Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Bee Gees and more very early hits


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The Bee Gees, or The Brothers Gibb, started singing professionally in 1960 when Barry was 14 and his twin brothers were 11.


As we've mentioned in other posts, these tunes, such as "Wine and women" & "Monday's rain" were recorded when the brothers were teens and trying to establish themselves as a pop group.

These songs were never heard outside of Australia until ATCO released two LP's of the early material in 1969. The LP's were called "Rare, precious and beautiful"!

Nevertheless, they were very early signals of their incredible harmonies and songwriting potential.

It was these songs, and others, that persuaded Robert Stigwood to give the brothers an international recording contract in London 1967.

The rest is musical history......Barry was 19 and his brothers were 16 when they had their first international hit, i.e. "Spicks and specks".

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

The Bee Gees, memories and a great medley




Over the last several years, we've blogged and posted about the amazing Bee Gees, or Brothers Gibb. (They celebrated 50 years in 2010!)

Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb started singing when they were kids growing up in the UK and then Australia.  

Eventually, they got an international recording contract in 1967.

Barry was 20 and the twins were 17 when they had their first international hit.


Robin died in 2012 and Maurice in 2003.   Nevertheless, they left us many recordings or memories.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

"Odessa": A very interesting song (and very sad love story) by Bee Gees


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Today, we recall one of The Bee Gees' most interesting tunes, a very sad love story about a man shipwrecked in the North Atlantic.

Robin sings the lead and Barry & Maurice do some awesome background vocals.    It was the title song of their 1969 LP.


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Sunday, June 06, 2010

D-Day and a chance to salute heroes like Robert Jagers!


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