Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven

From Wikipedia; The Bee Gees were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. The trio enjoyed particular success in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent artists in the disco era of the mid-to-late 1970s. The group played recognisable tight three-part harmonies: Robin's lead vocals, with their clear vibrato, were a feature of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound in the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The group wrote their own original material, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists, and are considered one of the most important and influential bands in the history of pop music. They have been called in the media The Kings of Disco, Britain's First Family of Harmony, and The Kings of Dance Music. Born on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England, until the late 1950s. There, in 1955, they formed the skiffle/rock and roll group Rattlesnakes. The family then moved to Redcliffe, in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, and later to Cribb Island. After achieving their first chart success in Australia as the Bee Gees, they returned to the UK in January 1967, when producer Robert Stigwood began promoting them to a worldwide audience. The Bee Gees' soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever (1977) was a turning point in their career, with both the film and the soundtrack having a worldwide cultural impact, furthering the appeal of the disco scene to the mainstream. They won five Grammy Awards for Saturday Night Fever, including Album of the Year. The Bee Gees have sold an estimated 120–250 million records worldwide, making them among the best-selling music artists of all time, as well as the most successful trio in the history of contemporary music. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame citation at the time stated: "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have surpassed the Bee Gees in sales." With nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100, the Bee Gees are the third-most successful band in Billboard chart history, behind the Beatles and the Supremes. Following Maurice's sudden death in 2003 at the age of 53, Barry and Robin retired from the group after 45 years of activity. However, in 2009, Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed to reform the Bee Gees and perform again. Robin died in 2012, aged 62, and Colin Petersen died in 2024, aged 78, leaving Barry, Vince Melouney and Geoff Bridgford as the surviving members of the group. Born on the Isle of Man in the late 1940s, the Gibb brothers moved to their father Hugh Gibb's hometown of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, in 1955. They formed a skiffle/rock-and-roll band, the Rattlesnakes, consisting of Barry on guitar and vocals, Robin and Maurice on vocals, and friends Paul Frost on drums and Kenny Horrocks on bass. In December 1957, the boys began playing harmony. It is said that they were going to play a record at the local Gaumont cinema (as other children had done in the previous weeks), but as they were running to the theatre, the fragile 78rpm shellac record broke. The brothers had to perform live, but received such a positive response from the audience that they decided to pursue a singing career. In May 1958, the Rattlesnakes broke up after Frost and Horrocks left, and the Gibb brothers then formed Wee Johnny Hayes and the Blue Cats, with Barry playing the role of "Johnny Hayes". In August 1958, the Gibb family, including older sister Lesley and younger brother Andy (born March 1958), emigrated to Australia and settled in Redcliffe, Queensland, north-east of Brisbane. The young brothers began singing to earn pocket money. Promoter and racing driver Bill Goode, who had hired the brothers to entertain the Redcliffe Speedway crowd in 1960, introduced them to jockey and Brisbane radio presenter Bill Gates. The racing public would throw money onto the track for the boys, who would generally sing during the intermissions (usually on the back of a truck driving around the track), and under a deal with Goode, any money they collected from the crowd was left to them to keep. Gates named the group "BGs" (later changed to "Bee Gees") after his initials, Goode's and Barry Gibb's. The name was not a specific reference to "The Gibb Brothers", despite popular belief. Over the next few years, they began to work regularly at resorts on the Queensland coast. Barry's compositions attracted the interest of Australian star Col Joye.