Version 3.0
About the setup:
Year
LPs
Charts: USA / United Kingdom (UK) / Germany (G)
Hitparadeplacing
Tracks on the album
Singles
Charts: USA / United Kingdom (UK) / Germany (G)
Best-placing / Number of weeks on the chart
Example: Words G-1/14 means that the single Words reached
no. 1 in Germany and was on the chart for 14 weeks.
Chart-details are taken from:
USA: Billboard Top 100 (from Record Research)
UK: New Musical Express Top 30 (from Hit Records)
Germany: Der Musikmarkt Top 50 (from Hit Blanz)
Prizes
Tours and other things that have influenced the Bee Gees
career and lives.
About the singles: Many singles are released with various b-
sides depending on in which country they are released.
Many thanks to Joseph Brennan, USA and Arne Moen, Norway, for
invaluable help.
For comments, information or other things, please contact:
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- bnyland@solan.unit.no Anne Berit Groenbech -
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- "The little house on the hill" (Robin Gibb, 1967) -
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- The little house on the hill -
- Where it all was red -
- With a lovely red fence all around it -
- And it blew up -
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A short discography of the Bee Gees:
Name: Label: Year:
Bee Gees sing and play 14 Barry Gibb songs Polydor 1965
Bee Gees 1.st Polydor 1967
Horizontal Polydor 1968
Idea Polydor 1968
Rare, precious and beautiful, vol. 1 Polydor 1968
Rare, precious and beautiful, vol. 2 Polydor 1968
Rare, precious and beautiful, vol. 3 Polydor 1969
Odessa Polydor 1969
Best of the Bee Gees, vol. 1 Polydor 1969
Marley Purt Drive Polydor 1970
Sound of love Polydor 1970
Robin's reign (solo-album, Robin Gibb) Polydor 1970
Cucumber Castle (Barry and Maurice Gibb) Polydor 1970
Two years on Polydor 1970
Trafalgar Polydor 1971
To whom it may concern Polydor 1972
Best of the Bee Gees, vol. 2 RSO 1972
Life in a tin can RSO 1973
Mr. Natural RSO 1974
Main course RSO 1975
Children of the world RSO 1976
Here at last..Bee Gees..Live RSO 1977
Saturday Night Fever RSO 1977
Sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club band RSO 1978
Spirits having flown RSO 1979
Living eyes RSO 1981
Stayin' alive RSO 1983
How old are you? (solo, Robin Gibb) Polydor/Mirage 1983
Secret agent (solo, Robin Gibb) Polydor/Mirage 1984
Now voyager (solo, Barry Gibb) Polydor/MCA 1984
Walls have eyes (solo, Robin Gibb) Polydor/Mirage 1985
E.S.P. Warner 1987
Hawks (solo-soundtrack-album, Barry Gibb) Polydor 1988
One Warner 1989
Story Polydor/RSO 1989
The very best of the Bee Gees Polydor 1990
Tales of the Brothers Gibb (4 cd/lp/mc) Polydor 1990
High Civilization Warner 1991
And here follows "The story of The Bee Gees":
1946 1st of September Barry Alan Crompton Gibb is born in
Douglas, Isle of Man.
1949 22nd of December non identical twins Robin Hugh and
Maurice Ernest Gibb are born in Douglas, Isle of Man.
1955 First performance in Gaumont Theatre in Manchester under
the name "Rattlesnakes". They are going to lip-sing to an
old record, but the record breaks (in those days the
records broke!) so Robin suggests they shall go on stage
and sing for real, and they do that. Changed for a short
while name to "Wee Johnny Hayes and the bluecats" because
they gets some new blue pants and wants to call
themselves something with "the bluecats".
1957 Barry gets his first guitar, a second-hand one, for
christmas.
1958 5th of March baby-brother Andy (Andrew Roy Gibb) is born.
In August the Gibb family leaves for Australia. First
radioperformance: "Platter chatter" with dj Bill Gates on
station 4HB in Brisbane. On the boat from England they
goes by the name "Barry and the twins". Name changes to
BG's, short for Bill Gates, Bill Goode and Barry Gibb.
Later the name is stretched out to the Bee Gees, short
for the Brothers Gibb.
1959 First TV-performance: "Anything goes" on station ABQ,
Brisbane. The brothers gives a performance between the
races on a race track, they sings three of their own
songs and the audience throws money at them.
1962 Recordcontract with Festival Records.
1963 First singles
The battle of the blue and grey / Three kisses of love
Timber / Take hold of that star
1964 Singles:
Don't say goodbye / Peace of mind
Blue suede shoes / Whole lotta shaking (Johnny Devlin and
the Bee Gees)
Claustrophobia / Could it be
Turn around look at me / Theme from Jamie McPheeters
House without windows / I'll be happy (Trevor Gordon and
the Bee Gees)
1965 Album:
The Bee Gees sing and play 14 Barry Gibb songs
(Leedon / Calendar)
Singles:
Little Miss Rythm and blues / Here I am (Trevor
Gordon and the Bee Gees)
Everyday I have to cry / You wouldn't know
Wine and women / Follow the wind
I was a lover a leader of men / And the children
laughing
Ozzie Byrne becomes their producer (to 1969). Barry gets
a distinction from Radio Adelaide as "Composer of the
year" for "I was a over a leader of men".
