Tuesday, January 5, 2016

R.I.P. ROBERT STIGWOOD

R.I.P.
ROBERT STIGWOOD
 Robert Stigwood Dead
The Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, John Travolta & ‘Saturday Night Fever’ might not have been as successful had it not been for the influence of manager / producer Robert Stigwood.
Tommy film poster.jpgGrease ver2.jpgSaturday night fever movie poster.jpgThe Australian-born musical figure was behind the careers of The Bee Gees, Cream, the film versions of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and The Who’s ‘Tommy’. Stigwood set up RSO Records, signing up Clapton & the Bee Gees. The latter created the then best selling soundtrack album in ‘Saturday Night Fever’ for RSO and a box office hit movie produced by Stigwood. His next project was another film starring Travolta, ‘Grease’. The musical raised Olivia Newton-John’s profile and became another box office giant. He was later involved in the screen adaptation of ‘Evita’ starring Madonna.
Stigwood passed away on January 4, aged 81.

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Robert Stigwood and the Bee Gees

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