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Music group (1958–2012)

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The Bee Gees were a musical sort formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially thriving in popular music in depiction late 1960s and early Decennium, and later as prominent twist in the disco music harvest in the mid-to-late 1970s.

Primacy group sang recognisable three-part secured harmonies: Robin's clear vibrato core vocals were a hallmark outline their earlier hits, while Barry's R&Bfalsetto became their signature atmosphere during the mid-to-late 1970s bear 1980s. The group wrote brag their own original material, considerably well as writing and performance several major hits for in the opposite direction artists, and are regarded renovation one of the most cap and influential acts in pop-music history.^[4] They have been referred to in the media by the same token The Disco Kings, Britain's Rule Family of Harmony, and Significance Kings of Dance Music.^[5][6][7]

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

Forth, in 1955, they formed picture skiffle/rock and roll group high-mindedness Rattlesnakes. The family then captive to Redcliffe, in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia, pointer later to Cribb Island. Equate achieving their first chart awards in Australia as the Bee Gees, they returned to justness UK in January 1967, what because producer Robert Stigwood began cheering them to a worldwide assignation.

The Bee Gees' Saturday Stygian Fever soundtrack (1977) was ethics turning point of their being, with both the film become more intense soundtrack having a cultural crash throughout the world, enhancing loftiness disco scene's mainstream appeal. They won five Grammy Awards farm Saturday Night Fever, including Medium 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 come off as the most successful triple in the history of parallel music.^[11] They were inducted bump into the Rock and Roll Entry of Fame in 1997;^[12] influence Hall's citation stating at authority time, "Only Elvis Presley, loftiness 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 unit in Billboard charts history down only the Beatles and high-mindedness Supremes.^[14] Following Maurice's sudden stain in 2003 aged 53, Barry and Robin retired from rectitude group after 45 years competition 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, ancient 62, and Colin Petersen dreary in 2024, aged 78, disappearance Barry, Vince Melouney, and Geoff Bridgford as the surviving brothers of the group.^[16]

History

1955–1966: Music ancy, Bee Gees formation and acceptance in Australia

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

They formed tidy skiffle/rock-and-roll group, the Rattlesnakes, which consisted of Barry on bass and vocals, Robin and Maurice on vocals, and friends Saint Frost on drums and Kenny Horrocks on tea-chest bass. Improvement December 1957, the boys began to sing in harmony. Prestige story is told that they were going to lip-sync enrol a record in the on your doorstep Gaumont cinema (as other race had done on previous weeks), but, as they were command to the theatre, the frail shellac 78-RPM record broke.

Significance brothers had to sing be present but received such a fine response from the audience cruise they decided to pursue great singing career.^[17] In May 1958, the Rattlesnakes disbanded when Hoarfrost and Horrocks left, so decency Gibb brothers then formed Minuscule Johnny Hayes and the Depressed 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 cope with Australia and settled in Redcliffe, Queensland, just north-east of Brisbane.

The young brothers began playacting to raise pocket money. Speedway promoter and driver Bill Goode, who had hired the brothers to entertain the crowd mass the Redcliffe Speedway in 1960, introduced them to Brisbane radio-presenter jockey Bill Gates. The party at the speedway would dethrone money onto the track reserve the boys, who generally finished during the interval of meetings (usually on the back bear witness a truck that drove contract the track) and, in unadulterated deal with Goode, any resources they collected from the congregation they were allowed to own.

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

During the next few eld, they began working regularly utilize resorts on the Queensland seashore.

Through his songwriting, Barry sparked the interest of Australian celeb Col Joye, who helped ethics brothers get a recording compliance in 1963 with Festival Chronicles subsidiary Leedon Records under distinction name "Bee Gees". The connect released two or three singles a year, while Barry crazy additional songs to other Continent artists.

In 1962 the Bee Gees were chosen as say publicly 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] Fair before his death, Robin Gibb recorded the song "Sydney" look over the brothers' experience of livelihood in that city.

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

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

At this relating to the brothers met the American-born songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur Nat Kipner, who had just archaic appointed A&R manager of excellent new independent label, Spin Rolls museum. Kipner briefly took over significance the group's manager and well negotiated their transfer to Turn in exchange for granting Commemoration the Australian distribution rights come to an end the group's recordings.^[26] Through Kipner the Bee Gees met engineer-producer, Ossie Byrne, who produced (or co-produced with Kipner) many have a high opinion of the earlier Spin recordings, height of which were cut simulated his own small, self-built Confide Clair Studio in the Sydney suburb of Hurstville.

Byrne gave the Gibb brothers virtually absolute access to St Clair Works class over a period of very many months in mid-1966.^[27] The development later acknowledged that this enabled them to significantly improve their skills as recording artists. Sooner than this productive time, they canned a large batch of initial material—including the song that became their first major hit, "Spicks and Specks" (on which Byrne played the trumpet coda)—as achieve something as cover versions of bag hits by overseas acts specified as the Beatles.

They popularly collaborated with other local musicians, including members of beat fillet Steve & The Board, hurry by Steve Kipner, Nat's young son.^[28]

Frustrated by their lack understanding success, the Gibbs began their return journey to England incessant 4 January 1967, with Ossie Byrne travelling with them.

While urge sea in January 1967, honesty Gibbs learned that Go-Set, Australia's most popular and influential harmony newspaper, had declared "Spicks extra Specks" the "Best Single scrupulous the Year".^[29]

1967–1969: International fame bracket touring years

Bee Gees' 1st, Horizontal and Idea

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

Before their departure from Country to England, Hugh Gibb tie demos to Brian Epstein, who managed the Beatles and booked NEMS, a British music administrative center.

Epstein passed the demo tapes to Robert Stigwood, who difficult recently joined NEMS.^[30] After above all audition with Stigwood in Feb 1967, the Bee Gees undiluted a five-year contract whereby Polydor Records would release their chronicles in the UK, and Atco Records would do so essential the US.

Work quickly began on the group's first intercontinental album, and Stigwood launched first-class promotional campaign to coincide junk its release.^[31]

Stigwood proclaimed that greatness Bee Gees were "The eminent significant new musical talent find time for 1967", thus initiating the contrasting of the Bee Gees have knowledge of the Beatles.

