& GRid=1206) at Find a Grave

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie SoundTrack

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

Soundtrack album by Bee Gees & Various Artists

Released November 15, 1977

Recorded 1975–1977

Genre Disco

Length 74:06

Label RSOPolydorReprise

Producer Bill Oakes (Music Supervisor)

Bee Gees chronology

Here at Last... Bee Gees...Live

(1977)

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie SoundTrack(1977)

Spirits HavingFlown(1978)

Singles from Saturday Night Fever : The Original Movie Sound Track

1. "How Deep Is Your Love"Released: October 1977

2. "Stayin' Alive"Released: December 1977 (US), January 1978 (UK)

3. "Night Fever"Released: February 1978

4. "More Than A Woman"Released: April 1978

5. "If I Can't Have You"Released: 1978

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source Rating

Allmusic [1]

Robert Christgau (B+)[2]

Pitchfork Media (8.7/10.0)[3]

Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film SaturdayNight Fever starring John Travolta. In the United States, the album was certified 15x Platinum for shipments of over15 million copies.[4] The album stayed atop the album charts for 24 straight weeks from January to July 1978, andstayed on Billboard's album charts for 120 weeks until March 1980. In the UK, the album spent 18 consecutiveweeks at number one. The album epitomized the disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic and was aninternational sensation.[5]

BackgroundAlong with the success of the movie, the soundtrack, composed and performed primarily by the Bee Gees, was thebest-selling soundtrack album of all time (it was later surpassed by Whitney Houston's soundtrack to TheBodyguard).[6] The cultural impact of Saturday Night Fever in the United States was tremendous. The Bee Gees hadoriginally written and recorded the five of the songs used in the film, "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever" and "How DeepIs Your Love", "More Than a Woman" (performed in the film in two different versions—one version by Tavares,and another by the Bee Gees) and "If I Can't Have You" (performed in the movie by Yvonne Elliman) as part of aregular album. They had no idea at the time they would be making a soundtrack, and say that, basically, they lost analbum in the process. Two previously-released Bee Gees songs—"Jive Talkin'" and "You Should Be Dancing"—arealso included on the soundtrack. Other previously released songs from the disco era round out the music in themovie.In addition to the Bee Gees songs, additional incidental music was composed and adapted by David Shire. Three ofShire's cues—"Manhattan Skyline", "Night on Disco Mountain" (based on the classical piece "Night on BaldMountain") and "Salsation"—are included on the soundtrack album as well. Five additional cues—"Tony andStephanie", "Near The Verrazano Bridge" (both adapted from the Bee Gees' song "How Deep Is Your Love")"Barracuda Hangout", "Death On The Bridge" and "All Night Train"—while heard in the film, remain unreleased onCD.The soundtrack also won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[7]

In 1994, the soundtrack was re-released on CD through Polydor Records. The album was recently re-released onReprise Records, as part of the Bee Gees' regaining control of their master tapes.In 2003, the album was ranked number 131 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.The soundtrack hit the #1 spot on Billboard Music Chart's Pop Album and Soul Album charts. In 2003 the TVnetwork VH1 named it the 57th greatest album of all time.Saturday Night Fever – The Original Movie Soundtrack was ranked 80th in a 2005 survey held by Britishtelevision's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.Pitchfork Media listed Saturday Night Fever as 34th best album of the 1970s.The original issue of the album included the original studio version of "Jive Talkin'"; later LP pressings included a version culled from Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live. All CD releases have included the original "Jive Talkin'". "Jive Talkin'" was to have been used in a deleted scene taking place the day after Tony Manero's first Saturday night at the

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disco, but as the sequence was cut for the final film, the song was cut as well.

Track listingCD Release

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length

1. "Stayin' Alive" (Bee Gees) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson 4:45

2. "How Deep Is Your Love" (Bee Gees) B. Gibb, R. Gibb & M. Gibb Bee Gees, Galuten, Richardson 4:05

3. "Night Fever" (Bee Gees) B. Gibb, R. Gibb & M. Gibb Bee Gees, Galuten, Richardson 3:33

4. "More Than a Woman" (Bee Gees) B. Gibb, R. Gibb & M. Gibb Bee Gees, Galuten, Richardson 3:18

5. "If I Can't Have You" (Yvonne Elliman) B. Gibb, R. Gibb & M. Gibb Freddie Perren 3:00

6. "A Fifth of Beethoven" (Walter Murphy) Murphy (Based on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony) Thomas J. Valentino 3:03

7. "More Than a Woman" (Tavares) B. Gibb, R. Gibb & M. Gibb Perren 3:17

8. "Manhattan Skyline" (David Shire) Shire Shire & Bill Oakes 4:45

9. "Calypso Breakdown" (Ralph MacDonald) W. Eaton 7:51

10. "Night on Disco Mountain" (David Shire) Modest Mussorgsky & arranged by Shire Shire & Oakes 5:13

11. "Open Sesame" (Kool & the Gang) Robert Bell Kool & the Gang 4:01

12. "Jive Talkin'" (Bee Gees) B. Gibb, R. Gibb & M. Gibb Arif Mardin 3:44

13. "You Should Be Dancing" (Bee Gees) B. Gibb, R. Gibb & M. Gibb Bee Gees, Galuten & Richardson 4:14

14. "Boogie Shoes" (KC and the Sunshine Band) Harry Wayne Casey Casey & Richard Finch 2:17

15. "Salsation" (David Shire) Shire Shire & Oakes 3:51

16. "K-Jee" (MFSB) C. Hearndon & Harvey Fuqua Bobby Martin & Broadway Eddie 4:13

17. "Disco Inferno" (The Trammps) L. Green & Ron Kersey Kersey 10:51

Total length: 1:15:54

Original Vinyl ReleaseSide A:

1. "Stayin' Alive" performed by Bee Gees, produced by Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson – 4:452. "How Deep Is Your Love" performed by Bee Gees, produced by Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson –

4:053. "Night Fever" performed by Bee Gees, produced by Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson – 3:334. "More Than a Woman" performed by Bee Gees, produced by Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson – 3:175. "If I Can't Have You" performed by Yvonne Elliman, produced by Freddie Perren – 2:57Side B:

1. "A Fifth of Beethoven" performed Walter Murphy, produced by Thomas J. Valentino – 3:032. "More Than a Woman" performed by Tavares, produced by Freddie Perren – 3:173. "Manhattan Skyline" performed by David Shire, produced by David Shire & Bill Oakes – 4:444. "Calypso Breakdown" performed and produced by Ralph MacDonald – 7:50Side C:

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1. "Night on Disco Mountain" performed by David Shire, produced by David Shire & Bill Oakes – 5:122. "Open Sesame" performed and produced by Kool & the Gang – 4:013. "Jive Talkin'" performed by Bee Gees, produced by Arif Mardin – 3:434. "You Should Be Dancing" performed by Bee Gees, produced by Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson –

4:145. "Boogie Shoes" performed by KC and the Sunshine Band, produced by H. W. Casey, Richard Finch – 2:17Side D:

1. "Salsation" performed by David Shire, produced by David Shire & Bill Oakes – 3:502. "K-Jee" performed by MFSB, produced by Bobby Martin & Broadway Eddie – 4:133. "Disco Inferno" performed by The Trammps, produced by Ron Kersey – 10:51"Jive Talkin'" was not contained in the film.

