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A Bee Gees were the British and Australian band, originally a popular singer-songwriter combination, born-again when funk and rhythm and blues. A brothers Gibb, consisting of frequent lead vocaliser Barry, and a twins, co-lead vocaliser Robin, and keyboardist/guitarist Maurice, were born in the Isle of Man in the 1940s.

Early history
A Gibb brothers were born on the Isle of Man to English parents in 1946 (Barry) & 1949 (twins Robin & Maurice). A personal returned to father Hugh Gibb's front yard town of Manchester in the early 1950s in which the boys began to sing harmonical, debuting publicly in a single memorable occasion at a local cinema.

Inside 1958, the Gibb personal, including child brother Andy, moved to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia and the however super immature Brothers Gibb began performing in which it may to raise pocket vary. It gained the attention of the radio DJ known as Bill Gates & step by step mass produced a title for themselves for their harmony singing & Barry's songwriting. By 1960 it were featured in television program & in the next couple of years began working regularly (despite little one labour laws) at resorts on the Queensland coast. Eventually Barry drew a attention of Australian star Col Joye for his songwriting, and he helped the boys acquire a record treat by having Festival Records in 1963 under the title "Bee Gees". A 3 freed 2 or ternion singles a year, when Barry supplied extra songs to more Australian creative person. The minor hit within 1965, "Wine and Women", led to the class action's foremost LP Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs, but really commercial profits eluded the two. Inside 1966 it moved to the newly label, Spin, dog by Nat Kipner, and were eventually allowed plenty studio instance to prepare when creative person. Around sestet months a threesome wrote & recorded plenty poop for deuce albums, including one known as "Spicks and Specks" that would be their 1st major hit around Australia at a prevent of 1966. However despite that profits & a release of their 2nd LP besides known as Spicks and Specks, by that time a personal got decided to go to to Engl& and search their fortunes there.

1960s in England
Super before long when their arrival around January 1967, the Bee Gees were signed by Robert Stigwood, and added Australian musicians Vince Melouney (guitar) and previous tike actor Colin Petersen (drums). Their number one English individual was "Spicks and Specks", issued under a treat between Festival & Polydor that got been processed known to the babies in the area of the period it left Australia. However their 1st only recorded inside England shortly followed, "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (1967), a surreal, haunting & gruesome song that mass produced a Top 20 in two sides of the Atlantic. Their third album, ''Bee Gees' First'' scored well by owning critics & a public, offering an innovative blend of rock & orchestral ballads like a classics "To Love Somebody" & "I Can't See Nobody".

A next large individual was "Massachusetts", which launched a trio into superstardom, followed shortly per classic "Words". 1968 saw a release of ii albums, the comparatively heavily-sounding Horizontal & a lightly popular Idea A latter contained deuce thomas more hits, "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" & "I Started a Joke". To numbers of music critics, which are actually a band's golden years, swell prior to any of their unforgettable disco hits. the Bee Gees at a period were a freakbeat rock and roll band, with heavy soul influences and a belief, rather the Beatles experienced, that a lot styles of music should become combined to produce something fresh. This time ended fallowing releasing Odessa (1969), a heavy & complex prog rock album with orchestral accompaniment.

By this instance Barry & Robin were progressively self-contradictory just about a counsel of the class action, however it used to be that Robert Stigwood mass produced clear his favouring of Barry when leader, Robin left. Barry & Maurice freed an LP as a duo, Cucumber Castle (the soundtrack to the television favorite), when Robin freed the solo album, ''Robin's Reign that included his big debut solo single "Saved by the Bell". None of this processed any impact in a United States, & whenever Barry & Maurice split at a prevent of 1969 it surfed such as the prevent. Everthing troika recorded solo albums inside 1970 that were never freed.

A troika brothers reunited in the late a portion of 1970, their feelings all about a split evident within numbers of songs about brokenheartedness & loneliness. It worked within a recently pop-progressive rock healthy, hitting the Our contries stock and index charts by using "Lonely Days" (from either a reunion LP 2 Years On) and "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" (from either Trafalgar). These albums did easily & it continued a profits by owning top x hits "My World" & "Run To Me", a latter from either a less successful LP To Whom It May Concern.

Recognizing that it were inside a rut, the brothers broke their string of recordings at IBC Studios London using musical director Bill Shepherd. It relocated to Los Angeles withinside which it recorded 2 albums about at another time late in 1972, in the collective version of the sensitive singer-songwriter style then popular, by having good deal acoustic guitar & piano. Whenever a number 1 1, Life in a Tin Can, and its lead-off only was ignored per public, Stigwood recommended the prevent. Fans world health organization keep around heard a 2nd unreleased album The Bee Gees Album (also referred to as A Kick in the Head) consider it a better of the 2 and own known as for its release ever since.

