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unusual facts about The Bee Gees



Camille Barbone

As head of Gotham, she oversaw the record releases of numerous artists including Grace Jones, The Bee Gees, and Gladys Knight,and has continued to manage and develop new acts such as Clark Brown -- the lead singer of G/Z/R (Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath) -- and Birdbrain (all on TVT Records).

Jane Getz

She recorded country music for RCA Records under the name Mother Hen, and appeared on albums by The Bee Gees, Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, Rick Roberts, and John Lennon, among others.

Morin-Heights, Quebec

The facility was used by numerous Canadian and international artists, including The Tragically Hip, Rush, Nazareth, Pilot, April Wine, Rainbow, Barenaked Ladies, Sting, The Police, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, Cat Stevens, and Lawrence Gowan, as well as by Québec artists Jean-Pierre Ferland, Richard Séguin, Lucien Francoeur and Garolou.

Ossie Byrne

Oswald Russell "Ossie" Byrne (1926 - December 1983) was an Australian record producer, best known for producing the early recordings of The Bee Gees, including their first international hit, "New York Mining Disaster 1941".

Red Symons

Born in England, he emigrated to Australia (on the same boat as the members of the Bee Gees) at the age of 9, in 1958.

So Emotional

"So Emotional" went to the #1 position as well, giving her six consecutive number-one singles; putting her in a three-way tie with The Beatles and The Bee Gees.


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A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants

When it was time to release the follow-up album, Robert Stigwood, manager of The Bee Gees and owner of RSO Records, rejected the proposed album after the failure of the lead single, "Wouldn't I Be Someone".

Alan Kendall

With the Bee Gees, Kendall appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, a Command Performance for the Queen of the United Kingdom, as well as numerous other live performances.

Bee Gees Gold

It reached #50 on Billboard's album chart during a time when the Bee Gees were topping the charts with their new R&B/Disco sound found on their then current album Children of the World.

Jive Talkin'

By 1975, the Bee Gees assembled a studio group consisting of Alan Kendall on electric guitar, Blue Weaver on keyboards and Dennis Bryon on drums.

Lamplight

The song had lead vocals by Robin Gibb, but the Bee Gees' manager Robert Stigwood chose "First of May" for the A-side, No other singles were released from the album, and this was the incident that is thought to have caused Robin to quit the group.

New York Mining Disaster 1941

On 7 March, the Bee Gees recorded "New York Mining Disaster 1941" in six takes, along with three other songs: "I Can't See Nobody", "Red Chair, Fade Away" and "Turn of the Century".

Nights on Broadway

Producer Arif Mardin asked if one of the Bee Gees member could do some screaming during the main chorus to make the song more exciting.

Someone Belonging to Someone

In the liner notes to the 1990 box set, Tales from the Brothers Gibb, the Bee Gees describe the song as a "fair ballad from a silly film".

Treacle Brown

Instrumental work by the three members of the Bee Gees, they also do the same with "Only One Woman" by The Marbles in 1968.