The Bee Gees Member Robin Gibb

The Bee Gees

Who are they? I’d heard more of their music than as a group, so I figured I find out a little more. First off, if you’ve seen the classic movie “Saturday Night Fever”, you’ve heard the music; you’ve heard the song, “Staying Alive”. This movie was made popular in the late 70s and its then young star, John Travolta plays a young single guy who frequents the discotheque’ on the weekends. Even though I was only 4 years old, I’ve watched and enjoyed this movie several times and as I write this blog am listening and grooving to the movie’s hit song.

Sadly, one of the Bee Gee’s members Robin Gibb died at the young age of 62.  His life is definitely celebrated as he is quoted saying, “an artist is an artist because he is not happy with the world”.  Wow! What a quote! I believe he did just that in his unique way.  Consequently, though fans mourned his death, they also paid homage to he and the Bee Gee’s by causing their record sales to soar.  Article from Billboard says that the Bee Gee’s album sales soared to 319%.   Their two biggest songs were “Staying Alive” and “How Deep is Your Love”.  Greatfully, his estate will receive these residuals.

Works Cited

Caulfield, K. (2012, May 30). BEE Gees' Album Sales Jump 319% After Robin Gibb's Death [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/bee-gees-album-sales-jump-339-after-robin-1007188762.story

Graff, G. (2012, May 20). Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dead at 62 [Web log message]. Retrieved from http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/robin-gibb-of-the-bee-gees-dead-at-62-1007106952.story

YouTube (2009, December 11). Saturday Night Fever (1977) Trailer [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq4ZMKqWk80