1966 Album:
Monday's rain (Calendar)
Tracks:
Where are you / Spicks and specks / Playdown / Big chance
/ Glass house / How many birds / Secondhand people / I
don't know why I bother with myself / Monday's rain /
Tint of blue / Jingle jangle / Born a man
Singles:
Cherry red / I want home
Monday's rain / All of my life
Spicks and specks / I am the world
Up till now all the singles are released only in
Australia. (There seems to have been some releases in SE
Asia in 1966). Selected to the "Best Australian group".
First no. 1 single in Australia, "Spicks and specks". A
car accident is the root to Barrys back-problems. Barry
marries Maureen Bates before the brothers leaves
Australia.
1967 Album:
Bee Gees 1st (Polydor / Atco)
USA-7 UK-11 G-4
Tracks:
Turn of the century / Holiday / Red chair, fade away /
New York mining diseaster 1941 / One minute woman / In my
own time / Every christian lion hearted man will show you
/ Craise finton kirk royal academy of arts / Cucumber
castle / To love somebody / I close my eyes / I can't see
nobody / Please read me / Close another door
Turn around look at us (Calendar)
Singles:
Born a man / Big chance (Australian only)
Spicks and specks / I am the world
G-37/2
New York mining diseaster 1941 / I can't see nobody
USA-14/7 UK-15/6 G-10/10
To love somebody / Close another door
USA-17/9 G-19/8
Massachusetts (Various b-sides, Spicks and specks,
Holiday, Barker of the UFO and Sir Geoffrey saved
the world)
USA-11/8 UK-1/13 G-1/14
Holiday / (Various B-sides: Red chair fade away and
Sir Geoffrey saved the world)
USA-16/9
World / Sir Geoffrey saved the world
UK-8/11 G-2/16
Prizes:
Pop-star of the year (Holland)
Top musical group (Carl Allan-Prize, England)
Best new group (New musical express)
The Golden Lion from Radio Luxembourg for
"Massachusetts"
Two Golden Singles from South Africa for "Don't
forget to remember".
3rd of January the Gibb family goes by boat back to
England, London. 24th of February they signs to Robert
Stigwood. Becomes a quintet with drummer Colin Peterson
and bass player Vince Melouney. First English
radioperformance: "Pop North" on BBC. First English TV-
performance "Top of the pops" on BBC with "New York
mining diseaster 1941". "New Yrok mining disaster 1941"
reaches no.1 in UK 27th of April.
1968 Album:
Horizontal (Polydor / Atco)
USA-12 UK-9 G-1
Tracks:
World / And the sun will shine / Lemons never forget /
Really and sincerely / Birdie told me / With the sun in
my eyes / Massachusetts / Harry Braff / Day time girl /
The earnest of being george / The change is made / Horizontal
Rare, precious and beautiful (Karusell/Atco/Polydor)
G-15
Tracks:
Where are you / Spicks and specks / Playdown / Big chance
/ Glass house / How many birds / Secondhand people / I
don't know why I bother with myself / Mondays rain / Tint
of blue / Jingle jangle / Born a man
Idea (Polydor / Atco)
USA-17 UK-3 G-3
Tracks:
Let there be love / Kitty can / In the summer of his
years / Indian gin & whisky dry / Down to earth / Such a
shame / Idea / When the swallows fly / I've decided to
join the airforce / I started a joke / Kilburn towers /
Swan song (In USA "I've gotta get a message to you"
(instead of "Such a shame", the CD has both songs. In USA
it also was a different cover on the LP)
Singles:
World / (Various b-sides, Holiday, Horizontal and
Sir Geoffrey saved the world))
Words / Sinking ships
USA-15/11 UK-13/9 G-1/14
And the sun will shine / Really and sincerely
Jumbo / The singer sang his song
USA-57/6 UK-30/1 G-5/16
I've gotta get a message to you / Kitty can
(Different take of I've gotta get a message to you,
it's faster and without orchestra)
USA-8/13 UK-1/12 G-3/10
I started a joke / (Various b-sides, Kilburn towers,
Idea and Swan song)
USA-6/11
Prizes:
Golden Lp from South Africa, Germany, Belgium and
Holland for "Massachusetts"
Silver Lp for "Massachusetts" from Sweden
Silver Lp and trade-distinction as No. 1 in the
hitparade for "I've gotta get a message to you" from
England
The most brilliant hope in the world, Valentine-
prize from England
The Golden Otto award from "Bravo"-selection,
Germany
Ivor Novello-prize for "Massachusetts"
Golden Lp, from South America, twice from South
Africa, Holland and Germany for "Best of the Bee
Gees."
First Germany-tour. Concert in Royal Albert Hall with
symphony orchestra and choir. First England-tour. First
USA-guestplay with 17000 people in Forest Hills Stadion
New York. Second Germany-tour. First Golden Record for
"Massachusetts". 4th of December Robin marries Molly
Hullis. Vince Melouney leaves the group. 27th of January
they holds their first concert in USA, in Anaheim
Convention Center in California. 17th of March they
attends the Ed Sullivan show with "To love somebody" and
"Words".
