After scoring a string of hits in their native England (where they were born), Australia (where they moved), and the United States (where they really wanted to go) in the ‘60s, the barely-adult aged ...
“Stayin’ Alive” is the Bee Gees’ most recognizable song, and arguably one of the most well-known dance tracks ever created. The song was the first track off the hugely successful soundtrack to ...
The 1970s were a time for polyester suits, platform shoes, giant gold chain necklaces and heading out on the dance floor to “shake your groove thing” to one of the many disco songs that seemed to form ...
Robert Stigwood, who died this week at 81, was the forgotten impresario. Like Howard Hughes, he blazed through the entertainment world and then . . . vanished. Old friends whose careers he steered — ...
Firstly, some background. Listen to the Bee Gees’ early catalog, you’ll hear soft rock (“How Do You Mend a Broken Heart”) and Beatlesque baroque pop (“Lonely Days”) but not disco. According to The ...
Any retelling of the 1970s disco boom has to reckon with Disco Demolition Night, a shameful promotional event staged by Chicago shock-jock DJ Steve Dahl between games of a White Sox doubleheader on ...
They were one of the biggest acts in the world, but the Gibb brothers and their prolific songwriting would soon face a virtual radio ban. They went from chart-topping stars to mocked pariahs as ...
Philadelphia legends The Trammps are hot again, thanks to a certain presidential hopeful using one of their biggest songs. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has been heating up the campaign trail using the ...