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Music group (1958–2012)

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The Bee Gees were a musical agency formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially sign up in popular music in rank late 1960s and early Decennary, and later as prominent form in the disco music vintage in the mid-to-late 1970s. Rank group sang recognisable three-part snug harmonies: Robin's clear vibrato boon vocals were a hallmark criticize their earlier hits, while Barry's R&Bfalsetto became their signature enduring during the mid-to-late 1970s avoid 1980s. The group wrote conclusion their own original material, monkey well as writing and work several major hits for different artists, and are regarded pass for one of the most main and influential acts in pop-music history.^[4] They have been referred to in the media bit The Disco Kings, Britain's Principal Family of Harmony, and Primacy Kings of Dance Music.^[5][6][7]

Born memo the Isle of Man run into English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England, until the late 1950s. At hand, in 1955, they formed rank skiffle/rock and roll group say publicly Rattlesnakes. The family then mannered to Redcliffe, in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia, reprove later to Cribb Island. Name achieving their first chart popularity in Australia as the Bee Gees, they returned to high-mindedness UK in January 1967, what because producer Robert Stigwood began aid them to a worldwide consultation. The Bee Gees' Saturday Stygian Fever soundtrack (1977) was righteousness turning point of their pursuit, with both the film skull soundtrack having a cultural imitate throughout the world, enhancing righteousness disco scene's mainstream appeal. They won five Grammy Awards make a choice Saturday Night Fever, including Sticker album of the Year.

The Bee Gees have sold over Cxx million records worldwide,^[8][9][10] placing them among the best-selling music artists of all time, as sufficiently as the most successful triplet in the history of of the time music.^[11] They were inducted get stuck the Rock and Roll Vestibule of Fame in 1997;^[12] distinction Hall's citation stating at representation time, "Only Elvis Presley, grandeur Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees."^[13] With ennead number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the Bee Gees are the third-most successful snap in Billboard charts history latest only the Beatles and honourableness Supremes.^[14] Following Maurice's sudden inattentive in 2003 aged 53, Barry and Robin retired from magnanimity group after 45 years fall for activity. However, in 2009 Thrush announced that he and Barry had agreed the Bee Gees would re-form and perform again.^[15] Robin died in 2012, sheer 62, and Colin Petersen dull in 2024, aged 78, surrender acceptance Barry, Vince Melouney, and Geoff Bridgford as the surviving helpers of the group.^[16]

History

1955–1966: Music dawn, Bee Gees formation and frequency in Australia

Born on the Atoll of Man in the sole 1940s, the Gibb brothers specious to their father Hugh Gibb's home town Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, in 1955. They formed top-hole skiffle/rock-and-roll group, the Rattlesnakes, which consisted of Barry on bass and vocals, Robin and Maurice on vocals, and friends Missioner Frost on drums and Kenny Horrocks on tea-chest bass. Pull December 1957, the boys began to sing in harmony. Goodness story is told that they were going to lip-sync ascend a record in the neighbourhood Gaumont cinema (as other issue had done on previous weeks), but, as they were employment to the theatre, the frail shellac 78-RPM record broke. Justness brothers had to sing be present but received such a pleasant response from the audience digress they decided to pursue simple singing career.^[17] In May 1958, the Rattlesnakes disbanded when Freeze and Horrocks left, so goodness Gibb brothers then formed Undersized Johnny Hayes and the Sullen Cats, with Barry as "Johnny Hayes".^[18]

In August 1958, the Gibb family, including older sister Lesley and infant brother Andy (born in March 1958), emigrated expel Australia and settled in Redcliffe, Queensland, just north-east of Brisbane. The young brothers began execution to raise pocket money. Speedway promoter and driver Bill Goode, who had hired the brothers to entertain the crowd deed the Redcliffe Speedway in 1960, introduced them to Brisbane radio-presenter jockey Bill Gates. The collection at the speedway would discharge money onto the track be a symbol of the boys, who generally exemplary during the interval of meetings (usually on the back think likely a truck that drove circumnavigate the track) and, in top-notch deal with Goode, any strapped for cash they collected from the party they were allowed to fall foul of. Gates named the group significance "BGs" (later changed to "Bee Gees") after his, Goode's leading Barry Gibb's initials. The honour was not specifically a leaning to "Brothers Gibb", despite in favour belief.^[19][20][21]

During the next few seniority, they began working regularly submit resorts on the Queensland strand. Through his songwriting, Barry sparked the interest of Australian receipt Col Joye, who helped depiction brothers get a recording assembly in 1963 with Festival Annals subsidiary Leedon Records under distinction name "Bee Gees". The triad released two or three singles a year, while Barry free additional songs to other Dweller artists. In 1962 the Bee Gees were chosen as position supporting act for Chubby Checker's concert at the Sydney Stadium.^[22]

From 1963 to 1966, the Gibb family lived at 171 Bunnerong Road, Maroubra, in Sydney.^[23] Convincing before his death, Robin Gibb recorded the song "Sydney" pine the brothers' experience of rations in that city. It was released on his posthumous ep 50 St. Catherine's Drive.^[24] Honourableness house was demolished in 2016.^[25]

A minor hit in 1965, "Wine and Women", led to significance group's first LP, The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs. By 1966 Festival Records was, however, brooch the verge of dropping them from the Leedon roster by reason of of their perceived lack imitation commercial success. At this put on the back burner the brothers met the American-born songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur Nat Kipner, who had just antiquated appointed A&R manager of elegant new independent label, Spin Registers. Kipner briefly took over by reason of the group's manager and famously negotiated their transfer to Revolve in exchange for granting Celebration the Australian distribution rights denote the group's recordings.^[26] Through Kipner the Bee Gees met engineer-producer, Ossie Byrne, who produced (or co-produced with Kipner) many dig up the earlier Spin recordings, bossy of which were cut bulldoze his own small, self-built Swear Clair Studio in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville. Byrne gave the Gibb brothers virtually full access to St Clair Accommodation over a period of some months in mid-1966.^[27] The set later acknowledged that this enabled them to significantly improve their skills as recording artists. Beside this productive time, they authentic a large batch of starting material—including the song that became their first major hit, "Spicks and Specks" (on which Byrne played the trumpet coda)—as convulsion as cover versions of present hits by overseas acts much as the Beatles. They conventionally collaborated with other local musicians, including members of beat troupe Steve & The Board, dynamic by Steve Kipner, Nat's pubescence son.^[28]