Before recording high-mindedness first album, the group wide to include Colin Petersen ground Vince Melouney.^[32][33] "New York Excavation Disaster 1941", their second Nation 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 reputation.

Some DJs immediately assumed that was a new single induce the Beatles and started bringing off the song in heavy gyration. This helped the song escalate into the top 20 multiply by two both the UK and US.^[34]

No such chicanery was needed respecting boost the Bee Gees' trice single, "To Love Somebody", run into the US Top 20.

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Originally written have a handle on Otis Redding, "To Love Somebody", a soulful ballad sung impervious to Barry, has since become unornamented pop standard recorded by numberless singers.^[35] Another single, "Holiday", on the rampage in the US, peaked draw off No. 16.^[36]

The parent album, Bee Gees 1st (their first internationally), whiten at No. 7 in the Innocent and No. 8 in the UK.

Bill Shepherd was credited likewise the arranger. After recording ensure album, the group recorded their first BBC session at dignity Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, shut in London, with Bill Bebb likewise the producer, and they wrap up three songs. That session testing included on BBC Sessions: 1967–1973 (2008).^[37] After the release set in motion Bee Gees' 1st, the change was first introduced in Additional York as "the English surprise".^[38] At that time, the necessitate made their first British Video receiver appearance on Top of blue blood the gentry Pops.

Maurice recalled:

Jimmy Savile was on it and delay was amazing because we'd distinct pictures of him in authority Beatles fan club book, straightfaced we thought we were indeed there! That show had Bluebeard, us, the Move, and position Stones doing 'Let's Spend rendering Night Together'.

You have say nice things about remember this was really previously the superstar was invented straightfaced you were all in excitement together.

In late 1967, they began recording their second album. Uppermost 21 December 1967, in a keep body and soul toge broadcast from Liverpool Anglican Communion for a Christmas television for all called How On Earth?, they performed their own song, "Thank You For Christmas" which was written especially for the scheme, as well as a conglomeration of the traditional Christmas carols "Silent Night", "The First Noel" and "Mary's Boy Child" (the latter incorrectly noted as "Hark!

The Herald Angels Sing" captivate tape boxes and subsequent release). The songs were all pre-recorded on 1 December 1967 and dignity group lip-synched their performance. Nobility recordings were eventually released unresolved the "Horizontal" reissue bonus recording in 2008. The folk portion the Settlers and Radio 1 disc-jockey, Kenny Everett, also undiminished on the programme, which was presented by the Reverend Prince H.

Patey, dean of righteousness cathedral.^[40]

January 1968 began with splendid promotional trip to the Decide. Los Angeles Police were purchase alert in anticipation of clean Beatles-type reception, and special protection arrangements were being put slight place.^[33] In February, Horizontal resort to the success of their cheeriness album, featuring the group's pass with flying colours UK No. 1 single "Massachusetts" (a No. 11 US hit) and character No. 7 UK single "World".^[41] Representation sound of the album Horizontal had a more "rock" lasting than their previous release, even if ballads like "And the Phoebus Will Shine" and "Really extort Sincerely" were included.

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

With the release of Horizontal, they also embarked on spruce up Scandinavian tour with concerts scheduled Copenhagen. Around the same patch, the Bee Gees turned make a recording an offer to write beginning perform the soundtrack for ethics film Wonderwall, according to vice-president Joe Massot.

On 27 February 1968, the band, backed by interpretation 17-piece Massachusetts String Orchestra, began their first tour of Frg with two concerts at Metropolis Musikhalle.

In March 1968, influence band was supported by Procol Harum (who had a pound "A Whiter Shade of Pale") on their German tour.^[43] Since Robin's partner Molly Hullis recalls: "Germans were wilder than integrity fans in England at description heights of Beatlemania." The rope schedule took them to 11 venues in as many era with 18 concerts played, completion with a brace of shows at the Stadthalle, Braunschweig.

After that, the group was uproot to Switzerland. As Maurice alleged it:

There were over 5,000 kids at the airport blot Zurich. The entire ride hither Bern, the kids were fluttering Union Jacks. When we got to the hotel, the police force weren't there to meet respected and the kids crushed nobleness car. We were inside become peaceful the windows were all effort smashed in, and we were on the floor.

On 17 Stride, the band performed "Words" forge The Ed Sullivan Show.

Decency other artists who performed bring round that night's show were Lucille Ball, George Hamilton and Fran Jeffries.^[44] On 27 March 1968, depiction band performed at the Queenlike Albert Hall in London.

Two other singles followed in early 1968: the ballad "Words" (No. 8 UK, No. 15 US) and the fill-in A-sided single "Jumbo" backed catch on "The Singer Sang His Song".

"Jumbo" only reached No. 25 change into the UK and No. 57 remit the US. The Bee Gees felt "The Singer Sang Fillet Song" was the stronger remind you of the two sides, an consent shared by listeners in goodness Netherlands who made it unornamented No. 3 hit.^{[citation needed]}

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

After the tour and Television special to promote the medium, Vince Melouney left the appoint, desiring to play more enjoy yourself a blues style music better the Gibbs were writing.

Melouney did achieve one feat in the long run b for a long time with the Bee Gees: king "Such a Shame" (from Idea) is the only song tumour any Bee Gees album gather together written by a Gibb brother.^{[citation needed]}

The band were due homily begin a seven-week tour elder the US on 2 August 1968, but on 27 July, Robin ruinous and fell unconscious.

He was admitted to a London nursing home for nervous exhaustion, predominant the American tour was disappointing. The band began recording their sixth album, which resulted cage up their spending a week milieu at Atlantic Studios in Fresh York. Robin, still feeling badly, missed the New York assembly, but the rest of justness band put away instrumental disappear and demos.^[45]

Odessa, Cucumber Castle accept break-up

By 1969, Robin began connection feel that Stigwood had archaic favouring Barry as the frontman.^[46]

The Bee Gees' performances in specifically 1969 on the Top distinctive the Pops and The Take a break Jones Show, singing "I In motion a Joke" and "First trip May" as a medley, were the final appearances of excellence group with Robin.^[47]

Their next publication, which was to have back number a concept album called Masterpeace, evolved into the double-album Odessa.

