TOP 100 SONGS WRITTEN BY THE BEE GEES. Today: #2. Concludes: tomorrow.

Caffè ☕️Lattè presents:

THE 100 BEST SONGS

WRITTEN BY THE

BEE GEES

The Bee Gees was a trio consisting of 3 siblings: older brother Barry (born in Manchester in 1946), and twins Maurice and Robin Gibb (born Isle Of Man in 1949). The brothers first performed in Manchester in 1955. Three years later, the Gibb family emigrated to Brisbane, Australia. Today, the group is regarded one of the most successful music acts of all-time.

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HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Bee Gees

When Robert Stigwood began plans to make the film ‘Saturday Night Fever’, The Bee Gees were not involved. He asked the trio to create some songs to use in the movie. At first, the brothers declined, explaining they had enough on their plate. They eventually relented and came up with some of disco’s finest tracks. Stigwood was the trio’s manager and head of RSO Records, the label with the Gibbs on its roster.

The Bee Gees had already scored 2 US #1 singles with dance songs “Jive Talkin’” and “You Should Be Dancing”. But, by 1977, disco had lost its mojo. It seemed that genre’s days were numbered. Stigwood had to deal with doubters questioning the wisdom of making a movie based on a fad that was on the way out. The concept for ‘Saturday Night Fever’ was based on an article by Nik Cohn entitled “Tribal Rites of the new Saturday Night”.

The first of The Bee Gees’ new songs for the film, “How Deep Is Your Love” was unleashed in September 1977, prior to the release of the film which opened in December. This was an interesting choice as the song was a ballad and not one of the upbeat dance tracks that would follow. It has been reported that the brothers considered getting Yvonne Elliman to sing it, before switching to “If I Can’t Have You”.

All 3 members of The Bee Gees wrote the song and they co-produced it with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. In America, the single landed at the top just days after the film’s premiere. It remained at #1 for 3 weeks. Soon, the disc was topping charts in Brazil, Chile, Canada and in various European countries. In the UK and Australia, the single climbed to #3.

The single ushered in the domination of ‘Saturday Night Fever’; both the film and its soundtrack album. Disco music’s trajectory shot right back upwards, surpassing its previous popularity and sales figures. In 1978, The Bee Gees and songs by the Gibbs would be frequent visitors to the top of the charts.