Frustrated by their lack take up success, the Gibbs began their return journey to England interchange 4 January 1967, with Ossie Byrne travelling with them. While rot sea in January 1967, nobility Gibbs learned that Go-Set, Australia's most popular and influential harmony newspaper, had declared "Spicks swallow Specks" the "Best Single blame the Year".^[29]

1967–1969: International fame tube touring years

Bee Gees' 1st, Horizontal and Idea

See also: The Bee Gees' concerts in 1967 predominant 1968

Before their departure from State to England, Hugh Gibb spiral demos to Brian Epstein, who managed the Beatles and booked NEMS, a British music bureau. Epstein passed the demo tapes to Robert Stigwood, who abstruse recently joined NEMS.^[30] After demolish audition with Stigwood in Feb 1967, the Bee Gees simple a five-year contract whereby Polydor Records would release their annals in the UK, and Atco Records would do so greet the US. Work quickly began on the group's first global album, and Stigwood launched dexterous promotional campaign to coincide look into its release.^[31]

Stigwood proclaimed that magnanimity Bee Gees were "The uppermost significant new musical talent be frightened of 1967", thus initiating the juxtaposition of the Bee Gees give permission the Beatles. Before recording dignity first album, the group ample to include Colin Petersen unacceptable Vince Melouney.^[32][33] "New York Descent Disaster 1941", their second Island single (their first-issued UK 45 rpm was "Spicks and Specks"), was issued to radio position with a blank white earmark listing only the song name. Some DJs immediately assumed that was a new single wishywashy the Beatles and started effectuation the song in heavy turn. This helped the song struggle into the top 20 detect both the UK and US.^[34]

No such chicanery was needed traverse boost the Bee Gees' uproot single, "To Love Somebody", gap the US Top 20. At written for Otis Redding, "To Love Somebody", a soulful canticle sung by Barry, has on account of become a pop standard evidence by many singers.^[35] Another one and only, "Holiday", released in the Become old, peaked at No. 16.^[36]

The parent notebook, Bee Gees 1st (their cap internationally), peaked at No. 7 include the US and No. 8 compact the UK. Bill Shepherd was credited as the arranger. Afterward recording that album, the administration recorded their first BBC school group at the Playhouse Theatre, County Avenue, in London, with Fee Bebb as the producer, focus on they performed three songs. Ditch session is included on BBC Sessions: 1967–1973 (2008).^[37] After description release of Bee Gees' 1st, the group was first extrinsic in New York as "the English surprise".^[38] At that at an earlier time, the band made their eminent British TV appearance on Top of the Pops. Maurice recalled:

Jimmy Savile was on ensue and that was amazing since we'd seen pictures of him in the Beatles fan baton book, so we thought phenomenon were really there! That famous had Lulu, us, the Coach, and the Stones doing 'Let's Spend the Night Together'. Boss about have to remember this was really before the superstar was invented so you were blast of air in it together.

In late 1967, they began recording their straightaway any more album. On 21 December 1967, return a live broadcast from City Anglican Cathedral for a Christmastime television special called How Gravity Earth?, they performed their unqualified song, "Thank You For Christmas" which was written especially on line for the programme, as well importation a medley of the standard Christmas carols "Silent Night", "The First Noel" and "Mary's Adolescence Child" (the latter incorrectly acclaimed as "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" on tape boxes pointer subsequent release). The songs were all pre-recorded on 1 December 1967 and the group lip-synched their performance. The recordings were ultimately released on the "Horizontal" reproduce bonus disc in 2008. Goodness folk group the Settlers added Radio 1 disc-jockey, Kenny Everett, also performed on the extravaganza, which was presented by nobility Reverend Edward H. Patey, revivalist of the cathedral.^[40]

January 1968 began with a promotional trip take delivery of the US. Los Angeles Police force were on alert in possible of a Beatles-type reception, very last special security arrangements were make available put in place.^[33] In Feb, Horizontal repeated the success operate their first album, featuring birth group's first UK No. 1 celibate "Massachusetts" (a No. 11 US hit) and the No. 7 UK nonpareil "World".^[41] The sound of honesty album Horizontal had a further "rock" sound than their former release, although ballads like "And the Sun Will Shine" squeeze "Really and Sincerely" were facade. The Horizontal album reached No. 12 in the US and No. 16 in the UK.^[42]

With the unbridle of Horizontal, they also embarked on a Scandinavian tour investigate concerts in Copenhagen. Around decency same time, the Bee Gees turned down an offer nearby write and perform the profile for the film Wonderwall, according to director Joe Massot.

On 27 February 1968, the band, hardback by the 17-piece Massachusetts Folder Orchestra, began their first outward appearance of Germany with two concerts at Hamburg Musikhalle. In Advance 1968, the band was founded by Procol Harum (who confidential a hit "A Whiter Shadow of Pale") on their Germanic tour.^[43] As Robin's partner Poeciliid Hullis recalls: "Germans were playwright than the fans in England at the heights of Beatlemania." The tour schedule took them to 11 venues in sort many days with 18 concerts played, finishing with a girder of shows at the Stadthalle, Braunschweig.

After that, the label was off to Switzerland. Gorilla Maurice described it:

There were over 5,000 kids at primacy airport in Zurich. The full ride to Bern, the heirs were waving Union Jacks. While in the manner tha we got to the motel, the police weren't there attack meet us and the descendants crushed the car. We were inside and the windows were all getting smashed in, keep from we were on the floor.

On 17 March, the band perfect "Words" on The Ed Emcee Show. The other artists who performed on that night's thing were Lucille Ball, George Port and Fran Jeffries.^[44] On 27 March 1968, the band performed advocate the Royal Albert Hall compromise London.

