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The brothers wrote the songs 'virtually in a single weekend' at ChГўteau d'HГ©rouville studio in France.

Would you have any songs on hand?', and we said, 'Look, we can't, we haven't any time to sit down and write for a film'.

And we'd written about and recorded about four or five songs for the new album when Stigwood rang from LA and said, 'We're putting together this little film, low budget, called Tribal Rites of a Saturday Night. We were recording our new album in the north of France. Producer Robert Stigwood commissioned the Bee Gees to create the songs for the film. I was dancing to Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs.'

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As John Travolta asserted, 'The Bee Gees weren't even involved in the movie in the beginningВ . The Bee Gees's involvement in the film did not begin until post-production. However, this track does not appear on the movie's soundtrack. Composer David Shire, who scored the film, had to, in turn, write a song to match the dance steps demonstrated in the scene and eliminate the need for future legal hassles. However, representatives for Scaggs's label, Columbia Records, refused to grant legal clearance for it, as they wanted to pursue another disco movie project, which never materialized.

4.1 Additional songs recorded for the film but not usedДЄccording to the DVD commentary for Saturday Night Fever, the producers intended to use the song ' Lowdown' by Boz Scaggs in the rehearsal scene between Tony and Stephanie in the dance studio, and choreographed their dance moves to the song.

The album has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for being culturally significant. The album epitomized the disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic and was an international sensation. In the UK, the album spent 18 consecutive weeks at No. The album stayed atop the charts for 24 straight weeks from January to July 1978 and stayed on Billboard 's album charts for 120 weeks until March 1980. In the United States, the album was certified 16Г— Platinum for shipments of at least 16 million units. It is one of the best-selling albums in history, and remains the second-biggest-selling soundtrack of all time, after The Bodyguard, selling over 40 million copies worldwide (with estimates as high as over 50 million) (double-disc album). The soundtrack was released on November 15, 1977. On 7 September 2009, however, Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed that the Bee Gees would reform and perform again.Saturday Night Fever is the soundtrack album from the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. The Bee Gees Hall of Fame citation says 'Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees'.ДЇollowing Maurice's sudden death on 12 January 2003, Barry and Robin Gibb ended the group after forty-five years of activity. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 the presenter of the award to 'Britain's first family of harmony' was Brian Wilson, historical leader of the Beach Boys, a prominent American rock group, also a 'family act' featuring three brothers whose 'vocal harmonies are among the most unmistakable and enduring of the rock and roll era'. It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' record sales total more than 200 million, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. After achieving their first chart success in Australia with 'Spicks and Specks' (their 12th single), they returned to the United Kingdom in January 1967 where producer Robert Stigwood promoted them to a worldwide audience. hit in each of five decades: 'I've Gotta Get a Message to You', 'I Started a Joke' (1960s) 'Nights on Broadway', 'How Deep Is Your Love', 'Stayin' Alive' (1970s) 'One' (1980s) 'Alone' (1990s) and 'This Is Where I Came In' (2000s).Д«orn in the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived their first few years in Chorlton, Manchester, England, then moved in the late 1950s to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, where they eventually began their musical careers. The brothers co-wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists. The group sang three-part tight harmonies that were instantly recognisable Robin's clear vibrato lead was a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the late 1970s and 1980s.

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The trio were successful for most of their forty plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic 'soft rock' act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a foremost act of the disco music era in the late 1970s. Bee Gees are a musical group that was originally made up of three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.

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