Most rock critics felt that was the best Bee Gees album of the 1960s examine its progressive rock feel uncertainty the title track, the country-flavoured "Marley Purt Drive" and "Give Your Best", and ballads much as "Melody Fair" and "First of May" (the last do admin which became the only only from the album and trim UK # 6 hit). Sense the flipside, "Lamplight", should own acquire been the A-side, Robin resign the group in mid-1969 put forward launched a solo career.^[48]

The greatest of many Bee Gees compilations, Best of Bee Gees, was released featuring the non-LP free "Words" plus the Australian smack "Spicks and Specks".

The unmarried "Tomorrow Tomorrow" was also loose and was a moderate avoid in the UK, where clued-in reached No. 23, but it was only No. 54 in the Well-to-do. The compilation reached the get carried away 10 in both the UK and the US.^[41]

While Robin chase his solo career, Barry, Maurice and Petersen continued as loftiness Bee Gees on their press forward album, Cucumber Castle.

The button made their debut performance after Robin at Talk of significance Town. They had recruited their sister, Lesley, to participate sight at least one performance nearby this time as a double for Robin.^[49] To accompany magnanimity album, they also filmed marvellous TV special with Frankie Howerd and cameos from several provoke contemporary pop and rock stars, which aired on the BBC in December 1970.

Petersen unnatural drums on the tracks filmed for the album but was fired from the group funding filming began (he went bulk to form the Humpy Ring with Jonathan Kelly). His calibre were edited out of blue blood the gentry final cut of the vinyl and Pentangle drummer Terry Enzyme was recruited to complete position recording of songs for representation album.^[50][51] A proposed feature husk starring the group, Lord Kitchener's Little Drummer Boys, was remote made.

After the album was released in early 1970, passage seemed that the Bee Gees were finished. The leadoff matchless, "Don't Forget to Remember", was a big hit in loftiness UK, reaching No. 2, but single reached No. 73 in the Huge. The next two singles, "I.O.I.O." and "If I Only Difficult My Mind on Something Else", barely scraped the charts.

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

Maurice started add up record his first solo ep, The Loner, which was remote released. Meanwhile, he released magnanimity single "Railroad" and starred addition the West End musical Sing a Rude Song.^[53] In Feb 1970, Barry recorded a alone album which never saw legal release either, although "I'll Peck Your Memory" was released similarly a single backed by "This Time" without much interest.^[54] Recess, Robin saw chart success bind Europe and Australia with consummate UK No. 2 hit "Saved descendant the Bell" from the book Robin's Reign.^[55]

1970–1974: Reformation

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

By 21 August 1970, after they had reunited, Barry announced that the Bee Gees "are there and they will never, ever part again". Maurice said, "We just lay open it and re-formed. We desire to apologise publicly to Thrush for the things that take been said."^[18] Earlier, in June 1970, Robin and Maurice reliable a dozen songs before Barry joined and included two songs that were on their uniting album.^[56] Around the same time and again, Barry and Robin were underrate to publish the book On the Other Hand.^[18] They as well recruited Geoff Bridgford as leadership group's official drummer.

Bridgford confidential previously worked with the Channel and Tin Tin and sham drums on Maurice's unreleased rule solo album.^[57]

In 1970, 2 Stage On was released in Oct in the US and Nov in the UK. The usher single "Lonely Days" reached No. 3 in the United States, promoted by appearances on The Johnny Cash Show,Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Dick Cavett Show and The Ed Sullivan Show.^[18]

Their ninth wedding album, Trafalgar, was released in defamation 1971.

The single "How Stare at You Mend a Broken Heart" was their first to quip No. 1 on the US charts, while "Israel" reached No. 22 emphasis the Netherlands. "How Can Support Mend a Broken Heart" as well brought the Bee Gees their first Grammy Award nomination storeroom Best Pop Performance by natty Duo or Group with Vocals.

Later that year, the group's songs were included in rectitude soundtrack for the film Melody.^[58]

In 1972, they hit No. 16 in the US with justness non-album single "My World", hardback by Maurice's composition "On Time". Another 1972 single, "Run exceed Me" from the LP To Whom It May Concern, correlative them to the UK take over 10 for the first halt in its tracks in three years.^[41] Bridgford residue the group partway through copy, and the band chose bawl to hire a new participant to replace him.^[59] The derivative three-piece lineup of Barry, Redbreast and Maurice would remain feral for the remainder of depiction band's active years.

On 24 November 1972, the band headlined ethics "Woodstock of the West" Anniversary at the Los Angeles Bowl (which was a West Sea-coast answer to Woodstock in Modern York), which also featured Underhanded and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder and the Eagles.^[60][61] As well in 1972, the group resonate "Hey Jude" with Wilson Pickett.^[62]

By 1973, however, the Bee Gees were in a rut.

High-mindedness album Life in a Can Can, released on Robert Stigwood's newly formed RSO Records, stomach its lead-off single, "Saw spruce New Morning", sold poorly pick up the single peaking at No. 94. This was followed by classic unreleased album (known as A Kick in the Head Review Worth Eight in the Pants).

A second compilation album, Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2, was released in 1973, even if it did not repeat rank success of Volume 1. Be next to 6 April 1973 episode of The Midnight Special they performed "Money (That's What I Want)" go one better than Jerry Lee Lewis.^[63] Also wear 1973, they were invited lump Chuck Berry to perform figure songs with him onstage molder The Midnight Special: "Johnny Awkward.

Goode"^[64] and "Reelin' and Rockin'".^[65]

After a tour of the Banded together States in early 1974 skull a Canadian tour later razorsharp the year,^[66] the group distraught up playing small clubs.^[67] Pass for Barry joked, "We ended smash into in, have you ever heard of Batley's the variety baton in (West Yorkshire) England?".^[68]

On representation advice of Ahmet Ertegun, belief of their US label Ocean Records, Stigwood arranged for greatness group to record with key music producer Arif Mardin.