Two more singles followed cede early 1968: the ballad "Words" (No. 8 UK, No. 15 US) soar the double A-sided single "Jumbo" backed with "The Singer Intone His Song". "Jumbo" only reached No. 25 in the UK highest No. 57 in the US. Depiction Bee Gees felt "The Chanteuse Sang His Song" was rectitude stronger of the two sides, an opinion shared by assembly in the Netherlands who grateful it a No. 3 hit.^{[citation needed]}

Further Bee Gees chart singles followed: "I've Gotta Get a Notice to You", their second UK No. 1 (No. 8 US), and "I Started a Joke" (No. 6 US), both culled from the band's third album Idea.^[41]Idea reached No. 4 in the UK and was another top 20 album skull the US (No. 17).^[41]

After the profile and TV special to provide backing the album, Vince Melouney sinistral the group, desiring to part more of a blues speak to music than the Gibbs were writing. Melouney did achieve solitary feat while with the Bee Gees: his "Such a Shame" (from Idea) is the matchless song on any Bee Gees album not written by practised Gibb brother.^{[citation needed]}

The band were due to begin a seven-week tour of the US pleasurable 2 August 1968, but on 27 July, Robin collapsed and fell elusive. He was admitted to unadorned London nursing home for highlystrung exhaustion, and the American flex was postponed. The band began recording their sixth album, which resulted in their spending smashing week recording at Atlantic Studios in New York. Robin, freeze feeling poorly, missed the Spanking York sessions, but the zing of the band put let somebody have instrumental tracks and demos.^[45]

Odessa, Cucumber Castle and break-up

By 1969, Thrush began to feel that Stigwood had been favouring Barry by the same token the frontman.^[46]

The Bee Gees' deed in early 1969 on class Top of the Pops captain The Tom Jones Show, musical "I Started a Joke" extort "First of May" as systematic medley, were the final protocol of the group with Robin.^[47]

Their next album, which was exceed have been a concept photo album called Masterpeace, evolved into say publicly double-album Odessa. Most rock critics felt this was the utter Bee Gees album of distinction 1960s with its progressive vibrate feel on the title target, the country-flavoured "Marley Purt Drive" and "Give Your Best", illustrious ballads such as "Melody Fair" and "First of May" (the last of which became rectitude only single from the stamp album and a UK # 6 hit). Feeling the flipside, "Lamplight", should have been the A-side, Robin quit the group respect mid-1969 and launched a unescorted career.^[48]

The first of many Bee Gees compilations, Best of Bee Gees, was released featuring excellence non-LP single "Words" plus honourableness Australian hit "Spicks and Specks". The single "Tomorrow Tomorrow" was also released and was a-one moderate hit in the UK, where it reached No. 23, on the contrary it was only No. 54 double up the US. The compilation reached the top 10 in both the UK and the US.^[41]

While Robin pursued his solo activity, Barry, Maurice and Petersen continuing as the Bee Gees statement their next album, Cucumber Castle. The band made their launch performance without Robin at Disclose of the Town. They locked away recruited their sister, Lesley, coalesce participate in at least look after performance at this time gorilla a replacement for Robin.^[49] Softsoap accompany the album, they further filmed a TV special right Frankie Howerd and cameos foreign several other contemporary pop attend to rock stars, which aired endorsement the BBC in December 1970. Petersen played drums on depiction tracks recorded for the sticker album but was fired from significance group after filming began (he went on to form say publicly Humpy Bong with Jonathan Kelly). His parts were edited affection of the final cut be beaten the film and Pentangle hawker Terry Cox was recruited curb complete the recording of songs for the album.^[50][51] A projected feature film starring the administration, Lord Kitchener's Little Drummer Boys, was not made.

After leadership album was released in entirely 1970, it seemed that decency Bee Gees were finished. Birth leadoff single, "Don't Forget hurtle Remember", was a big mark down in the UK, reaching No. 2, but only reached No. 73 add on the US. The next shine unsteadily singles, "I.O.I.O." and "If Berserk Only Had My Mind anthology Something Else", barely scraped nobleness charts. On 1 December 1969, Barry and Maurice parted ways professionally.^[52]

Maurice started to record his be foremost solo album, The Loner, which was not released. Meanwhile, significant released the single "Railroad" current starred in the West Take musical Sing a Rude Song.^[53] In February 1970, Barry verifiable a solo album which not in any way saw official release either, conj albeit "I'll Kiss Your Memory" was released as a single hardback by "This Time" without unnecessary interest.^[54] Meanwhile, Robin saw tabulation success in Europe and Country with his UK No. 2 bump "Saved by the Bell" outlandish the album Robin's Reign.^[55]

1970–1974: Reformation

In mid 1970, according to Barry, "Robin rang me in Espana where I was on circle [saying] 'let's do it again'". By 21 August 1970, after they had reunited, Barry announced renounce the Bee Gees "are beside and they will never, in any case part again". Maurice said, "We just discussed it and re-formed. We want to apologise open to Robin for the belongings that have been said."^[18] Formerly, in June 1970, Robin enjoin Maurice recorded a dozen songs before Barry joined and facade two songs that were troop their reunion album.^[56] Around high-mindedness same time, Barry and Thrush were about to publish illustriousness book On the Other Hand.^[18] They also recruited Geoff Bridgford as the group's official retailer. Bridgford had previously worked assemble the Groove and Tin Case and played drums on Maurice's unreleased first solo album.^[57]

In 1970, 2 Years On was insecure in October in the Considerable and November in the UK. The lead single "Lonely Days" reached No. 3 in the Combined States, promoted by appearances desire The Johnny Cash Show,Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, The Andy Clergyman Show, The Dick Cavett Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.^[18]

Their ninth album, Trafalgar, was floating in late 1971. The celibate "How Can You Mend fastidious Broken Heart" was their regulate to hit No. 1 on depiction US charts, while "Israel" reached No. 22 in the Netherlands. "How Can You Mend a Domesticated Heart" also brought the Bee Gees their first Grammy Give nomination for Best Pop Execution by a Duo or Suite with Vocals. Later that era, the group's songs were specified in the soundtrack for significance film Melody.^[58]

In 1972, they bash No. 16 in the Far-sighted with the non-album single "My World", backed by Maurice's design "On Time". Another 1972 lone, "Run to Me" from picture LP To Whom It Could Concern, returned them to nobility UK top 10 for primacy first time in three years.^[41] Bridgford left the group partway through recording, and the belt chose not to hire grand new member to replace him.^[59] The resulting three-piece lineup ransack Barry, Robin and Maurice would remain unbroken for the remains of the band's active days. On 24 November 1972, the bracket together headlined the "Woodstock of description West" Festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum (which was unornamented West Coast answer to Woodstock in New York), which as well featured Sly and the Stock Stone, Stevie Wonder and rectitude Eagles.^[60][61] Also in 1972, grandeur group sang "Hey Jude" able Wilson Pickett.^[62]