1969 Albums:
Odessa (double-album) ( Polydor / Atco, re-issued on
Karussell 2674012)
Tracks:
Odessa (city on the black sea) / You'll never see my face
again / Black diamond / Marley purt drive / Edison /
Melody fair / Suddenly / Whisper whisper / Lamplight /
Sound of love / Give your best / Seven seas symphony /
With all nations (International anthem) / I laugh in your
face / Never say never again / First of may / The british
opera
USA-20 UK-8 G-4
Best of the Bee Gees (vol 1) (Polydor / Atco)
Tracks:
Holiday / I've gotta get a message to you / I can't see
nobody / Words / I started a joke / Spicks and specks /
First of may / World / Massachusetts / To love somebody /
Every christian lion hearted man will show you / New York
mining diseaster 1941 (On the CD "Spicks and specks" is
replaced by "Tomorrow tomorrow")
Singles:
Let there be love / Really and sincerely
First of May / Lamplight
USA-37/7 UK-7/9 G-3/14
Tomorrow tomorrow / Sun in my morning
USA-54/6 UK-25/3 G-6/10
Don't forget to remember / The Lord (In Canada "The
Lord" is replaced by "I lay down and die" as an
alternative version)
USA-73/3 UK-2/11 G-9/8
Saved by the bell / Mother and Jack
(Robin, solo-single)
One million years / Weekend (Robin, solo-single)
August October / Give me a smile
(Robin, solo-single)
Prizes:
Golden Lp for "Best of the Bee Gees" from USA.
The Golden Otto award from Bravo Germany.
England-tour. Middle east and Singapur-tour. Performance
in American TV-shows. In March Robin Gibb leaves the
group and Colin Peterson also goes later that year. 18th
of February Maurice marries Lulu (real name: Marie
Lawrie).
1970 Albums:
Robin's reign (Robins first solo-album)
(Polydor / Atco)
G-19
Tracks:
August October / Gone gone gone / The worst girl in this
town / Give me a smile / Down came the sun / Mother and
Jack / Saved by the bell / Weekend / Farmer Ferdinand
Hudson / Lord bless all / Most of my life
Cucumber Castle (Polydor / Atco)
USA-94 G-36
Tracks:
If I only had my mind on something else / I.O.I.O. / Then
you left me / The lord / I was the child / I lay down and
die / Sweetheart / Bury me down by the river / My thing /
The chance of love / Turning tide / Don't forget to
remember
Marley purt drive, identical with 1. lp from double-
album Odessa (Polydor, UK only!)
Tracks:
Odessa (city on the black sea) / You'll never see my face
again / Black diamond / Marley purt drive / Edison /
Melody fair / Suddenly / Whisper whisper
Sound of love, identical with 2. lp from double-
album Odessa (Karusell)
Tracks:
Lamplight / Sound of love / Give your best / Seven seas
symphony / With all nations (International anthem) / I
laugh in your face / Never say never again / First of may
/ The british opera
Two years on (Polydor / Atco)
USA-24
Tracks:
Two years on / Portrait of Louise / man for all seasons /
Sincere relation / Back home / The first mistake I made /
Lonely days / Alone again / Tell me why / Lay it on me /
Every second, every minute / I'm weeping
Rare, precious and beautiful vol. 2
(Karusell / Atco / Polydor)
Tracks:
I was a lover a leader of men / Follow the wind /
Claustrophobia / Theme from Jamie McPheeters' / Everyday
I have to cry /Take hold of that star / Could it be / To
be or not to be/ Three kisses of love / Cherry red / All
of my life / Don't say goodbye
Rare, precious and beautiful vol. 3
(Karusell / Polydor, not USA)
Tracks:
Wine and women / I don't think it's funny / Turn around
look at me / I am the world / The battle of the blue and
grey / How love was true / And the children laughing /
You wouldn't know / I want home / Timber / I was a lover
a leader of men / Peace of mind
Inception / Nostalgica (Germany and Japan)
Contains diverse material from the Australia-period never
released ordinary.
Singles:
If I only had my mind on something else / Sweetheart
USA-91/3
I.O.I.O. / (Various b-sides Sweetheart and Then you
left me)
USA-94/1 G-6/14
Railroad / I've come back (Maurice, solo-single)
I'll kiss your memory / This time
(Barry, solo-single)
Lonely days / Man for all seasons
USA-3/14 UK-26/4 G-24/9
Prizes:
Gold distinction for "Best of the Bee Gees" from
Australia.
Golden Lp for "Don't forget to remember" from South
Africa.
Golden Lp for Robin Gibbs "Saved by the bell" from
Holland.
Golden Lp for "How can you mend a broken heart" from
South America.
Barry makes an unreleased solo-album called "The kids no
good", Robin does the same with "Sing slowly
sister".Robin Gibb comes back to the group and the
Brothers are together again. Reinforcement by drummer
Geoff Bridgeford (to 1972) and guitarplayer Alan Kendall
(are still with the Brothers!). Dick Ashby starts to work
with the brothers and he is still with them! First USA-
tour. Barry marries Linda Grey on his birthday (she's
born on 11th of May, 1950). Maurice makes an unreleased
solo-album called "The loner". Barry and Maurice have the
main-roles in a TV-film called "Cucumber castle". Maurice
appears on the London stage in a musical "Sing the rude
song".
