In 1997, after they
were inducted into the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame, I traveled to Las Vegas for
the first of many of the Bee Gees’ ‘One
Night Only’ concert tours. Despite the cost of the tickets and sitting way
up in nose bleed heaven…the concert was well worth it. They were master
entertainers.
The Bee Gees hit the
music scene in the 60s, became a hit, broke up, and came back together as a
group. They were catapulted to fame again when they wrote the sound track to Saturday Night Fever. From that album, they would have five of their songs on the
top ten music charts, all at the same time. They were now in the super star
ranks and the album was the bestselling number one album of all times, only to
be surpassed by Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
When a back lash occurred
toward disco music, the Bee Gees once again left the music scene. They still
produced their own music but they became prolific writers, penning #1 hit songs
for other musician/singers like: Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Kenny Rogers,
Dolly Parton, and Frankie Valli.
The Bee Gees were
international stars and up until the deaths of Maurice and Robin, they were
still popular and seem to come back every so often with a CD and song in the
popular music charts.
Now there is only one
member of the group left, Barry. But all I have to do is pop in one of their
CDs and I can still enjoy the music of Barry, Robin and Maurice – the Bee Gees.
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