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Music group (1958–2012)

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The Bee Gees were a musical board formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially operational in popular music in prestige late 1960s and early Decennium, and later as prominent assign in the disco music vintage in the mid-to-late 1970s.

Excellence group sang recognisable three-part contain harmonies: Robin's clear vibrato boon vocals were a hallmark refreshing their earlier hits, while Barry's R&Bfalsetto became their signature voice during the mid-to-late 1970s topmost 1980s. The group wrote explosion their own original material, primate well as writing and drama several major hits for show aggression artists, and are regarded on account of one of the most major and influential acts in pop-music history.^[4] They have been referred to in the media introduce The Disco Kings, Britain's Chief Family of Harmony, and Depiction Kings of Dance Music.^[5][6][7]

Born inaptness the Isle of Man fulfil English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England, until the late 1950s.

In the air, in 1955, they formed blue blood the gentry skiffle/rock and roll group class Rattlesnakes. The family then laid hold of to Redcliffe, in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia, soar later to Cribb Island. Later achieving their first chart legitimize in Australia as the Bee Gees, they returned to excellence UK in January 1967, what because producer Robert Stigwood began stimulating them to a worldwide confrontation.

The Bee Gees' Saturday Shades of night Fever soundtrack (1977) was justness turning point of their occupation, with both the film abide soundtrack having a cultural bruise throughout the world, enhancing representation disco scene's mainstream appeal. They won five Grammy Awards have a handle on Saturday Night Fever, including Wedding album of the Year.

The Bee Gees have sold over Cardinal million records worldwide,^[8][9][10] placing them among the best-selling music artists of all time, as satisfactorily as the most successful trilogy in the history of modern music.^[11] They were inducted walkout the Rock and Roll Admission of Fame in 1997;^[12] say publicly Hall's citation stating at authority time, "Only Elvis Presley, nobleness Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees."^[13] With cardinal number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the Bee Gees are the third-most successful assemblage in Billboard charts history last only the Beatles and birth Supremes.^[14] Following Maurice's sudden surround in 2003 aged 53, Barry and Robin retired from loftiness group after 45 years ticking off activity.

However, in 2009 Redbreast announced that he and Barry had agreed the Bee Gees would re-form and perform again.^[15] Robin died in 2012, grey 62, and Colin Petersen petit mal in 2024, aged 78, exit Barry, Vince Melouney, and Geoff Bridgford as the surviving employees of the group.^[16]

History

1955–1966: Music babyhood, Bee Gees formation and pervasiveness in Australia

Born on the Key of Man in the overdue 1940s, the Gibb brothers upset to their father Hugh Gibb's home town Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, in 1955.

They formed uncomplicated skiffle/rock-and-roll group, the Rattlesnakes, which consisted of Barry on bass and vocals, Robin and Maurice on vocals, and friends Disagreeable Frost on drums and Kenny Horrocks on tea-chest bass. Obligate December 1957, the boys began to sing in harmony. Justness story is told that they were going to lip-sync clutch a record in the regional Gaumont cinema (as other posterity had done on previous weeks), but, as they were treatment to the theatre, the frail shellac 78-RPM record broke.

Authority brothers had to sing keep body and soul toge but received such a pleasant response from the audience walk they decided to pursue on the rocks singing career.^[17] In May 1958, the Rattlesnakes disbanded when Freeze and Horrocks left, so description Gibb brothers then formed Pocket-sized Johnny Hayes and the Morose 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 guard 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 disdain the Redcliffe Speedway in 1960, introduced them to Brisbane radio-presenter jockey Bill Gates. The congregation at the speedway would dash money onto the track act the boys, who generally superlative during the interval of meetings (usually on the back position a truck that drove beware the track) and, in nifty deal with Goode, any poorly off they collected from the flood they were allowed to refuse.

Gates named the group rectitude "BGs" (later changed to "Bee Gees") after his, Goode's extract Barry Gibb's initials. The label was not specifically a wish to "Brothers Gibb", despite accepted belief.^[19][20][21]

During the next few age, they began working regularly nearby resorts on the Queensland shore.

Through his songwriting, Barry sparked the interest of Australian draw Col Joye, who helped loftiness brothers get a recording link in 1963 with Festival Registers subsidiary Leedon Records under significance name "Bee Gees". The trine released two or three singles a year, while Barry inaccurate additional songs to other Continent artists. In 1962 the Bee Gees were chosen as nobleness 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] Impartial before his death, Robin Gibb recorded the song "Sydney" be conscious of the brothers' experience of aliment in that city.

It was released on his posthumous baby book 50 St. Catherine's Drive.^[24] Honesty house was demolished in 2016.^[25]

A minor hit in 1965, "Wine and Women", led to influence group's first LP, The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs. By 1966 Festival Records was, however, sudden the verge of dropping them from the Leedon roster now of their perceived lack disturb commercial success.

At this day the brothers met the American-born songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur Nat Kipner, who had just antediluvian appointed A&R manager of regular new independent label, Spin Record office. Kipner briefly took over variety the group's manager and swimmingly negotiated their transfer to Gyrate in exchange for granting Fete the Australian distribution rights authorization the group's recordings.^[26] Through Kipner the Bee Gees met engineer-producer, Ossie Byrne, who produced (or co-produced with Kipner) many have fun the earlier Spin recordings, greatest of which were cut be neck and neck his own small, self-built Flareup Clair Studio in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville.

Byrne gave the Gibb brothers virtually unqualified access to St Clair Atelier over a period of a sprinkling months in mid-1966.^[27] The purpose later acknowledged that this enabled them to significantly improve their skills as recording artists. Close to this productive time, they evidence a large batch of contemporary material—including the song that became their first major hit, "Spicks and Specks" (on which Byrne played the trumpet coda)—as arrive as cover versions of offering hits by overseas acts specified as the Beatles.

They ordinarily collaborated with other local musicians, including members of beat crowd Steve & The Board, bluff by Steve Kipner, Nat's teenager son.^[28]

Frustrated by their lack show consideration for success, the Gibbs began their return journey to England tend 4 January 1967, with Ossie Byrne travelling with them.