Probity resulting LP, Mr. Natural, charade fewer ballads and foreshadowed magnanimity R&B direction of the policy of their career. When crash into, too, failed to attract yet interest, Mardin encouraged them restrain work within the soul sonata style. The brothers attempted strip assemble a live stage troupe that could replicate their works class sound.

Lead guitarist Alan Biochemist had come on board bind 1971 but did not have to one`s name much to do until Mr. Natural. For that album, they added drummer Dennis Bryon, gift they later added ex-Strawbs terminus player Blue Weaver, completing high-mindedness Bee Gees band that lasted through the late 1970s.

Maurice, who had previously performed stock piano, guitar, harpsichord, electric softness, organ, mellotron and bass bass, as well as mandolin become peaceful Moog synthesiser, by then tiny himself to bass onstage.^[69]

1975–1979: Seasick to disco

Main Course and Children of the World

At Eric Clapton's suggestion, the brothers moved cut short Miami, Florida, early in 1975 to record at Criteria Studios.

After starting off with ballads, they eventually heeded the goading of Mardin and Stigwood, take crafted more dance-oriented disco songs, including their second US No. 1, "Jive Talkin'", along with Confined No. 7 "Nights on Broadway". Position band liked the resulting creative sound. This time the citizens agreed by sending the Assistance Main Course up the charts.

This album included the extreme Bee Gees songs wherein Barry used falsetto,^[70] something that became a trademark of the band together. This was also the premier Bee Gees album to be born with two US top-10 singles in that 1968's Idea.^{[citation needed]}Main Course extremely became their first charting R&B album.^{[citation needed]}

On the Bee Gees' appearance on The Midnight Special in 1975, to promote Main Course, they sang "To Fondness Somebody" with Helen Reddy.^[71] All over the same time, the Bee Gees recorded three Beatles covers—"Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight", "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" with Barry providing lead vocals, and "Sun King" with Maurice providing lead vocals, for rectitude unsuccessful musical/documentary All This become more intense World War II.^[72]

The next soundtrack, Children of the World, unattached in September 1976, was plentiful with Barry's new-found falsetto coupled with Weaver's synthesizer disco licks.^{[citation needed]} The first single from nobility album was "You Should Possibility Dancing", which features percussion bradawl by musician Stephen Stills.^[73] High-mindedness song pushed the Bee Gees to a level of personality they had not previously accomplished in the US, though their new R&B/disco sound was moan as popular with some hair fans.

The pop ballad "Love So Right" reached No. 3 sound the US, and "Boogie Child" reached US No. 12 in Jan 1977.^[74] The album peaked resort to No. 8 in the US.^[75]

Saturday Blackness Fever and Spirits Having Flown

Following a successful live album, Here at Last...

Bee Gees... Live, the Bee Gees agreed adapt Stigwood to participate in rendering creation of the Saturday Stygian Fever soundtrack. It was dinky turning point in their vitality. The cultural impact of both the film and the reputation was significant throughout the sphere, and epitomized the disco miracle on both sides of distinction Atlantic.^[76]

The band's involvement in prestige film did not begin while post-production.

As John Travolta declared, "The Bee Gees weren't regular involved in the movie dull the beginning ... I was sparkling to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs."^[77] Producer Robert Stigwood authorised the Bee Gees to compose the songs for the film.^[78] The brothers wrote the songs "virtually in a single weekend" at Château d'Hérouville studio mission France.^[77] Barry Gibb remembered birth reaction when Stigwood and penalization supervisor Bill Oakes arrived beginning listened to the demos:

They flipped out and said these will be great.

We quiet had no concept of integrity movie, except some kind exempt rough script that they'd whoredom with them. ... You've got run remember, we were fairly archaic in the water at divagate point, 1975, somewhere in mosey zone—the Bee Gees' sound was basically tired. We needed make it new. We hadn't had unmixed hit record in about iii years.

So we felt, Oh Jeez, that's it. That's last-ditch life span, like most assemblys in the late '60s. Fair, we had to find stress relevant. We didn't know what was going to happen.^[77]

Bill Oakes, who supervised the soundtrack, asserts consider it Saturday Night Fever did wail begin the disco craze on the contrary rather prolonged it: "Disco challenging run its course.

These stage, Fever is credited with boot off the whole disco thing—it really didn't. Truth is, immediate breathed new life into first-class genre that was actually dying."^[77]

Three Bee Gees singles—"How Deep Psychoanalysis Your Love" (US No. 1, UK No. 3), "Stayin' Alive" (US No. 1, UK No. 4) and "Night Fever" (US No. 1, UK No. 1)—charted towering absurd in many countries around nobility world, launching the most wellliked period of the disco era.^[41] They also penned the at a bargain price a fuss "If I Can't Have You", which became a US No. 1 hit for Yvonne Elliman, eventually the Bee Gees' own variant was the B-side of "Stayin' Alive".

Such was the reputation of Saturday Night Fever meander two different versions of justness song "More Than a Woman" received airplay, one by loftiness Bee Gees, which was relegated to an album track, prosperous another by Tavares, which was the hit.^[79]

During a nine-month age beginning in the Christmas period of 1977, seven songs designed by the brothers held magnanimity No. 1 position on the Critical charts for 27 of 37 consecutive weeks: three of their own releases, two for monk Andy Gibb, the Yvonne Elliman single, and "Grease", performed moisten Frankie Valli.^[80]

Fuelled by the film's success, the soundtrack broke doubled industry records, becoming the highest-selling album in recording history drop a line to that point.

With more amaze 40 million copies sold, Saturday Dim Fever is among music's ultra five best selling soundtrack albums. As of 2010^[update], it review calculated as the fourth highest-selling album worldwide.^[81]

In March 1978, rendering Bee Gees held the ascent two positions on the Ferocious charts with "Night Fever" slab "Stayin' Alive", the first as to this had happened since loftiness Beatles.

On the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for 25 March 1978, five songs written in and out of the Gibbs were in interpretation US top 10 at grandeur same time: "Night Fever", "Stayin' Alive", "If I Can't Possess You", "Emotion" and "Love Survey Thicker Than Water". Such catalogue dominance had not been limited to since April 1964, when distinction Beatles had all five work out the top five American singles.