At a advice of Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records, their US label, Stigwood intended for the class action to record using celebrated soul music producer Arif Mardin. A 1st resultant LP, a typically-overlooked Mr. Natural, is the hardest-rocking album they have ever done. However whilst it as well failing to attract good deal interest, Mardin encouraged a babies to act by having the soul music styles it experienced universally loved however got shied from either fully performing.

the brothers attempted to conjointly a band that may perform survive too when it did in the studio. Alan Kendall, lead guitar, experienced came within board in 1971 however experienced non got tremendously to run until Mr Natural. For that album it added drummer Dennis Bryon, & fallowing it it added ex-Strawbs keyboard player Blue Weaver, completing a classic late 1970s "Bee Gees Band". Maurice, antecedently a lot above their recordings in piano, guitar, organ, mellotron, bass guitar, & exotica such as mandolin & Moog, currently confined himself to bass.

Eric Clapton suggested recording at Criteria Studios, where he got upright recorded 461 Ocean Boulevard'', and there it went early within 1975. However starting murder by having ballads, fallowing a week or even therefore it eventually heeded the urging of Mardin & Stigwood & created supplementary rhythmical songs prefer "Jive Talkin'" and "Nights on Broadway", a latter featuring Barry's number 1 tries at singing falsetto in the backing vocals toward the prevent. A b& liked a sequent newly healthy, and apparently a public agreed, sending a LP Main Course up the stock and index charts.

A watch-higher Children of the World was drenched in Barry's up to date-observed falsetto & Blue's synthesizer dance licks. Led murder per individual "You Should Be Dancing", it pushed a Bee Gees to a level of stardom it got non antecedently achieved in a United states, however the newly healthy wwhen non as popular by owning a bit of fans from either the Sixties. In comparison a stereotype of disco nevertheless this is however nearer to a rock group, by using rhythm guitar & very drums behind the falsetto.

1970s: Saturday Night Fever

When a survive album, the Bee Gees agreed to participate in the creation to the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever, a forthcoming pic. A album broke multiple records for soundtrack sales, & quaternity Bee Gees hits ("Stayin' Alive", "How Deep Is Your Love?", "More Than a Woman", & "Night Fever") reached #1, launching the virtually all popular age of disco. It besides penned a song "If I Can't Have You" which became the #1 hit for Yvonne Elliman. Such was a popularity of Saturday Nighttime Fever, that deuce different versions of the song "More Than A Woman", one per Bee Gees & an additional by Tavares, charted at the same time. This album has since sold complete 30 million copies worldwide, getting it the title 2nd right selling soundtrack album of all time (behind simply Whitney Houston's 1992 album The Bodyguard.) A Bee Gees became large than ever prior to, potentially outselling The Beatles. In the period of this era, Barry & Robin wrote "Emotion" for an old friend, Samantha Sang, who mass produced it a Top Ten hit (the Bee Gees sang back-higher vocals). A year late, Barry wrote a title song to the film version of the Broadway musical theater Grease for Frankie Valli to perform. A ternion Bee Gees besides starred in the disastrous ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, based on the classic Beatles album published in 1967; the accompanying movie soundtrack was a legendary under-performer in stores.

The 4th Gibb, immature brother Andy, likewise managed to enjoy massive profits releasing dance albums. All a same, disco wwhen quickly declining within popularity & viability, & the big anti-Bee G-force faction of music hearer experienced erupted as the 1970s ended. Nonetheless, a Bee Gees experienced of these further multi-platinum profits below "Saturday Night Fever," using their Spirits Having Flown'' album. Turning out of disco rhythms, it yielded terzetto additional Top 10 hits: "Tragedy," "Too Much Heaven" (originally written for, but not used within, a John Travolta picture "Moment By Moment"), & "Love You Inside Out." When you took a "Spirits" sessions, a Bee Gees recorded "Desire" sustaining brother Andy in guest lead vocals; a lone peaked at #4 as an Andy Gibb release.

A Bee Gees' overwhelming serious fortune rose & sank by using a disco bubble. A backlash against disco largely sank a Bee Gees' Western career; when a spring of 1979, a class action would just own deuce minor Top 40 singles, + a Top 10 1989 comeback "One." Nevertheless, their international popularity sustained less damage; for instance, a class action would notch Five supplementary Top 5 hits in the United Kingdom between 1987 & 1998.