Personnel• Mike Baird – Drums (Track C 1)• Michael Boddicker – Synthesizer (Tracks B 3, C 1)• Bob Bowles – Guitar (Tracks A 5, B 2)• Dennis Bryon – Drums (Tracks A 1 to 4, Side C 3 & 4)• Dennis Budimir – Guitar (Track C 1)• Sonny Burke – Piano (Tracks A 5, B 2 & 3)• Sonny Burke – Electric Keyboards (Track D 1)• Eddie Cano – Acoustic Piano (Track D 1)• Carmine d'Amico – Guitar, Electric Guitar (Track B 1)• Paulinho DaCosta – Percussion (Tracks A 5, B 2)• Scott Edwards – Bass (Tracks A 5, Side C 1, D 1)• Steve Forman – Percussion (Tracks B 3, C 1, D 1)• James Gadson – Drums (Tracks A 5, B 2 & 3)• Robin Gibb – Vocals (Tracks A 1 to 4, C 3 & 4)• Barry Gibb – Vocals, Guitar (Tracks A 1 to 4, C 3 & 4)• Maurice Gibb – Vocals, Bass (Tracks A 1 to 4, C 3 & 4)• Ralph Grierson – Keyboards (Track C 1)• Mitch Holder – Guitar (Track B 3)• Alan Kendall – Guitar (Tracks A 1 to 4, C 3 & 4)• Abraham LaBoriel – Bass (Track B 3)• Joe Lala – Percussion (Track C 4)• Stephen Stills - Guitar• Freddie Perren – Synthesizer, Keyboards, Percussion (Track A 5)• Emil Richards – Percussion (Track C 1, D 1)• Jerome Richardson – Trumpet solo (Track D 1)• Lee Ritenour – Guitar (Tracks B 3, C 1, D 1)• David Shire – Adaptation (Track C 1)• Mark Stevens – Drums (Track D 1)• Chino Valdez – Congas (Track D 1)• Blue Weaver – Keyboards (Tracks A 1 to 4, C 3 & 4)• Bob Zimmitti – Percussion (Tracks A 5, B 2, D 1)• John Tobler – Liner Notes• Bill Oakes – Compilation, Album Supervision

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Additional songs in the film not on the soundtrack album• "Barracuda Hangout" performed by David Shire• "Dr. Disco" performed by Rick Dees• "Disco Duck" performed by Rick Dees

Additional songs recorded for the film but not used• "Emotion" by Samantha Sang• "If I Can't Have You" by Bee Gees• "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" by Bee Gees• "Warm Ride" by Bee Gees

Charts

Album

Chart (1978) Peakposition

U.S. Billboard Pop Albums 1

U.S. Billboard R&B Albums 1

UK albums chart 1[8]

Australian Kent Music Report 1

Singles

Year Single Chart Position

1977 "How Deep Is Your Love" Adult Contemporary 1

Pop Singles 1

1978 "Night Fever" R&B Singles 8

Pop Singles 1

"If I Can't Have You" Pop Singles 1

"Stayin' Alive/Night Fever/More Than A Woman" Club Play Singles 3

"Stayin' Alive" Pop Singles 1

R&B Singles 4

"Boogie Shoes" Pop Singles 35

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Awards

Grammy Awards• 1978 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Group – "How Deep Is Your Love"• 1979 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group – "Saturday Night Fever"• 1979 Best Arrangement Of Voices – "Stayin' Alive"• 1979 Album Of The Year – "Saturday Night Fever"• 1979 Producer Of The Year – "Saturday Night Fever"• 2004 Hall Of Fame Award – "Saturday Night Fever"

American Music Awards• 1979 Favorite Soul / R&B Album – "Saturday Night Fever"

Certification

Region Certification Sales/shipments

Canada (Music Canada)[9] Diamond 1000000^

France (SNEP)[10] Gold 2,157,600[11]

Germany (BVMI)[12] 6× Gold 1,500,000^

United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Platinum 300000^

United States (RIAA)[14] 15× Platinum 15,000,000 ^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

When it was first released on CD, it was issued on two CDs, but later reissues were a single CD set. This changed how the RIAAcalculated the sales numbers, as the RIAA counts multi-disc sets for each unit within the set.[15]

Usually the BVMI does not give a 6× Gold certification, but a 3× Platinum instead.[16] The reason for this singular certification isunclear.

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Saturday Night Fever) on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company• Saturday Night Fever on Discogs (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ release/ 127165)

How Deep Is Your Love

"How Deep Is Your Love"

Single by Bee Gees

from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

B-side "Can't Keep A Good Man Down (live)"

Released September 1977

Format vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)

Recorded Château d'Hérouville,Hérouville, 1977

Genre R&B, pop, soft rock

Length 4:063:36 (7" version)

Label RSO

Writer(s) Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb

Producer Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

Bee Gees singles chronology

"Edge of theUniverse"

(1977)

"How Deep Is YourLove"(1977)

"Stayin'Alive"(1977)

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Saturday Night Fever track listing

Side A

1. "Stayin' Alive"2.2. "How Deep Is Your Love"3. "Night Fever"4. "More Than a Woman"5. "If I Can't Have You"

Side B

1. "A Fifth of Beethoven"2.2. "More Than a Woman"3.3. "Manhattan Skyline"4.4. "Calypso Breakdown"

Side C

1.1. "Night on Disco Mountain"2.2. "Open Sesame" performed3. "Jive Talkin'"4. "You Should Be Dancing"5. Boogie Shoes"

Side D

1.1. "Salsation"2.2. "K-Jee"3. "Disco Inferno"

"How Deep Is Your Love" is a pop song written and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977 and released as a single inSeptember. Originally intended for Yvonne Elliman, it was ultimately used as part of the soundtrack to the filmSaturday Night Fever. It was a number three hit in the United Kingdom and Australia. In the United States, it toppedthe Billboard Hot 100 on 24 December 1977 (becoming the first of six consecutive US number-one hits) and stayedin the Top 10 for a then-record 17 weeks. The single spent six weeks atop the US adult contemporary chart. It islisted at # 20 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[1] Alongside "Stayin' Alive", it is one of the group's two tracks on thelist. The song was covered by Take That for their 1996 Greatest Hits album, reaching number-one on the UK SinglesChart for three weeks.The song was ranked #366 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In a British TV specialshown in December 2011, it was voted "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song" by ITV viewers.[2]

BackgroundFollowing mixing for Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live, they began recording songs for what was to be the follow-upstudio album to 1976's Children Of The World. Then the call came from Robert Stigwood requesting songs for amovie he was producing. The Bee Gees obliged and gave him five songs, one of which was "How Deep Is YourLove".