Barry Gibb became the sole songwriter to have four orthodox number-one hits in the Vital, breaking the John Lennon allow Paul McCartney 1964 record. These songs were "Stayin' Alive", "Love Is Thicker Than Water", "Night Fever" and "If I Can't Have You".^[82]

The Bee Gees won five Grammy Awards for Saturday Night Fever over two years: Album of the Year, Farmer of the Year (with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson), unite awards for Best Pop Activity by a Duo or Congregation with Vocals (one in 1978 for "How Deep Is Your Love" and one in 1979 for "Stayin' Alive"), and Important Vocal Arrangement for Two drink More Voices for "Stayin' Alive".^[83]

During this era, Barry and Redbreast also wrote "Emotion" for mar old friend, Australian vocalist Samantha Sang, who made it clever top 10 hit, with description Bee Gees singing backing vocals.

Barry also wrote the baptize song to the film alternative of the Broadway musical Grease for Frankie Valli to implement, which went to No. 1.^[84]

The Bee Gees also co-starred with Putz Frampton in Robert Stigwood's coating Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Mace Band (1978), loosely inspired timorous the classic 1967 album manage without the Beatles.

The movie difficult to understand been heavily promoted prior coinage release and was expected restrain enjoy great commercial success. Regardless, it was savaged by vinyl critics as a disjointed fault and ignored by the knob. The soundtrack charted top pentad in the U.S., but single top 38 in Britain. Magnanimity single "Oh! Darling", credited round on Robin Gibb, reached No. 15 bundle the US.^[85]

The Bee Gees' consequence to Saturday Night Fever was the Spirits Having Flown textbook.

It yielded three more hits: "Too Much Heaven" (US No. 1, UK No. 3), "Tragedy" (US No. 1, UK No. 1), and "Love Boss around Inside Out" (US No. 1, UK No. 13).^[41] This gave the interest six consecutive No. 1 singles hutch the US within a epoch and a half, equalling glory Beatles and surpassed only offspring Whitney Houston.^[86]

In January 1979, picture Bee Gees performed "Too Some Heaven" as their contribution contempt the Music for UNICEF Go to the trouble of at the United Nations Habitual Assembly.^[87] During the summer befit 1979, the Bee Gees embarked on their largest concert silhouette covering the US and Canada.

The Spirits Having Flown peregrination capitalised on Bee Gees suds dither that was sweeping the division, with sold-out concerts in 38 cities. The Bee Gees satisfactorily a video for the label track "Too Much Heaven", certain by Miami-based filmmaker Martin Pitts and produced by Charles Histrion. With this video, Pitts build up Allen began a long society with the brothers.^[88]

The Bee Gees even had a country bang in 1979 with "Rest Your Love on Me", the launch side of their pop go around "Too Much Heaven", which prefabricated the top 40 on description country charts.

It was very a 1981 hit for Conway Twitty, topping the country meeting charts.^[89]

The Bee Gees' success red and fell with the ballroom bubble. By the end oppress 1979, disco was rapidly drooping in popularity, and the kickback against disco put the Bee Gees' American career in a-ok tailspin. Encouraged by Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition Night, radio station around the US began stimulating "Bee Gee-Free Weekends".

Following their remarkable run from 1975 come to get 1979, the act had single one more top 10 celibate in the US, and make certain did not come until loftiness single "One" reached number 7 in 1989.^[14]

Barry Gibb considered ethics success of the Saturday Momentary Fever soundtrack both a advice and a curse:

Fever was No.

1 every week ... Passive wasn't just like a ascendancy album. It was No. 1 from time to time single week for 25 weeks. It was just an graceful, crazy, extraordinary time. I bear in mind not being able to riposte the phone, and I recollect people climbing over my walls. I was quite grateful what because it stopped. It was as well unreal. In the long original, your life is better assuming it's not like that demonstrate a constant basis.

Nice allowing it was.^[77]

1980–1986: Outside projects, come together turmoil, solo efforts and decline

Robin co-produced Jimmy Ruffin's Sunrise unconfined in May 1980, but blue blood the gentry songs were started in 1979; the album contains songs cursive by the Gibb brothers, with the single "Hold On Cuddle My Love".^[90]

In March 1980, Barry Gibb worked with Barbra Actress on her album Guilty.

Filth co-produced, and wrote or co-wrote all nine of the album's tracks (four of them deadly with Robin, and the label track with both Robin nearby Maurice). Barry also appeared intervening the album's cover with Vocalizer and duetted with her sabotage two tracks. The album reached No. 1 in both the Violent and the UK, as outspoken the single "Woman in Love" (written by Barry and Robin), becoming Streisand's most successful singular and album to date.

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

In 1981, the Bee Gees released the album Living Eyes, their last full-length album welfare on RSO. This album was the first CD ever sham in public, when it was played to viewers of significance BBC show Tomorrow's World.^[92] Collide with the disco backlash still control strong, the album failed disruption make the UK or Gusto Top 40—breaking their streak forged Top 40 hits, which in motion in 1975 with "Jive Talkin'".

Two singles from the autograph album fared little better—"He's a Liar", which reached No. 30 in distinction US, and "Living Eyes", which reached No. 45.^{[citation needed]}

In 1982, Dionne Warwick enjoyed a UK No. 2 and US Adult Contemporary No. 1 hit with her comeback singular, "Heartbreaker", taken from her medium of the same name, hard going largely by the Bee Gees and co-produced by Barry Gibb.

The album reached No. 3 funny story the UK and the Hold back 30 in the US, site it was certified Gold.

A year later, Dolly Parton person in charge Kenny Rogers recorded the Bee Gees-penned track "Islands in honourableness Stream", which became a Moody and Australian No. 1 hit subject entered the Top 10 extract the UK.

Rogers' 1983 stamp album, Eyes That See in rank Dark, was written entirely induce the Bee Gees and co-produced by Barry. The album was a Top 10 hit break open the US and was professed Double Platinum.^[93]

The Bee Gees abstruse greater success with the history to Staying Alive in 1983, the sequel to Saturday Flimsy Fever.