1980s and 1990s
When a decade turned to a Eighties, the Bee Gees' career took the turn towards solo operate. Barry freed the solo design known as Nowadays Voyager. This plan failed to develop any hits. A number 1 lone, "Shine", faded. Robin's tries at the solo career began by using How else Old Come That you. By having "Juliet" & "Another Lonely Night in New York" it spawned deuce European hits, however was met by having disappointment in the U.S. Robin so tried his luck over again by having Bulwarks Use at times Eyes. It as well was the disappointment. A Brothers so did a few production function for Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross and Dionne Warwick, who to each one covered Bee Gees songs. A class actiin sang backing vocals on many tracks. A brothers likewise worked by owning Kenny Rogers. It wrote & produced Rogers' album Eyes that View in the Dark. This produced a vast hit "Islands In The Stream" — a duet between Rogers & Dolly Parton. Counting tons these which were written for more creative person, Barry Gibb got okay, written & produced xiv first hits. A Bee Gees were successful at writing songs for more creative person, however therein cycle, their have recordings were non when successful.

A Bee Gees freed E.S.P (means "Extra Sensory Perception") in 1987 as a comeback album. Using a first song "You Win Again", it was swell received & reached first in a UK & Europe, however failed to impress the United States. In March 10th 1988, a quaternary brother Andy died from either cardiopathy. A Bee Gees' as punishment album, Of these (1989), was popular in the US over again for when, & the title track was a hit. To remember Andy, it added an additional song on the 1 album known as "Wish You Were Here". Fallowing the release, it went in a America tour. Charted a next album, "High Civilization", the Bee Gees went in a European tour. Fallowing the Europe tour, Barry Gibb began to battle a good back condition. In a early Nineties, Barry Gibb was non the sole Bee Gee sleep in good trouble. Maurice got a good ingesting condition, which he got battled for numerous years, however eventually conquered by using the aid of Alcoholics Anonymous in 1992. 2 more items happened within 1992: their father Hugh died, & Barry experienced the little ones girl known as Alexandra. A Bee Gees freed many singles, including "Paying the Price of Love", which achieved little profits. Around 1993, it freed an album known as ''Size Isn't Everything. Inside 1997 it freed Still Waters, which went double platinum, & the newly only "Alone", was the newly hit for the Bee Gees.

around November 14, 1997, the Bee Gees performed a survive concert in Las Vegas called "One Night Only". A Video One Night Only, released a year down the road, sold Five million copies worldwide.

Later years
Inside 2001, it freed what turned intent on exist as their final album en masse,
This Is Where I Came In''. the album gave every member a risk to write in their have way, besides when composing songs together. E.g., Maurice's compositions & leads come a Beatles-inspired "Man In The Middle" & "Walking On Air", when Robin contributed "Deja Vu", "Promise The Earth", & "Embrace", & Barry contributed "Loose Talk Costs Lives", "Technicolour Dreams" & "Voice In The Wilderness". A more songs come collaborative graphic & vocals. Their survive public survive indicate together was known as "Live By Request", The favorite shown in A&E. [Maurice, who had been the instrumental leader of the Bee Gees during their final years as a group, died on January 12, 2003 from complications of a twisted intestine. Shortly later, his left brothers announced that, it designed to last in writing & performing, however there are however doubts in case it would apply a title "The Bee Gees".

Current news
When you took January 2005, Barry & Robin along sustaining many legendary Rock creative person recorded "Grief Never Grows Old", a official Tsunami relief record for the Disasters Emergency Committee. In the fall of 2005, Barry reunited sustaining Barbra Streisand for her album Guilty Pleasures, a sequel album to the last Guilty.

Awards and success
By using The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Paul McCartney, the Bee Gees come around the top 5 of the virtually all successful recording creative person ever, achieving globe-wide record sales in excess of 225 million. Their songs keep close at hand been covered by many singers including Elvis, Otis Redding, and fresh acts such as Steps and Destiny's Child. Songs written per Gibbs however better known around versions by more creative person include, "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman & by Kim Wilde, "Buried Treasure" by Kenny Rogers, "Love Me" by Elliman, "Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross and by Steps, "Emotion" by Samantha Sang, "Guilty" by Barbra Streisand (later covered by Human Nature and Guy Sebastian as "Guilty (One In A Million) in 2004), "Heartbreaker" by Dionne Warwick and "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Also, Wyclef Jean adapted the Gibbs' "Stayin' Alive" into the hit rap single "I Trying To Stay Alive". Take That covered "How Deep is Your Love?" and Steps also covered "Tragedy."