By 1973, however, rank Bee Gees were in first-class rut. The album Life meticulous a Tin Can, released cut into Robert Stigwood's newly formed RSO Records, and its lead-off free, "Saw a New Morning", put on the market poorly with the single peaking at No. 94. This was followed by an unreleased album (known as A Kick in loftiness Head Is Worth Eight school in the Pants). A second gathering album, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2, was released suspend 1973, although it did sound repeat the success of Bulk 1. On 6 April 1973 period of The Midnight Special they performed "Money (That's What Frantic Want)" with Jerry Lee Lewis.^[63] Also in 1973, they were invited by Chuck Berry pick on perform two songs with him onstage at The Midnight Special: "Johnny B. Goode"^[64] and "Reelin' and Rockin'".^[65]

After a tour bazaar the United States in steady 1974 and a Canadian excursion later in the year,^[66] high-mindedness group ended up playing at a low level clubs.^[67] As Barry joked, "We ended up in, have paying attention ever heard of Batley's distinction variety club in (West Yorkshire) England?".^[68]

On the advice of Ahmet Ertegun, head of their Commonsense label Atlantic Records, Stigwood ripe for the group to commit to paper with soul music producer Arif Mardin. The resulting LP, Mr. Natural, included fewer ballads coupled with foreshadowed the R&B direction discovery the rest of their being. When it, too, failed journey attract much interest, Mardin pleased them to work within rank soul music style. The brothers attempted to assemble a exist stage band that could twin their studio sound. Lead player Alan Kendall had come betray board in 1971 but sincere not have much to break away until Mr. Natural. For become absent-minded album, they added drummer Dennis Bryon, and they later additional ex-Strawbs keyboard player Blue Weaverbird, completing the Bee Gees could do with that lasted through the typical 1970s. Maurice, who had formerly performed on piano, guitar, clavier, electric piano, organ, mellotron jaunt bass guitar, as well translation mandolin and Moog synthesiser, in and out of then confined himself to voice onstage.^[69]

1975–1979: Turning to disco

Main Course and Children of the World

At Eric Clapton's suggestion, the brothers moved to Miami, Florida, specifically in 1975 to record parallel Criteria Studios. After starting dart with ballads, they eventually heeded the urging of Mardin abide Stigwood, and crafted more dance-oriented disco songs, including their in a short while US No. 1, "Jive Talkin'", bond with with US No. 7 "Nights supervision Broadway". The band liked excellence resulting new sound. This time and again the public agreed by conveyance the LP Main Course keep up the charts. This album star the first Bee Gees songs wherein Barry used falsetto,^[70] facet that became a trademark entrap the band. This was likewise the first Bee Gees notebook to have two US top-10 singles since 1968's Idea.^{[citation needed]}Main Course also became their important charting R&B album.^{[citation needed]}

On glory Bee Gees' appearance on The Midnight Special in 1975, do as you are told promote Main Course, they croon "To Love Somebody" with Helen Reddy.^[71] Around the same hang on, the Bee Gees recorded match up Beatles covers—"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight", "She Came in Through leadership Bathroom Window" with Barry supplying lead vocals, and "Sun King" with Maurice providing lead vocals, for the unsuccessful musical/documentary All This and World War II.^[72]

The next album, Children of say publicly World, released in September 1976, was filled with Barry's new-found falsetto and Weaver's synthesizer discotheque licks.^{[citation needed]} The first lone from the album was "You Should Be Dancing", which constitution percussion work by musician Writer Stills.^[73] The song pushed loftiness Bee Gees to a plain of stardom they had mass previously achieved in the Brutal, though their new R&B/disco timbre was not as popular catch some diehard fans. The burst ballad "Love So Right" reached No. 3 in the US, service "Boogie Child" reached US No. 12 in January 1977.^[74] The ep peaked at No. 8 in honesty US.^[75]

Saturday Night Fever and Spirits Having Flown

Following a successful existent album, Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live, the Bee Gees agreed with Stigwood to have a hand in in the creation of birth Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Go well was a turning point break through their career. The cultural energy of both the film prep added to the soundtrack was significant from beginning to end the world, and epitomized rectitude disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic.^[76]

The band's curiosity in the film did classify begin until post-production. As Ablutions Travolta asserted, "The Bee Gees weren't even involved in dignity movie in the beginning ... Side-splitting was dancing to Stevie Bewilderment and Boz Scaggs."^[77] Producer Parliamentarian Stigwood commissioned the Bee Gees to create the songs home in on the film.^[78] The brothers wrote the songs "virtually in ingenious single weekend" at Château d'Hérouville studio in France.^[77] Barry Gibb remembered the reaction when Stigwood and music supervisor Bill Oakes arrived and listened to influence demos:

They flipped out build up said these will be picture perfect. We still had no idea of the movie, except numerous kind of rough script become absent-minded they'd brought with them. ... You've got to remember, we were fairly dead in the o at that point, 1975, anyplace in that zone—the Bee Gees' sound was basically tired. Awe needed something new. We hadn't had a hit record live in about three years. So surprise felt, Oh Jeez, that's face protector. That's our life span, similar most groups in the set apart '60s. So, we had calculate find something. We didn't update what was going to happen.^[77]

Bill Oakes, who supervised the history, asserts that Saturday Night Fever did not begin the discotheque craze but rather prolonged it: "Disco had run its pathway. These days, Fever is credited with kicking off the uncut disco thing—it really didn't. Factuality is, it breathed new authentic into a genre that was actually dying."^[77]

Three Bee Gees singles—"How Deep Is Your Love" (US No. 1, UK No. 3), "Stayin' Alive" (US No. 1, UK No. 4) with "Night Fever" (US No. 1, UK No. 1)—charted high in many countries around the world, launching glory most popular period of ethics disco era.^[41] They also fountain pen the song "If I Can't Have You", which became out US No. 1 hit for Yvonne Elliman, while the Bee Gees' own version was the Misfortune of "Stayin' Alive". Such was the popularity of Saturday Momentary Fever that two different versions of the song "More Amaze a Woman" received airplay, solitary by the Bee Gees, which was relegated to an single track, and another by Tavares, which was the hit.^[79]

During a-one nine-month period beginning in dignity Christmas season of 1977, heptad songs written by the brothers held the No. 1 position back issue the US charts for 27 of 37 consecutive weeks: trine of their own releases, bend in half for brother Andy Gibb, nobility Yvonne Elliman single, and "Grease", performed by Frankie Valli.^[80]

Fuelled descendant the film's success, the reputation broke multiple industry records, chic the highest-selling album in put on video history to that point. Engage more than 40 million copies wholesale, Saturday Night Fever is amongst music's top five best interchange soundtrack albums. As of 2010^[update], it is calculated as ethics fourth highest-selling album worldwide.^[81]

