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Stevie Wonder, Andra Day, Demi Lovato, Barry Gibb perform on "Stayin' Alive: A GRAMMY Salute To The Music Of The Bee Gees"

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GRAMMY salute to the Bee Gees tops Sunday ratings

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May 15, 2017 - 2:36 am

Continuing a trend of presenting must-see tribute specials honoring music greats, The Recording Academy and CBS celebrated the songbook of the Gibb brothers with "Stayin' Alive: A GRAMMY Salute To The Music Of The Bee Gees" on Easter Sunday.

Did you miss the Bee Gees GRAMMY special? Watch it online at CBS.com

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Bee Gees GRAMMY special was the top ratings draw on Sunday evening, averaging 10.3 million viewers and a 1.2 rating among adults 18–49.

Who was the big draw? In addition to performances by Celine Dion, DNCE, Demi Lovato, Keith Urban, John Legend with Stevie Wonder and many more, the two-hour celebration culminated with a performance by the lone surviving Bee Gee, Barry Gibb, during a dazzling finale that included the group's iconic Saturday Night Fever hit "Stayin' Alive."

This ratings success builds on the momentum of previous GRAMMY specials, including "Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life —An All-Star GRAMMY Salute" and "The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles," both of which earned Emmys.

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Recording Academy TV special "Stayin' Alive: A GRAMMY Salute To The Music Of The Bee Gees" will air on CBS on April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT; lineup also features Demi Lovato, Pentatonix and Stevie Wonder
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May 15, 2017 - 2:36 am

The Recording Academy's 40th-anniversary celebration of the landmark Saturday Night Fever film soundtrack — "Stayin' Alive: A GRAMMY Salute To The Music Of The Bee Gees" — will air on Sunday, April 16 at 8–10 p.m. ET/ PT on CBS.

From "Stayin' Alive" to "How Deep Is Your Love," GRAMMY winners, nominees and star performers will take the stage to reinterpret classics from the groundbreaking soundtrack. The all-star lineup features GRAMMY winners Celine Dion, John Legend, Little Big Town, Pentatonix, Ed Sheeran, Tavares, Keith Urban, and Stevie Wonder; GRAMMY nominees Kelsea Ballerini, Andra Day, Nick Jonas, Tori Kelly, Demi Lovato, Panic! At The Disco, and Thomas Rhett; and Jason Derulo, DNCE and Katharine McPhee.

Do you know these 10 facts about the Bee Gees and Saturday Night Fever?

To cap the night, Bee Gees co-founder and seven-time GRAMMY winner Barry Gibb will perform a selection of hits from Saturday Night Fever — Soundtrack, which won Album Of The Year for 1978 at the 21st Annual GRAMMY Awards and was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2004. The memorable tribute special will also feature appearances by Cynthia Erivo, John Travolta and Wilmer Valderrama.

 

Celebrate the Bee Gees' legacy on April 16

"Stayin' Alive: A GRAMMY Salute To The Music Of The Bee Gees" is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures LLC. Ken Ehrlich and Rac Clark are the executive producers, Ron Basile is the show producer, and David Wild is the writer.

 

 

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Bee Gees, 'Saturday Night Fever': For The Record

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Hustle on over and relive the disco fever sparked by this classic GRAMMY-winning soundtrack
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Nov 16, 2017 - 9:26 am

In 1977 Saturday Night Fever sparked an epidemic that spread like wildfire. Not only was the film, starring John Travolta, an instant cultural phenomenon, but the soundtrack dominated the top spot on the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks.

For The Record: Bee Gees' 'Saturday Night Fever'

For this unforgettable disco classic, we have primarily the Bee Gees (brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb) to thank. They performed six of the soundtrack's tracks and wrote seven, including "If I Can't Have You," which was covered by singer Yvonne Elliman.

Saturday Night Fever hit it big at the GRAMMY Awards. The indelible hit "How Deep Is Your Love" was released as a single in 1977 prior to finding its way onto the soundtrack, and it earned the trio of brothers Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Group at the 20th GRAMMY Awards.