RecordingBy the time Children Of The World was recorded, it was pretty much established that Barry was now the primary vocalist of the group, mostly being falsetto leads with the occasional natural breathy voice. Even most of the backing vocals were done by Barry, such that Robin and Maurice are barely heard in the mix, even though they are there.Despite this, Robin sings the melody for the chorus and audibly sings various ad libs during this song. Recording for all of the tracks for Saturday Night Fever, including "How Deep is Your Love", were done in the Spring of 1977. Barry worked out the melody with keyboard player Blue Weaver, though he is not credited officially

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as a songwriter here. A demo was made at Le Château d'Hérouville in France, with the additional recording done atCriteria Studios when they got back to Miami. [3]

Music videoTwo music videos were made for this song. In one, the brothers are singing while an image of a woman showsthroughout the video. Barry Gibb had his beard shaven off in this video, as in the "Night Fever" video.[4] A secondvideo was later made in which the brothers sing while passing by a stream of rainbow lights. In this video BarryGibb is bearded.[5]

AwardsThe song won Best Pop Performance by a Group at the 20th Grammy Awards which were held on 23 February 1978.The song also received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 35th Golden Globe awards held on 28 January1978. The award went to You Light Up My Life. At the time of both award ceremonies, the song was still in the Top10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

LawsuitIn 1983, The Bee Gees were sued by a Chicago songwriter, Ronald Selle, who claimed that the Gibb brothers stolemelodic material from one of his songs, "Let It End", and used it in "How Deep Is Your Love". At first, the Bee Geeslost the case; one juror said that a factor in the jury's decision was the Gibbs' failure to introduce expert testimonyrebutting the plaintiff's expert testimony that it was "impossible" for the two songs to have been writtenindependently. However, the verdict was overturned a few months later.[6][7]

Covers"How Deep Is Your Love" is one of the most covered songs in the Gibb catalog performed by such artists as:[8]

• Aberdeen (1997)• Adeaze (2004)• B3 (2002)• Baby Lemonade (1994)• Backstreet Boys (2003)• Bad Plus (2009)• The Bird and the Bee (2009)• Blaze (2002)• Paul Brett (1980)• Brotherhood of Man (1978)• Richard Clayderman (1984)• Ray Coniff (1978)• En Vogue (2003)• Ferrante & Teicher (1978)• The 5th Dimension (1995)• Adam Garcia (1998)• Lionel Hampton (1978)• David Hassellhoff (1987)• Marcia Hines (2004)• Jam Hsiao (2012)• Billy Jenkins (1999)

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• Jeff Johnson (2011)• Johnny Mathis (1978)• Paul Mauriat (1978)• Mina (1985)• Peter Nero (1998)• N'Sync (2003)• Portrait (1995)• Real McCoy (1994)• Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)• Martin Rolinski (2007)• Take That (1996)• Ultra Naté (2001)• Luther Vandross (1993)• Dionne Warwick (1978)• Hayley Westenra (2000)• Peter White (1994)• Ann Wilson (2000)• Lea Michele (Rachel Berry, Glee) (2012)

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart Peak position

Australia 3

Austria 13

Belgium 6

Brazil 1

Canada 1

Chile 1

Finland 1

France 1

Germany 21

Ireland 2

New Zealand 6

Norway 5

South Africa 2

Spain 7

Sweden 4

United Kingdom 3

United States 1

Netherlands 15

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments

Canada (Music Canada)[9] Gold 75,000^

France (SNEP)[10] Gold 846,000*

United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Gold 500,000^

United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alone

xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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Take That version

"How Deep Is Your Love"

Single by Take That

from the album Take That: Greatest Hits

Released 26 February 1996

Format Cassette, CD Single

Recorded 1995

Genre Pop

Length 3:40

Label Polydor

Writer(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Certification Platinum

Take That singles chronology

"NeverForget"(1995)

"How Deep Is YourLove"(1996)

"Patience"(2006)

Alternative covers

UK CD2

Take That's version was released as a single from their Greatest Hits compilation in 1996. The single went on tobecome what was to be the band's final UK number one until their 2006 comeback single Patience a decade later.The song stayed at number one in the UK charts for three weeks. The single sold 671,000 copies and has received aPlatinum sales status certification in the UK. The song also topped the charts in Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain.

Music videoThe music video saw the four members of the band tied to chairs and in a basement. A blonde woman with smearedmascara (actress and model Paula Hamilton) walks into the basement and circles the four members individuallypulling their hair. She then puts them all into her van and drives down the motorway. She stops by a reservoir andhas the four members placed on the edge, she points at each member before grabbing Gary's rope and pushes himback still holding on. Her fingers slip through the rope and he falls backwards, the others look shocked as she does.She then smirks.

Track listingUK Cassette Single (74321 35591 5)

1.1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:412. "Never Forget" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:38UK CD Single #1 (74321 35559 2)

1.1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:412. "Every Guy" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 5:363. "Lady Tonight" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 4:134. "Sunday To Saturday" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 3:48

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UK CD Single #2 (74321 35560 2)

1.1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:412. "Back For Good" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:063. "Babe" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 6:104. "Never Forget" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:38EU CD Single #1 (74321 35243 2)

1.1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:412. "Back For Good" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:06EU CD Single #2 (74321 35244 2)

1.1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:412. "Back For Good" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:063. "Every Guy" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 5:36Japanese CD Single (BVCP-2406)

1.1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:412. "Every Guy" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 5:363. "Babe" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 6:104. "Back For Good" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:06UK 7" Viynl - Jukebox Release Only (74321 35632 2)

1.1. "How Deep Is Your Love" - 3:412. "Never Forget" (Live From Earls Court & Manchester Nynex) - 7:38

