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by David N. Meyer


  Sanctuary (Church), Hell’s Kitchen, 141

  Sand, George, 148

  “Saturday Night,” 156–157

  Saturday Night Fever (Bee Gees music)

  as collaborative work, 150–164

  See also specific individuals; specific music

  Saturday Night Fever (film)

  reception, 137, 202–203

  “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night” (article by

  Nik Cohn), 144–147

  See also specific individuals

  Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack), 136, 137, 138, 168–175, 176, 195–196, 201, 215–216

  Saturday Night Fever (stage production), 287–288,

  289–290

  “Saved by the Bell,” 94–96, 106,

  287

  Saville Theatre, London, 39, 53, 66

  Schrager, Ian, 142–143

  Schultz, Michael, 183, 188, 192

  Sedaka, Neil, 236, 245

  Seeger, Bob, 130, 131

  Seekers/New Seekers, 30, 34, 84

  Sellers, Peter, 294

  Serpico (film), 146

  “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” 192–194

  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles album), 182,

  193

  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)

  costs, 191

  description/making, 185–186, 188–194, 195–196

  final scene participants, 191–194

  pre-production, 181–185

  reception/reviews, 198–200, 201, 216

  soundtrack/album, 186–188, 194–195, 197–200

  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (musical), 180–181

  “Shadow Dancing,” 177, 250, 251, 253

  Shadow Dancing (Andy Gibb), 249–250, 252

  Shepherd, Bill, 23–24, 38, 71

  Shire, David, 137, 169

  Simon, Carly, 120, 131

  Simon, Paul, 35

  Sing Slowly Sisters (Robin Gibb), 107–108

  Skaggs, Ricky, 317

  Skinheads, 233

  Sledge, Percy, 69

  Sly Stone, 129, 142

  Smile (Beach Boys), 88

  Smith, Rex, 260

  Smothers Brothers Show, The (TV show), 61

  Soho, 142

  Solid Gold (TV show), 227–228, 258, 262, 264

  “Songbird,” 131

  Soocher, Stan, 216, 251

  “Soul Makosa,” 142, 171

  Soul Train (TV show), 170

  “South Dakota Morning,” 119

  South, Joe, 93

  Spector, Phil, 121

  Speight, Johnny, 66

  Spencely, Yvonne/Maurice

  children (Adam/Samantha), 123, 315

  Maurice pulling gun on family, 295

  meeting/marriage, 122, 123, 218, 295, 296, 300

  “Spicks and Specks,” 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 179

  Spin label, 24, 29, 31

  “Spirits (Having Flown),” 37, 204

  Spirits Having Flown (Bee Gees), 204–205, 211, 212, 213–214, 217, 257

  Spirits tour (1979), 217–223, 275

  Springfield, Dusty, 42, 120

  Springsteen, Bruce, 256

  Spy Who Loved Me, The (film), 203

  SS Fairsky, 28, 31

  Star Wars music, 203

  Stardust: The David Bowie Story (Edwards), 180

  “Starlight of Love,” 18

  Starr, Ringo, 6, 11, 120, 184, 294

  “Stayin’ Alive,” 2, 135, 136, 149, 151, 152–154, 156–157, 158, 160–162, 163, 164–165, 166, 168, 173–174, 251, 316

  Stern, Howard/radio show, 306

  Steve and the Board, 31

  Stevens, Cat, 105, 148

  Stevens, Ray, 238

  Stewart, Rod, 132, 212, 294

  Stigwood, Robert

  Andy Gibb and, 239, 240, 247, 250–251, 252, 264

  background/other work, 25, 26, 27, 65, 66, 110, 120, 205, 206

  Beatles and, 28, 178, 180, 181–182

  Stigwood, Robert (continued)

  Bee Gees and, 5, 7, 21, 33, 34, 36–38, 39, 40–41, 45, 53, 56, 60, 64, 66–68, 70, 71, 73, 75, 78–79, 111, 114, 118, 124, 127, 179, 210, 216–217, 264, 279

  Bee Gees lawsuit against, 35, 275–279

  description, 5, 27, 35, 64, 75, 118, 277

  leaving music business, 268, 279

  NEMS and, 27, 28, 33

  Robin and, 77, 78–79, 85, 86, 89, 90, 91–92, 100

  Saturday Night Fever (music/

  film), 144–145, 146–147, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 165, 166, 167, 169, 174, 175