The following year, at the 21st GRAMMY Awards, the soundtrack itself netted the Bee Gees an additional four GRAMMYs, including Album Of The Year, Producer Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus for "Saturday Night Fever."

Saturday Night Fever remains the only disco album in GRAMMY history to take home the GRAMMY for Album Of The Year. It's also one of only three soundtracks to ever earn the same distinction alongside Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard — Original Soundtrack Album (1993) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Soundtrack (2001).

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The Bee Gees were recognized in 2015 with the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack was also inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2004.

Additionally, to celebrate the impact of Saturday Night Fever and the Bee Gees' timeless catalog, the Recording Academy hosted the CBS TV special "Stayin' Alive: A GRAMMY Salute To The Music Of The Bee Gees" on April 16, 2017, with artists such as Demi Lovato, Celine Dion, Keith Urban, Stevie Wonder, and John Legend covering hits from the album.

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Nov 9, 2017 - 9:20 am

How deep is the Bee Gees' catalog? More than deep enough for a Broadway musical, for certain.

According to Playbill, Barry Gibb will executive produce a new biographical musical spanning the career and catalog of the legendary GRAMMY-winning brotherly trio. Universal Theatre Group, the live theater division for Universal Music Group, has acquired the rights to produce the as-yet-untitled project.

"I'm personally very excited to be a part of the creative process along with Yvonne [Gibb, widow of the late Maurice Gibb] and Dwina [who was married to the late Robin Gibb]," said Barry Gibb via statement. "It's another adventure for us and a chance to throw the spotlight on all my brothers and finally the real story of us will be told. It's an honor to be working alongside the people I most respect. I can't wait to get started!"

The musical's full creative team, production timeline and performance location have yet to be announced.

Formed in 1958, the Bee Gees recorded 30 Top 40 hits, including nine No. 1 hits from 1971's "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" to 1979's "Love You Inside Out." The only other groups in history to score more No. 1 hits than the Bee Gees are the Beatles (20) and the Supremes (12).

The iconic soundtrack to 1977's Saturday Night Fever (GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, 2004), which featured Bee Gees smashes such as "Night Fever," "Stayin' Alive" and "How Deep Is Your Love," hit No. 1.

The Bee Gees won five GRAMMY Awards during their career, in addition to being honored with the GRAMMY Legend Award in 2003 and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.

Earlier this year, The Recording Academy paid tribute to the five-time GRAMMY-winning trio with the CBS TV special "Stayin' Alive: A GRAMMY Salute To The Music Of The Bee Gees," which featured performances by Keith Urban, Demi Lovato, DNCE, Ed Sheeran, and Tori Kelly, among others.

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Chuck Crisafulli
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May 15, 2017 - 2:36 am

The fever hit hard. Toward the end of 1977 and through the following year, a single album inspired millions of listeners to put on formfitting polyester and hustle their way to the nearest dance floor. This of course was the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever — a box-office smash that made John Travolta a movie star and effectively mainstreamed the sounds of disco. The film was a hit, but the soundtrack became a true pop culture phenomenon, dominating the Billboard 200 for 24 weeks, spawning four No. 1 singles and five GRAMMYs, including Album Of The Year for 1978.

The album's fever-inducing funkiness was largely the work of 2015 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients the Bee Gees (brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb), who performed six of the soundtrack's tunes and wrote seven, including "If I Can't Have You" for singer Yvonne Elliman. They would take home Producer Of The Year (with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson) for their work on the project.

The disco era is long gone, and the polyester's been consigned to the closet (or the recycling bin), but this album remains a powerful collection. Following are 10 lesser-known facts about the soundtrack that produced the heat behind Saturday Night Fever.