Chart performance

Chart (1996) PeakPosition

Australian Singles Chart[13] 12

Austrian Singles Chart[13] 7

Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[13] 5

Belgian Singles Chart (Walonia)[13] 4

Canadian Singles Chart[14] 80

Danish Singles Chart[13] 1

Dutch Singles Chart[13] 7

Finnish Singles Chart[13] 2

German Singles Chart[15] 7

Irish Singles Chart[16] 1

Italian Singles Chart[17] 1

Norwegian Singles Chart[13] 6

Spanish Singles Chart[18] 1

Swedish Singles Chart[13] 7

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Swiss Singles Chart[13] 5

UK Singles Chart[19] 1

End of year chart (1996) Position

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart 44

Belgian (Walonia) Singles Chart 35

Italian Singles Chart[20] 23

Swiss Singles Chart 30

UK Singles Chart (1996 Year-End) 12

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments

United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Platinum 600,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alone

xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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Stayin' Alive

"Stayin' Alive"

Single by Bee Gees

from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

B-side "If I Can't Have You"

Released 13 December 1977

Format Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)

Recorded Château d'Hérouville,Hérouville, France 1977

Genre Disco

Length 4:45

Label RSO

Writer(s) Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb

Producer Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

Certification Platinum (RIAA)[1]

Bee Gees singles chronology

"How Deep Is YourLove"(1977)

"Stayin'Alive"(1977)

"NightFever"(1978)

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Saturday Night Fever track listing

Side A

1. "Stayin' Alive"2. "How Deep Is Your Love"3. "Night Fever"4. "More Than a Woman"5. "If I Can't Have You"

Side B

1. "A Fifth of Beethoven"2. "More Than a Woman"3.3. "Manhattan Skyline"4.4. "Calypso Breakdown"

Side C

1.1. "Night on Disco Mountain"2. "Open Sesame"3. "Jive Talkin'"4. "You Should Be Dancing"5. "Boogie Shoes"

Side D

1.1. "Salsation"2. "K-Jee"3. "Disco Inferno"

"Stayin' Alive" is a song by the disco group Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack.The song was written by the Bee Gees (Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb) and produced by the Bee Gees, AlbhyGaluten and Karl Richardson. It was released on 13 December 1977, as the second single from the Saturday NightFever soundtrack. It is one of their signature songs.Upon release, "Stayin' Alive" climbed the charts to hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of 4February 1978, remaining there for four weeks. In the process, it became one of the band's most recognisable tunes,in part because of its place at the beginning of Saturday Night Fever.

BeginningsThe executive producer of the soundtrack, Robert Stigwood (who was also the Bee Gees' manager) called them upand asked them to write a few songs for a soundtrack to a film he was planning. At this point, the film was in earlystages and it did not have a title yet; in fact, all Stigwood had to go on was a New York cover story about discomania.They wrote "Stayin' Alive" over the course of a few days while sprawled on the staircase at the Château d'Hérouvillestudio in Paris. As with Pink Floyd, a majority of the soundtrack was recorded in France for tax reasons.Due to the death of drummer Dennis Byron's mother in the middle of the song's sessions, the group first looked for areplacement. The shortage of qualified drummers in this area of France prompted the group to try a drummachine—yet it did not offer satisfactory results. After listening to the drum track of the already-recorded "NightFever", the group and producer Albhy Galuten selected two bars from that track, re-recorded them as a recurrentloop on a separate tape, and proceeded with sessions for "Stayin' Alive". This accounts for the unchanging rhythmthroughout the song.As a joke, the group listed the drummer as "Bernard Lupe" (a takeoff on session drummer Bernard Purdie). Mr. Lupebecame a highly sought-after drummer—until it was discovered that he did not exist.RSO Records wanted the song to share the then-title of the film, "Saturday Night", but the Bee Gees refused a title change, insisting that there had been too many songs with "Saturday" in the title, and the album already had a song

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with the word "night" in the title—"Night Fever". Rather than change the name of the former song to match the film,Stigwood expanded the name of the film to encompass the title of the latter song.Over the years, the brothers have had mixed feelings about the song. On one hand, they admit it brought themtremendous fame; on the other, it led to their being pigeonholed as a disco act, despite a long and varied careerbefore and after.

RecordingRecording "Stayin' Alive" was not simple. To start with, the drumming is literally a tape loop: Karl Richardsoncopied a choice few seconds of drumming from "Night Fever", cut out the piece of tape, glued the ends together, andfed it back into a recorder by a makeshift arrangement to create a new drum track. This was done solely to workaround Dennis Bryon being away for a few days, but the effect was a strikingly mechanical beat. As boring as thiswould become later in dance songs, it was new in 1977, making this the perfect song for John Travolta struttingdown 86th Street, Brooklyn.

Saturday Night FeverThe song was not initially scheduled for release, with "How Deep Is Your Love" selected as lead single, but fanscalled radio stations and RSO Records requesting the song immediately after seeing trailers for Saturday NightFever, featuring the track over the aforementioned introductory scene. The single was eventually released inmid-December, a month after the album, and moved to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States inFebruary, where it would stay for four weeks. Soon after, it would slide to number two, locking in a solid one-twopunch with the Bee Gees' third smash hit from the album, "Night Fever". In the United Kingdom, "Stayin' Alive"was a solid seller but not as popular as it was in the United States, topping out at number four.Further demonstrating the Bee Gees' US chart domination in 1978, "Stayin' Alive" was replaced at number one withthe group's younger brother Andy Gibb's single, "Love Is Thicker Than Water", followed by the Bee Gees' "NightFever" for their longest run, seven weeks. This was then replaced by Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You". BarryGibb had a hand in writing all four of these songs, becoming the only person in history to write four consecutive USnumber-one singles.Besides the version that appeared on the soundtrack album and the edited 45RPM single for Top 40 radio release,there was yet another version, from the same recording session but of a slightly different mix, that was distributed ontwelve-inch vinyl to club DJs and radio stations that specialised in airing longer versions of hit songs. This "SpecialDisco Version", as it was called, featured all the same parts as the album version, but had a horn rhythm section partinterjected twice. Ironically, where twelve-inch "Disco Versions" were usually sped up, this version was sloweddown slightly. This version was finally released on CD when Reprise re-issued Bee Gees Greatest in 2007 in anexpanded & remastered edition.As for the message of the song, Robin Gibb was quoted as saying, "'Stayin' Alive' is about survival in the bigcity—any big city—but especially New York."