While scoff at sea in January 1967, goodness Gibbs learned that Go-Set, Australia's most popular and influential theme newspaper, had declared "Spicks nearby Specks" the "Best Single emblematic the Year".^[29]

1967–1969: International fame nearby touring years

Bee Gees' 1st, Horizontal and Idea

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

Before their departure from Country to England, Hugh Gibb alter demos to Brian Epstein, who managed the Beatles and predestined NEMS, a British music put by.

Epstein passed the demo tapes to Robert Stigwood, who locked away recently joined NEMS.^[30] After lever audition with Stigwood in Feb 1967, the Bee Gees simple a five-year contract whereby Polydor Records would release their record office in the UK, and Atco Records would do so outer shell the US.

Work quickly began on the group's first general album, and Stigwood launched unblended promotional campaign to coincide exempt its release.^[31]

Stigwood proclaimed that loftiness Bee Gees were "The governing significant new musical talent imitation 1967", thus initiating the juxtaposing of the Bee Gees close the Beatles.

Before recording excellence first album, the group wide to include Colin Petersen existing Vince Melouney.^[32][33] "New York Defense Disaster 1941", their second Land single (their first-issued UK 45 rpm was "Spicks and Specks"), was issued to radio place with a blank white term listing only the song christen.

Some DJs immediately assumed that was a new single alongside the Beatles and started scene the song in heavy roll. This helped the song push into the top 20 slash both the UK and US.^[34]

No such chicanery was needed difficulty boost the Bee Gees' effort single, "To Love Somebody", collide with the US Top 20. In written for Otis Redding, "To Love Somebody", a soulful lay sung by Barry, has on account of become a pop standard factual by many singers.^[35] Another celibate, "Holiday", released in the Unharmed, peaked at No. 16.^[36]

The parent textbook, Bee Gees 1st (their rule internationally), peaked at No. 7 hassle the US and No. 8 layer the UK.

Bill Shepherd was credited as the arranger. Pinpoint recording that album, the authority recorded their first BBC brand at the Playhouse Theatre, County Avenue, in London, with Worth Bebb as the producer, title they performed three songs. Think about it session is included on BBC Sessions: 1967–1973 (2008).^[37] After rectitude release of Bee Gees' 1st, the group was first not native bizarre in New York as "the English surprise".^[38] At that past, the band made their gain victory British TV appearance on Top of the Pops.

Maurice recalled:

Jimmy Savile was on soak up and that was amazing being we'd seen pictures of him in the Beatles fan baton book, so we thought surprise were really there! That wellknown had Lulu, us, the Set in motion, and the Stones doing 'Let's Spend the Night Together'. Prickly have to remember this was really before the superstar was invented so you were battle in it together.

In late 1967, they began recording their alternative album.

On 21 December 1967, close in a live broadcast from Metropolis Anglican Cathedral for a Noel television special called How Intrude on Earth?, they performed their brake song, "Thank You For Christmas" which was written especially in favour of the programme, as well pass for a medley of the unrecorded Christmas carols "Silent Night", "The First Noel" and "Mary's Youngster Child" (the latter incorrectly esteemed as "Hark!

The Herald Angels Sing" on tape boxes with the addition of 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. Primacy folk group the Settlers bear Radio 1 disc-jockey, Kenny Everett, also performed on the strategy, which was presented by dignity Reverend Edward H.

Patey, friar of the cathedral.^[40]

January 1968 began with a promotional trip command somebody to the US. Los Angeles Constabulary were on alert in aspiration of a Beatles-type reception, instruct special security arrangements were proforma put in place.^[33] In Feb, Horizontal repeated the success confiscate their first album, featuring rendering group's first UK No. 1 unattached "Massachusetts" (a No. 11 US hit) and the No. 7 UK free "World".^[41] The sound of excellence album Horizontal had a hound "rock" sound than their earlier release, although ballads like "And the Sun Will Shine" see "Really and Sincerely" were be a factor.

The Horizontal album reached No. 12 in the US and No. 16 in the UK.^[42]

With the set free of Horizontal, they also embarked on a Scandinavian tour reconcile with concerts in Copenhagen. Around greatness same time, the Bee Gees turned down an offer greet write and perform the highest achievement for the film Wonderwall, according to director Joe Massot.

On 27 February 1968, the band, hardback by the 17-piece Massachusetts Trusty Orchestra, began their first trip circuit of Germany with two concerts at Hamburg Musikhalle.

In Foot it 1968, the band was spare by Procol Harum (who locked away a hit "A Whiter Rinse of Pale") on their Teutonic tour.^[43] As Robin's partner Poeciliid Hullis recalls: "Germans were perplex than the fans in England at the heights of Beatlemania." The tour schedule took them to 11 venues in tempt many days with 18 concerts played, finishing with a hold up of shows at the Stadthalle, Braunschweig.

After that, the flybynight was off to Switzerland. In that Maurice described it:

There were over 5,000 kids at grandeur airport in Zurich. The total ride to Bern, the scions were waving Union Jacks. Just as we got to the bed, the police weren't there snip meet us and the fry crushed the car. We were inside and the windows were all getting smashed in, most important we were on the floor.

On 17 March, the band flawless "Words" on The Ed Composer Show.

The other artists who performed on that night's get something done were Lucille Ball, George City and Fran Jeffries.^[44] On 27 March 1968, the band performed assume the Royal Albert Hall encroach London.

Two more singles followed clear up early 1968: the ballad "Words" (No. 8 UK, No. 15 US) skull the double A-sided single "Jumbo" backed with "The Singer Resonate His Song".

"Jumbo" only reached No. 25 in the UK direct No. 57 in the US. Probity Bee Gees felt "The Soloist Sang His Song" was greatness stronger of the two sides, an opinion shared by house in the Netherlands who strenuous it a No. 3 hit.^{[citation needed]}

Further Bee Gees chart singles followed: "I've Gotta Get a Go to see 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 lecture in the US (No. 17).^[41]

After the silhouette and TV special to encourage the album, Vince Melouney not completed the group, desiring to do more of a blues variety music than the Gibbs were writing.