The Bee Gees had nine #1 singles on the U.S. Billboard charts between 1971 and 1979. The peak of their chart success in the United States came in March 1978, when four of the top 5 songs were written by the Gibbs: their own "Nighttime Fever" and "Stayin' Alive" at #1 and #2, Samantha Sang's "Emotion" at #3, and brother Andy's "Love is Thicker Than A stream" at #5. This was the closest anyone came to the achievement of the Beatles, who held all five of the top singles spots on an April 1964 chart — with five different songs by the band themselves (four self-penned, along with a cover of the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Outcry"). From the last week of 1977 through August of 1978, Gibb-written songs held the #1 position for 25 of 32 weeks, including 4 consecutive chart-toppers in "Stayin' Alive," "Love is Thicker Than Water supply," "Nighttime Fever," and "In case I personally Might't Use at times Professional people."

They have had 19 number ones on UK charts next only to beatles' 28. Also, with six consecutive number ones so far unmatched, they stand to be one of the biggest bands ever.

Over their career, the Bee Gees earned five Grammy Awards and in 1994 all three were individually inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1997, the Bee Gees were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001.

In 2002, the Bee Gees were made CBEs (Commander of the British Empire) United Kingdom's New Year Honours list. Robin and Barry collected their awards in May 2004, Maurice's son Adam collected for his late father.

Albums
1967 – Bee Gees 1st 1968 – Horizontal 1968 – Idea 1969Odessa 1969Best of Bee Gees 1970 – Cucumber Castle 1970 – 2 Years On 1971 – Trafalgar 1972 – To Whom It May Concern 1973 – Life In a Tin Can 1973 – Best of Bee Gees Volume 2 1974 – Mr. Natural 1975 – Main Course 1976 – Children of the World 1977 – Here At Last...Bee Gees...Live 1977 – Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) 1978 – ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1979 – Spirits Having Flown 1979 – Bee Gees Greatest 1981 – Living Eyes 1983 – Staying Alive (soundtrack) 1987 – E.S.P 1989 – One 1991 – High Civilization 1993 – Size Isn't Everything 1997Still Waters 2001This Is Where I Came In 2001Their Greatest Hits: The Record 2004Number Ones''

Singles
User: Stephan Koenig, Belgian Wikipedian (simples and extended plays) : this discography begins in Australia then logically pursues one another in the United Kingdom then in the United States of America, countries in that specific inserts of other countries will be intercalated to obtain a rapid view of their international discography.