1971 Albums:
Trafalgar (Polydor / Atco)
USA-34
Tracks:
How can you mend a broken heart / Israel / Greatest man
in the world / It's just the way / Remembering / Somebody
stop the music / Trafalgar / Don't wanna live inside
myself / When do I / Dearest / Lion in the winter /
Walking back to Waterloo
Melody (Soundtrack with the Bee Gees) (Polydor)
The original title was "S.W.A.L.K.", and has also
been known as "Love, Melody".
Singles:
Melody fair / First of may
How can you mend a broken heart / Country woman
USA-1/15
Israel / How can you mend a broken heart
In the morning / (Various b-sides, To love somebody
and Melody fair)
When the swallows fly / Give your best
Don't wanna live inside myself / Walking back to
Waterloo
USA-53/7
Prizes:
The second gold distinction for "Best of the Bee
Gees" from Australia.
Silver Otto award from Bravo Germany.
Golden Lp for "Lonely days" from USA.
For best single in pop-, rock- or folkgroup was "How
can you mend a broken heart" nominated in USA.
Concert in Festival Hall London with London Symphony
Orchestra and Colin Blunstone. USA-tour. Australia-tour.
1972 Album:
To whom it may concern (Polydor / Atco)
USA-34
Tracks:
Run to me / We lost the road / Never been alone / Paper
mache, cabbages & kings / I can bring love / I held a
party / Please didn't turn out the lights / Sea of
smiling faces / Bad, bad dreams / You know it's for you /
Alive / Road to Alaska / Sweet song of summer
Odessa (2LP, re-release) (Karusell)
Singles:
My world / On time
USA-16/8 UK-18/7 G-41/1
How can you mend a broken heart / Cherry red
Israel / Dearest
Run to me / Road to Alaska
USA-16/12 UK-12/6
Alive / Paper mache cabbages and kings
USA-34/7
Prizes:
Grammy award for "How can you mend a broken heart"
in USA.
Gold-plakette for "Run to me" from the American
company for composers, authors and publishers.
Golden Lp for "Melody fair" from England.
Prize for "good production and commercial radio"
from Hongkong.
Golden Lp from Canada and Silver Lp from England for
"Best of Bee Gees vol. 2".
Far-East-tour. Australia-tour. USA-tour. Molly gives
birth to a son, Spencer on 21st of September, Robin is
the proud father.
1973 Albums:
Life in a tin can (RSO 2394102)
USA-69
Tracks:
Saw a new morning / I don't wanna be the one / South
Dakota morning / Living in Chicago / While I play / My
life has been a song / Come here Johnny bride / Method to
my madness
Best of the Bee Gees vol. 2
(Polydor / RSO (UK, USA, Japan))
Tracks:
How can you mend a broken heart / I.O.I.O. / Don't wanna
live inside myself / Melody fair / My world / Let there
be love / Saved by the bell / Lonely days / Morning of my
life / Don't forget to remember / And the sun will shine
/ Run to me / Man for all seasons / Alive
(The tracks are various in some of the countries the
album is released).
Singles:
Sea of smiling faces / (Various b-sides, Please
don't turn out the lights and Bad bad dreams)
Saw a new morning / My life has been a song
USA-94/?
Wouldn't I be someone / (Various b-sides, Elisa,
King and country and I held a party)
Prizes:
"Life in a tin can" the best Lp of the year, "Stereo
review", USA.
Platinum-album for "Best of the Bee Gees vol 2" from
USA.
USA-tour. Far-east-tour. Concert in London Palladium.
The Bee Gees also makes an unreleased album, "A kick in
the head is worth eight in the pants". Linda and Barry
becomes parents for the first time, a son, Stephen, is
born 1.st of December. Arif Mardin becomes their
producer.
1974 Album:
Mr. Natural (RSO 2479216)
USA-178
Tracks:
Charade / Throw a penny / Down the road / Voices / Give a
hand, take a hand / Dogs / Mr. Natural / Lost in your
love / I can't let you go / Heavy breathing / Had a lot
of love last night
Singles:
Mr. Natural / It doesn't matter much to me
USA-93/?
Throw a penny / I can't let you go
Charade / Heavy breathing
Prizes:
Prize for great sale of "Melody", "Best of the Bee
Gees" and "Mr Natural" in Hongkong.
Golden Lp for "Best of the Bee Gees vol 2" from
Canada.
Double Platinumalbum for "Main course" in Canada.
USA-tour. Far-East-tour. First Canada-tour. Australia-
tour. Dennis Byron becomes a member of the band. Robin
and Molly becomes parents for the second time, a
daughter, Melissa, 17th of June. Maurice and Lulu are
divorced.