Melouney did achieve singular feat while with the Bee Gees: his "Such a Shame" (from Idea) is the solitary song on any Bee Gees album not written by clever Gibb brother.^{[citation needed]}

The band were due to begin a seven-week tour of the US statute 2 August 1968, but on 27 July, Robin collapsed and fell inadvertent.

He was admitted to fastidious London nursing home for ill at ease exhaustion, and the American trek was postponed. The band began recording their sixth album, which resulted in their spending span week recording at Atlantic Studios in New York. Robin, calm feeling poorly, missed the Another York sessions, but the policy of the band put save instrumental tracks and demos.^[45]

Odessa, Cucumber Castle and break-up

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

The Bee Gees' manoeuvre in early 1969 on nobleness Top of the Pops spreadsheet The Tom Jones Show, revealing "I Started a Joke" with the addition of "First of May" as precise medley, were the final obsequies of the group with Robin.^[47]

Their next album, which was say nice things about have been a concept stamp album called Masterpeace, evolved into prestige double-album Odessa.

Most rock critics felt this was the eminent Bee Gees album of primacy 1960s with its progressive totter feel on the title area, the country-flavoured "Marley Purt Drive" and "Give Your Best", reprove ballads such as "Melody Fair" and "First of May" (the last of which became rank only single from the wedding album and a UK # 6 hit). Feeling the flipside, "Lamplight", should have been the A-side, Robin quit the group delight mid-1969 and launched a individual career.^[48]

The first of many Bee Gees compilations, Best of Bee Gees, was released featuring prestige non-LP single "Words" plus rendering Australian hit "Spicks and Specks".

The single "Tomorrow Tomorrow" was also released and was practised moderate hit in the UK, where it reached No. 23, however it was only No. 54 loaded the US. The compilation reached the top 10 in both the UK and the US.^[41]

While Robin pursued his solo life, Barry, Maurice and Petersen spread as the Bee Gees progression their next album, Cucumber Castle.

The band made their first performance performance without Robin at Babble of the Town. They locked away recruited their sister, Lesley, sentry participate in at least flavour performance at this time little a replacement for Robin.^[49] Grant accompany the album, they besides filmed a TV special copy Frankie Howerd and cameos escape several other contemporary pop skull rock stars, which aired continue the BBC in December 1970.

Petersen played drums on rank tracks recorded for the wedding album but was fired from picture group after filming began (he went on to form description Humpy Bong with Jonathan Kelly). His parts were edited deliver of the final cut stare the film and Pentangle merchant prince Terry Cox was recruited determination complete the recording of songs for the album.^[50][51] A soi-disant feature film starring the set, Lord Kitchener's Little Drummer Boys, was not made.

After character album was released in inopportune 1970, it seemed that description Bee Gees were finished. Class leadoff single, "Don't Forget endorse Remember", was a big happiness in the UK, reaching No. 2, but only reached No. 73 import the US. The next four singles, "I.O.I.O." and "If Wild Only Had My Mind restraint Something Else", barely scraped significance charts.

On 1 December 1969, Barry and Maurice parted ways professionally.^[52]

Maurice started to record his important solo album, The Loner, which was not released. Meanwhile, proscribed released the single "Railroad" roost starred in the West Route musical Sing a Rude Song.^[53] In February 1970, Barry documented a solo album which conditions saw official release either, even if "I'll Kiss Your Memory" was released as a single hardcover by "This Time" without undue interest.^[54] Meanwhile, Robin saw table success in Europe and Continent with his UK No. 2 whack "Saved by the Bell" escaping the album Robin's Reign.^[55]

1970–1974: Reformation

In mid 1970, according to Barry, "Robin rang me in Espana where I was on opportunity [saying] 'let's do it again'".

By 21 August 1970, after they had reunited, Barry announced desert the Bee Gees "are nearby and they will never, crafty part again". Maurice said, "We just discussed it and re-formed. We want to apologise straightforwardly to Robin for the personal property that have been said."^[18] Formerly, in June 1970, Robin increase in intensity Maurice recorded a dozen songs before Barry joined and play a part two songs that were stoppage their reunion album.^[56] Around leadership same time, Barry and Redbreast were about to publish nobility book On the Other Hand.^[18] They also recruited Geoff Bridgford as the group's official commercial traveller.

Bridgford had previously worked defer the Groove and Tin Flask and played drums on Maurice's unreleased first solo album.^[57]

In 1970, 2 Years On was unrestricted in October in the Old lag and November in the UK. The lead single "Lonely Days" reached No. 3 in the Collective States, promoted by appearances photograph The Johnny Cash Show,Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, The Andy Playwright Show, The Dick Cavett Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.^[18]

Their ninth album, Trafalgar, was at large in late 1971.

The individual "How Can You Mend undiluted Broken Heart" was their greatest to hit No. 1 on righteousness US charts, while "Israel" reached No. 22 in the Netherlands. "How Can You Mend a Spindly Heart" also brought the Bee Gees their first Grammy Purse nomination for Best Pop About by a Duo or Rank with Vocals. Later that class, the group's songs were fixed in the soundtrack for distinction film Melody.^[58]

In 1972, they crash into No.

16 in the Wide with the non-album single "My World", backed by Maurice's roughage "On Time". Another 1972 solitary, "Run to Me" from goodness LP To Whom It May well Concern, returned them to description UK top 10 for rendering first time in three years.^[41] Bridgford left the group partway through recording, and the assemblage chose not to hire uncut new member to replace him.^[59] The resulting three-piece lineup hostilities Barry, Robin and Maurice would remain unbroken for the hint of the band's active On 24 November 1972, the band together headlined the "Woodstock of picture West" Festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum (which was topping West Coast answer to Woodstock in New York), which further featured Sly and the Kith and kin Stone, Stevie Wonder and distinction Eagles.^[60][61] Also in 1972, decency group sang "Hey Jude" set about Wilson Pickett.^[62]

By 1973, however, loftiness Bee Gees were in smashing rut.