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Music videoThe music video for the song is of a completely different concept from Saturday Night Fever. It depicts the groupsinging the song on an abandoned subway terminal set at MGM Studios, directly adjacent to the one where Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was being filmed at the same time. This set featured buildings, a train station, andother elements.The original three music videos for the movie Saturday Night Fever were shot on the soundstages, and edited at thefacilities of Video City, Inc., in North Miami, Florida. The European video for "Stayin' Alive" (with Barry sansfacial hair) was one of these original three. These original music videos were scrapped and re-shot in California afterBarry grew back his beard.

B-sideInitial plans were for Yvonne Elliman, then known for ballads, to record "How Deep Is Your Love" for SaturdayNight Fever, while The Bee Gees produced their own version of the more disco-oriented "If I Can't Have You" forthe film. Robert Stigwood thought he would prefer the songs from different genders, and directed the group to cutthe ballad while Elliman cut "If I Can't Have You" with her usual producer Freddie Perren. Satisfied with this switch,Elliman's interpretation made the soundtrack, while the Bee Gees' version was relegated to the B-side of the "Stayin'Alive" single. The brothers' version has since appeared on CD in hits compilations.

Track listing•• "Stayin' Alive" - 3:29•• "If I Can't Have You" - 3:251989 reissue•• "Subway" - 4:20•• "Love So Right" - 3:33

Use in medical training"Stayin' Alive" was used in a study to train medical professionals to provide the correct number of chestcompressions per minute while performing CPR. The song has close to 104 beats per minute, and 100-120 chestcompressions per minute are recommended by the British Heart Foundation,[2] and endorsed by the ResuscitationCouncil (UK).[3] A study on medical professionals found that the quality of CPR is better when thinking about"Stayin' Alive".[4] This was parodied in the season 5 episode of comedy series The Office, "Stress Relief".On 15 June 2011, the song was featured in a Hands Only CPR PSA campaign video from the American HeartAssociation and featured actor Ken Jeong in the classic John Travolta outfit from Saturday Night Fever.[5]

Vinnie Jones also stars in a UK version of this CPR video in association with the British Heart Foundation shown onTV circa January 2012.[6]

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Charts and certifications

Chart performance

Chart Peak position

Australia 1

Austria 2

Belgium 2

Brazil 1

Canada 1

Chile 1

Colombia 1

China 2

Finland 2

France 1

Ireland 4

Italy 1

Japan 19

Mexico 1

Netherlands 1

New Zealand 1

Norway 4

Spain 1

South Africa 1

Sweden 3

United Kingdom 4

United States 1

United States AC 28[7]

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments

Canada (Music Canada)[8] Platinum 150,000^

France (SNEP)[9] Gold 831,000*

United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Silver 250,000^

United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 2,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alone

xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Cover versions• In 1979 Paul Weston and Jo Stafford released a cover of the song as Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. It was

backed with "I Am Woman".• In 1980, the American Singer and Ukulele player Tiny Tim (musician) covered it and released it on his album

entitled Chameleon.• In 1991, the indie group Happy Mondays covered it in two different versions for the non-album single "Judge

Fudge".[12]

• N-Trance covered a dance version of the song with new rap and lyrics in 1995.• In 1999, British Death metal band Ten Masked Men recorded a death metal cover of the song in their self-titled

first album.

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• In 2000, the group "Baila" [13] released a "turbo-charged" cover of the song (with the lyrics changed to replace thereference to the New York Times with "the Internet's effect on man").

• Ozzy Osbourne covered the song and it appeared on CD 3 of his 2005 box set, Prince Of Darkness.• Dimension Zero did a death metal cover of the song on their 2007 He Who Shall Not Bleed album.• In 2007, the French band Electro Deluxe recorded a jazz fusion version of this song in their album "Hopeful".• In 2010, Italian rapper, Jovanotti, covered it for his live US album, OYEAH!.• The grindcore band Anal Cunt recorded an Oi! version of the song, released on their album Top 40 Hits.•• The Sleeping also did a cover of this song.• Sugarland performed the song during their 2010 Incredible Machine tour.• Bitch released a cover on 2010's album Blasted!• A short part of the refrain is used in the end of the movie Shrek, sung by Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) in the

Dragon's stomach.• In 2011, Reece Mastin, X Factor Australia winner, covered this song for his album Reece Mastin (album).• In 2011, Anna Tsuchiya, Jpop singer and model, covered this song fot her album Unchained Girl.• In 2012, the song was featured in the sixteenth episode of the third season of Glee.

Appearances in other mediaThough Stayin Alive is heavily guarded by the Bee Gees for licensing, it has appeared in numerous movies andtelevision shows including [14]:• The 1978 Chevy Chase/Goldie Hawn film Foul Play.• A 1978 episode of Hawaii Five-O entitled "Number One With A Bullet", along with Night Fever and More Than

a Woman.• Two 1979 episodes of Mork & Mindy• A sped up version (with permission) was used in the 1980 comedy Airplane!.• The 1981 John Belushi comedy Neighbors.• The movie Look Who's Talking featuring John Travolta.• The 1991 David Tyler CKBE-FM.• The 1992 Rick Moranis comedy Honey I Shrunk the Kids.• A 1994 episode of The Simpsons entitled "Bart's Girlfriend". Homer also performs a parody version of the song

highlighting 'Table Five' in a neighbourhood garage sale in the episode "Two Bad Neighbours".• Used in a flashback scene in the 1994 comedy Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult.• Five movies in 1995 used the song: A Goofy Movie, Bushwhacked, Virtuosity, Let It Be Me, and Grumpier Old

Men.• During the "Swamp Karaoke Dance Party" which tied into the Shrek film, Lord Farquaad was heard singing this

song in the Dragon's stomach since he was eaten by her.• The Jack Nicholson and Glenn Close 1996 action/comedy Mars Attacks!.• A 1997 episode of the BBC drama This Life.• The 1998 comedy A Night at the Roxbury.• The 2005 animated feature Madagascar.• Episodes of CSI: NY and Entourage in 2007.• Was the ringtone of Jim Moriarty in the BBC show Sherlock in its series two premiere on New Year's Day, 2012.

Had a darker reprisal in the series two finale, when Moriarty tells Sherlock that their final problem is 'Stayin'Alive', whilst playing the song on his phone.

• A 1987 Disney special DTV Doggone Valentine set to clips featuring the cats of Disney.• It was released as DLC for Rock Band 3.

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table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=& artist=Bee_Gees& format=SINGLE& debutLP=& category=& sex=& releaseDate=&requestNo=& awardDescription=Platinum& catalogNo=& aSex=& rec_id=& charField=& gold=& platinum=& multiPlat=& level2=&certDate=& album=& id=& after=& before=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2009& sort=Artist& perPage=10).RIAA.com. Retrieved 29 September 2009.

