Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 15:03:22 -0400
From: "Chris Mathis" <cmathis@brothersgibb.com>
Subject: RE: MeTV - Episodes banned from TV! Lost in Space aliens! 1970s Marvel shows! Bee Gees article in this newsletter.
Thank you Cindy!
Here are the 10 Bee Gee Facts. Did you know about all of them? I did not know about #5 and #6
1
Robin was a pyromaniac as a boy.
In the 1950s the young lads were living in Manchester, where Robin reportedly set pajamas and billboards on fire with matches. His mum dubbed him a "firebug." The local police took notice and planted the suggestion that the boys be moved to Australia. The
2
They released 11 singles in Australia before moving back to the U.K. in 1967.
The precocious threesome got busy in Brisbane, cutting numerous singles in the mid-'60s that shared a striking resemblance to the Beatles. "Wine and Woman" was a minor hit in Australia, but largely the first two Bee Gees albums, The Bee Gees Sing and Play
3
'The Bee Gees' 1st' is not their first album; it's their third.
Back in Great Britain, the Bee Gees started over with this slightly psychedelic album. Spicks and Specks is a fantastic slice of 1960s pop, and hardly deserved to be ignored.
4
Their record label tricked radio stations into thinking they were the Beatles.
When the label sent "New York Mining Disaster 1941" to radio, it did so on a white label record, with no band listed on the sleeve or sticker, knowing people would believe it to be the Beatles. The gimmick worked, and stations played the tune believing it
5
They would pull the trick again to help promote "Jive Talkin'".
By 1975, the group had been plugging away for a decade, having churned out a dozen albums. It was hard to get the industry excited for another single from the sophisticated pop act. But the Bee Gees' fresh stuff sounded much different and ready for the da
6
At 19 years old, Robin wanted to make a movie about a man with an underwear bomb called 'Family Tree.'
The angelic-voiced teen struck out on his own with great ambition. In the summer of 1969, in an interview with Fabulous, he proclaimed, "I'm making my own film called Family Tree. It involves a man, John Family, whose grandfather is caught trying to blow
7
The elaborate packaging of their album 'Odessa' caused allergic reactions at the record plant.
The lush opus Odessa, the band's sixth album released in 1969, came wrapped in red, flocked felt and stamped with gold lettering. Because of the production costs, as well as allergic reactions among workers during assembly, this design was discontinued, a
8
They released eight songs in 1978 that reached number one.
Only the Beatles can claim success on this level. The Bee Gees dropped four smashes in 1978 — "How Deep Is Your Love," "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever" and "Too Much Heaven." Oh, and little brother Andy Gibb topped the charts with "(Love Is) Thicker Than
9
In 1978, they accounted for 2% of the entire record industry.
Bob Stanley's wonderful book Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music delivers this stunning stat. One out of every fifty dollars in the record industry went to Bee Gees products in '78. Considering the size of the business, that is bonkers.
Image: The Everett Collection
10
Aerosmith plays the villain in their movie.
Ah, with every rise comes a fall. By the end of the 1970s, critics and rockers had painted the band as villains. Part of the decline was due to the band's misguided movie adaptation of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, starring the Bee Gees themselve
11
Doris Day, Rock Hudson and Bob Hope turned down roles in 'Sgt. Pepper's.'
Ah, what might have been with Sgt. Pepper's! The potential cast could have included Olivia Newton-John (Strawberry Fields), Donna Summer (Lucy), Elton John, Barry Manilow, Bob Hope (Mr. Kite), Doris Day (Mrs. Fields) and Rock Hudson (Mr. Fields). Alas, th
12
After the public lost interest in the Bee Gees, the Gibbs quietly wrote and produced massive hits for other artists.
By the early 1980s, disco had become a dirty word, and the public was losing interest in the Bee Gees — or so they believed. Actually, the band went behind the scenes, writing and producing songs for other singers. They were the maestros behind hits lik
From: Words@brothersgibb.com [mailto:Words@brothersgibb.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 12:44 PM
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Subject: [Words] MeTV - Episodes banned from TV! Lost in Space aliens! 1970s Marvel shows! Bee Gees article in this newsletter.
Hello--
Once again Me TV has an article in their newsletter featuring the Brothers. I would say
somebody at the network likes the Gibbs.
Cindy
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