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Bee gees documentary music8/7/2023 ![]() Getty Images Dionne Warwick, “Heartbreaker” Barry, who can be seen in a clinch with Babs on the cover of the LP, turned up the soft-rock romance by crooning on two more Top 10 singles: the title track and “What Kind of Fool.” And the twosome even reunited for a sequel set, 2005’s “Guilty Pleasures.”īarry Gibb and Barbra Streisand circa 1981. 1 hit in 1980 with this declaration of devotion from her Gibb-imprinted “Guilty” album. The buttah-voiced songbird scored her fifth - and last - No. Getty Images Barbra Streisand, “Woman in Love” Barry Gibb and Olivia Newton-John in 2009. The new album also features the “Too Much Heaven” B-side, “Rest Your Love on Me,” revamped with Olivia Newton-John, who has some Gibb history from her “I Can’t Help It” duet with Andy. The bliss overload of the bluegrass great’s “Greenfields” moment with Gibb makes good on the title of this 1978 Bee Gees chart-topper. Behind an “SNF”-esque disco groove, it strutted all the way to No. That mission was accomplished with the title tune, written by Gibb and sung by Valli. Gibb - as in Barry - was the word when the movie “Grease” sought to recapture some of the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack magic. Proving just how much the Gibbs’ songs transcended generations and genres, Beyoncé’s girl group went from “Bootylicious” to balladicious on this harmony-rich remake of the tune that was originally a ’70s hit for Samantha Sang. Little Big Town, “How Deep Is Your Love”Īlong with acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, the country-pop quartet helps Gibb get to the beating heart of this “Saturday Night Fever” smash on “Greenfields.” LBT also brings its own brand of Bee Gees harmonies on a cover of the trio’s early hit “Lonely Days.” Barry Gibb, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers in 1983. ![]() But Reverend Green poured his Memphis soul into his 1972 version that felt more like a plea for his very salvation. This aching breakup song has been telling us about the sorrow since it became the Bee Gees’ first No. Al Green, “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” Since then, everyone from Roberta Flack to Billy Corgan - with backing vocals by the Cure’s Robert Smith (!) - has shown “Love” for the song. In 1969, the group got songwriting props when two all-timers remade “To Love Somebody”: Janis Joplin turned it into a bluesy belter, while Nina Simone reimagined it as a jazzy jaunt. Janis Joplin, “To Love Somebody”Īlthough this 1967 single wasn’t one of the Bee Gees’ biggest hits, it has been one of their most-covered tunes. Here, a look at how deep the Gibb influence goes. Of course, the Bee Gees have been covered by a host of other artists over the years, while also collaborating on hits for youngest Gibb brother Andy - including “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” and “Shadow Dancing” - as well as pop superstars who didn’t get the family rate. 1,” Barry’s new album out Friday, which features collaborations with such country and Americana artists as Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert and Brandi Carlile. And long after that genre’s supposed “death,” their music is stayin’ alive with “Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook, Vol. But Gibb, 74, and his late brothers Maurice and Robin - subjects of the recent HBO documentary “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” - were more than just disco. 1 to national pariahsĪs one-third of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb helped lead the disco movement with the 1977 “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, one of the best-selling albums of all time. ‘Saturday Night Fever’ is Hollywood’s greatest insult to Italian-Americans ![]() Oyster Bay mansion of Bee Gees star Robin Gibb asks $12.9Mīee Gees biopic in the works from ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ producer
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