1. The Bee Gees did not become involved with the film until post-production.

Robert Stigwood, film producer and head of the Bee Gees' label RSO Records, commissioned the group to write five songs, including "Stayin' Alive," "If I Can't Have You" and "How Deep Is Your Love." Before the brothers signed on, Travolta boogied on set to songs by artists such as Stevie Wonder and Boz Scaggs. 

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2. The Bee Gees didn't start out as disco kings
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In the '60s and early '70s the trio had a string of Beatlesque pop hits such as "Holiday," "I Started A Joke" and "Lonely Days." The Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is often credited with reviving their career, but their falsetto-driven disco sound was first showcased two years before the film was released on the 1975 chart-topper "Jive Talkin'," which was used in one of the film's deleted scenes, but ultimately remained on the soundtrack album. Their 1976 No. 1 hit "You Should Be Dancing" is also on the album.

3. Saturday Night Fever was based on a 1976 New York magazine article.

"Tribal Rites Of The New Saturday Night" examined the real-life disco subculture in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was the original working title of the film. When it was shortened to "Saturday Night," the Bee Gees suggested it would be catchier if it was extended by one word to include the title of their new song "Night Fever," which appears in the film during a well-choreographed line dance performed by Tony Manero (Travolta), and others. 

4. "More Than A Woman" appears twice in the film and on the soundtrack, performed by groups of brothers.

In addition to the Bee Gees' version (written by the trio), a cover by R&B group Tavares is featured. Brothers Ralph, Pooch, Chubby, Butch, and Tiny Tavares' version cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

5. "A Fifth Of Beethoven" ushered in the odd, short-lived trend of setting symphonic works to disco beats.

The No. 1 song was credited to Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band, though Murphy himself was "the band" for all intents and purposes, playing almost every note of the recording. His label tacked on "& The Big Apple Band," believing the song would be better received if credited to a group. 

6. Non-Bee Gee brother Andy Gibb pushed "Stayin' Alive" from No. 1 with "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water."

"Stayin' Alive" held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout February 1978 until it was nudged by none other than Andy Gibb's mid-tempo hit. Andy's older brothers weren't out of the top spot for long. Two weeks later, the Bee Gees bumped him from No. 1 with "Night Fever."

Bee Gees - Night Fever (1977)


7. The Trammps' "Disco Inferno" was inspired by another film, The Towering Inferno. 
 

First released in 1976, songwriters Ron Kersey and Leroy Green said the lyrics for "Disco Inferno" were inspired by the classic 1974 disaster flick, which included scenes of a high-rise disco literally burning down. Philadelphia band the Trammps scored their biggest hit with the song, which is one of the more energetic on the soundtrack, and backs some of the hottest dancing in the film.

8. The soundtrack features Walter Murphy and Yvonne Elliman's only No. 1 hits.

Murphy scored with "A Fifth Of Beethoven" and survived the disco years to become an esteemed film and television composer whose credits include "Family Guy" and Ted. Elliman, who delivered "If I Can't Have You," took a hiatus from releasing music after 1979's Yvonne, but resurfaced in 2004 with a five-track EP, Simple Needs.

9. "Disco Duck" didn't make the album cut.

A scene in the film shows a dance instructor teaching a class of senior citizens how to get their disco groove on. The song they awkwardly hustle to is the 1976 Rick Dees' novelty "Disco Duck." According to Dees, his agent at the time refused to license the song for the soundtrack, which went on to become the second biggest-selling soundtrack album of all time. "He told them it would compete with sales of my own album," Dees regretfully told the Los Angeles Times.

10. Saturday Night Fever is the only disco album to win a GRAMMY for Album Of The Year.

The album is also one of three film soundtracks to win the prestigious honor, preceding Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard — Original Soundtrack Album (1993) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Soundtrack (2001).

(Chuck Crisafulli is an L.A.-based journalist and author whose most recent works include Go To Hell: A Heated History Of The Underworld, Me And A Guy Named Elvis, Elvis: My Best Man, and Running With The Champ: My Forty-Year Friendship With Muhammad Ali.)

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