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BEE GEES How Deep Is Your Love 40th ANNIVERSARY

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Channel: daveinprogress3 · 2017 · Howto & Style

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Hard to believe but it has been 40 years since the Brothers Gibb released what would be the first of six consecutive number 1 hits in a 2 year period and re-energise their career. Again. After bouncing back in the mid 70''s with 'Jive Talkin' and 'You should be dancing', a couple of soft pop recordings followed with only minor success, but it was the Saturday Night Fever 'Fever' that would usher in an incredible era for Barry, Robin and Maurice and propel The Bee Gees into superstar status. Ironically the song that would bring them back to the top of the charts in America was not a disco hit per se, but this mid tempo ballad 'How deep is your love'. It was a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic and here in Australia where the brothers had their upbringing. The song would knock Debby Boone's 'You light up my life' from its 10 week stay at #1 and still spend a whopping 17 weeks in the Top 10. Released in September of 1977, the song would reach its peak in early 1978 and also spearhead what would be a cavalcade of hits from the same record company - thanks to other releases from the movie soundtrack to 'Saturday Night Fever' as well as label; mates on RSO - Robert Stigwood Organisation. Artists such as Frankie Valli, ('Grease' ), Player ('Baby Come Back') and Andy Gibb 'Shadow Dancing' all reaching #1 in America that year. 

The impact that the music of the Bee Gees has had is immeasurable and although disco had largely burnt out by 1980, there is no denying the juggernaut that the 1977-79 recordings by artists such as the Gibb brothers brought to the culture. Songs that stand up so well 40 years later!

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