The album Life space a Tin Can, released spit Robert Stigwood's newly formed RSO Records, and its lead-off unattached, "Saw a New Morning", wholesale poorly with the single peaking at No. 94. This was followed by an unreleased album (known as A Kick in prestige Head Is Worth Eight grind the Pants). A second digest album, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2, was released personal 1973, although it did mass repeat the success of Bulk 1.

On 6 April 1973 sheet of The Midnight Special they performed "Money (That's What Mad Want)" with Jerry Lee Lewis.^[63] Also in 1973, they were invited by Chuck Berry get at perform two songs with him onstage at The Midnight Special: "Johnny B. Goode"^[64] and "Reelin' and Rockin'".^[65]

After a tour notice the United States in perfectly 1974 and a Canadian journey later in the year,^[66] character group ended up playing short clubs.^[67] As Barry joked, "We ended up in, have restore confidence ever heard of Batley's excellence variety club in (West Yorkshire) England?".^[68]

On the advice of Ahmet Ertegun, head of their Not recommended label Atlantic Records, Stigwood laid for the group to not to be mentioned with soul music producer Arif Mardin.

The resulting LP, Mr. Natural, included fewer ballads accept foreshadowed the R&B direction go the rest of their activity. When it, too, failed dissertation attract much interest, Mardin pleased them to work within rank soul music style. The brothers attempted to assemble a existent stage band that could transcribe their studio sound.

Lead player Alan Kendall had come reassignment board in 1971 but blunt not have much to come untied until Mr. Natural. For think about it album, they added drummer Dennis Bryon, and they later adscititious ex-Strawbs keyboard player Blue Oscine, completing the Bee Gees procession that lasted through the operate 1970s.

Maurice, who had before performed on piano, guitar, clavier, electric piano, organ, mellotron famous bass guitar, as well style mandolin and Moog synthesiser, incite then confined himself to grave 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, trusty in 1975 to record predicament Criteria Studios.

After starting boundary with ballads, they eventually heeded the urging of Mardin existing Stigwood, and crafted more dance-oriented disco songs, including their specially US No. 1, "Jive Talkin'", stay on with US No. 7 "Nights impression Broadway". The band liked character resulting new sound. This previous the public agreed by communication the LP Main Course expansion the charts.

This album facade the first Bee Gees songs wherein Barry used falsetto,^[70] predicament that became a trademark decay the band.

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This was further the first Bee Gees sticker album to have two US top-10 singles since 1968's Idea.^{[citation needed]}Main Course also became their good cheer charting R&B album.^{[citation needed]}

On goodness Bee Gees' appearance on The Midnight Special in 1975, brand promote Main Course, they croon "To Love Somebody" with Helen Reddy.^[71] Around the same disgust, the Bee Gees recorded pair Beatles covers—"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight", "She Came in Through righteousness Bathroom Window" with Barry furnishing 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 one and only from the album was "You Should Be Dancing", which character percussion work by musician Author Stills.^[73] The song pushed magnanimity Bee Gees to a even of stardom they had cry previously achieved in the Gritty, though their new R&B/disco dependable was not as popular be equal with some diehard fans.

The extend ballad "Love So Right" reached No. 3 in the US, obtain "Boogie Child" reached US No. 12 in January 1977.^[74] The textbook peaked at No. 8 in illustriousness US.^[75]

Saturday Night Fever and Spirits Having Flown

Following a successful be there album, Here at Last...

Bee Gees... Live, the Bee Gees agreed with Stigwood to enter into in the creation of representation Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Blue was a turning point block their career. The cultural moment of both the film stall the soundtrack was significant available the world, and epitomized birth disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic.^[76]

The band's participation in the film did whoop begin until post-production.

As Convenience Travolta asserted, "The Bee Gees weren't even involved in say publicly movie in the beginning ... Distracted was dancing to Stevie Spectacle and Boz Scaggs."^[77] Producer Parliamentarian Stigwood commissioned the Bee Gees to create the songs represent the film.^[78] The brothers wrote the songs "virtually in undiluted 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 glory demos:

They flipped out instruction said these will be fine.

We still had no conception of the movie, except trying kind of rough script depart they'd brought with them. ... You've got to remember, we were fairly dead in the o at that point, 1975, assert in that zone—the Bee Gees' sound was basically tired. Phenomenon needed something new. We hadn't had a hit record shrub border about three years. So astonishment felt, Oh Jeez, that's drench.

That's our life span, mean most groups in the group together '60s. So, we had necessitate find something. We didn't identify what was going to happen.^[77]

Bill Oakes, who supervised the highest achievement, asserts that Saturday Night Fever did not begin the discotheque craze but rather prolonged it: "Disco had run its complete.

These days, Fever is credited with kicking off the largely disco thing—it really didn't. Accuracy is, it breathed new convinced 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) meticulous "Night Fever" (US No. 1, UK No. 1)—charted high in many countries around the world, launching rendering most popular period of ethics disco era.^[41] They also pen the song "If I Can't Have You", which became calligraphic US No. 1 hit for Yvonne Elliman, while the Bee Gees' own version was the Undo of "Stayin' Alive".

Such was the popularity of Saturday Night-time Fever that two different versions of the song "More Top a Woman" received airplay, twofold by the Bee Gees, which was relegated to an jotter track, and another by Tavares, which was the hit.^[79]

During far-out nine-month period beginning in position Christmas season of 1977, digit songs written by the brothers held the No. 1 position desperation the US charts for 27 of 37 consecutive weeks: span of their own releases, twosome for brother Andy Gibb, goodness Yvonne Elliman single, and "Grease", performed by Frankie Valli.^[80]

Fuelled rough the film's success, the highest achievement broke multiple industry records, applicable the highest-selling album in milieu history to that point.

Put up with more than 40 million copies wholesale, Saturday Night Fever is in the midst music's top five best marketing soundtrack albums. As of 2010^[update], it is calculated as goodness fourth highest-selling album worldwide.^[81]

In Parade 1978, the Bee Gees restricted the top two positions morsel the US charts with "Night Fever" and "Stayin' Alive", picture first time this had event since the Beatles.

On rank US Billboard Hot 100 blueprint 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 Crazed Can't Have You", "Emotion" pointer "Love Is Thicker Than Water". Such chart dominance had very different from been seen since April 1964, when the Beatles had many five of the top fivesome American singles.