1975 Album:
Main course (RSO 2394150)
USA-14
Tracks:
Nights on Broadway / Jive talkin' / Wind of change /
Songbird / Fanny (be tender with my love) / All this
making love / Country lanes / Come on over / Edge of the
universe / Baby as you turn away
Bee Gees first (re-release) (RSO)
Singles:
Jive talkin' / Wind of change
USA-1/17 UK-3/10 G-18/11
Nights on Broadway / Edge of the universe
USA-7/16 G-16/16
Fanny (be tender with my love) / (Various b-sides,
Country lanes, Songbird and Nights on Broadway)
USA-12/16 G-47/1
Prizes:
Golden Lp and Platinumalbum for "Main course" from
USA.
Golden Lp for "Jive talkin'" from USA.
Canadian Rock-Champions.
Golden single for "Nights on Broadway" and "Jive
talkin'" from Canada.
Honorary citizens of Manitoba, Canada.
20 years jubilee! USA-tour. Canada-tour. Keyboardplayer
Blue Weaver joins the band. Maurice marries Yvonne
Spenceley on 17th of October. (She's born September 24,
1950).
1976 Albums:
Children of the world (RSO 2394169)
USA-19 G-36
Tracks:
You should be dancing / You stepped into my life / Love
so right / Lovers / Can't keep a good man down / Boogie
child / Love me / Subway / The way it was / Children of
the world
All this and World War II (2 LP/Soundtrack) (WB)
Singles:
You should be dancing / Subway
USA-1/22 UK-5/8 G-16/17
Love so right / You stepped into my life
USA-3/23 G-38/3
Prizes:
Golden Lp for "You should be dancing" from USA.
Golden Lp and Golden Tape from Ampex and Golden Lp
presented by the New York Mayor for "Children of the
world" from USA.
Golden and Platinumalbum for "Children of the world"
from Canada.
Golden and Platinumalbum for "Here at last bee Gees
live" from USA.
Golden Lp for "Bee Gees gold" and "How deep is your
love" from USA.
Golden and Platinumalbum for "Main course" from
Canada.
Golden and Platinumalbum for "Best of the Bee Gees
vol.2" from Canada.
Bee Gees-day in Los Angeles.
Best disco rock crossover.
No. 1 singlegroup "Billboard".
Bee Gees produces with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson.
Moves to Miami, USA. Maurice becomes father for the first
time, a son, Adam, is born on 23rd of February.
1977 Albums:
Saturday Night Fever (double-album) (RSO 2658123)
USA-1 UK-1 G-1
Tracks:
Stayin' alive / How deep is your love / If I can't have
you / Fifth of Beethoven / Jive talkin' / K-Jee / Calypso
breakdown / More than a woman / Night fever / Boogie
shoes / Disco inferno / You should be dancing / Open
sesame / More than a woman / Manhattan skyline / Night on
disco mountain / Salsation
Here at last... Bee Gees... Live (double-album)
(RSO 2658120)
USA-19 G-44
Tracks:
I've gotta get a message to you / Love so right / Edge of
the universe / Come on over / Can't keep a good man down
/ New York mining diseaster 1941 / Run to me / World /
Holiday / I can't see nobody / I started a joke /
Massachusetts / How can you mend a broken heart / To love
somebody / You should be dancing / Boogie child / Down
the road / Words / Wind of change / Nights on Broadway /
Jive talkin' / Lonely days
Singles:
Boogie child / (Various b-sides, Lovers and Love so
right)
USA-12/?
Children of the world / (Various b-sides, Boogie
child and Lovers)
Edge of the universe (live) / Words (live)
How deep is your love / Can't keep a good man down
USA-1/30 UK-2/13 G-21/13
Stayin' alive / (various b-sides, If I can't have
you and Subway)
Prizes:
Platinumalbum from Australia, Golden Lp, Silver Lp
from England and 3 Platinum Lps from New Zealand for
"Here at last Bee Gees live".
Silver-prize from England and Germany for "Nights on
Broadway".
"The best producers" from USA.
"Best vocalgroup" with "How deep is your love" in
USA.
Grammy award "Best vocal group performance".
Prize for public-profits, Don Kirshner's Rock-prize
in USA.
Over-all-borders-popularity, trendsetter-prize from
Billboard, USA.
Ivor Novello-prize for "How deep is your love".
The best popsong and best filmsong specialprize for
Bee Gees.
Golden Lp from Canada, England, South Africa,
France, Belgium, New Zealand and Silver Lp from
England for "How deep is your love".
Golden and Platinum Lp from USA, Golden Lp from
Canada, Australia, South Africa, Belgium, New
Zealand and Silver Lp from England for "Stayin'
alive".
Golden and Platinum Lp from USA, Golden Lp from
Canada and England and Silver Lp from England for
"Night fever".
Golden Lp from USA for "If I can't have you".
Golden Lp for "I just want to be your everything"
and "Love is thicker than water" from USA.
Platinum Lp from USA, Golden and double Platinum Lp
from Canada, Platinum Lp from Hongkong, Belgium and
3 times from England and Holland, 7 times from New
Zealand, Golden Lp from Sweden, France and England,
3 times from South Africa and 4 times from Germany
and Silver Lp from England and Germany for "Saturday
Night fever".
Barry and Linda becomes parents for the second time, a
son, Ashley, September 8th.
