From: Bjoern Tore Nyland <bnyland@solan.unit.no>
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- The story of the Bee Gees -
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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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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!