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Ironically, because the Bee Gees were too busy to actually write songs for a movie whose script they never even saw, they simply let their manager (who was also the film's producer) have a few songs already recorded for their upcoming album. Maurice Gibb insists they were innocent of conspiring to make the mindless dance-floor aesthetic of disco rule the world. This may seem an odd sentiment from a group that's sold 100 million records, including 30 million copies of "Saturday Night Fever." Yet the Bee Gees, who will perform tonight at the Merriweather Post Pavilion, were blamed for starting a joke that started the whole world laughing - disco. "Anybody who's had a successful project shouldn't have to endure what we've had to endure because of it," says Barry Gibb soberly. In fact, until Michael Jackson's "Thriller" came along, they had the biggest-selling album of all time, the soundtrack to an innocuous little film called "Saturday Night Fever." For most folks, this would be good news, but that's when the Bee Gees' problems began. Lion-maned brother Barry is 42, and during the '70s they smashed a few more records along the way. "Robin and I had just turned 7." Robin and Maurice Gibb, the world's least identical twins, are now 39. They applauded and the manager said, 'You've got to come back next week,' and he gave us half a crown each. So we sang 'I Love You Baby,' 'Lollipop' and 'Book of Love' and the kids went crazy. The theater manager said, 'Well, boys, you'll have to sing,' and he put the microphone in front of us. We were using an Everly Brothers record, and as I crossed the street I dropped it and it smashed. "We used to mime to records after the main feature. Gimme just enough to take us to the mornin.NEW YORK - Maurice Gibb is remembering the Bee Gees' first major concert at the Gaumont Theatre in Manchester, England.
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." 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, another "family act" featuring three harmonising brothers. The Bee Gees have sold more than 220 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. The Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists. The group sang recognisable three-part tight harmonies Robin's clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid-to-late 1970s. Their lineup consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The Bee Gees were a pop music group formed in 1958.