1978 Albums:
Sesame Street Fever (Soundtrack with Robin, Polydor)
Sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club band (RSO 2658128)
Tracks:
The long and winding road / A day in the life / Golden
slumbers / Carry that weight / Got to get you into my
life / Nowhere man / Maxwell's silver hammer / Get back /
Polythene Pam / Oh! Darling / Because / Fixing a hole /
She came in through the bathroom window / Sgt. Peppers
lonely hearts club band / Getting better / With a little
help from my friends / Come together / Being for the
benefit of Mr. Kite / Here comes the sun / Sgt. Peppers
lonely hearts club band / Good morning, good morning / I
want you (she's so heavy) / Mean Mr. Mustard / She's
leaving home / Lucy in the sky with diamonds / Strawberry
fields forever / You never give me your money / When I'm
sixty-four
Grease (RSO)
Tracks:
Grease / Summer nights / Hopelessly devoted to you /
You're the one that I want / Sandy / Beauty school drop-
out / Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee / Greased lightnin' /
It's raining on prom night / Alone at the drive-in movie
/ Blue moon / Rock'n roll is here to stay / Those magic
changes / Hound dog / Born to hand jive / Tears on my
pillow / Mooning / Freddy my love / Rock'n roll party
queen / There are worse things I could do / Look at me
I'm Sandra Dee / We go together / Love is a many
splendored thing / Grease
Rare, precious and beautiful (Club-edition, re-
release) (Forum)
Birth of Brilliance
Contains never released material from the Australia-
period
Singles:
Stayin' alive / Night fever
USA-1/22 UK-5/12 G-3/30
Night fever / Down the road
USA-1/22 UK-1/13 G-2/24
Sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club band
Oh, Darling / She's leaving home
USA-15/?
A day in the life / Nowhere man (Barry)
Sesame Street fever / Trash (Robin, solo-single)
Too much heaven / Rest your love on me
USA-2/? UK-2/? G-25/?
Prizes:
Best filmmusic for "Saturday night fever" from
Italy.
Best original-filmmusic from Hollywood.
Honory citizens of the state Florida.
Golden Lp's for "Emotion" and "Love me" from USA.
Golden Lp twice from USA, Platinum Lp from USA for
"Grease".
Two Golden and two Platinum Lps for "Shadow dancing"
from USA.
Golden Lp for "Best of the Bee Gees vol. 2" from
Canada.
Platinum Lp for "Best of the Bee Gees" from USA.
Golden Lp for "Bee Gees all time greatest hits" from
Holland.
Golden Lp for "Bee Gees greatest hits" from Holland
and "Bee Gees best" from Germany.
USA-tour. George Martin produces a movie "Sgt. Peppers
lonely hearts club band", in which the Brothers attend
with Peter Frampton. World record in "Guiness book of
records" "Best selling album of all times "Saturday Night
Fever"." Saturday Night fever sold 30 million copies and
it's still the best-selling soundtrack album and the
best-selling double-album of all times. Portraits in BBC.
On no. 1 on the American LP-charts 24 weeks in a row with
"Saturday Night Fever". First artists in 8 years with 3
no 1 singles in a row. First artists in 14 years with 5
singles at the same time at the Top 10. Barry writes and
composes the title-song for the movie "Grease". Barry is
also the executive producer on Andy Gibbs "Shadow
dancing". The brothers receives a platinum car from
Robert Stigwood. "Sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club band"
has it's first performance 24th of July.
1979 Album:
Spirits having flown (RSO 2394216)
Tracks:
Tragedy / Too much heaven / Love you inside out /
Reaching out / Spirits (having flown) / Search, find /
Stop (think again) / Living together / I'm satisfied /
Until
Bee Gees greatest (double-album) (RSO)
Tracks:
Jive talkin' / Night fever / Tragedy / You should be
dancing / Stayin' alive / How deep is your love / Love so
right / Too much heaven / (Our love) Don't throw it all
away / Fanny (be tender with my love) / if I can't have
you / You stepped into my life / Love me / More than a
woman / Rest your love on me / Nights on Broadway /
Spirits (having flown) / Love you inside out / Wind of
change / Children of the world
Re-releases on RSO:
Horizontal
Two years on
Trafalgar
Idea
To whom it may concern
Mr. Natural
Cucumber Castle
Robin's reign
20 greatest hits
Odessa
Singles:
Tragedy / Until
A day in the life / Sgt. Peppers hearts club band
Love you inside out / (Various b-sides, I'm
satisfied and Living together)
Living together
A personal message from the Bee Gees (only available
in one of the fanclubs from that time)
9th of January is the UNICEF-gala "Gift of song" in New
York, at the same time the "Music for UNICEF"-action.
1980 Singles:
Spirits (having flown) / Wind of change
Help me! / Help me! (Instr.) (Robin Gibb and Marcey
Levy)
Maurice and Yvonne becomes parents to a lovely daughter,
Samantha, 1st of July. Barry produces Andy Gibbs "After
dark". The Bee Gees goes to case against Robert Stigwood
accusing him of helt back 200 million $. The case ended
up in silence outside the court.
1981 Album:
Living eyes (RSO)
Tracks:
Living eyes / He's a liar / Paradise / Don't fall in love
with me / Soliders / I still love you / Wildflower /
Nothing could be good / Cryin' every day / Be who you are
Singles:
He's a liar / He's a liar (Instr.)