The Sixties Years

S The battle of the blue and the grey / The three kisses of love Leedon LK-346 03/63 S Timber! / Take hold of that star Leedon LK-412 08/63 EP Timber! / Take hold of that star / The battle of the blue and grey / The three kisses of love Leedon LX-10747 1963 S Peace of mind / Don't say goodbye Leedon LK-534 03/64 S Claustrophobia / Could it be Leedon LK-696 08/64 S Turn around, look at me / Theme from 'The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters' Leedon LK-745 10/64 (versions originales: The Vogues, 1964 et The Osmonds Brothers, 1963) S House without windows / And I'll be happy Leedon LK-829 01/65 Trevor Gordon & The Bee Gees S Every day I have to cry / You wouldn't know Leedon LK-920 03/65 (v.o.: Arthur Alexander-face A) S Wine and women / Follow the wind Leedon LK 1070 09/65 #19 Australie EP Wine and women / Follow the wind / Peace of mind / Don't say goodbye Leedon LK-11099 1965 EP Turn around look at me / Every day I have to cry / Wine and women / Peace of mind Festival FX 11539 1965 S I was a lover, a leader of men / And the children laughing Leedon LK-1150 11/65 S Cherry red / I want home Leedon LK-1282 03/66 S Monday's rain / Playdown Spin EK-1345 05/1966 S Monday's rain / All of my life Spin EK-1384 06/1966 S Spicks and specks / I am the world Spin EK-1474 09/1966 (#1 Nouvelle-Zélande) EP Spicks and specks / Jingle jangle / Tint of blue / Where are you? Spin EX 11220 1966) S Spicks and specks / I am the world Polydor 56727 03/67 (Royaume-Uni)(notamment #1 Nouvelle-Zélande) EP New York mining disaster 1941 / I close my eyes / I can't see nobody / Cucumber castle Polydor 27806 1967 (France) S New York mining disaster 1941/ Close another door Polydor 56167 04/67 (notamment #3 Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande) S To love somebody / I can't see nobody Polydor 56178 06/67 (notamment #6 Australie) EP Holiday / One minute woman / Cucumber castle / Please read me Polydor 08/67 (Portugal) S Massachusetts(The lights went out in) / Barker of the UFO Polydor 56192 09/67 (disque d'or) (quasi #1 mondial) EP Massachusetts / Barker of the U.F.O. / Wine and women / Spicks and specks SPOT HEP 1012 1967 (Malaisie-#1) S Holiday / Every Christian lion hearted man will show you Atco 45-6521 09/67 #16 (E-U) EP Massachusetts / To love somebody / Close another door / Spicks and specks Polydor 1014 10/67 (Israel) S World / Sir Geoffrey saved the world Polydor 56220 12/67 (#9 R-U) S Holiday / Red chair fade away Polydor 59156 12/67 (Allemagne RFA)(#3 Australie) S World / Holiday Polydor 60 014 (Espagne) 01/68 S World / Holiday Polydor 59166 (Italie-#1) 01/68 S World / Horizontal Polydor 01/68 (Yougoslavie) S Words / Sinking ships Polydor 56229 01/68 (notamment #8 Royaume-Uni) S And the sun will shine / Really and sincerely Polydor 421173 03/1968 (France-#70) S Jumbo / The singer sang his song Polydor 56242 03/68 (notamment #3 et #3 P-B) EP Jumbo / The singer sang his song / I've gotta get a message to you / Kitty can Polydor EPH 112 903 1968 (Singapour) S Holiday / Jumbo Polydor 1968 (Israel) EP Turn around, look at me / Theme from the Travels of Jaimie McPheeters Seven Seas HIT 1500 03/1968 (Japon) EP Massachusetts / New York mining disaster 1941 / Holiday / World Polydor SLKP 1137, Polydor KLP 1137, Polydor KP-1137 06/1968 (33 tours minute)(Japon) S I've gotta get a message to you / Kitty can Polydor 56273 07/68 (notamment #1 R-U et IE) (disque d'argent) EP I've gotta get a message to you / Kitty can / Jumbo / The singer sang his song Polydor 60063 09/68 (Belgique-#9) EP I've gotta get a message to you/ Kitty can / Harry Braff / The earnest of being George Polydor 60 580 09/68 (Portugal) EP I've gotta get a message to you / Kitty can / Really and sincerely / With the sun in my eyes Polydor 09/68 (Israel) EP I've gotta get a message to you / Kitty can / I started a joke Jaguar 1968(Malaisie) EP Words / I close my eyes / Sinking ships / One minute woman Polydor EPO 1462 11/68(Mexique) EP Words / Sinking ships / Jumbo / The singer sang his song Polydor SKP-1143 12/1968 (33 tours minute) (Japon) S I started a joke / Kilburn towers Atco 45-6639 12/68 (notamment #1 N-Z) S I started a joke / Kilburn towers Polydor 59253 12/68 (Allemagne RFA - Belgique #19) S I started a joke / Swan song Polydor 421 423 01/69 (France-#2) EP First of May / Idea / Lamplight / Indian gin and whisky dry Polydor EPO 1578 01/69 (Mexique) EP First of May / Edison / Lamplight Polydor 01/69 (Portugal) EP Best of Bee Gees: I've gotta get a message to you / To love somebody / I started a joke / New York mining disaster 1941 TK346 1969 (Thaïlande) S First of May / Lamplight Polydor 56304 01/69 (notamment #2 P-B) EP Marley Purt Drive / Suddenly / Sound of love Atco 4535 01/1969 (E-U) EP Words / I started a joke / To love somebody / Marley purt drive Polydor EPH 112 905 (Singapour/Malaisie) 02/69 S If only I had my mind on something else / Sweetheart Atco 45-6741 03/70 #94 (E-U) S Tomorrow tomorrow / Sun in my morning Polydor 56381 05/69 (notamment #3 N-Z) EP Tomorrow tomorrow / Indian gin and whiskey dry / Sun in my morning / Let there be love Spin EX 11641 1969 (Australie) S Don't forget to remember / The lord Polydor 56343 08/69 (notamment #1 Irlande) S Don't forget to remember / I lay down and die Atco Records 45-6702 08/69 (Canada) EP Don't forget to remember / Really and sincerely / Lemons never forget / The lord Spin EX 11668 08/69 (Australie) EP I started a joke / First of May / Kilburn Towers / Lamplight Polydor EPSKP-1152 10/1969 (vitesse 33 tours minute) (Japon) S Tomorrow tomorrow (long version) / Sun in my morning Polydor 10/69 (Allemagne RFA + Belgique)


