The saga of glittering disco music of the '70s /'80s loses another light, a few days after the death of Donna Summer. After a long illness that was exacerbated in recent weeks, died in London at age 62 Robin Gibb, one of three brothers Gibb family formed the famous trio the Bee Gees who lit up the night life of the seventies and eighties. The group debuted in Australia, but became famous in the United Kingdom inextricably linking his name to disco music with songs like "Stayin Alive", "Night Fever" and "How Deep is your Love" the soundtrack of the film "Saturday Night Fever", in 1978 that launched the star of John Travolta. The Bee Gees have sold 200 million records in his career. The surviving older brother Barry, 65, and Maurice's twin brother Robin had died in 2003 in Miami, where the whole family had moved in three years alongside beautiful villas surrounded by palm trees and along the beautiful Bay. A fourth brother, Andy, never entered the Bee Gees but also a musician, born in '58, in '88 it was off to Oxford. The Gibb were from Douglas Isle of Man; were then emigrated to Australia where they were dedicated to the music with a long apprenticeship, until the first successes made them return home.
With over 230 million copies sold (270 if you count the work written and produced for other artists), the Bee Gees are in fifth place among the world's most successful artists. Moreover, (record) in Great Britain have had at least a "number one" in each of the six decades of activity. Only artists to have had 6 consecutive singles in the U.S. charts at number one. Like the Beatles, had five top ten songs simultaneously in the U.S.. The soundtrack of the film "Saturday Night Fever" is the second best-selling album of all time with over 40 million copies sold.
Songs written by the Gibbs, but largely better known through versions by other artists, include:
"Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You" by Teri DeSario
"Buried Treasure" by Kenny Rogers (backing vocals The Gatlin Brothers)
"Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross
"Come on Over" by Olivia Newton-John
"Emotion" by Samantha Sang
"Gilbert Green" by Gerry Marsden
"Grease" by Frankie Valli
"Guilty" and "Woman in Love" by Barbra Streisand
"Heartbreaker" & "All the Love in the World" by Dionne Warwick
"Hold On to My Love" by Jimmy Ruffin
"I Will Be There" by Tina Turner
"If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman
"Immortality" by Celine Dion
"Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
"Morning of My Life" by Abi and Esther Ofarim
"Only One Woman" by The Marbles
"Rest Your Love on Me" by Conway Twitty
"Sacred Trust" by One True Voice
"Warm Ride" by Graham Bonnet
Albums
Studio albums
1965 The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs
1966 Spicks and Specks
1967 Bee Gees' 1st
1968 Horizontal
Idea
1969 Odessa
1970 Cucumber Castle
2 Years On
1971 Trafalgar
1972 To Whom It May Concern
1973 Life in a Tin Can
1974 Mr. Natural
1975 Main Course
1976 Children of the World
1979 Spirits Having Flown
1981 Living Eyes
1987 E·S·P
1989 One
1991 High Civilization
1993 Size Isn't Everything
1997 Still Waters
2001 This Is Where I Came In
Live albums
1977 Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live
1998 One Night Only
Compilation albums
1969 Best of Bee Gees
1973 Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2
1976 Bee Gees Gold
1979 Bee Gees Greatest
1990 The Very Best of the Bee Gees
2001 Their Greatest Hits: The Record
2004 Number Ones
2005 Love Songs
2009 The Ultimate Bee Gees
2010 Mythology
Soundtracks
1971 Melody
1977 Saturday Night Fever
1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1983 Staying Alive
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