He's a liar / Living eyes
Living eyes / I still love you
Guilty / Lifestory (Barry and B. Streisand)
What kind of fool (Barry and B. Streisand)
Linda and Barry become parents for the third time, a son,
Travis, January 10th. Bee Gees produces Barbara
Streisands "Guilty" on which album Barry sings two duets
with Barbara.
1982 Albums:
The Bee Gees vol. I/II (2 mc-set only, re-release)
(RSO)
Single:
Paradise / Nothing could be good (Holland)
All the love in the world (D. Warwick)
Produces Dionne Warwicks album "Heartbreaker". The title-
song becomes a no. 1 hit.
1983 Albums:
Stayin' alive (soundtrack)
Tracks:
The woman in you / I love you too much / Breakout /
Someone belonging to someone / Life goes on / Stayin'
alive (edited. ver.)
How old are you? (Robins second solo-album)
Tracks:
Juliet / How old are you / In and out of love / kathy's
gone / Don't stop the night / Another lonely night in New
York / Danger / He can't love you / Hearts on fire / I
believe in miracles
Saturday night fever (2cd-set only, re-release)
(RSO)
Bee Gees greatest (2cd-set only, re-release) (RSO)
Living eyes (Cd only, re-release) (RSO)
Bee Gees best 1967 - 1970 (re-release) (Karusell)
The best of Odessa (Club edition/re-release)
(Polydor)
Singles:
The woman in you / stayin' alive
Someone belonging to someone / I love you too much
Juliet / Hearts on fire (Robin)
Another lonely night in new York / I believe in
miracles (Robin)
Produces Kenny Rogers (and Dolly Parton) "Eyes that see
in the dark", which also becomes a no. 1 hit. Robin gets
an enormous hit with Juliet (not in USA). Robin and Molly
are by now divorced and Robin and Dwina Murphy become
parents, a son, Robin John, January 21st. 23rd of
February the Bee Gees is accused of having plagiarized
Ronald Sellers "let it end" ("How deep is your love").
The judgement is appealed and is changed in the Brothers
favor in July.
1984 Albums:
Secret agent (Robins third solo-album)
Tracks:
Boys do fall in love / In your diary / Robot / Rebecca /
Secret agent / Livin' in another world / X-ray eyes /
King of fools / Diamonds
Now voyager (Barrys first released solo-album)
Tracks:
I am your driver / Fine line / Face to face /
Shatterproof / Shine shine / Lesson in love / One night
(for lovers) / Stay alone / Temptation / She says / The
hunter
Life in a tin can (MC only, re-release) (Karusell)
Singles:
Shine shine / She says (Barry)
Face to face (Barry, promo)
Boys do fall in love (Robin)
Secret agent (Robin)
"Boys do fall in love" becomes a hit. Barry also releases
a video called "Now Voyager". Linda gives birth to Barrys
fourth son Michael, December 1st.
1985 Album:
Walls have eyes (Robins fourth solo-album) (Polydor)
Tracks:
You don't say us anymore / Like a fool / Heartbeat in
exile / Remedy / Toys / Someone to believe in / Gone with
the wind / These walls have eyes / Possession / Do you
love her?
Bee Gees first (CD only, re-release) (RSO)
Bee Gees (2 mc-set only, re-release) (Karusell)
Odessa (CD only, re-release) (RSO)
Singles:
Like a fool / Possession (Robin)
Toys / Do you love her (Robin)
The Brothers produces Diana Ross' "Eaten alive". Robin
marries Dwina Murphy, 31st of July. (She's born December
22nd 1952)
1986 Albums:
Die grossen erfolge (MC only, re-release) (Karusell)
Single:
Hold her in your hand (Maurice, filmscore)
We're the Bunburys / The Bunbury story (Barry, David
English, released with a booklet)
The Brothers produces an album for Carola "Runaway", but
it doesn't become a hit because Carola doesn't want to do
any promotion for it. Barry makes an unreleased solo-
album called "Moonlight madness". Maurice makes the music
to a film called "A breed apart".
1987 Album:
E.S.P. (Warner)
Tracks:
E.S.P. / You win again / Live or die (hold me like a
child) / Giving up the ghost / The longest night / This
is your life / Angela / Overnight / Crazy for your love /
Backtafunk / E.S.P. (Vocal reprise)
Bee Gees first (MC only, re-release) (RSO)
One voice (B. Streisand live with Barry) (CBS)
Best of Bee Gees vol. 1 (CD only, re-release) (RSO)
Best of Bee Gees vol. 2 (CD only, re-release) (RSO)
Singles:
E.S.P. / Overnight
You win again / backtafunk
Crazy for your love
Angela
People all over the world gets a shock when "You win
again" gets to no. 1 (not in USA)!
1988 Album:
Hawks (soundtrack, Barry)
Tracks:
System of love / Childhood days / My eternal love /
Moonlight madness / Where tomorrow is / Celebration de la
vie (Theme from Hawks, instr.) / Chain reaction / Cover
you / Not in love at all / Letting go
Main course (CD only, re-release) (RSO)
One moment in time (Olympic-Album) (Arista)
Single:
Childhood days / Moonlight madness (Barry)
Barry makes a filmscore "Hawks" with John Cameron,
starring Timothy Dalton and Anthony Edwards. 10. of March
Andy Gibb dies as a result of an inborn heart-disease and
an overdose of drugs, and the planned tour is cancelled.