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the-top-100-adult-contemporary-songs-ever-1005279452. story?page=5)[8] "Canadian certifications – Bee Gees – Stayin' Alive" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=Stayin'+ Alive& sa=Bee+

Gees& smt=0). Music Canada. . Retrieved 29 March 2012.[9] "Les Singles en Or :" (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ S_Certif_Or. php?debut=39) (in French). Infodisc.fr. . Retrieved 29 March 2012.[10] "British certifications – Bee Gees – Stayin' Alive" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. .

Retrieved 29 March 2012. Enter Stayin' Alive in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Click Go[11] "American certifications – Bee Gees – Stayin' Alive" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Stayin'+ Alive").

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External links• Bee Gees Stayin' Alive Fansite (http:/ / beegeesstayingalive. com)

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Night Fever

"Night Fever"

Single by Bee Gees

from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

B-side "Down The Road (live)"

Released 7 February 1978

Format 7" single

Recorded c. April 1977, Château d'Hérouville, France andSeptember 1977, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida, United States [1]

Genre Disco

Length 3:31

Label RSO

Writer(s) Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb

Producer Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

Certification Platinum (RIAA)[2]

Bee Gees singles chronology

"Stayin'Alive"(1977)

"NightFever"(1978)

"Too MuchHeaven"(1978)

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Alternative cover

Alternate Single Cover

Saturday Night Fever track listing

Side A

1. "Stayin' Alive"2. "How Deep Is Your Love"3.3. "Night Fever"4. "More Than a Woman"5. "If I Can't Have You"

Side B

1. "A Fifth of Beethoven"2.2. "More Than a Woman"3.3. "Manhattan Skyline"4.4. "Calypso Breakdown"

Side C

1.1. "Night on Disco Mountain"2.2. "Open Sesame" performed3. "Jive Talkin'"4. "You Should Be Dancing"5. Boogie Shoes"

Side D

1.1. "Salsation"2.2. "K-Jee"3. "Disco Inferno"

"Night Fever" is a disco song, written and performed by The Bee Gees. It first appeared on the soundtrack toSaturday Night Fever. Producer Robert Stigwood wanted to call the film Saturday Night, but singer Robin Gibbexpressed hesitation at the title. Stigwood liked the title Night Fever but was wary of marketing a movie with thatname. He combined the two suggestions and the idea for Saturday Night Fever as a motion picture was born."Night Fever" remained the number one Billboard Hot 100 single for over two months in 1978. It also replaced AndyGibb's "Love Is Thicker Than Water" at number one, and was in turn replaced by Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't HaveYou" - all of which were written and produced by the Gibb brothers.In addition to Saturday Night Fever, the song has also appeared in the movie and on the soundtrack for Mystery Men.The song lists at #33 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[3]

Music videoA rare music video was made for the song in 1978, however it wasn't shown to the public until 2004 despite the factthe video didn't contain any uncensored content. It features the brothers singing the song in a dark studio cut withimages from the Las Vegas, Nevada streets (based on the interspersed shots of the Golden Nugget, Castaways andDesert Inn casinos). In the video, Barry Gibb was shown without his trademark beard.[4]

Track listing•• "Night Fever" - 3:32•• "Down The Road (live)" - 4:26Promo Single•• "Night Fever (Stereo)" - 3:32

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•• "Night Fever (Mono)" - 3:32

Charts and certifications

Chart Peak position

United States 1

Canada 1

United Kingdom 1

Spain 1

Ireland 1

Brazil 1

Belgium 2

Germany 2

Norway 2

New Zealand 2

South Africa 2

China 3

Netherlands 3

Japan 4

Austria 4

Italy 5

Sweden 5

Finland 6

Australia 7

France 31

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments

Canada (Music Canada)[5] Platinum 150,000^

United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Gold 500,000^

United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 2,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alone

xunspecified figures based on certification alone

CoversTexan punk rock band The Dicks covered this song on the B-side of their 1980 debut single "Hate the Police" underthe title "All Night Fever".In 2008, Australian singer and songwriter Tina Arena performed a cover version of "Night Fever" for the Frenchfilm Disco.In 2012, the song will be featured in the sixteenth episode of the third season of Glee.

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Notes[1] Gibb Songs by Joe Brennan, 1977 (http:/ / www. columbia. edu/ ~brennan/ beegees/ 77. html)[2] RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - Bee Gees Platinum Singles (http:/ / riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=1&

table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=& artist=Bee_Gees& format=SINGLE& debutLP=& category=& sex=& releaseDate=&requestNo=& type=& level=& label=& company=& certificationDate=& awardDescription=Platinum& catalogNo=& aSex=& rec_id=&charField=& gold=& platinum=& multiPlat=& level2=& certDate=& album=& id=& after=& before=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1&startYear=1958& endYear=2009& sort=Artist& perPage=10). RIAA.com. Retrieved 29 September 2009.

[3] (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ specials/ hot100/ charts/ top100-titles-40. shtml) billboard.com[4] YouTube - Broadcast Yourself (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=-ihs-vT9T3Q)[5] "Canadian certifications – Bee Gees – Night Fever" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=Night+ Fever& sa=Bee+

Gees& smt=0). Music Canada. . Retrieved 29 March 2012.[6] "British certifications – Bee Gees – Night Fever" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. .

Retrieved 29 March 2012. Enter Night Fever in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Click Go[7] "American certifications – Bee Gees – Night Fever" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Night+ Fever"). Recording

Industry Association of America. . Retrieved 29 March 2012.

External links• Night Fever information at SuperSeventies (http:/ / www. superseventies. com/ 1978_1singles. html)

If I Can't Have You

"If I Can't Have You"

Single by Bee Gees

A-side "Stayin' Alive"

Released 13 December 1977 (US)January 1978 (UK)

Format 7" single, 12" single

Recorded January and February 1977, Le Chateau, Herouville, FranceSeptember 1977, Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Genre Disco

Length 3:25

Label RSO

Writer(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Producer Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

Bee Gees singles chronology

"How Deep Is YourLove"(1977)

"Stayin' Alive" / If I Can't HaveYou

(1977)

"NightFever"(1978)

"If I Can't Have You" is a disco song performed by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in1977 and released as the B-side of "Stayin' Alive", Later the song was recorded by Yvonne Elliman.The song appeared on the Bee Gees' compilation Their Greatest Hits: The Record. The remixed version was releasedand remastered in the compilation Bee Gees Greatest in 2007 and marked the return of the Bee Gees to the US HotDance Tracks charts after 28 years.

