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The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of the 20th century. They were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, lived in Manchester, England and moved to Brisbane, Australia during their childhood years, where they began their musical careers. Their worldwide success came when they returned to England and signed with producer Robert Stigwood.
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The Bee Gees songs legacy will always be part of musical pop history. They are surely something that have been defined and separated from the current crop of artists which ... look up to them. Just look at some revived songs. Comparing them with the original ones may change a tune or two but the full credit still goes to the Bee Gees, one of the original groups that entertained people during their prime.
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The Bee Gees released their first ever single in Australia in 1963. It was the Johnny Horton inspired "Battle of the Blue and the Grey." They cracked the Australian and New Zealand markets within a few years. "Spicks And Specks" was their first ever #1 single, topping the New Zealand charts (#3 in Australia). The brothers left Australia for London to audition with Robert Stigwood. Stigwood was a director of NEMS Enterprises, the company owned by Beatles svengali Brian Epstein.
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The Bee Gees' otherwise brilliant manager Robert Stigwood, intoxicated on the movie business, herded them into this horrible movie at the height of their success. The resulting soundtrack album, well...it's not something you'd want in your house. Strangely enough, much of the blame must be laid mostly at the feet of drunken (?) Sir George Martin, who proves that "lightning DOESN'T strike twice" by creating backing tracks that are just barely better than something you'd find on an album called Sounds Like The Beatles on Pickwick Records. Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees didn't exactly thrive in each other's presence, and tracks sung by elderly alcoholics like Alice Cooper and George Burns are even worse. Robin's solo version of "Oh! Darlin'" is possibly the only thing on the entire double album that isn't bad, and in fact it was released as a single.
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The Bee Gees are to be honoured with a blue plaque in London's West End this May 10th! (67 Brook Street, once the headquarters of The Robert Stigwood Organisation). Not all details of the event are worked out yet, but basically there will be an unveiling ceremony followed by a lunch at the Grosvenor House Hotel, organised by the Heritage Foundation. Tickets available through the foundation: £65 pp www.theheritagefoundation.info
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The major success of his career came in 1974 when he took up production chores for a waning Aussie pop band called The Bee Gees. Mardin produced hits like ‘Jive Talking’ and ‘You Should Be Dancing’, relaunching the band’s career and sending them to supergroup status. He collaborated with everyone from Willie Nelson and John Prine to Brook Benton and Bette Midler, as well as Barbra Streisand, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Phil Collins, Anita Baker and George Benson. He ... produced jazz for Dianne Reeves and Herbie Mann, and even crossed over into television, film and Broadway.
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