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The Bee Gees are one of the top five most commercially successful of all groups to come out of the British invasion rock era of the '60's. Unlike most of the groups of that time, the Bee Gees broke wildly ahead in the '70's and have proved to be adaptable, uniquely and supremely talented, and enduring.
In 1997, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a citation that says, "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks, and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees." In a word, they are "awesome."
Early Career
The group's first hit was in Australia with "Spicks and Specks," featuring the vocal talent of Barry. Since then, most of their songs in the 1960's and a little beyond then had a soft, sad feel to them, hits like "New York Mining Disaster," "To Love Somebody," "Holiday," "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," (1971) "I Started a Joke," "I Gotta Get a Message to You," "Run to Me," (1972) and "Words." Much of that sadness came through in Robin's clear vibrato, especially when he served as lead singer.
At first they were thought of as the poor man's Beatles; but as time has shown, the Beatles were great in sales yet their talent was not as deep and far-reaching as the Gibbs. The Beatle songs do not often compare in tantalizing words or interesting melody complication nor could the Beatles sing with the harmony and beauty of the Bee Gees.
Disco era
In 1970, the Bee Gees had their first hit in "Lonely Days" to make it within the Top Five in the U.S., revealing later that they wrote it the same night that they wrote "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," which made it to No. 1 in the U.S.
What happened in the mid-70's was totally too remarkable. The "tired," "in a rut" sad-songed Bee Gees suddenly zoomed with rhythmic songs that were mostly energetic and happy, songs such as "Jive Talkin," (U.S. No. 1) along with "Nights on Broadway." (U.S. No. 7) with Barry starting his controlled falsetto pitch and even Robin was singing some passages in falsetto in "You Should Be Dancing," and the immortal "Stayin' Alive," which prolonged the disco era.
During an eight-month period beginning toward the end of 1977, the Gibbs dominated the charts with six songs that were No. 1 in the U.S. for 25 of 32 consecutive weeks—three under their own name, two for their brother Andy, and one for Yvonne Elliman ("If I Can't Have You."). Barry also wrote "Grease" for Frankie Valli, and it went to No. 1.
The Gibbs are the only songwriters to have four consecutive number one hits in the U.S. with "Stayin' Alive," "Love Is Thicker Than Water," "Night Fever," and "If I Can't Have You."
The 1980's brought them much success in their writing for other artists as shown with Dionne Warwick's "Heartbreaker," Rogers/Parton's "Islands in the Stream," Diana Ross's "Chain Reaction," and Streisand's "Woman in Love." The Bee Gees themselves came out on tours in singing new songs, some of their best in "You Win Again," "One,"and "Sacred Trust."
The 1990's saw Celine Dion singing their "Immortality," adding her to the list of at least 2,500 artists that have recorded their songs.
In a 2010 interview Robin Gibb confirmed that the story of the Bee Gees would be made into a Hollywood movie by Steven Spielberg, saying "The movie is going to be done by some very important people. It will be our life story. Barry and I will be involved in the technical side".
Robin hopes that original recordings by the Bee Gees will be used when replicating harmonies in the movie "because it’s very hard to emulate them."
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