The Bee Gees Originally Made Up Of Three Brothers Barry Gibb Robin Gibb died 2012 And Maurice Gibb died 2003 Have Been Successful For Most Of Their 40-Plus Years Of Recording Music. They Had Two Distinct Periods Of Exceptional Success As A Pop Act In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s And As A Foremost Act Of The Disco Music Era In The Late 1970s. The Gibb Brothers Were Born On The Isle Of Man UK To English Parents In 1946 Barry Alan Crompton Gibb Read More On Last.Fm
"Tragedy" Is A Song Released By The Bee Gees Written By Barry Robin & Maurice Gibb Included On Their 1979 Album Spirits Having Flown. The Single Reached Number One In The UK In February 1979 And Repeated The Feat The Following Month On The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Though Not Originally In Saturday Night Fever It Has Subsequently Been Added To The Musical Score Of The West End Version Of The Movie-Musical. The Song Knocked "I Will Survive" By Gloria Gaynor Off The Top Spot In The U.S. For Two Weeks Before That Song Again Returned To Number One For An Additional Week. In 1998 The Song Again Reached The Top Of The UK Singles Chart This Time In The Form Of A Cover Version By Steps. In 1979 NBC Aired The Bee Gees Special Which Showed How The Sound Effect For The Explosion Was Created. Barry Cupped His Hands Over A Microphone And Made An Exploding Sound. Several Of These Sounds Were Then Mixed Together Creating One Large Boom Heard On The Record. The Song Is Also Playable On Rock Band 3.