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RecordingWhen the Bee Gees completed mixing the live album at Le Chateau, they began recording songs for their nextalbum. According to Maurice, "If I Can't Have You" was the first song they did. The recording was started at LeChateau as basic track only, and completed later at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles.[1]

The songs "If I Can't Have You", "Night Fever", "Warm Ride", "More Than a Woman" have Barry as the leadvocalist. It was pretty much established on Children of the World that his voice was now the voice of the Bee Gees; amostly falsetto and occasionally a breathy natural voice. It's likely Barry even did much of the backing and harmony,as Robin and Maurice are not obviously singing on any of these songs. Maurice is sometimes notable for bass guitarparts, but not any more than Blue Weaver on keyboards and synthesizer.

PersonnelBee Gees• Barry Gibb - vocals, guitar• Robin Gibb - vocals• Maurice Gibb - vocals, bass• Blue Weaver - keyboards, synthesizers, piano• Alan Kendall - lead guitar• Dennis Bryon - drumsAdditional musicians• Joe Lala - percussionProduction• Karl Richardson - sound engineer, producer• Michel Marie - sound engineer•• Bee Gees - producer• Albhy Galuten - producer

Yvonne Elliman's version

"If I Can't Have You"Single by Yvonne Elliman

from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

B-side "Good Sign"

Released January 1978

Format 7", 45rpm

Recorded 1977

Genre Disco

Length 2:574:00 (extended version)

Label RSO, Polydor

Writer(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Producer Freddie Perren

Yvonne Elliman singles chronology

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"I Can't Get You Outa MyMind"(1977)

"If I Can't HaveYou"(1978)

"Savannah"(1978)

"If I Can't Have You" is a song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. It was most famouslyrecorded by Yvonne Elliman for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

BackgroundAlthough Yvonne Elliman had cut her 1976 album Love Me with producer Freddie Perren. who was a major force inthe disco movement (Perren had produced the Sylvers' 1976 #1 "Boogie Fever" and would soon collaborate withGloria Gaynor on the disco anthem "I Will Survive") Love Me had showcased Elliman not as a disco artist but ratheras a pop ballad singer, notably on the title cut, a Barry Gibb composition which had provided Elliman with aninternational hit. It was originally intended that Elliman's contribution to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack wouldbe another ballad written by the Gibb brothers, "How Deep Is Your Love".Meanwhile, the Bee Gees produced their own version of "If I Can't Have You" for the film. However, RSO Recordschairman and Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood, who was executive-producing the Saturday Night Fever album,dictated that the Bee Gees themselves record "How Deep Is Your Love" with Elliman being given a shot at thedisco-style "If I Can't Have You".The decision proved a success, as the soundtrack's first single, the Bee Gees' version of the ballad "How Deep IsYour Love", shot to number one, followed to the top spot by the soundtrack's second and third singles, also by thebrothers Gibb, "Stayin' Alive" and "Night Fever". Elliman's "If I Can't Have You", produced by Perren, was releasedas the fourth single off the Saturday Night Fever album in February 1978. The first single off the Saturday NightFever soundtrack not performed by the Bee Gees, "If I Can't Have You" would become the fourth #1 hit from thefilm, reaching the top spot on the Hot 100 in Billboard dated May 13, 1978, ending an eight-week #1 tenure by"Night Fever". "If I Can't Have You" was the fourth consecutive US #1 to be co-written by Barry Gibb, and the sixthconsecutive to be released on the RSO record label. The B-side of the single was a track from the Love Me album,"Good Sign", a composition by Melissa Manchester/Carole Bayer Sager which had previously served as the B-sideof Elliman's hit "Hello Stranger".Far from the success going to Elliman's head or giving her ideas of following up the sudden disco success with adeeper foray into the genre, a contemporary interview by journalist Peter J. Boyer found Elliman dismissive of her#1 hit, referring to it in conversation only casually as 'that current thing from Saturday Night Fever'. In spite of thecoattail success she's had with 'If I Can't Have You', it's a disco song and Elliman decided her broad, husky vocalsare best suited elsewhere. "If I Can't Have You" was featured on Elliman's February 1978 album release NightFlight, which apart from that track was produced by Robert Appère and was not disco-oriented. No track from NightFlight was issued as a followup single to "If I Can't Have You", Elliman's next single being a rock ballad entitled"Savannah" which failed to consolidate Elliman's potential mainstream stardom. Elliman did return to disco music in1979 with "Love Pains" which returned her to the Top 40 one more time before she dropped out of the music scenein the 1980s."If I Can't Have You" was also featured in the 1999 film Big Daddy, as well as the film's soundtrack.

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Chart performance

Chart (1978) Peakposition

US 1

Canada 1

UK 4

France 5

Belgium 22

Netherlands 28

[2]

Kim Wilde version

"If I Can't Have You"

Single by Kim Wilde

from the album The Singles Collection 1981–1993

B-side "Never Felt So Alive"

Released 28 June 1993

Format 7", 12", Cassette single, CD-single

Recorded 1993

Genre Disco

Length 3:27

Label MCA

Writer(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Producer Ricki Wilde

Kim Wilde singles chronology

"Million MilesAway"(1992)

"If I Can't HaveYou"(1993)

"In MyLife"

(1993)

The song was covered in 1993 by British singer Kim Wilde and recorded as one of two new tracks on hercompilation album The Singles Collection 1981–1993. The single reached #12 in the UK. It became Wilde's biggesthit of the 1990s and one of the biggest hits of her career in Australia, where it reached #3.It was released in several extended remixes on the 12" and CD-single formats. The B-side was an exclusivenon-album track called "Never Felt So Alive".

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Chart performance

Chart (1993) Peakposition

UK 12

Australia 3

Ireland 9

Netherlands 18

Switzerland 18

Sweden 24

Austria 29

Germany 51

Other cover versions• German eurodance group Chyp-Notic's 1990 single "If I Can't Have U" contains an interpolation of "If I Can't

Have You".• Eve's Plum, a pop rock band that existed from 1991 to 1998, recorded a cover in 1995 which found its way onto a

compilation CD.• An abbreviated version of "If I Can't Have You" was included in the "70's Moment Medley" featured on the 1998

Gloria Estefan single release "Don't Let This Moment End".• LFO reworked "If I Can't Have You" as "Can't Have You" for their 1999 self-titled album only replicating the

choruses, the verses being changed to rapping.• Wilber Pan recorded a Mandarin language version for his 2003 album Pass Me The Mic.[3]

• Australian group Young Divas covered the song in 2007 for their second album New Attitude.• DJ Khaled sampled part of this song in his 2007 single "Brown Paper Bag".• Adam Lambert performed the song as his selection during disco week during season 8 of American Idol. Instead

of performing the song the original way, Lambert made it into a ballad, which was highly praised by the judges.• Sharleen Spiteri covered the song for her 2010 album The Movie Songbook.• In 2012, the song was covered by Naya Rivera in the sixteenth episode of the third season of Glee.