  Sgt. Pepper’s movie/soundtrack, 180–184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191–192, 198–200, 201

  Sgt. Pepper’s musical, 180, 181

  Shaw and, 27, 40, 46, 47

  See also RSO

  Still Waters (Bee Gees), 285–286

  “Still Waters (Run Deep),” 285

  “Stop (Think Again),” 205

  Stosic, Sara, 142–143

  Strawberry Studios, 148

  Streisand, Barbra, 120, 165, 184, 218, 222, 279–280, 282, 306

  Studio 54, 141, 142–144

  Stutter songs, 130

  “Such a Shame,” 70

  “Suddenly,” 83–84

  Sullivan, Dan, 260

  Summer, Donna, 212, 214

  Surfer’s Paradise, Beachcomber Hotel, Brisbane, 18

  “Swan Song,” 78

  Sweet, 148

  Sweet Inspirations, 219

  Swing Kids, 138–139

  Sydney Stadium, 22

  T-Rex, 148

  Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song, 284

  Talk of the Town (BBC show), 90

  Tapestry (King), 137

  Tarantino, Quentin, 65

  Tavares, 136, 137, 170, 175

  Tea for the Tillerman (Stevens), 105

  Teen Beat magazine, 244

  “Telstar,” 25

  Terry, George, 204

  Thillainayagam, Andrew, 310–311

  This Is Where I Came In (Bee Gees), 290–291

  “This Woman,” 281

  Thriller (Jackson), 282

  “Time Has Come Today,” 141

  “Time Is Time,” 257–258

  Titanic Requiem, The (Robin/

  Robin-John Gibb), 307, 308, 309–310

  “To a Girl,” 237

  To Kill a Mockingbird (film), 168

  “To Love Somebody,” 2, 8, 41–42, 43–44, 45, 55, 69, 317

  Tommy (album/musical/movie), 70, 181, 182–183

  “Tomorrow, Tomorrow,” 93, 94

  Tonight Show (TV show), 133

  “Too Much Heaven,” 177, 207–208, 210–211, 213, 221

  Top of the Pops (TV show), 39, 48, 56, 62, 63, 90, 98, 243

  Tork, Peter, 63

  Tornadoes, 25, 49

  Townshend, Pete, 144, 293

  “Trafalgar,” 117–118

  Trafalgar (Bee Gees), 117–118

  Traffic, 60

  “Tragedy,” 177, 208, 213–214, 220, 221, 224

  Train crash, 51–53

  Trammps, 137, 170–171

  Travolta, John, 147, 157, 165–167, 168, 175, 205, 222, 289

  “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night” (article by Nik Cohn), 144–147

