BEE GEES
The Bee Gees are a group of Australian-British music and British-American. At their inception in 1958, the brothers Gibb singing with Paul Frost and Kenny Oricks, and were known as The Rattlesnakes, later changing its name to Wee Johnnie Hayes and The Bluecats. The initials "B. G. "From different names: Barbara Gibb (their mom), Barry Gibb, Gibb Brothers, Bill Goode, a DJ, an organizer of motor races. In 1962, the three brothers became The Bee Gees. This group consisted initially of three brothers: Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb and twins Maurice Gibb. Colin Peterson and Vince Melouney pledged in March 1967. Later in 1969, the latter two are thanked despite employment contracts which bind them with Bee Gees. Robin Gibb also competes and goes and saves the song "Saved By The Bell". In December 1970, Robin said in Time magazine: "If we Had not related beens, WE WOULD Probably Never Have gotten back together" ("If we had not been parents, we did we would probably never put back together"). Late 1972, The Bee Gees Bee Gees become. January 1974: an LP to be called "A Kick In The Head Is Worth Eight In The Pants" is rejected by Robert Stigwood of RSO Records firm (but not by Atlantic) (which is now signed the group in the United Kingdom and always distributed in the United States of America by the Atlantic Records Group label via ATCO Records) following the failure of previous LP and single (see discography International "Long Play Records" or "Albums", in English LP's and / or 33 laps or 30 centimeters in French). Stigwood suggests the Bee Gees to use as a new producer Arif Mardin and change course musical. In 1975, the Bee Gees are a permanent line-up including Alan Kendall (guitar), Dennis Byron (drums) and Blue Weaver (keyboards) and recorded the album Main Course funky Atlantic studios in New York and Criteria in Miami. The Bee Gees and commercial successThe album Main Course (Main Course) reached 5th place in the British hit parade Aug. 2, 1975 and 14th on the American hit parade March 20, 1976. The single which is extracted, Jive Talkin 'is No. 5 in the UK August 2, 1975 and No. 1 in the United States August 9, 1975 in the Billboard Hot 100. You Should Be Dancing is their first single in the disco style (No. 6 UK 28 August 1976, No. 1 EU September 4, 1976). In December 1976 released a double LP entitled All This And World War II (soundtrack of the eponymous film) which only contains songs by Lennon / McCartney. This double LP will not be a huge success nor the EU nor the UK despite a host of other artists: Richard (Riccardo) Cocciante, Lynsey De Paul, David Essex, Bryan Ferry, The Four Seasons, Peter Gabriel, Elton John , Frankie Laine, Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra or ELO), Leo Sayer, Status Quo, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Frankie Valli (The Four Seasons) and solo; Roy Wood (Wizzard, ELO) accompanied by the London Symphony OrchestraIn March 1977, Robert Stigwood at the head of his own record company SAR Records and manager of the Bee Gees, produced disco film Saturday Night Fever (The Saturday Night Fever). He contacted the group, which is in session recording studios Hérouville Castle in France, calling the emergency four songs for the soundtrack of his film project. Finally, they recorded five new and two others give. On 10 December 1977, the ballad "How Deep Is Your Love," from the movie is No. 3 in the UK and the tope of the Billboard Hot 100 two weeks later. Released in January 1978, the double LP containing the original soundtrack of the film sold more than 30 million copies. February 23, 1978, the Bee Gees won the award for "Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus" for How Deep Is Your Love at the 20th annual "Grammy Awards". March 4, 1978, Stayin 'Alive ranks fourth in the UK while the same day, with Andy Gibb (Love Is) Thicker Than Water co-written with Barry dethrones Stayin' alive in the first place. On 18 March, the Bee Gees on top of their musical career with the disco classic Night Fever in turn dethroned Andy (Thicker) of first place in the American Hit Parade. Night Fever is No.1 in the UK April 29. May 6 1978, Saturday Night Fever is No. 1 worldwide. After the death of Maurice Gibb (who died in January 2003), Barry Gibb said: "Robin and I will meet more to do something together, we are so different as people. It was sublime to be together in one group but much harder to be brothers. We have no plans to do something now, but who knows? ". Google machine translation: BEE GEES's original bio |