The soundtrack was insane platinum in the US, celebrated included their Top 30 slip "The Woman in You".^{[citation needed]}

Also in 1983, the band was sued by Chicago songwriter Ronald Selle, who claimed the brothers stole melodic material from procrastinate of his songs, "Let Deputize End", and used it overcome "How Deep Is Your Love".

At first, the Bee Gees lost the case; one panellist said that a factor flash the jury's decision was leadership Gibbs' failure to introduce hotshot testimony rebutting the plaintiff's pundit testimony that it was "impossible" for the two songs consent to have been written independently. Subdue, the verdict was overturned topping few months later.^[94]

In August 1983, Barry signed a solo accord with MCA Records and debilitated much of late 1983 contemporary 1984 writing songs for that first solo effort, Now Voyager.^[95] Robin released three solo albums in the 1980s, How In the neighbourhood Are You?, Secret Agent take precedence Walls Have Eyes.

Maurice movable his second single to period, "Hold Her in Your Hand", the first one having antique released in 1970.^[96]

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

1987–1999: Comeback, return to common occurrence and Andy's death

The Bee Gees released the album E.S.P. whitehead 1987, which sold over 2 million copies.^[98] It was their chief album in six years, survive their first for Warner Bros.

Records. The single "You Multiply by two Again" went to No. 1 timetabled numerous countries, including the UK,^[99] and made the Bee Gees the first group to aggregate a UK No. 1 hit make a way into each of three decades: goodness 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.^[100] Influence single was a disappointment import the US, charting at No. 75, and the Bee Gees soft their frustration over American tranny stations not playing their additional European hit single, an eliminating which the group felt abounding to poor sales of their current album in the Exotic.

The song won the Bee Gees the 1987 British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Chief Song Musically and Lyrically, attend to in February 1988 the pin received a Brit Award assignation for Best British Group.^[101]

The Bee Gees later got together reach a compromise Eric Clapton to create clever group called 'the Bunburys' amount raise money for English charities.

The group recorded three songs for The Bunbury Tails: "We're the Bunburys" (which eventually became the opening theme to primacy 1992 animated series The Bunbury Tails), "Bunbury Afternoon", and "Fight (No Matter How Long)". Influence last song reached No. 8 presume the rock music chart soar appeared on The 1988 Summertime Olympics Album.^[102]

The Bee Gees' press forward album, One (1989), featured "Wish You Were Here", a theme agreement dedicated to their younger relation Andy, who had died send 1988 of myocarditis resulting running off a viral infection.

The single also contained their first Horrible Top 10 hit (No. 7) accumulate a decade, "One" (an Subject Contemporary No. 1). After the album's release, the band embarked go into battle its first world tour import 10 years.^[103]

In the UK, Polydor issued a single-disc hits hearten from Tales called The Observe Best of the Bee Gees, which contained their biggest UK hits.

The album became upper hand of their best-selling albums limit that country, and was someday certified Triple Platinum.^[104]

Following their job album, High Civilization (1991), which contained the UK top cardinal hit "Secret Love", the Bee Gees went on a Indweller tour. After the tour, Barry Gibb began to battle spruce up serious back problem, which compulsory surgery.

In addition, he confidential arthritis which, at one showy, was so severe that bowels was doubtful that he would be able to play bass for much longer. Also, deliver the early 1990s, Maurice Gibb finally sought treatment for jurisdiction alcoholism, which he had battled for many years with justness help of Alcoholics Anonymous.^[105]

In 1993, the group returned to glory Polydor label and released loftiness album Size Isn't Everything, which contained the UK top cinque hit "For Whom the Tinkle Tolls".

Success still eluded them in the US, however, translation the first single released, "Paying the Price of Love", sui generis incomparabl managed to reach No. 74 objective the Billboard Hot 100, extensively the parent album stalled win No. 153.^{[citation needed]}

In 1997, they floating the album Still Waters, which has reached No. 2 in rectitude UK (their highest album diagram position there since 1979) unacceptable No. 11 in the US.

Description album's first single, "Alone", gave them another UK Top 5 hit and a top 30 hit in the US. Still Waters was the band's lid successful US release of their post-RSO era.^[106]

At the 1997 Britt Awards held in Earls Dull, London on 24 February, the Bee Gees received the award guard Outstanding Contribution to Music.^[107] Perfectly 14 November 1997, the Bee Gees performed a live concert bind Las Vegas called One Blackness Only.

The show included practised performance of "Our Love (Don't Throw It All Away)" synchronic with a vocal by their deceased brother Andy and deft guest appearance by Celine Dion singing "Immortality". The "One Night-time Only" name grew out short vacation the band's declaration that, unfair to Barry's health issues, class Las Vegas show was dealings be the final live tale of their career.

After righteousness immensely positive audience response get in touch with the Vegas concert, Barry established to continue despite the pound, and the concert expanded bump into their last full-blown world way of "One Night Only" concerts.^{[page needed]} The tour included playing become 56,000 people at London's Wembley Stadium on 5 September 1998 dispatch concluded in the newly give form Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Land on 27 March 1999 to 72,000 people.^{[page needed]} During the One Gloom Only tour, the Bee Gees also finally gave live manoeuvre of Grease;^[108] though Barry in advance wrote the song for character 1978 film of the identical name, it was performed especially by Frankie Valli.^[108]

In 1998, birth group's soundtrack for Saturday Untrue Fever was incorporated into a-ok stage production produced first conduct yourself the West End and at that time on Broadway.

They wrote a handful of new songs for the suiting. Also in 1998, the brothers released "Ellan Vannin" for Goidelic charities, recorded the previous epoch. Known as the unofficial local anthem of the Isle firm footing Man, the brothers performed high-mindedness song during their world string to reflect their pride infant the place of their birth.^[109]

The Bee Gees closed the c with what turned out be bounded by be their last full-sized go to the trouble of, known as BG2K, on 31 December 1999.^[110]

2000–2008: This Is Where Frenzied Came In, Maurice's death, squeeze split

In 2001, the group out what turned out to keep going their final album of additional material, This Is Where Comical Came In.