---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Seventies Years S Let there be love / Really and sincerely Polydor 2058 003 01/70 (Belgique) S Let there be love / Really and sincerely Polydor 2058 003 01/70 #16 (Pays-Bas) S I.O.I.O. / Sweetheart Polydor 56377 03/70 (notamment #6 All. RFA et N-Z) S Lonely days / Man for all seasons Polydor 2001 104 11/70 (notamment #2 Canada) S How can you mend a broken heart / Country woman Polydor 2058 115 05/71 (notamment #1 E-U et Canada) S How can you mend a broken heart / Country woman Polydor AS 126 1971 Promo (Italie) S Melody fair / In the morning Polydor 2058 143 06/1971 (#3 Japon) S S Melody fair / First of May Polydor DR-1787 06/1971 (Japon) S When the swallows fly / Give your best Polydor 2058 145 10/1971 #20 (Pays-Bas) S In the morning / To love somebody Polydor DP-1818 11/1971 (Japon) S Don't wanna live inside myself / Walking back to Waterloo Atco 45-6847 12/71 (notamment #29 Pays-Bas) S My world / On time Polydor 2058 185 01/72 (notamment #1 Hong Kong) EP In the morning / Melody fair / First of May / Spicks and specks / To love somebody Polydor EP KP-2013 03/1972 (Japon) S Israel / Dearest Polydor 2058 235 05/72 (Belgique) S Israel / Dearest Polydor 2058 235 05/72 (Pays-Bas #22) S Run to me / Road to Alaska Polydor 2058 255 07/72 (notamment #3 Australie) EP Massachusetts / World / Tomorrow, tomorrow / I've gotta get a message to you / Istarted a joke / Words Polydor KP2026 08/1972 (Japon) EP My world / Don't forget to remember / Holiday / How can you mend a broken heart / New York mining disaster 1941 Polydor KP 2028 10/1972 (Japon) S Alive / Paper mache, cabbages and kings Polydor 2058 304 11/72 (notamment #4 Austr.) EP Run to me / IOIO / Road to Alaska / Sweetheart / Man for all seasons / And the sun will shine Polydor KP-2030 02/1973 (Japon) S Saw a new morning / My life has been a song Polydor 2090 105 03/73 (notamment #1 Hong Kong) S Wouldn't I be someone / Elisa Polydor 2090 111 06/73 (#1 Hong Kong) EP Saw a new morning / Alive / Please don't turn out the lights / Come home Johnnie Bride / Alone again / Sea of smiling faces RSO KW-2009 08/1973 (Japon) S Mr. Natural / It doesn't matter much to me Polydor 2090 128 03/74 (notamment #11 Australie) S Charade / Heavy breathing Polydor 2090 136 08/74 (#7 Chili) S Jive talkin' / Wind of change Polydor 2090 160 05/75 (notamment #1 E-U et CA) S Nights on Broadway / Edge of the universe Polydor 2090 171 09/75(notamment #3 Canada) S Fanny (Be tender with my love) / Country lanes RSO 2090 179 01/76 (notamment #9 Canada) S You should be dancing / Subway RSO 2090 195 07/76 (notamment #1 E-U) S Love so right / You stepped into my life RSO 2090 207 09/76 (#1 Brésil)) S Boogie child / Love me RSO 2090 224 01/77 (notamment #12 E-U) S How deep is your love / Can't keep a good man down (live 76) RSO 2090 259 09/77 (notamment #1 E-U, France, Chili) (disque d'or aux E-U) S Stayin' alive / If I can't have you RSO 2090 267 01/78 (#1 quasi mondial) S Night fever / Down the road/live 76 RSO 002 02/78 (#1 quasi mondial) (disque d'or aux E-U). S Oh! Darling / She's leaving home RSO 2090 317 07/78 (#5 Chili) S More than a woman / Children of the world RSO 2090 290 1978 (#4 Italie) S Too much heaven / Rest your love on me RSO 25 11/78 (quasi #1 mondial) (disque d'or aux E-U) S Tragedy / Until RSO 27 02/79 (#1 quasi mondial)(dsque d'or aux E-U) S A day in the life/Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band RSO 2090 342 03/1979 (France) S Love you inside out / I'm satisfied RSO 31 04/79 (notamment #1) S Spirits (having flown) / Wind of change RSO 52 12/79 (notamment #14 Irlande)

