British-Australian pop group formed by brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, known for tight vocal harmonies and Barry Gibb's falsetto; major commercial and cultural success in the 1960s and again in the mid-to-late 1970s during the disco era.

Collaborated with producer Arif Mardin on the mid-1970s stylistic shift; key albums include Main Course and the disco-era works that produced global hits.

DeBaser reviews celebrate the Bee Gees' melodic craft, vocal harmonies and their disco-era reinvention. Reviewers highlight key albums from the 1960s baroque pop phase to the 1970s disco peak. Overall the coverage is appreciative with occasional critical notes.

For:Listeners interested in 1960s-1970s pop and disco, fans of vocal harmonies and melodic songwriting.

 "Sic transit gloria mundi": this Latin maxim, very much in vogue today, perfectly describes the period the Gibb brothers went through after the great boom of "Night Fever," "Stayin' Alive," and the like: in those three/four years, from 1976 to 1979, the Bee Gees experienced an astounding success beyond all expectations, a success that boomeranged against them like a cynical jest.

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 it is simply one of the most important and influential albums in pop history: incontrovertible, impossible to deny.

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 And so I believe that Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees, my favorite band, is an atomic piece, worthy of becoming a cult of world music.

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 My first memories, instead, are of that open hi-hat on the upbeat, and the guitar riff of Stayin' Alive.

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