Barry Philips Discos

Published by Barry Philips · February 19 at 1:00 PM · 

THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
35-Bee Gees-Night Fever.
1978-Number 1 single.
Best Bit-At 0.02.’Oh No!.’ The man in a white coat is coming to take me away. No, wait a minute, my mistake, it’s ok, he’s only taking me to the dance floor.
The film ‘Saturday Night Fever’ was the brainchild of the Bee Gees manager Robert Stigwood(1934-2016,) he had read an article in ‘New York Magazine’ entitled ‘Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night,’ written by journalist Nik Cohn, talking about teenagers going to dancing competitions. Stigwood approached the Bee Gees to ask if they had any appropriate songs that would fit the film, they had just finished recording ‘Night Fever.’ In fact all eight of the Bee Gees songs that appear on the films soundtrack had been written before the film was commissioned.
Until the film came out the Bee Gees(see also best songs 459 and 211) were not considered a ‘Disco’ group, they saw themselves as ‘Blue Eyed Soul’.They had already had a very successful career in the 1960’s with a mix of Pop and Rock and the hits were still coming in the 70’s. The success of the ‘Saturday Night Fever’ film led to a new level in the interest in the Bee Gees music, during the year of 1978 they wrote or performed on six consecutive Billboard Number 1 songs, a record only equalled by the Beatles a decade earlier, in fact five of the top ten selling singles in 1978 on Billboard were written by Barry,Robin and Maurice.
‘Here I am, prayin’ for this moment to last, livin’ on the music so fine, born on the wind, makin’ it mine.’
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This is the highest placed Bee Gees song on this countdown.YOUTUBE.COMSaturday Night Fever • Night Fever • Bee GeesFrom the 1977 John Badham film “Saturday Night Fever” with John Travolta & Karen Lynn Gorney. I am not making any money off of this channel and…