In Walk 1978, the Bee Gees set aside the top two positions treatise the US charts with "Night Fever" and "Stayin' Alive", magnanimity first time this had event since the Beatles. On distinction US Billboard Hot 100 arrange for 25 March 1978, five songs written by the Gibbs were in the US top 10 at the same time: "Night Fever", "Stayin' Alive", "If Irrational Can't Have You", "Emotion" obtain "Love Is Thicker Than Water". Such chart dominance had whine been seen since April 1964, when the Beatles had work hard five of the top cinque American singles. Barry Gibb became the only songwriter to suppress four consecutive number-one hits monitor the US, breaking the Privy Lennon and Paul McCartney 1964 record. These songs were "Stayin' Alive", "Love Is Thicker Leave speechless Water", "Night Fever" and "If I Can't Have You".^[82]

The Bee Gees won five Grammy Acclaim for Saturday Night Fever arrogant two years: Album of description Year, Producer of the Harvest (with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson), two awards for Finest Pop Performance by a Matched set or Group with Vocals (one in 1978 for "How Extensive Is Your Love" and sole in 1979 for "Stayin' Alive"), and Best Vocal Arrangement unpolluted Two or More Voices obey "Stayin' Alive".^[83]

During this era, Barry and Robin also wrote "Emotion" for an old friend, Dweller vocalist Samantha Sang, who finished it a top 10 gibe, with the Bee Gees disclosure backing vocals. Barry also wrote the title song to greatness film version of the Status musical Grease for Frankie Valli to perform, which went give permission No. 1.^[84]

The Bee Gees also co-starred with Peter Frampton in Parliamentarian Stigwood's film Sgt. Pepper's Isolated Hearts Club Band (1978), tight inspired by the classic 1967 album by the Beatles. Grandeur movie had been heavily promoted prior to release and was expected to enjoy great cost-effective success. However, it was savaged by film critics as ingenious disjointed mess and ignored make wet the public. The soundtrack diagram top five in the U.S., but only top 38 rework Britain. The single "Oh! Darling", credited to Robin Gibb, reached No. 15 in the US.^[85]

The Bee Gees' follow-up to Saturday Blackness Fever was the Spirits Acceptance Flown album. It yielded join more hits: "Too Much Heaven" (US No. 1, UK No. 3), "Tragedy" (US No. 1, UK No. 1), nearby "Love You Inside Out" (US No. 1, UK No. 13).^[41] This gave the act six consecutive No. 1 singles in the US backing bowels a year and a onehalf, equalling the Beatles and surpassed only by Whitney Houston.^[86]

In Jan 1979, the Bee Gees absolute "Too Much Heaven" as their contribution to the Music broadsheet UNICEF Concert at the Leagued Nations General Assembly.^[87] During say publicly summer of 1979, the Bee Gees embarked on their kindest concert tour covering the Get-up-and-go and Canada. The Spirits Getting Flown tour capitalised on Bee Gees fever that was comprehensive the nation, with sold-out concerts in 38 cities. The Bee Gees produced a video irritated the title track "Too More Heaven", directed by Miami-based producer Martin Pitts and produced unused Charles Allen. With this picture, Pitts and Allen began precise long association with the brothers.^[88]

The Bee Gees even had fastidious country hit in 1979 farce "Rest Your Love on Me", the flip side of their pop hit "Too Much Heaven", which made the top 40 on the country charts. Fissure was also a 1981 violence for Conway Twitty, topping honesty country music charts.^[89]

The Bee Gees' success rose and fell better the disco bubble. By honesty end of 1979, disco was rapidly declining in popularity, title the backlash against disco situate the Bee Gees' American lifetime in a tailspin. Encouraged vulgar Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition Gloom, radio stations around the Fast began promoting "Bee Gee-Free Weekends". Following their remarkable run unfamiliar 1975 to 1979, the thing had only one more put pen to paper 10 single in the Mad dash, and that did not accommodate until the single "One" reached number 7 in 1989.^[14]

Barry Gibb considered the success of dignity Saturday Night Fever soundtrack both a blessing and a curse:

Fever was No. 1 ever and anon week ... It wasn't just on the topic of a hit album. It was No. 1 every single week work 25 weeks. It was belligerent an amazing, crazy, extraordinary central theme. I remember not being silky to answer the phone, playing field I remember people climbing look at my walls. I was totally grateful when it stopped. Monotonous was too unreal. In class long run, your life evenhanded better if it's not lack that on a constant motivation. Nice though it was.^[77]

1980–1986: Difficult to get to projects, band turmoil, solo efforts and decline

Robin co-produced Jimmy Ruffin's Sunrise released in May 1980, but the songs were going on in 1979; the album contains songs written by the Gibb brothers, including the single "Hold On To My Love".^[90]

In Foot it 1980, Barry Gibb worked familiarize yourself Barbra Streisand on her single Guilty. He co-produced, and wrote or co-wrote all nine fairhaired the album's tracks (four emulate them written with Robin, distinguished the title track with both Robin and Maurice). Barry as well appeared on the album's become aware of with Streisand and duetted take up again her on two tracks. Primacy album reached No. 1 in both the US and the UK, as did the single "Woman in Love" (written by Barry and Robin), becoming Streisand's peak successful single and album imagine date. Both of the Streisand/Gibb duets, "Guilty" and "What Pitiless of Fool", also reached class US Top 10.^[91]

In 1981, position Bee Gees released the book Living Eyes, their last unexpurgated album release on RSO. That album was the first Sub rosa ever played in public, in the way that it was played to audience of the BBC show Tomorrow's World.^[92] With the disco counterblast still running strong, the ep failed to make the UK or US Top 40—breaking their streak of Top 40 hits, which started in 1975 ready to go "Jive Talkin'". Two singles unapproachable the album fared little better—"He's a Liar", which reached No. 30 in the US, and "Living Eyes", which reached No. 45.^{[citation needed]}

In 1982, Dionne Warwick enjoyed clean up UK No. 2 and US Human race Contemporary No. 1 hit with pull together comeback single, "Heartbreaker", taken depart from her album of the unchanged name, written largely by nobility Bee Gees and co-produced antisocial Barry Gibb. The album reached No. 3 in the UK gift the Top 30 in description US, where it was self-acknowledged Gold.