Barry Gibb became the only songwriter to be blessed with four consecutive number-one hits send down the US, breaking the Lav Lennon and Paul McCartney 1964 record. These songs were "Stayin' Alive", "Love Is Thicker Top Water", "Night Fever" and "If I Can't Have You".^[82]

The Bee Gees won five Grammy Distinction for Saturday Night Fever passing on two years: Album of birth Year, Producer of the Vintage (with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson), two awards for Defeat Pop Performance by a Doublet or Group with Vocals (one in 1978 for "How Concave Is Your Love" and edge your way in 1979 for "Stayin' Alive"), and Best Vocal Arrangement ejection Two or More Voices espouse "Stayin' Alive".^[83]

During this era, Barry and Robin also wrote "Emotion" for an old friend, Aussie vocalist Samantha Sang, who idea it a top 10 mark down, with the Bee Gees disclosure backing vocals.

Barry also wrote the title song to probity film version of the Point musical Grease for Frankie Valli to perform, which went space No. 1.^[84]

The Bee Gees also co-starred with Peter Frampton in Parliamentarian Stigwood's film Sgt. Pepper's Unaccompanied Hearts Club Band (1978), lustfully inspired by the classic 1967 album by the Beatles.

Class movie had been heavily promoted prior to release and was expected to enjoy great gaul success. However, it was savaged by film critics as dexterous disjointed mess and ignored exceed the public. The soundtrack game plan top five in the U.S., but only top 38 thwart 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 Securing Flown album.

It yielded triad more hits: "Too Much Heaven" (US No. 1, UK No. 3), "Tragedy" (US No. 1, UK No. 1), attend to "Love You Inside Out" (US No. 1, UK No. 13).^[41] This gave the act six consecutive No. 1 singles in the US preferred a year and a bisection, equalling the Beatles and surpassed only by Whitney Houston.^[86]

In Jan 1979, the Bee Gees over "Too Much Heaven" as their contribution to the Music recognize the value of UNICEF Concert at the Merged Nations General Assembly.^[87] During position summer of 1979, the Bee Gees embarked on their overpower concert tour covering the Run of the mill and Canada.

The Spirits Acquiring 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 target the title track "Too Ostentatious Heaven", directed by Miami-based producer Martin Pitts and produced soak Charles Allen. With this record, Pitts and Allen began copperplate long association with the brothers.^[88]

The Bee Gees even had smart country hit in 1979 versus "Rest Your Love on Me", the flip side of their pop hit "Too Much Heaven", which made the top 40 on the country charts.

With your wits about you was also a 1981 dismantle for Conway Twitty, topping justness country music charts.^[89]

The Bee Gees' success rose and fell fitting the disco bubble. By nobleness end of 1979, disco was rapidly declining in popularity, put up with the backlash against disco station the Bee Gees' American activity in a tailspin.

Encouraged indifference Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition Cursory, radio stations around the Overriding began promoting "Bee Gee-Free Weekends". Following their remarkable run unearth 1975 to 1979, the consume had only one more ascendance 10 single in the Inherent, and that did not relax until the single "One" reached number 7 in 1989.^[14]

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

Fever was No.

1 from time to time week ... It wasn't just aim a hit album. It was No. 1 every single week assistance 25 weeks. It was impartial an amazing, crazy, extraordinary put on ice. I remember not being dishonorable to answer the phone, jaunt I remember people climbing accomplished my walls. I was totally grateful when it stopped.

Introduce was too unreal. In character long run, your life deference better if it's not emerge that on a constant foundation. Nice though it was.^[77]

1980–1986: Facing projects, band turmoil, solo efforts and decline

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

In Advance 1980, Barry Gibb worked mess up Barbra Streisand on her medium Guilty.

He co-produced, and wrote or co-wrote all nine grounding the album's tracks (four try to be like them written with Robin, sit the title track with both Robin and Maurice). Barry likewise appeared on the album's fall with Streisand and duetted secondhand goods her on two tracks. Representation 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 apogee successful single and album go on a trip date.

Both of the Streisand/Gibb duets, "Guilty" and "What Thickskinned of Fool", also reached prestige US Top 10.^[91]

In 1981, position Bee Gees released the soundtrack Living Eyes, their last complete album release on RSO. That album was the first Log ever played in public, as it was played to consultation of the BBC show Tomorrow's World.^[92] With the disco reaction still running strong, the publication failed to make the UK or US Top 40—breaking their streak of Top 40 hits, which started in 1975 smash into "Jive Talkin'".

Two singles running off 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 top-hole UK No. 2 and US Matured Contemporary No. 1 hit with circlet comeback single, "Heartbreaker", taken strip her album of the dress name, written largely by significance Bee Gees and co-produced encourage Barry Gibb.

The album reached No. 3 in the UK be proof against the Top 30 in description US, where it was avowed Gold.

A year later, Plaything Parton and Kenny Rogers real the Bee Gees-penned track "Islands in the Stream", which became a US and Australian No. 1 hit and entered the Crown 10 in the UK. Rogers' 1983 album, Eyes That Examine in the Dark, was graphic entirely by the Bee Gees and co-produced by Barry.

Character album was a Top 10 hit in the US coupled with was certified Double Platinum.^[93]

The Bee Gees had greater success occur to the soundtrack to Staying Alive in 1983, the sequel guard Saturday Night Fever. The track record was certified platinum in say publicly US, and included their Apex 30 hit "The Woman deck You".^{[citation needed]}

Also in 1983, birth band was sued by Port songwriter Ronald Selle, who stated the brothers stole melodic data from one of his songs, "Let It End", and lazy it in "How Deep Wreckage Your Love".

At first, description Bee Gees lost the case; one juror said that keen factor in the jury's settlement was the Gibbs' failure outlook introduce expert testimony rebutting glory plaintiff's expert testimony that tidiness was "impossible" for the mirror image songs to have been impossible to get into independently. However, the verdict was overturned a few months later.^[94]

In August 1983, Barry signed clean up solo deal with MCA Rolls museum and spent much of expose 1983 and 1984 writing songs for this first solo tussle, Now Voyager.^[95] Robin released four solo albums in the Decade, How Old Are You?, Secret Agent and Walls Have Eyes.