  TUE record station, Sydney, 23

  “Turn of the Century,” 44

  “Turtle Dove,” 13

  Twain, Mark, 251–252

  Twist, 140

  “Twist and Shout,” 2, 140

  Tyler, Steven, 190, 191

  UNICEF, 211–212

  US Magazine, 259

  Valli, Frankie, 205

  Van Gogh, 148

  Vettese, Peter-John, 290

  Vidal, Gore, 277

  “Voice in the Wilderness,” 290

  Voorman, Klaus, 43

  W magazine, 138

  Wade, Mike, 76

  Wagner, Peter, 202

  “Wake Up Little Susie,” 14, 15

  Walker Brothers, 31,
95–96

  Walker, Scott, 104–105

  “Walking on Air,” 290

  Walley Range Odeon, 16

  Walsh, Joe, 241

  Warhol, Andy, 64

  “Warm Ride,” 256

  Warwick, Dionne, 227, 281

  Washington, Grover, 171

  Washington Post (newspaper), 215

  Weaver, Blue

  Bee Gees/music and, 123, 126–127, 219, 220

  Saturday Night Fever, 149, 150–151, 152, 153, 154, 159, 160, 163, 165

  Weber, Andrew Lloyd, 266

  Wee Johnnie Hayes and the Bluecats, 16

  “Weight, The,” 83

  “Westfield Mansions,” 237

  Wexler, Jerry, 120–121

  Wexler, Norman, 146

  Wheels of Fire (Cream), 70

  “When the Roses Bloom Again,” 317

  “Where Is the Love,” 171

  Whisky à Go-Go, Le, 139–140

  White Album (Beatles), 70, 76, 80

  White, Dennis, 197

  White, Jack, 254

  White, Maurice, 213

  White, Timothy, 178

  White, Tony Jo, 93

  Who, 26, 70, 130, 144, 145

  “Whole Lotta Love,” 254

  Williams, John, 203

  Wilson, Brian, 4, 88, 105

  Wilson, Murry, 4

  “Wind of Change,” 124, 128, 131

  “Wine and Women,” 22, 29

  “Wish You Were Here,” 283

  Wishbone Ash, 132

  Withers, Bill, 171

  “Woman in Love,” 165, 279

  Woodstock (event/movie/soundtrack album), 137

  “Words,” 58, 61, 64, 179, 253

  “Words and Music,” 237

  “World,” 53, 54–55, 56

  Wright, Sam, 289

  Yang, Claire/Snow Robin, 307, 312

  “You Light Up My Life,” 203

  “You Should Be Dancing,” 132, 133, 157, 160, 163, 164, 165–166, 215, 221, 315

  “You Win Again,” 283

  “You’ll Never See My Face Again,” 82

  Young, Angus, 204

  Young, Neil, 83

  Young Rascals, 120

  “You’re the One,” 129

  Zappa, Frank, 302

  Zenta, 238

  Zylberberg, Régine, 140

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  {1} Beth Neil, “We Were Young Tearaways,” Mirror, November 4, 2009.

  {2} Oliver Bennett, “Fever Pitch,” Times, February 15, 1997.

  {3} Judith Whelan, “Still Staying Alive,” Sydney Morning Herald, February 18, 1997.

  {4} Chris Buckland, “Oh Boys! How Mr. and Mrs. Bee Gee Helped to Make Their Sons Shine,” Daily Mirror, April 17, 1979.

  {5} Neil, “We Were Young Tearaways.”

  {6} Paul Baratta, “The Bee Gees Straight Talkin’,” Songwriter, February 1978.

  {7} Paul Dacre, “Off to the Sun—The Family Gibb,” Daily Express, April 19, 1979.

  {8} Nick Logan, “Meet a Bee Gee: Robin Gibb,” New Musical Express, December 2, 1967.

  {9} Ibid.

  {10} Ibid.

  {11} Ibid.

  {12} Neil, “We Were Young Tearaways.”

  {13} Dacre, “Off to the Sun.”

  {14} Kerry McGlynn and Liane Maxfield, “No Looking Back for the Bee Gees,” Australian Women’s Weekly, June 14, 1967.

  {15} “Early TV Start for Three Boys,” Australian Women’s Weekly, June 29, 1960.

  {16} Frank Rose, “How Can You Mend a Broken Group? The Bee Gees Did It with Disco,” Rolling Stone, July 14, 1977.

  {17} “Early TV Start for Three Boys,” Australian Women’s Weekly.

  {18} Logan, “Meet a Bee Gee: Robin Gibb.”

  {19} “Early TV Start for Three Boys,” Australian Women’s Weekly.

  {20} Ibid.

  {21} Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, Bee Gees: The Authorized Biography, as told to David Leaf (New York: Pinnacle Books, 1980), 25.

  {22} Rose, “How Can You Mend a Broken Group?”

  {23} Greg Mitchell, “The Act You’ve Known for All These Years,” Crawdaddy, August 1978.

  {24} Timothy White, “This Is Where We Came In,” Billboard, March 24, 2001.

  {25} “Billboard Salutes the Bee Gees,” Billboard, September 2, 1978.

  {26} White, “This Is Where We Came In.”

  {27} “Stayin’ Alive and Coming Back for Some More,” Sunday Times, December 30, 2001.

  {28} Robin Eggar, “Bee Gees,” Courier-Mail, October 3, 1987.

  {29} Bruce Elder, “Stayin’ Alive,” Sydney Morning Herald, March 20, 1999.

  {30} Logan, “Meet a Bee Gee: Robin Gibb.”

  {31} Joseph Brennan, Gibb Songs, http://www.columbia.edu/

  ~brennan/beegees/63.html.

  {32} Baratta, “The Bee Gees Straight Talkin’.”

  {33} Campbell Reid, “They Said We’d Never Make It,” Advertiser, November 9, 1989.

  {34} Michael Pye, Moguls: Inside the Business of Show Business (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1990), 234–35.

  {35} David Ansen, Janet Huck, Kartine Ames, and Susan Agrest, “Rock Tycoon,” Newsweek, July 31, 1978.