References[1] http:/ / www. columbia. edu/ ~brennan/ beegees/ 77. html[2] Tsort - Chart positions around the world (http:/ / tsort. info/ music/ 5r6912. htm)[3][3] Wilber Pan/Pass Me The Mic album liner notes.

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More Than a Woman (Bee Gees song)

"More Than A Woman"Single by Bee Gees

from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

B-side "Children of the World"

Released April 1978

Format 7"

Recorded September 1977Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles

Genre Disco

Length 3:15

Label RSO

Writer(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Producer Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson

Bee Gees singles chronology

"NightFever"(1978)

"More Than AWoman"

(1978)

"Too MuchHeaven"(1978)

"More Than a Woman" is a disco song written by the Bee Gees (credited to Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb[1]) forthe soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever.The soundtrack includes two versions — one by the Bee Gees and the other by Tavares. Both versions are featuredin the film as well. The song has also been done by various artists but in different forms. The Bee Gees did notrelease this song as a single (though in Italy it was a Top 10 hit), yet it has remained a staple on radio and one oftheir best known songs.An abridged live version of the song performed by the Bee Gees is available on both the DVD and CD versions ofOne Night Only. The performance is from 1997.The song has also been included on Bee Gees compilations such as Tales from the Brothers Gibb and Their GreatestHits: The Record. The very first UK pressings of Their Greatest Hits: The Record featured the song with a masteringfault, with the audio noticeably dipping to the right briefly during the first verse. This was corrected after severalthousand copies had been distributed.

Music videoThe video is taken from Saturday Night Fever. It shows John Travolta dancing in a club.

Tavares' version

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"More Than A Woman"Single by Tavares

from the album Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track

B-side "Keep In Touch" (US)"We're Both Ready For Love" (UK)

Released November 1977

Format 7"

Recorded 1977

Genre Disco, funk, soul

Length 3:25

Label Polydor, RSO, Capitol, EMI

Writer(s) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb

Producer Freddie Perren

Tavares singles chronology

"Whodunit"(1977)

"More Than AWoman"

(1977)

"One StepAway"(1977)

"More Than a Woman" was also recorded by Tavares in 1977, and also appeared in Saturday Night Fever and onthe soundtrack album. Their version charted at #32 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Other cover versionsThe Norwegian band Flava To Da Bone released a version in 1994[3].British boy band 911 covered the song in 1998, their version reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart.An acapella style version of song is sung by the Jonas Brothers in the film, Night at the Museum: Battle of theSmithsonian, where they portray cherubs.Hong Kong band, RubberBand, covered the song in their 2011 album, Dedicated to . . . . This was the first timeRubberBand released an English track.In 2012, Chris Colfer,Naya Rivera,and Cory Monteith sang this song on Glee.

References[1] As per Gracenote CD database - see CD Universe lyrics (http:/ / www. cduniverse. com/ lyrics. asp?id=385291& pid=7491211)[2][2] www.top40db.net[3] Flava To Da Bone – More Than A Woman at Discogs (http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Flava-To-Da-Bone-More-Than-A-Woman/ release/

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How Deep Is Your Love  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=493408270  Contributors: 2Pac, Aaronak, Active Banana, Ahuebner2004, Alansohn, AnemoneProjectors,Antster1983, Aspects, Bencey, Bleubeatle, Bobo192, Bongwarrior, Bostart, Carlossfsu, Cliff, Closedmouth, Conquistador2k6, Da Jadmeister, DaJungKi, Deb, DepressedPer, Durova, E-Kartoffel,EoGuy, Erianna, Ericorbit, Europe22, Fantailfan, Ferdinandhudson, GassyGuy, Ghirlandajo, Giovannii84, GoingBatty, GoldDragon, GorgeCustersSabre, Gpmuscillo, Grstain, Holiday56, Hyju,IbLeo, Impy4ever, Itzuvit, JMyrleFuller, Jagged, Jevansen, Jogers, John Cardinal, Johnxp, Krmartin11, Kww, Lou72JG, Lyverbe, Margherita litterio, Mattg82, Mauri96, Mayteng, Meden Jailers,Mercury McKinnon, Mickysangels, Milosppf, Mrom, Musicality123, Musicpvm, Mutante96, Nite-Sirk, Noozgroop, Nummer29, Papa November, Poco a poco, Portillo, Qetuth, Quentin X,Radiopathy, Rapha3001, Reqluce, Richhoncho, Rjwilmsi, Rlendog, RobinCarmody, Rocket000, Rontrigger, ST47, Satoshi32, Seattledancer, Seraphim, Shaidar cuebiyar, ShelfSkewed,Sickpuppy8721, Slamdunkdafunk22, Smalljim, Sonicblue4, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, SwisterTwister, Tassedethe, TenPoundHammer, The Evil IP address,TheUserFormallyKnownAsEmkaer, ToNToNi, Toddst1, Trivialist, Trulystand700, Underneath-it-All, VinnieRattolle, Wasted Time R, Wolfer68, Woohookitty, Xfansd, Xiner, Yids2010, ZachVega, Zephyrnthesky, Zoolah, 170 anonymous edits

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Night Fever  Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=490742526  Contributors: Acalamari, BGTopDon, Bbpen, Blue eyed writer, C777, Conquistador2k6, Darkness2005, Derek RBullamore, Discoloft, Ericorbit, Evil Monkey, Eyeball kid, Fugreena, Giovannii84, Glickmam, Holkingers, Hroobarb, JoJan, John Cardinal, Jordi Roqué, K-ohman, Kcflatlander, Kww, Lou72JG,Lovellama, Mariax1, Mauri96, Metropolitan90, Mike Halterman, Mutante96, Nigel Ish, Palmer73, Panyd, PhiEaglesfan712, Philaweb, Phildev, PogiJmon, Radiopathy, Rapha3001, Retiredusername, Rfc1394, Rich Farmbrough, Richhoncho, Rlendog, Seraphim, Targetpuller, Tbhotch, TheCustomOfLife, Trivialist, Tuzapicabit, VEO15, Wolfer68, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Yorkshiresky,Zoizoiz2, 58 anonymous edits

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