A year later, Toy Parton and Kenny Rogers reliable the Bee Gees-penned track "Islands in the Stream", which became a US and Australian No. 1 hit and entered the Heraldic sign 10 in the UK. Rogers' 1983 album, Eyes That Inspect in the Dark, was unavoidable entirely by the Bee Gees and co-produced by Barry. Nobility album was a Top 10 hit in the US skull was certified Double Platinum.^[93]

The Bee Gees had greater success reliable the soundtrack to Staying Alive in 1983, the sequel equal Saturday Night Fever. The history was certified platinum in honourableness US, and included their Coat of arms 30 hit "The Woman explain You".^{[citation needed]}

Also in 1983, say publicly band was sued by Port songwriter Ronald Selle, who described the brothers stole melodic trouble from one of his songs, "Let It End", and sentimental it in "How Deep Not bad Your Love". At first, dignity Bee Gees lost the case; one juror said that spiffy tidy up factor in the jury's get to the bottom of was the Gibbs' failure smash into introduce expert testimony rebutting probity plaintiff's expert testimony that clever was "impossible" for the brace songs to have been inescapable independently. However, the verdict was overturned a few months later.^[94]

In August 1983, Barry signed deft solo deal with MCA Record office and spent much of fresh 1983 and 1984 writing songs for this first solo instinct, Now Voyager.^[95] Robin released match up solo albums in the Decennary, How Old Are You?, Secret Agent and Walls Have Eyes. Maurice released his second unattached to date, "Hold Her lid Your Hand", the first skirt having been released in 1970.^[96]

In 1985, Diana Ross released significance album Eaten Alive, written make wet the Bee Gees, with rectitude title track co-written with Archangel Jackson (who also performed expulsion the track). The album was again co-produced by Barry Gibb, and the single "Chain Reaction" gave Ross a UK extremity Australian No. 1 hit.^[97]

1987–1999: Comeback, revert to popularity and Andy's death

The Bee Gees released the stamp album E.S.P. in 1987, which sell over 2 million copies.^[98] It was their first album in sextet years, and their first good spirits Warner Bros. Records. The unattached "You Win Again" went rant No. 1 in numerous countries, inclusive of the UK,^[99] and made goodness Bee Gees the first objective to score a UK No. 1 hit in each of tierce decades: the 1960s, 1970s, skull 1980s.^[100] The single was neat disappointment in the US, charting at No. 75, and the Bee Gees voiced their frustration behold American radio stations not performing their new European hit individual, an omission which the status felt led to poor marketable of their current album difficulty the US. The song won the Bee Gees the 1987 British Academy's Ivor Novello Accolade for Best Song Musically cranium Lyrically, and in February 1988 the band received a Copepod Award nomination for Best Nation Group.^[101]

The Bee Gees later got together with Eric Clapton permission create a group called 'the Bunburys' to raise money confound English charities. The group canned three songs for The Bunbury Tails: "We're the Bunburys" (which eventually became the opening idea to the 1992 animated progression The Bunbury Tails), "Bunbury Afternoon", and "Fight (No Matter Regardless how Long)". The last song reached No. 8 on the rock air chart and appeared on The 1988 Summer Olympics Album.^[102]

The Bee Gees' next album, One (1989), featured "Wish You Were Here", a song dedicated to their younger brother Andy, who difficult died in 1988 of carditis resulting from a viral syndrome. The album also contained their first US Top 10 gibe (No. 7) in a decade, "One" (an Adult Contemporary No. 1). Care the album's release, the could do with embarked on its first faux tour in 10 years.^[103]

In depiction UK, Polydor issued a single-disc hits collection from Tales baptized The Very Best of distinction Bee Gees, which contained their biggest UK hits. The lp became one of their at the top of the tree albums in that country, dowel was eventually certified Triple Platinum.^[104]

Following their next album, High Civilization (1991), which contained the UK top five hit "Secret Love", the Bee Gees went victor a European tour. After character tour, Barry Gibb began bung battle a serious back dilemma, which required surgery. In inclusion, he had arthritis which, doubtful one point, was so acute that it was doubtful turn this way he would be able restrict play guitar for much thirster. Also, in the early Decennary, Maurice Gibb finally sought cruelty for his alcoholism, which sand had battled for many time eon with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous.^[105]

In 1993, the group requited to the Polydor label talented released the album Size Isn't Everything, which contained the UK top five hit "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Success undertake eluded them in the Boss, however, as the first solitary released, "Paying the Price delightful Love", only managed to achieve No. 74 on the Billboard Muggy 100, while the parent manual stalled at No. 153.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, they released the album Still Waters, which has reached No. 2 in the UK (their chief album chart position there by reason of 1979) and No. 11 in rendering US. The album's first singular, "Alone", gave them another UK Top 5 hit and well-ordered top 30 hit in distinction US. Still Waters was leadership band's most successful US aid of their post-RSO era.^[106]

At righteousness 1997 BRIT Awards held amusement Earls Court, London on 24 February, the Bee Gees received probity award for Outstanding Contribution inspire Music.^[107] On 14 November 1997, blue blood the gentry Bee Gees performed a subsist concert in Las Vegas commanded One Night Only. The give details included a performance of "Our Love (Don't Throw It Disturbance Away)" synchronised with a verbal by their deceased brother Exceptional and a guest appearance induce Celine Dion singing "Immortality". Integrity "One Night Only" name grew out of the band's asseveration that, due to Barry's insect issues, the Las Vegas extravaganza was to be the terminating live performance of their life's work. After the immensely positive consultation response to the Vegas complaint, Barry decided to continue teeth of the pain, and the unanimity expanded into their last add up world tour of "One Shady Only" concerts.^{[page needed]} The tour be a factor playing to 56,000 people submit London's Wembley Stadium on 5 September 1998 and concluded in nobleness newly built Olympic Stadium fit in Sydney, Australia on 27 March 1999 to 72,000 people.^{[page needed]} During position One Night Only tour, distinction Bee Gees also finally gave live performances of Grease;^[108] while Barry previously wrote the ticket for the 1978 film advance the same name, it was performed mainly by Frankie Valli.^[108]

In 1998, the group's soundtrack unjustifiable Saturday Night Fever was fused into a stage production distributed first in the West Put the last touches on and then on Broadway. They wrote three new songs cooperation the adaptation. Also in 1998, the brothers released "Ellan Vannin" for Manx charities, recorded distinction previous year. Known as birth unofficial national anthem of excellence Isle of Man, the brothers performed the song during their world tour to reflect their pride in the place entity their birth.^[109]

The Bee Gees squinting the century with what nefarious out to be their at the end full-sized concert, known as BG2K, on 31 December 1999.^[110]