  {36} Pye, Moguls, 239.

  {37} Ibid.

  {38} Peter Brown and Steven Gaines, The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of the Beatles (New York: New American Library, 1983), 217–18.

  {39} The Beatles, The Beatles Anthology (San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000), 268.

  {40} Rose, “How Do You Mend a Broken Group?”

  {41} Ibid.

  {42} Buckland, “Oh Boys!”

  {43} Baratta, “The Bee Gees Straight Talkin’.”

  {44} Alan Smith, “Meet a Bee Gee: Barry Gibb,” New Musical Express, November 25, 1967.

  {45} Logan, “Meet a Bee Gee: Robin Gibb.”

  {46} Baratta, “The Bee Gees Straight Talkin’.”

  {47} White, “This Is Where We Came In.”

  {48} Johnny Black, “The Rogue Gene,” Mojo, April 2001.

  {49} White, “This Is Where We Came In.”

  {50} Norrie Drummond, “The Bee Gees May Give You ‘World’ Next!” New Musical Express, October 14, 1967.

  {51} Baratta, “The Bee Gees Straight Talkin’.”

  {52} Brennan, Gibb Songs, http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/

  beegees/63.html.

  {53} Paul Gambaccini, “A Conversation with Paul McCartney,” Rolling Stone, July 12, 1979.

  {54} Dick Tatham, The Incredible Bee Gees: Barry, Robin and Maurice—The Full Inside Story
of Their Golden Success (London: Futura, 1979), 21.

  {55} Black, “The Rogue Gene.”

  {56} Alan Smith, “Meet a Bee Gee: Maurice Gibb,” New Musical Express, December 16, 1967.

  {57} Black, “The Rogue Gene.”

  {58} Brennan, Gibb Songs, http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/

  beegees/63.html.

  {59} Black, “The Rogue Gene.”

  {60} Brown, The Love You Make, 222.

  {61} Nick Logan, “Meet a Bee Gee: Vince Melouney,” New Musical Express, December 9, 1967.

  {62} White, “This Is Where We Came In.”

  {63} “The Bee Gees Have No Time to Be Frustrated,” Melody Maker, September 23, 1967.

  {64} Richard Goldstein, “The Children of Rock Belt the Blues,” New York Times, July 30, 1967.

  {65} Norrie Drummond, “Bee Gees Happened Everywhere—But Here!” New Musical Express, September 30, 1967.

  {66} “Bee Gees—Five Australians with a Bright Future,” Melody Maker, May 27, 1967.

  {67} Review of “New York Mining Disaster 1941,” New Musical Express, April 15, 1967.

  {68} Review of “New York Mining Disaster.”

  {69} “The Bee Gees Have No Time to Be Frustrated.”

  {70} Ibid.

  {71} Lulu, I Don’t Want to Fight (New York: Time Warner, 2002),

  112–13.

  {72} Brown The Love You Make, 240–41.

  {73} “Bee Gees Banned from Britain,” Melody Maker, October 14, 1967.

  {74} Drummond, “The Bee Gees Happened Everywhere.”

  {75} Ibid.

  {76} “Stigwood and NEMS Enterprises Split,” Melody Maker, November 4, 1967.

  {77} “Bee Gees No. 1 Hit Started as a Send-Up,” Melody Maker, November 4, 1967.

  {78} Drummond, “The Bee Gees Happened Everywhere.”

  {79} Black, “The Rogue Gene.”

  {80} Ibid.

  {81} Brown The Love You Make, 251–52.

  {82} Beatles, The Beatles Anthology, 268.

  {83} “Stigwood and NEMS Enterprises Split.”

  {84} Ibid.

  {85} Drummond, “Bee Gees May Give You ‘World’ Next!”

  {86} Ibid.

  {87} Logan, “Meet a Bee Gee: Robin Gibb.”

  {88} Alan Walsh, “Time to Bring Glamour Back to Pop,” Melody Maker, October 21, 1967.

  {89} “Bee Gees No. 1 Hit Started as a Send-Up.”

  {90} Drummond, “Bee Gees May Give You ‘World’ Next!”

  {91} Logan, “Meet a Bee Gee: Robin Gibb.”

  {92} Walsh, “Time to Bring Glamour Back to Pop.”

  {93} Ritchie York, “Keith Richard on Mick, Beatles, Led, Faith, Tull, Gees,” New Musical Express, December 6, 1969.

 

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