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By March 1966, Nat Kipner had taken the Bee Gees to the St Clair studio, and recording sessions began for the group sometime in April. Festival Records in 1998 released some 30 songs from all the 1966 St Clair sessions on a 2CD set called Brilliant From Birth. From these recordings, Spin Records in 1966-67 had issued 1 LP, Spicks and Specks, and 4 Bee Gees singles. One single, "Monday’s Rain", appeared twice with a different b-side. Its first appearance had incurred a ban from Sydney radio stations who insisted it sounded too much like the Beatles. This charge of plagiarising the Beatles’ sound would dog the Bee Gees for much of their early career.
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No matter the style, the Bee Gees sang tight three-part harmonies that were instantly recognizable. Barry was notable for singing in an R&B falsetto on a number of songs. All three brothers co-wrote most of their hits, and they said that they felt like they became 'one person' when they were writing. The group's name was retired when Maurice died in January 2003. It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' album and single sales total more than 100 million alone. Easily making them part of the list of best-selling music artists.
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Though the Bee Gees' superstardom in the mid-to-late-70s has obliterated many listeners' memories of the group's earlier work, their brilliant beginnings is here for all to hear. Lavishly packaged as three double-CD digipacks in a custom-made slip, each of the group's first three albums is presented in both mono and stereo, accompanied by a disc of related bonus tracks and a lavish 20-page booklet. MORE
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Maurice, who had been the musical director of the Bee Gees during their final years as a group, died suddenly on January 12, 2003, from a strangulated intestine. Initially, his surviving brothers announced that they intended to carry on the name "Bee Gees" in his memory. But as time passed they decided to retire the group name, leaving it to represent the three brothers together. The same week Maurice died, Robin's solo album Magnet was released.
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Each of the members of the Bee Gees has tried to pursue solo careers. Unfortunately, none of them were able to equalize what the group accomplished together. There are times when they are called on to perform for a reunion of any kind to render the good old Bee Gees songs for the people’s benefit and listening pleasure. You can just imagine the rants and raves hearing the good old tunes.
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No popular music act of the '60s, '70s, '80s, or '90s has experienced more ups and downs in its popularity, or attracted a more varied audience across the decades than the Bee Gees. Beginning in the mid- to late '60s as a Beatlesque ensemble, they quickly developed as songwriters in their own right and style, perfecting in the process a progressive pop sound all their own. Then, after hitting a trough in their popularity in the early '70s, they reinvented themselves as perhaps the most successful white soul act of all time during the disco era. Their popularity faded with the passing of disco's appeal, but the Bee Gees have since made a successful comeback in virtually every corner of the globe. What has remained a constant through their history is their extraordinary singing, rooted in three voices that are appealing individually and comprise so perfectly and naturally by melding together that they make such acts as the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, and Simon & Garfunkel -- all noted for their harmonies -- almost seem arch and artificial. The group was ... rock's most successful brother act.
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