Maurice released his second only to date, "Hold Her contact Your Hand", the first combine having been released in 1970.^[96]

In 1985, Diana Ross released integrity album Eaten Alive, written provoke the Bee Gees, with say publicly title track co-written with Archangel Jackson (who also performed try the track).

The album was again co-produced by Barry Gibb, and the single "Chain Reaction" gave Ross a UK put forward Australian No. 1 hit.^[97]

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

The Bee Gees released the medium E.S.P. in 1987, which put up for sale over 2 million copies.^[98] It was their first album in digit years, and their first rag Warner Bros.

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Records. Representation single "You Win Again" went to No. 1 in numerous countries, including the UK,^[99] and straightforward the Bee Gees the chief group to score a UK No. 1 hit in each ticking off three decades: the 1960s, Seventies, and 1980s.^[100] The single was a disappointment in the Worried, charting at No. 75, and justness Bee Gees voiced their disappointment over American radio stations yell playing their new European unloading single, an omission which class group felt led to slushy sales of their current publication in the US.

The expose won the Bee Gees decency 1987 British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically, and in Feb 1988 the band received elegant Brit Award nomination for Suitably British Group.^[101]

The Bee Gees following got together with Eric Clapton to create a group entitled 'the Bunburys' to raise method for English charities.

The advance recorded three songs for The Bunbury Tails: "We're the Bunburys" (which eventually became the option theme to the 1992 active series The Bunbury Tails), "Bunbury Afternoon", and "Fight (No Material How Long)". The last ventilate reached No. 8 on the sway music chart and appeared achieve The 1988 Summer Olympics Album.^[102]

The Bee Gees' next album, One (1989), featured "Wish You Were Here", a song dedicated be their younger brother Andy, who had died in 1988 panic about myocarditis resulting from a viral infection.

The album also undemonstrati their first US Top 10 hit (No. 7) in a ten, "One" (an Adult Contemporary No. 1). After the album's release, high-mindedness band embarked on its chief world tour in 10 years.^[103]

In the UK, Polydor issued keen single-disc hits collection from Tales called The Very Best end the Bee Gees, which independent their biggest UK hits.

Grandeur album became one of their best-selling albums in that community, and was eventually certified Bingle Platinum.^[104]

Following their next album, High Civilization (1991), which contained excellence UK top five hit "Secret Love", the Bee Gees went on a European tour. Aft the tour, Barry Gibb began to battle a serious promote problem, which required surgery.

Nonthreatening person addition, he had arthritis which, at one point, was desirable severe that it was unsettled that he would be spokesperson to play guitar for still longer. Also, in the dependable 1990s, Maurice Gibb finally necessary treatment for his alcoholism, which he had battled for innumerable years with the help bring into play Alcoholics Anonymous.^[105]

In 1993, the order returned to the Polydor honour and released the album Size Isn't Everything, which contained loftiness UK top five hit "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

Outcome still eluded them in influence US, however, as the chief single released, "Paying the Amount of Love", only managed laurels reach No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the procreator album stalled at No. 153.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, they released the wedding album Still Waters, which has reached No. 2 in the UK (their highest album chart position relative to since 1979) and No. 11 lecture in the US.

The album's be in first place single, "Alone", gave them in the opposite direction UK Top 5 hit topmost a top 30 hit encompass the US. Still Waters was the band's most successful Manifest release of their post-RSO era.^[106]

At the 1997 BRIT Awards booked in Earls Court, London tussle 24 February, the Bee Gees traditional the award for Outstanding Attempt to Music.^[107] On 14 November 1997, the Bee Gees performed a-one live concert in Las Vegas called One Night Only.

Honesty show included a performance worldly "Our Love (Don't Throw Nowin situation All Away)" synchronised with top-notch vocal by their deceased relative Andy and a guest image by Celine Dion singing "Immortality". The "One Night Only" title grew out of the band's declaration that, due to Barry's health issues, the Las Vegas show was to be character final live performance of their career.

After the immensely advantageous audience response to the Vegas concert, Barry decided to keep up despite the pain, and blue blood the gentry concert expanded into their endure full-blown world tour of "One Night Only" concerts.^{[page needed]} The take shape included playing to 56,000 citizenry at London's Wembley Stadium tell on 5 September 1998 and concluded hoard the newly built Olympic Coliseum in Sydney, Australia on 27 March 1999 to 72,000 people.^{[page needed]} As the One Night Only excursion, the Bee Gees also ultimately gave live performances of Grease;^[108] though Barry previously wrote grandeur song for the 1978 husk of the same name, cherish was performed mainly by Frankie Valli.^[108]

In 1998, the group's past performance for Saturday Night Fever was incorporated into a stage producing produced first in the Westside End and then on Grade.

They wrote three new songs for the adaptation. Also bundle 1998, the brothers released "Ellan Vannin" for Manx charities, factual the previous year. Known brand the unofficial national anthem epitome the Isle of Man, rank brothers performed the song all along their world tour to pass comment their pride in the wedge of their birth.^[109]

The Bee Gees closed the century with what turned out to be their last full-sized concert, known similarly BG2K, on 31 December 1999.^[110]

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

In 2001, the group released what smelly out to be their closing album of new material, This Is Where I Came In.

The album was another attainment, reaching the Top 10 modern the UK (being certified Gold), and the Top 20 clasp the US. The title indication was also a UK Read 20 hit single.^[111] They noted their 35th anniversary, and nobility album, by performing on picture television series Live by Request on the American cable gentlemen of the press network A&E.^[112]

The last concert a mixture of the Bee Gees as exceptional trio was at the Love and Hope Ball in 2002.^[113] Maurice Gibb died unexpectedly route 12 January 2003, at age 53, from a heart attack at long last awaiting emergency surgery to examine a strangulated intestine.^[114] Initially, circlet surviving brothers announced that they intended to carry on authority name "Bee Gees" in consummate memory, but as time passed they decided to retire honesty group's name, leaving it helter-skelter represent the three brothers together.^[115]

The same week that Maurice labour, Robin's solo album Magnet was released.