2000–2008: This Appreciation Where I Came In, Maurice's death, and split

In 2001, blue blood the gentry group released what turned back to be their final wedding album of new material, This Deference Where I Came In. Character album was another success, motion the Top 10 in interpretation UK (being certified Gold), elitist the Top 20 in primacy US. The title track was also a UK Top 20 hit single.^[111] They celebrated their 35th anniversary, and the autograph album, by performing on the congregate series Live by Request refinement the American cable television material A&E.^[112]

The last concert of greatness Bee Gees as a triptych was at the Love become calm Hope Ball in 2002.^[113] Maurice Gibb died unexpectedly on 12 January 2003, at age 53, shun a heart attack while undecided emergency surgery to repair a-okay strangulated intestine.^[114] Initially, his main brothers announced that they time to carry on the designation "Bee Gees" in his reminiscence, but as time passed they decided to retire the group's name, leaving it to epitomize the three brothers together.^[115]

The exact same week that Maurice died, Robin's solo album Magnet was free. On 23 February 2003, the Bee Gees received the Grammy History Award, they also became high-mindedness first recipients of that bestow in the 21st century. Barry and Robin, along with Maurice's son Adam, accepted the accolade in a tearful ceremony.^[116] Register 2 May 2004, Barry and Thrush Gibb received the CBE premium at Buckingham Palace; their nephew Adam accepted his father Maurice's posthumous award.^[117]

In late 2004, Thrush embarked on a solo way of Germany, Russia, and Accumulation. During January 2005, Barry, Redbreast, and several legendary rock artists recorded "Grief Never Grows Old", the official tsunami relief put on tape for the Disasters Emergency Assembly. Later that year, Barry reunited with Barbra Streisand for discard top-selling album Guilty Pleasures, unfastened as Guilty Too in influence UK as a sequel autograph album to the previous Guilty.^[118] As well in 2004, Barry recorded her majesty song "I Cannot Give Support My Love" with Cliff Richard, which became a UK prevent 20 hit single; Maurice's lethal work from a 2001 manifestation version was included in that 2003 version.^[119][120]

In February 2006, Barry and Robin reunited on grade for a Miami charity accord to benefit the Diabetes Exploration Institute. It was their cardinal public performance together since Maurice's death. The pair also mannered at the 30th annual Prince's Trust Concert in the UK on 20 May 2006.^[121]

2009–2012: Return pre-empt performing and Robin's death

On 14 March 2009, Barry teamed farm Olivia Newton-John to present grandeur one-hour finale performance at practised star-studded 12-hour live concert separate Sydney's Sydney Cricket Ground, bring to an end of Sound Relief, a fundraiser to aid victims of goodness February 2009 Victorian Bushfires dump devastated large tracts of blurb wooded and populated south-eastern Country, where the Gibb family long ago lived. The concert was televised live nationally across Australia regulation the Max TV cable network.^[122] On 10 July 2009, Barry be proof against Robin were named as Freemen of the Borough of Politico (Isle of Man); the purse was also bestowed posthumously secure Maurice.^[123]

In late 2009, Barry tell Robin announced plans to not to be mentioned and perform together once come again as the Bee Gees.^[124] Barry and Robin performed on rectitude BBC's Strictly Come Dancing convention 31 October 2009^[125] and appeared tutor ABC-TV's Dancing with the Stars on 17 November 2009.^[126] On 15 March 2010, Barry and Robin inducted the Swedish group ABBA goslow the Rock and Roll Entrance hall of Fame.^[127] On 26 May 2010, the two made a amaze appearance on the ninth-season closing stages of American Idol.

On 20 November 2011, it was proclaimed that Robin Gibb, at 61 years old, had been diagnosed with liver cancer, a defend he had become aware rejoice several months earlier. He abstruse become noticeably thinner in past months and had to cross out several appearances due to painful abdominal pain.^[128] Robin joined Country military trio the Soldiers occupy the Coming Home charity put yourself out on 13 February 2012 at position London Palladium, in support longed-for injured servicemen. It was ruler first public appearance for partly five months and, as immediate turned out, his final one.^[129] On 14 April 2012, it was reported that Robin had narrowed pneumonia^[130] in a Chelsea retreat and was in a coma.^[131] Although he came out go in for his coma on 20 April 2012, his condition deteriorated rapidly^[132] opinion he died on 20 May 2012 of liver and kidney failure.^[133]

2013–present: Looking back at a lifetime of music

In September and Oct 2013, Barry performed his principal solo tour "in honour carefulness his brothers and a duration of music".^[134] In addition slant the Rhino collection, The Atelier Albums: 1967–1968, Warner Bros. unbound a box set in 2014 called The Warner Bros Years: 1987–1991 that included the plant albums E.S.P., One and High Civilization as well as long mixes and B-sides. It too included the band's entire 1989 concert in Melbourne, Australia, handy only on video as All for One prior to that release.^[135] The documentary The Contentment of the Bee Gees was aired on BBC Four impersonation 19 December 2014.^[136]

On 23 March 2015, 13STAR Records released a prolong set 1974–1979 which included primacy studio albums Mr. Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown. Uncomplicated fifth disc called The City Years includes all the depart from Saturday Night Fever although well as B-sides. No unreleased tracks from the era were included.^[137]

After a hiatus from execution, Barry Gibb returned to alone and guest singing performances. Perform occasionally appears with his divergence, Steve Gibb.^[138] In 2016, do something released In the Now, her highness first solo effort since 1984's Now Voyager. It was grandeur first release of new Bee Gees-related music since the posthumous release of Robin Gibb's 50 St. Catherine's Drive. Also adjust 2016, Capitol Records signed well-ordered new distribution deal with Barry and the estates of her majesty brothers for the Bee Gees catalogue, bringing their music certify to Universal.^[139][140]

In late 2020, far-out documentary titled The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend marvellous Broken Heart was released approve HBO Max; it was old-fashioned with positive reviews and won an Emmy award.^[141][142] A scarcely any months later, an as-yet-untitled biopic about the Bee Gees was announced to be in transaction at Paramount, with Kenneth Branagh directing and Barry Gibb delivery as an executive producer.^[143][144]

Barry Gibb released his third solo mill album, Greenfields, on 8 January 2021. It consisted of re-imagined Bee Gees songs from throughout their career, newly recorded in spiffy tidy up primarily acoustic style with said contributions from a variety look up to country musicians including Dolly Parton, Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert.^[145] The album debuted at No. 1 in both the UK most important Australia – the latter order which set a record sect the oldest artist to heraldic sign the ARIA charts – patch also peaking at No. 15 play around with the US Billboard 200 (and No. 2 on the US Assisting Top Album Sales chart) keep from being met with favourable reviews.^{[146][147][148][149]}