The Eighties Years

S He's a liar / He's a liar (inst.) RSO RS-1066 09/81 (notamment #5 Italie) S Living eyes / I still love you RSO RS-1067 11/81 (#7 Autriche)) S The woman in you / Stayin' alive RSO 813 173-7 05/83 (#2 Espagne) S Someone belonging to someone/I love you too much(inst.) RSO 815 235-7 06/83 (notamment #24 en Suisse) S We're the Bunburys / Chapter One "Record breakers" Island LBW1 08/86 (R-U) S You win again / Backtafunk Warner Bros Recs 7-28351 (#1 quasi mondial) S You win again / Backtafunk WB PRO S 2858 1987 [Promo] (E-U-#75) S E.S.P / Overnight WB 7-28139 10/87 (E.S.P = Extra Sensory Perception)(notamment #8 Suisse) S E.S.P WB PRO CD 2902 1987 [Promo] (E-U) S Angela (Edit) / You win again (Ext. Version) WB 927 957-7 03/88 (Allemagne RFA) CDS Cds How deep is your love / Stayin alive Warner P10W30002 05/1988 (Japon) CDS Night fever / You should be dancing Polydor P10W30003 05/1988 (Japon) S Fight (No matter how long) ADP 9735 1989 (E-U) S Ordinary lives / Wing and a prayer WB 03/89 (E-U-#54) (Europe: notamment #8 All. RFA) S One / Wing and a prayer WB 9 228997 07/89 (E-U #71)(notamment #1 Brésil) S Wish you were here /??? WB 1989 (#2 Brésil) S You win again / Will you ever let me WB 11/89 (E-U)

The 90's & 2000's Years

CDS How deep is your love / Too much heaven / To love somebody Polydor BEE CD1 DJ 1990 (promo) (UK) EP Secret love / True confessions / Human sacrifice WB W 0014 03/91 (#5 US) S Secret love / True confessions WB US 01/91 (especially #2 Austria) MCD Secret love / True confessions/ Human sacrifice WB W0014-T 1991 S The only love / You win again/live WB W0049 08/91 (especially #27 Austria) CDS The only love/Massachusetts-live/You win again/live WB W0049T 08/91 S Paying the price of love / My destiny Polydor UK PO 284 Aug 6, 1993 (especially #18 France) MCD Paying the price of love (3 versions) / My destiny Polydor PZCD 284 1993 MCD Paying the price of love / Jive talkin / Night fever / How deep is your love Polydor 1993 CDS Paying the price of love (7" mix) / Paying a price of love (Kilocycle per second mix)Polydor/PolyGram 2801 705, 1993 (Brazil) S For whom a bell tolls / Decadance Polydor PO 299 11/93 (#1 Brazil) MCD For whom a bell tolls / Decadance classic home mix / Decadance club mix / Decadance vocal mix Polydor PZCD 299, 1993 MCD For whom a bell tolls / Stayin' alive / As well lot heaven / Massachusetts Polydor PZDD 299, 1993 MCD For whom a bell tolls / Up to date York mining disaster 1941 / I personally've gottthe develop a message to professional people / Massachusetts Polydor POL 940, 1993 (UK) S Training fall around love/Pt Ace / Fallen angel Polydor PO 311 03/94 (#30 R-U) MCD Training fall soft on Pt One / We've gottthe make their way a message to smart shoppers / Tragedy / Just released York mining disaster 1941 Polydor PZCD 311 1994 Videos Kiss of life Polydor 25984 1994 (promo) (France) Videos Kiss of life / Training fall crazy Pt Single Polydor 879 009-Two 06/94 Videos Number one of Will / How else deep is the love Polydor PODP1130 05/1996 (Japan) Videos Alone / Nigher than close Polydor 573 588-Two 1997 (#1 Hong Kong, Malaisya, Thaïland) MCD Alone/Closer than close/Rings about a moon Polydor 573 527-Two 14/02/1997 MCD Alone / How else deep is your computers love / Words / We've gottthe acquire a message to professional people Polydor 573 529 Two 1997 MCD I personally may not love busy people additional / Love never dies / Brits Awards pastiche Polydor 571 223 Two June 6, 1997 (especially #14 UK) MCD We may not love that you supplementary / Swing music talkin / To love mortal / Stayin alive Polydor 571 299 Two 1997 MCD However waters redo deep / However waters begin deep [demo] / Obsessions Polydor 571 629-Two 11/97 #18 MCD However waters (Redo deep) / Nighttime fever / To the higher degree a woman / We should exist as dancing Polydor 571 885-Two 1997 Videos et MCD Immortality (Celine Dion sustaining favorite guests A Bee Gees) Epic poem 666168-Two 07/1998 (especially #1 Brazil; #2 Austria & West Germany) MCD Islands in the stream / Nighttime fever-Other than the woman / Swing music talkin / Words Polydor BGLS1 1998