Many of the songs on the album Hawks are from Barrys
unreleased album "Moonlight madness". The Brothers
attends with two tracks on the 1988 Summer olympics
album, "Fight no matter how long" as The Bunburys and
"Shape of things to come" as the Bee Gees. In April the
Brothers gets the "Ivor Novello Award for Oustanding
Contribution to British music". They are unable to attend
the ceremony, mourning the death of Andy. In June they
returns to public view with a live apperance at Nelson
Mandelas 70th Birthday "Party".
1989 Album:
One (Warner)
Tracks:
Ordinary lives / One / Bodyguard / it's my neighborhood /
Tears / Tokyo nights / Flesh and blood / Wish you were
here / House of shame / Will you ever let me / The CD has
an extra track: Wing and a prayer (In USA the extra track
is "You win again")
Story
Tracks:
New York mining diseaster 1941 / Holiday / To love
somebody / Massachusetts / I started a joke / World /
I've gotta get a message to you / First of may / Don't
forget to remember / Run to me / Nights on Broadway /
Jive talkin' / More than a woman / You should be dancing
/ How deep is your love / Stayin' alive / Night fever /
Too much heaven / Tragedy / Love you inside out
Stars & slager: The Bee Gees (Mc only, re-release)
(Karusell)
Children of the world (CD only, re-release)
(Polydor)
Spirits having flown (CD only, re-release) (Polydor)
Idea (CD only, re-release) (Polydor)
Cucumber Castle (CD only, re-release) (Polydor)
Singles:
Ordinary lives / Wing and a prayer
One / Flesh and blood
Tokyo nights
Bodyguard
The Brothers are on the charts again! World-tour, "One
for all 1989 tour".
1990 Albums:
Tales of the Brothers Gibb (4-LP/MC/CD box)
Tracks:
New York mining diseaster 1941 / I can't see nobody / To
love somebody / Holiday / Massachusetts / Barker of the
UFO / World / Sir Geoffrey saved the world / And the sun
will shine / Words / Sinking ships / Jumbo / The singer
sang his song / I've gotta get a message to you / I
started a joke / First of may / Melody fair / Tomorrow
tomorrow / Sun in my morning / Saved by the bell / Don't
forget to remember / If I only had my mind on something
else / I.O.I.O. / Railroad / I'll kiss your memory /
Lonely days / Morning of my life / How can you mend a
broken heart / Country woman / Don't wanna live inside
myself / My world / On time / Run to me / Alive / Saw a
new morning / Wouldn't I be someone / Elisa / King and
country / Mr. Natural / It doesn't matter much to me /
Throw a penny / Charade / Jive talkin' / Nights on
Broadway / Fanny (be tender with my love) / You should be
dancing (long version) / Love so right / Boogie child /
Edge of the universe (live version) / How deep is your
love / Stayin' alive / Night fever / More than a woman /
If I can't have you / (Our love) Don't throw it all away
/ Too much heaven / Tragedy / Love you inside out / He's
a liar / Another lonely night in New York / The woman in
you / Someone belonging to someone / Toys / My eternal
love / Where tomorrow is / Letting go / E.S.P. (demo
version) / You win again / Ordinary lives / One / In
concert: Juliet / To love somebody / Medley: New York
mining diseaster 1941 / Holiday / Too much heaven /
Heartbreaker / Islands in the stream / Run to me / World
/ Spicks and specks. The box also contains a booklet with
a comment the Brothers have given to each song.
The very best of the Bee Gees
Tracks:
New York mining diseaster 1941 / To love somebody /
Massachusetts / World / Words / I've gotta get a message
to you / First of may / Don't forget to remember me /
Saved by the bell / Run to me / Jive talkin' / Nights on
Broadway / You should be dancing / How deep is your love
/ More than a woman / Stayin' alive / Night fever / Too
much heaven / Tragedy / You win again / Ordinary lives
Best of Bee Gees vol. 1 (MC only, re-release)
(Polydor)
Horizontal (CD only, re-release) (Polydor)
Two years on (CD only, re-release) (Polydor)
Trafalgar (CD only, re-release) (Polydor)
An album called "Nobodys child" is released and it
contains "How can you mend a broken heart" (live
version), the Romanian Angel Appeal.
1991 Album:
High civilization (Warner)
Tracks:
High civilization / Secret love / When he's gone / Happy
ever after / Party with no name / Ghost train /
Dimensions / The only love / Human sacrifice / True
confessions / Evolution
Singles:
Secret love / True confessions
The only love / You win again (live)
When he's gone / You win again (live)
The Brothers are on tour again. Rumours says that
Barry'll have an operation for his back-problems (see
year 1967 for details) as soon as possible after this
years tour. Linda Gibb is pregnant for the 5th time. And
so far the Bee Gees are the only group to have a hit in
the 60'ies, the 70'ies, the 80'ies and the 90'ies!