Thursday, December 16, 2010

A little early stuff from The Brothers Gibb


The Bee Gees celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2010.

Back in 1960, Barry (14) and his brothers (11 yr old twins) started singing around clubs in Australia. They eventually found their way to radio, TV and a recording studio.

Today, we recall some of those tunes.

Some of these songs were written and recorded when the brothers were teenagers.

These songs were early signs of big things to come.....specially the songwriting and tight harmonies.

Success came in the spring of '67.....they exploded with "New York Mining Disaster", their first international hit! It was followed by "To love somebody", "Holiday" and a Top 10 LP.

Today, we remember some of that early repertoire available in a couple of CD's released as LP's in 1968 and 1969.

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Music from the very young Gibb brothers!

In early 1967, Barry (20 years old), Maurice and Robin (17 year old twins) walked around London looking for a recording contract.

They brought with them a collection of songs recorded in Australia.

The Gibb brothers finally aligned with Robert Stigwood.

By the end of 1967, The Bee Gees had 3 big international hits ("NY Mining Disaster", "To love somebody" and "Holiday") and a best selling album.

What caught Robert Stigwood's fancy about the singing brothers?

It had to be those songs that the guys recorded in Australia.

A few years ago, a CD of early Bee Gees' tunes was released. It was the CD version of a couple of LPs released years before.

What's significant about these tunes? The answer is that you can hear the wonderful Gibb harmonies and songwriting skills.
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Did you know that the Brothers Gibb wrote these tunes?


Over the years, we've followed the amazing career of The Bee Gees. 

 The brothers started performing at a very young age and eventually became international superstars in the late 1960's.

Today, we recall some of their songs recorded by other artists.   It's a long list and this is just a sample:

1)  "Sweetheart" by Engelbert Humperdinck, one of the big male vocalists of our generation.

2)  "Come on over" by Olivia Newton-John.

3)  "Islands in the stream", a huge hit for Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton.

4)  "Heartbreaker" by Dionne Warwick. 

 The great Brothers Gibb and their songs.    You can hear a medley of some of these songs on the "One night only" concert CD.

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