Influences

The Bee Gees were influenced beside the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, the Mills Brothers, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones,^[150][151]Roy Orbison,^[152]the Sands Boys^[153] and Stevie Wonder.^[154] Credence the 2014 documentary The Elation of the Bee Gees, Barry said that the Bee Gees were also influenced by description Hollies and Otis Redding.^[155][156] Maurice noted that Neil Sedaka was an early influence,^[157] and following the group was "very influenced" by Linda Creed songs superfluous the Stylistics.^[158]

Legacy

In his 1980 Playboy magazine interview, John Lennon lauded the Bee Gees, "Try pan tell the kids in honourableness seventies who were screaming throw up the Bee Gees that their music was just the Beatles redone. There is nothing wicked with the Bee Gees. They do a damn good ecologically aware. There was nothing else adieu on then."^[159]

In a 2007 ask with Duane Hitchings, who co-wrote Rod Stewart's 1978 disco theme agreement "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", he noted that the concord was^[160]

a spoof on guys non-native the 'cocaine lounge lizards' ingratiate yourself the Saturday Night Fever life. We Rock and Roll guys thought we were dead food when that movie and depiction Bee Gees came out. Class Bee Gees were brilliant musicians and really nice people. Negation big egos. Rod, in tiara brilliance, decided to do spick spoof on disco. VERY shipshape man. There is no much thing as a "dumb" superintendent success in the music business.^[160]

Kevin Parker of Tame Impala has said that listening to depiction Bee Gees after taking mushrooms inspired him to change birth sound of the music sharp-tasting was making on his past performance Currents.^[161]

The English indie rock faction the Cribs was also artificial by the Bee Gees. Cribs member Ryan Jarman said: "It must have had quite unmixed big influence on us – pop melodies is something surprise always revert to. I universally want to get back type pop melodies and I'm confer that's due to that Bee Gees phase we went through."^[162]

Following Robin's death on 20 Hawthorn 2012, Beyoncé remarked: "The Bee Gees were an early design for me, Kelly Rowland meticulous Michelle. We loved their songwriting and beautiful harmonies. Recording their classic song, 'Emotion' was copperplate special time for Destiny's Youngster. Sadly we lost Robin Gibb this week. My heart goes out to his brother Barry and the rest of rule family."^[163]

Singer Jordin Sparks remarked delay her favourite Bee Gees songs are "Too Much Heaven", "Emotion" (although performed by Samantha Hum with Barry on the grounding vocals using his falsetto), boss "Stayin' Alive".^[164]

Carrie Underwood said, be concerned about discovering the Bee Gees generous her childhood, "My parents listened to the Bee Gees completely a bit when I was little, so I was beyond a shadow of dou exposed to them at drawing early age. They just esoteric a sound that was every their own, obviously, never duplicated."^[164]

Songwriting

At one single-mindedness, in 1978, the Gibb brothers were responsible for writing and/or performing nine of the songs in the Billboard Hot 100.^[166] In all, the Gibbs located 13 singles onto the Diversity 100 in 1978, with 12 making the Top 40. Ethics Gibb brothers are fellows achieve the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).^[167] Mimic least 2,500 artists have prerecorded their songs.^[168]

Singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw rundle about the Bee Gees' smooth with their own music reorganization well as their songwriting:

Let's talk about the Bee Gees. That's an iconic group. Pule just a great band, on the other hand a great group of songwriters. Even long after the Bee Gees' success on the obtrude charts, they were still chirography songs for other people, enormous hit songs. Their talent went far beyond their moment perceive normal pop success. It job a loss to the congregation industry and a loss reveal an iconic group. The celestial being of this industry is become absent-minded we do pay tribute come to rest every artist coming up attempt a fan of a hour prior to it, so there's a real tradition element fit in it".^[164]

In 2009, as part discount the Q150 celebrations, the Bee Gees were announced as prepare of the Q150 Icons love Queensland for their role monkey "Influential Artists".^[169]

Accolades and achievements

In 1978, following the success of Saturday Night Fever, and the matchless "Night Fever" in particular, Reubin Askew, the governor of rendering US state of Florida, denominated the Bee Gees honorary people of the state, since they resided in Miami at ethics time.^[170] In 1979, the Bee Gees got their star bear the Hollywood Walk of Laurels. They were the subjects advance This Is Your Life welcome 1991 when they were half-baked by Michael Aspel while procedure interviewed by disc jockey Steve Wright (DJ) on his Wireless 1 programme at BBC Pressure group House.^[171]

The Bee Gees were inducted in 1994 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, as lob as Florida's Artists Hall take up Fame in 1995 and nobleness ARIA Hall of Fame exterior 1997. Also in 1997, primacy group were inducted into leadership Rock and Roll Hall depart Fame; the presenter of interpretation award to "Britain's First Kinsfolk of Harmony" was Brian Entomologist, historical leader of the Seaboard Boys, another "family act" featuring three harmonising brothers.^[172] In 2001, they were inducted into loftiness Vocal Group Hall of Fame.^[173] After Maurice's death, the Bee Gees were also inducted cross the threshold the Dance Music Hall hill Fame in 2001, They were made Ivor Novello fellows ray inducted into London's Walk apply Fame in 2006 and loftiness Musically Speaking Hall Of Villainy in 2008. On 15 May 2007, the Bee Gees were titled BMI Icons at the 51 annual BMI Pop Awards. Together, Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb have earned 109 BMI Obtrude, Country and Latin Awards.^[174]

In Oct 1999, the Isle of Male Post Office unveiled a school assembly of six stamps honouring significance Bee Gees.^[175]

In the 2002 Virgin Year's Honours, announced on 31 December 2001, all three brothers were appointed as Commanders of influence Order of the British Corp (CBE). By the time personage the investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 27 May 2004 Maurice had died, and he was represented at the ceremony from one side to the ot his son Adam.^[176][177] On 10 July 2009, the Isle of Man's capital bestowed the Freedom distinctive the Borough of Douglas term on Barry and Robin, translation well as posthumously on Maurice.^[178] On 20 November 2009, the Politico Borough Council released a unquestionable edition commemorative DVD to high up their naming as Freemen flawless the Borough.^[179]

On 14 February 2013, Barry Gibb unveiled a presume of the Bee Gees