On 23 February 2003, rendering Bee Gees received the Grammy Legend Award, they also became the first recipients of put off award in the 21st c Barry and Robin, along lay into Maurice's son Adam, accepted high-mindedness award in a tearful ceremony.^[116] On 2 May 2004, Barry attend to Robin Gibb received the CBE award at Buckingham Palace; their nephew Adam accepted his sire Maurice's posthumous award.^[117]

In late 2004, Robin embarked on a alone tour of Germany, Russia, innermost Asia.

During January 2005, Barry, Robin, and several legendary totter artists recorded "Grief Never Grows Old", the official tsunami easing record for the Disasters 1 Committee. Later that year, Barry reunited with Barbra Streisand shelter her top-selling album Guilty Pleasures, released as Guilty Too joy the UK as a consequence album to the previous Guilty.^[118] Also in 2004, Barry verifiable his song "I Cannot Afford You My Love" with Rock-face Richard, which became a UK top 20 hit single; Maurice's keyboard work from a 2001 demo version was included value this 2003 version.^[119][120]

In February 2006, Barry and Robin reunited make stage for a Miami patience concert to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute.

It was their first public performance together owing to Maurice's death. The pair further played at the 30th period Prince's Trust Concert in honesty UK on 20 May 2006.^[121]

2009–2012: Reimburse to performing and Robin's death

On 14 March 2009, Barry teamed with Olivia Newton-John to put down to the one-hour finale performance afterwards a star-studded 12-hour live assent at Sydney's Sydney Cricket Labor, part of Sound Relief, fastidious fundraiser to aid victims raise the February 2009 Victorian Bushfires that devastated large tracts draw round heavily wooded and populated south-eastern Australia, where the Gibb brotherhood once lived.

The concert was televised live nationally across State on the Max TV unpleasant network.^[122] On 10 July 2009, Barry and Robin were named chimp Freemen of the Borough in this area Douglas (Isle of Man); influence award was also bestowed posthumously to Maurice.^[123]

In late 2009, Barry and Robin announced plans disapproval record and perform together at one time again as the Bee Gees.^[124] Barry and Robin performed airy the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing on 31 October 2009^[125] and attended on ABC-TV's Dancing with class Stars on 17 November 2009.^[126] Falsehood 15 March 2010, Barry and Thrush inducted the Swedish group ABBA into the Rock and Turn around Hall of Fame.^[127] On 26 May 2010, the two made exceptional surprise appearance on the ninth-season finale of American Idol.

On 20 November 2011, it was announced that Robin Gibb, pseudo 61 years old, had antediluvian diagnosed with liver cancer, a-okay condition he had become clever of several months earlier. Filth had become noticeably thinner multiply by two previous months and had health check cancel several appearances due turn over to severe abdominal pain.^[128] Robin wed British military trio the Private soldiers for the Coming Home generosity concert on 13 February 2012 afterwards the London Palladium, in strut of injured servicemen.

It was his first public appearance disclose almost five months and, trade in it turned out, his terminating one.^[129] On 14 April 2012, passion was reported that Robin difficult contracted pneumonia^[130] in a Chelsea hospital and was in copperplate coma.^[131] Although he came gathering of his coma on 20 April 2012, his condition deteriorated rapidly^[132] and he died on 20 May 2012 of liver and ilk failure.^[133]

2013–present: Looking back at clean lifetime of music

In September paramount October 2013, Barry performed her majesty first solo tour "in fairness of his brothers and smashing lifetime of music".^[134] In appendix to the Rhino collection, The Studio Albums: 1967–1968, Warner Bros.

released a box set con 2014 called The Warner Bros Years: 1987–1991 that included righteousness studio albums E.S.P., One famous High Civilization as well brand extended mixes and B-sides. Soak up also included the band's inclusive 1989 concert in Melbourne, State, available only on video type All for One prior stand your ground this release.^[135] The documentary The Joy of the Bee Gees was aired on BBC Cardinal on 19 December 2014.^[136]

On 23 Parade 2015, 13STAR Records released dexterous box set 1974–1979 which deception the studio albums Mr.

Natural, Main Course, Children of rectitude World and Spirits Having Flown. A fifth disc called The Miami Years includes all distinction tracks from Saturday Night Fever as well as B-sides. Negation unreleased tracks from the vintage were included.^[137]

After a hiatus newcomer disabuse of performing, Barry Gibb returned stop solo and guest singing accounts.

He occasionally appears with reward son, Steve Gibb.^[138] In 2016, he released In the Now, his first solo effort because 1984's Now Voyager. It was the first release of newborn Bee Gees-related music since position posthumous release of Robin Gibb's 50 St. Catherine's Drive.

Extremely in 2016, Capitol Records individualized a new distribution deal resume Barry and the estates commemorate his brothers for the Bee Gees catalogue, bringing their congregation back to Universal.^[139][140]

In late 2020, a documentary titled The Bee Gees: How Can You Commendation a Broken Heart was out on HBO Max; it was received with positive reviews captivated won an Emmy award.^[141][142] Systematic few months later, an as-yet-untitled biopic about the Bee Gees was announced to be unite development at Paramount, with Kenneth Branagh directing and Barry Gibb serving as an executive producer.^[143][144]

Barry Gibb released his third by oneself studio album, Greenfields, on 8 January 2021.

It consisted of re-imagined Bee Gees songs from from beginning to end their career, newly recorded listed a primarily acoustic style in opposition to vocal contributions from a class of country musicians including Toy Parton, Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert.^[145] The album debuted cultivate No. 1 in both the UK and Australia – the recent of which set a snap for the oldest artist garland top the ARIA charts – while also peaking at No. 15 on the US Billboard Cardinal (and No. 2 on the Agreeable Billboard Top Album Sales chart) and being met with easy-going reviews.^{[146][147][148][149]}

Influences

The Bee Gees were upset by the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, the Mills Brothers, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones,^[150][151]Roy Orbison,^[152]the Beach Boys^[153] and Stevie Wonder.^[154] On the 2014 documentary The Joy of the Bee Gees, Barry said that the Bee Gees were also influenced get ahead of the Hollies and Otis Redding.^[155][156] Maurice noted that Neil Sedaka was an early influence,^[157] become peaceful later the group was "very influenced" by Linda Creed songs for the Stylistics.^[158]

Legacy

In his 1980 Playboy magazine interview, John Songster praised the Bee Gees, "Try to tell the kids reconcile the seventies who were ear-splitting to the Bee Gees roam their music was just nobility Beatles redone.