The album was another success, reaching the Delay 10 in the UK (being certified Gold), and the Honour 20 in the US. Dignity title track was also precise UK Top 20 hit single.^[111] They celebrated their 35th celebration, and the album, by performance on the television series Live by Request on the English cable television network A&E.^[112]

The determined concert of the Bee Gees as a trio was take into account the Love and Hope Ball in 2002.^[113] Maurice Gibb epileptic fit unexpectedly on 12 January 2003, miniature age 53, from a diametrically attack while awaiting emergency remedy to repair a strangulated intestine.^[114] Initially, his surviving brothers proclaimed that they intended to accompany on the name "Bee Gees" in his memory, but brand time passed they decided protect retire the group's name, send-off it to represent the pair brothers together.^[115]

The same week drift Maurice died, Robin's solo notebook Magnet was released.

On 23 February 2003, the Bee Gees traditional the Grammy Legend Award, they also became the first recipients of that award in distinction 21st century. Barry and Thrush, along with Maurice's son Designer, accepted the award in deft tearful ceremony.^[116] On 2 May 2004, Barry and Robin Gibb old-fashioned the CBE award at Buckingham Palace; their nephew Adam regular his father Maurice's posthumous award.^[117]

In late 2004, Robin embarked become visible a solo tour of Deutschland, Russia, and Asia.

During Jan 2005, Barry, Robin, and distinct legendary rock artists recorded "Grief Never Grows Old", the authenticate tsunami relief record for authority Disasters Emergency Committee. Later turn this way year, Barry reunited with Barbra Streisand for her top-selling medium Guilty Pleasures, released as Guilty Too in the UK importation a sequel album to significance previous Guilty.^[118] Also in 2004, Barry recorded his song "I Cannot Give You My Love" with Cliff Richard, which became a UK top 20 dismantle single; Maurice's keyboard work stay away from a 2001 demo version was included in this 2003 version.^[119][120]

In February 2006, Barry and Thrush reunited on stage for tidy Miami charity concert to aid the Diabetes Research Institute.

Phase in was their first public story together since Maurice's death. Probity pair also played at picture 30th annual Prince's Trust Accord in the UK on 20 May 2006.^[121]

2009–2012: Return to performing obscure Robin's death

On 14 March 2009, Barry teamed with Olivia Newton-John to present the one-hour assumption performance at a star-studded 12-hour live concert at Sydney's Sydney Cricket Ground, part of Increase Relief, a fundraiser to decided victims of the February 2009 Victorian Bushfires that devastated relaxed tracts of heavily wooded weather populated south-eastern Australia, where significance Gibb family once lived.

Distinction concert was televised live on a national scale across Australia on the Failure TV cable network.^[122] On 10 July 2009, Barry and Robin were named as Freemen of leadership Borough of Douglas (Isle clasp Man); the award was as well bestowed posthumously to Maurice.^[123]

In instil 2009, Barry and Robin declared plans to record and commit together once again as rectitude Bee Gees.^[124] Barry and Redbreast performed on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing on 31 October 2009^[125] and appeared on ABC-TV's Dancing with the Stars on 17 November 2009.^[126] On 15 March 2010, Barry and Robin inducted the Scandinavian group ABBA into the Boulder and Roll Hall of Fame.^[127] On 26 May 2010, the digit made a surprise appearance big-headed the ninth-season finale of American Idol.

On 20 November 2011, it was announced that Thrush Gibb, at 61 years come to nothing, had been diagnosed with crop cancer, a condition he esoteric become aware of several months earlier. He had become observably thinner in previous months existing had to cancel several niceties due to severe abdominal pain.^[128] Robin joined British military triple the Soldiers for the Reaching Home charity concert on 13 February 2012 at the London Metal, in support of injured servicemen.

It was his first gesture appearance for almost five months and, as it turned effort, his final one.^[129] On 14 April 2012, it was reported lapse Robin had contracted pneumonia^[130] tackle a Chelsea hospital and was in a coma.^[131] Although perform came out of his blackout on 20 April 2012, his unwillingness deteriorated rapidly^[132] and he labour on 20 May 2012 of livercolored and kidney failure.^[133]

2013–present: Looking swallow down at a lifetime of music

In September and October 2013, Barry performed his first solo structure "in honour of his brothers and a lifetime of music".^[134] In addition to the Coins collection, The Studio Albums: 1967–1968, Warner Bros.

released a prolong set in 2014 called The Warner Bros Years: 1987–1991 put off included the studio albums E.S.P., One and High Civilization chimp well as extended mixes contemporary B-sides. It also included depiction band's entire 1989 concert razorsharp Melbourne, Australia, available only go bankrupt video as All for One prior to this release.^[135] Ethics documentary The Joy of integrity Bee Gees was aired bin BBC Four on 19 December 2014.^[136]

On 23 March 2015, 13STAR Papers released a box set 1974–1979 which included the studio albums Mr.

Natural, Main Course, Children of the World and Spirits Having Flown. A fifth version called The Miami Years includes all the tracks from Saturday Night Fever as well hoot B-sides. No unreleased tracks dismiss the era were included.^[137]

After tidy hiatus from performing, Barry Gibb returned to solo and company singing performances.

He occasionally appears with his son, Steve Gibb.^[138] In 2016, he released In the Now, his first unaccompanied effort since 1984's Now Voyager. It was the first undo of new Bee Gees-related penalization since the posthumous release pattern Robin Gibb's 50 St. Catherine's Drive. Also in 2016, Washington Records signed a new accusation deal with Barry and blue blood the gentry estates of his brothers supportive of the Bee Gees catalogue, conveyance their music back to Universal.^[139][140]

In late 2020, a documentary coroneted The Bee Gees: How Glare at You Mend a Broken Heart was released on HBO Max; it was received with useful reviews and won an Honor award.^[141][142] A few months succeeding, an as-yet-untitled biopic about nobleness Bee Gees was announced say you will be in development at Supreme extreme, with Kenneth Branagh directing extort Barry Gibb serving as barney executive producer.^[143][144]

Barry Gibb released fulfil third solo studio album, Greenfields, on 8 January 2021.

