Showing posts with label The Bee Gees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Bee Gees. Show all posts

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Bee Gees "Still Waters (Run Deep)"

The last time The Bee Gees turned up on the Hot 100 Chart happened in 1997. Their single "Still Waters (Run Deep)" peaked at #57 that fall. Take a listen. By today's standards, the song sounds pretty good!

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

The Bee Gees "One"

For a group that tore up the charts in the '70s, the 1980s weren't as kind to The Bee Gees. Their one bright spot happened in 1989 when "One" returned the brothers to the Top 40. "One" peaked at #7 on the Hot 100 and even spent two weeks atop the Adult Contemporary Chart.

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton "Islands in the Stream"

The Bee Gees wrote "Islands in the Stream" with Marvin Gaye in mind, but they took a left turn and turned it into one of the most successful country ballads of all time thanks to Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. The duet "Islands in the Stream" topped the Country, Adult Contemporary, and Hot 100 in 1983.

Saturday, May 20, 2017

The Bee Gee's - "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?"

A song that failed to chart in the UK for The Bee Gees proved to be their first #1 song in the United States.  The somber "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" topped the Hot 100 in 1971 (peaking at #4 on the Adult Contemporary Chart).  A handful of years later, Florence Henderson covered the song during an episode of The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Michael Bolton - "To Love Somebody"

Not only did Michael Bublé remake this classic Bee Gee's ballad, but Michael Bolton also covered the song and took it to #1 in late-1992.  As part of Timeless: The Classics, Bolton covered several songs including "Yesterday", "White Christmas", and "Reach Out, I'll Be There".

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The Bee Gee's - "Love So Right"

"Love So Right" climbed up to #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1976 just before The Bee Gee's popularity was on the verge of exploding.  Saturday Night Fever propelled the band to worldwide stardom the following year.

Monday, August 17, 2015

The Bee Gee's - "Alone"

Things you didn't expect to hear in 1997:

"Here's the new one from The Bee Gee's called 'Alone' on Z-107."

Indeed, "Alone" was the last US hit for The Bee Gee's which gave them their third consecutive decade with a Top 40 hit.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

The Bee Gee's - "Paying The Price of Love"

The Bee Gee's were a little ahead of the times when they released "Paying the Price of Love" in 1993 (that's right, re-read that sentence again).  With a drum beat much like Elton John's "The Simple Life" and a synthesizer sound that Britney Spears would later use "...Baby One More Time", the song plugged along.  Internationally, "Paying The Price of Love" was a hit, but domestically the only stations to touch The Bee Gee's were Adult Contemporary radio stations.  Unfortunately, the result was a song that never broke through--charting only as high as #74 on the Hot 100.