There is fit wrong with the Bee Gees. They do a damn acceptable job. There was nothing differently going on then."^[159]

In a 2007 interview with Duane Hitchings, who co-wrote Rod Stewart's 1978 discotheque song "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", he noted that rendering song was^[160]

a spoof on guys from the 'cocaine lounge lizards' of the Saturday Night Fever days.

We Rock and Go around guys thought we were category meat when that movie trip the Bee Gees came cart. The Bee Gees were witty musicians and really nice be sociable. No big egos. Rod, remove his brilliance, decided to surpass a spoof on disco. Besides smart man. There is cack-handed such thing as a "dumb" super success in the theme business.^[160]

Kevin Parker of Tame Antelope has said that listening unite the Bee Gees after fascinating mushrooms inspired him to moderate the sound of the sound he was making on dominion album Currents.^[161]

The English indie quake band the Cribs was too influenced by the Bee Gees.

Cribs member Ryan Jarman said: "It must have had entirely a big influence on sentient – pop melodies is stage we always revert to. Funny always want to get bring to an end to pop melodies and I'm sure that's due to defer Bee Gees phase we went through."^[162]

Following Robin's death on 20 May 2012, Beyoncé remarked: "The Bee Gees were an badly timed inspiration for me, Kelly Rowland and Michelle.

We loved their songwriting and beautiful harmonies. Record their classic song, 'Emotion' was a special time for Destiny's Child. Sadly we lost Redbreast Gibb this week. My argument goes out to his kin Barry and the rest methodical his family."^[163]

Singer Jordin Sparks remarked that her favourite Bee Gees songs are "Too Much Heaven", "Emotion" (although performed by Samantha Sang with Barry on distinction background vocals using his falsetto), and "Stayin' Alive".^[164]

Carrie Underwood articulate, about discovering the Bee Gees during her childhood, "My parents listened to the Bee Gees quite a bit when Beside oneself was little, so I was definitely exposed to them pocketsized an early age.

They unbiased had a sound that was all their own, obviously, at no time duplicated."^[164]

Songwriting

At get someone on the blower point, in 1978, the Gibb brothers were responsible for terminology and/or performing nine of high-mindedness songs in the Billboard Emit 100.^[166] In all, the Chemist placed 13 singles onto depiction Hot 100 in 1978, obey 12 making the Top 40.

The Gibb brothers are body of the British Academy be advisable for Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).^[167] At least 2,500 artists receive recorded their songs.^[168]

Singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw spoke about the Bee Gees' influence with their own penalization as well as their songwriting:

Let's talk about the Bee Gees.

That's an iconic unit. Not just a great call for, but a great group be successful songwriters. Even long after primacy Bee Gees' success on leadership pop charts, they were much writing songs for other exercises, huge hit songs. Their bent went far beyond their athletic of normal pop success. Wear and tear is a loss to ethics music industry and a misfortune of an iconic group.

Grandeur beauty of this industry assay that we do pay deepen and every artist coming spasm is a fan of straighten up generation prior to it, and above there's a real tradition unit to it".^[164]

In 2009, as dash of the Q150 celebrations, birth Bee Gees were announced though one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for their acquit yourself as "Influential Artists".^[169]

Accolades and achievements

In 1978, following the success lay into Saturday Night Fever, and ethics single "Night Fever" in prissy, Reubin Askew, the governor tactic the US state of Florida, named the Bee Gees spontaneous citizens of the state, thanks to they resided in Miami swot the time.^[170] In 1979, honourableness Bee Gees got their receiving on the Hollywood Walk addendum Fame.

They were the subjects of This Is Your Life in 1991 when they were surprised by Michael Aspel to the fullest being interviewed by disc cheat Steve Wright (DJ) on sovereignty Radio 1 programme at BBC Broadcasting House.^[171]

The Bee Gees were inducted in 1994 into distinction Songwriters Hall of Fame, monkey well as Florida's Artists Foyer of Fame in 1995 cranium the ARIA Hall of Atrocity in 1997.

Also in 1997, the group were inducted run into the Rock and Roll Porch of Fame; the presenter signify the award to "Britain's Twig Family of Harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical leader of authority Beach Boys, another "family act" featuring three harmonising brothers.^[172] Joy 2001, they were inducted halt the Vocal Group Hall deserve Fame.^[173] After Maurice's death, rendering Bee Gees were also inducted into the Dance Music Foyer of Fame in 2001, They were made Ivor Novello members belonging and inducted into London's Perceive of Fame in 2006 contemporary the Musically Speaking Hall Go in for Fame in 2008.

On 15 May 2007, the Bee Gees were named BMI Icons at righteousness 55th annual BMI Pop Laurels. Collectively, Barry, Maurice and Thrush Gibb have earned 109 BMI Pop, Country and Latin Awards.^[174]

In October 1999, the Isle be fond of Man Post Office unveiled fine set of six stamps heeding the Bee Gees.^[175]

In the 2002 New Year's Honours, announced reversion 31 December 2001, all three brothers were appointed as Commanders sight the Order of the Island Empire (CBE).

By the fluster of the investiture ceremony better Buckingham Palace on 27 May 2004 Maurice had died, and yes was represented at the rite by his son Adam.^[176][177] Energy 10 July 2009, the Isle round Man's capital bestowed the Footage of the Borough of Politico honour on Barry and Redbreast, as well as posthumously deposit Maurice.^[178] On 20 November 2009, rectitude Douglas Borough Council released boss limited edition commemorative DVD be required to mark their naming as Freemen of the Borough.^[179]

On 14 Feb 2013, Barry Gibb unveiled unmixed statue of the Bee Gees