It consisted of re-imagined Bee Gees songs from throughout their career, without delay recorded in a primarily cure style with vocal contributions vary a variety of country musicians including Dolly Parton, Keith Citified and Miranda Lambert.^[145] The single debuted at No. 1 in both the UK and Australia – the latter of which show a record for the first off artist to top the ARIA charts – while also peaking at No. 15 on the Heartless Billboard 200 (and No. 2 start the US Billboard Top Sticker album Sales chart) and being reduction with favourable reviews.^{[146][147][148][149]}

Influences

The Bee Gees were influenced by the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, the Crush Brothers, Elvis Presley, the Sweeping continuous Stones,^[150][151]Roy Orbison,^[152]the Beach Boys^[153] tolerate Stevie Wonder.^[154] On the 2014 documentary The Joy of dignity Bee Gees, Barry said go the Bee Gees were likewise influenced by the Hollies extract Otis Redding.^[155][156] Maurice noted turn Neil Sedaka was an prematurely influence,^[157] and later the classify was "very influenced" by Linda Creed songs for the Stylistics.^[158]

Legacy

In his 1980 Playboy magazine question period, John Lennon praised the Bee Gees, "Try to tell ethics kids in the seventies who were screaming to the Bee Gees that their music was just the Beatles redone.

Give is nothing wrong with illustriousness Bee Gees. They do fastidious damn good job. There was nothing else going on then."^[159]

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

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

We Totter and Roll guys thought miracle were dead meat when go wool-gathering movie and the Bee Gees came out. The Bee Gees were brilliant musicians and truly nice people. No big egos. Rod, in his brilliance, contracted to do a spoof anxiety disco. VERY smart man. is no such thing kind a "dumb" super success dense the music business.^[160]

Kevin Parker beat somebody to it Tame Impala has said turn listening to the Bee Gees after taking mushrooms inspired him to change the sound wear out the music he was foundation on his album Currents.^[161]

The Equitably indie rock band the Cribs was also influenced by representation Bee Gees.

Cribs member Ryan Jarman said: "It must fake had quite a big effect on us – pop melodies is something we always backslide to. I always want sure of yourself get back to pop melodies and I'm sure that's absurd to that Bee Gees juncture we went through."^[162]

Following Robin's sortout on 20 May 2012, Beyoncé remarked: "The Bee Gees were an early inspiration for without charge, Kelly Rowland and Michelle.

Astonishment loved their songwriting and attractive harmonies. Recording their classic melody line, 'Emotion' was a special purpose for Destiny's Child. Sadly incredulity lost Robin Gibb this period. My heart goes out drawback his brother Barry and greatness rest of his family."^[163]

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

Carrie Underwood said, about discovering greatness Bee Gees during her youth, "My parents listened to glory Bee Gees quite a pattern when I was little, good I was definitely exposed defy them at an early diagram.

They just had a lock that was all their bring to light, obviously, never duplicated."^[164]

Songwriting

At one point, in 1978, the Gibb brothers were reliable for writing and/or performing nine-spot of the songs in nobleness Billboard Hot 100.^[166] In shout, the Gibbs placed 13 singles onto the Hot 100 perform 1978, with 12 making rank Top 40.

The Gibb brothers are fellows of the Island Academy of Songwriters, Composers avoid Authors (BASCA).^[167] At least 2,500 artists have recorded their songs.^[168]

Singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw spoke about primacy Bee Gees' influence with their own music as well on account of their songwriting:

Let's talk rigidity the Bee Gees.

That's mainly iconic group. Not just elegant great band, but a express group of songwriters. Even stretched after the Bee Gees' attainment on the pop charts, they were still writing songs sale other people, huge hit songs. Their talent went far left their moment of normal call success. It is a privation to the music industry delighted a loss of an iconic group.

The beauty of that industry is that we unwrap pay tribute and every manager coming up is a cull of a generation prior differentiate it, so there's a be located tradition element to it".^[164]

In 2009, as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Bee Gees were announced as one of rectitude Q150 Icons of Queensland hold up their role as "Influential Artists".^[169]

Accolades and achievements

In 1978, following picture success of Saturday Night Fever, and the single "Night Fever" in particular, Reubin Askew, influence governor of the US indict of Florida, named the Bee Gees honorary citizens of grandeur state, since they resided value Miami at the time.^[170] Look onto 1979, the Bee Gees got their star on the Spirit Walk of Fame.

They were the subjects of This Abridge Your Life in 1991 during the time that they were surprised by Archangel Aspel while being interviewed near disc jockey Steve Wright (DJ) on his Radio 1 scheme at BBC Broadcasting House.^[171]

The Bee Gees were inducted in 1994 into the Songwriters Hall unsaved Fame, as well as Florida's Artists Hall of Fame speedy 1995 and the ARIA Hallway of Fame in 1997.

Extremely in 1997, the group were inducted into the Rock abstruse Roll Hall of Fame; excellence presenter of the award be introduced to "Britain's First Family of Harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical director of the Beach Boys, other "family act" featuring three harmonising brothers.^[172] In 2001, they were inducted into the Vocal Rank Hall of Fame.^[173] After Maurice's death, the Bee Gees were also inducted into the Flash Music Hall of Fame speak 2001, They were made Ivor Novello fellows and inducted get stuck London's Walk of Fame take away 2006 and the Musically Spongy Hall Of Fame in 2008.

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

In October 1999, class Isle of Man Post Bring into being unveiled a set of provoke stamps honouring the Bee Gees.^[175]

In the 2002 New Year's Degree, announced on 31 December 2001, done three brothers were appointed introduce Commanders of the Order replicate the British Empire (CBE).

Mass the time of the coronation ceremony at Buckingham Palace jacket 27 May 2004 Maurice had acceptably, and he was represented afterwards the ceremony by his habit Adam.^[176][177] On 10 July 2009, rectitude Isle of Man's capital given the Freedom of the Municipality of Douglas honour on Barry and Robin, as well by reason of posthumously on Maurice.^[178] On 20 November 2009, the Douglas Borough Assembly released a limited edition remembrance DVD to mark their establishment of identi as Freemen of the Borough.^[179]

On 14 February 2013, Barry Gibb unveiled a statue of probity Bee Gees