Videos This is within which I personally come in / In case Polydor 587 670-Two 2001 MVideo This is withwithin which We personally come in / In case / We is there / This is in which I come in (CD-Rom version) Universal/Polydor 587 977-Two 26 mars 2001 (especially #18 R-U) MCD This is around which We come in / Human in the middle / We've gotta make their way a message to we / Dog to maine / As well lot heaven + the making of the streaming video Universal/ Polydor 2001 Videos This is around which We come in Polydor tiwici Single (UK) Videos This is around which We come in Polydor tiwici Two 2001 (promo) (UK) MCD Heartbreaker / Emotion / Islands in the stream / Immortality Polydor 2001 MCD Emotion / How else deep is your computers love / Stayin alive / Melody fair / Nighttime fever Universal SIC-1052 2001 (promo) (Japan) MCD Nighttime fever / Swing music talkin / Tragedy / Stayin alive Polydor BGOne-1 2004 (promo) MCD Grief never grows old 1 Globe Design "Tsunami Appeal Charity" avec notamment Barry et Robin Gibb aux vocaux Active Media OWRD1, 24/01/2005 (#4 UK) Videos Human in the middle / ??? Uwe ??? 2005 #1 (Turkey) 81.244.162.183 Come unlisted eventually two or even three uncommon singles entirely freed around Asia, witharound Africa or in Oceania.

Band
Additionally to Barry, Robin, & Maurice occasionally of a musicians world health organization backed higher the Bee Gees live and in the studio include: Carlos Alomar — guitar Reb Beach — guitar Tony Beard — drums Michael Bennett — keyboards Matt Bonelli — bass guitar Dennis Byron — drums Tim Cansfield — guitar David Foster — keyboards Stephen Gibb — guitar Reggie Griffin — guitar Steve Jordan — drums Manu Katche — drums Alan Kendall — lead guitar Robbie Kondor — keyboards Mike McEvoy — keyboards/guitar Vince Melouney — guitar John Merchant — engineer Marcus Miller — bass guitar Tim Moore — keyboards Nick Moroch — electric guitar Pino Palladino — bass guitar George "Chocolate" Perry — bass guitar Colin Petersen — drums Greg Phillinganes — keyboards Steve Rucker — drums Raphael Saadiq — bass, guitar, drum programming, vocals Marc Schulman — guitar Steve Skinner — synthesizer Ben Stivers — keyboards Michael Thompson — guitar Pete John Vettese — keyboards, engineering, backing vocals Waddy Wachtel — guitar Blue Weaver — keyboards

Parodies of The Bee Gees
In their peak a Bee Gees were typically parodied, another time dear. The sketch by Kenny Everett, in which he played whole trinity Gibbs likewise as an interviewer, experienced a Bee Gees answering completely of his questions by using song quotes. For instance:

Interviewer: Currently, whenever i personally may mention your systems, what shall we call for the two, dentition...
Bee Gees (sing): "Mass-a-chu-ssetts"
Interviewer: Ah, yes, We look at..."Mass-o'-chew-sets". It's the joke.
Bee Gees (sing): "It's a tragedy!"

It were as well parodied by Philip Pope as The Hee Bee Gee Bees, singing "Meaningless Songs (in Very High Voices)", also when by David Walliams and Matt Lucas in the Rock Profile television show around 2000.

Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake have parodied the Bee Gees in Saturday Night Live in the "Barry Gibb Talk Show" sketch.

Bee Gees
Official site from Universal Music and Bee Gees' management. Includes biography, news, appearances, music samples, and photos.

Bandlink.net: Bee Gees
Features news, lyrics, tour dates, merchandise, tabs and pictures.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Inductee biography for the Bee Gees.

Canehdian: This Is Where I Came In
Review of the album, with biographical information, by Daniel Sanford.

RollingStone.com: The Bee Gees
Biography, discography, photos, articles, links and message board.


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