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Bee Gees | Artist Essentials
First released: 1971 (year verified)
Original studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The gently falling phrases give this measured ballad its distinctive shape.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1971 (year verified)
Original 1971 recording on Trafalgar. Year precision is retained; the album association is not an assertion of an exact first-release day.
Recording: Original studio recording
Credit: Bee Gees
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Trafalgar
Trafalgar - official original release archive
Original 1971 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Bee Gees - Timeless announcement with original song years
The historical year labels for the first eighteen listed songs run from Spicks and Specks 1966 to Too Much Heaven 1978. These original years are used, not the 2017 compilation date. The source establishes Massachusetts in 1967, Words in 1968 and all four new Saturday Night Fever songs in 1977. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
In the yearly lists
These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
The retained original group hit context was reviewed against the official historical song year and original studio release. Later single-cycle annual years do not replace an earlier album or single year; later concert recordings are separate.
Trafalgar - official original release archive
Original 1971 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Bee Gees - Timeless announcement with original song years
The historical year labels for the first eighteen listed songs run from Spicks and Specks 1966 to Too Much Heaven 1978. These original years are used, not the 2017 compilation date. The source establishes Massachusetts in 1967, Words in 1968 and all four new Saturday Night Fever songs in 1977. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
About Bee Gees
The Bee Gees centered on brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, whose shared work included songwriting, production and distinctive vocal harmonies. Their 1960s records combined compact pop songs with increasingly elaborate orchestration. Main Course and Children of the World placed a stronger emphasis on rhythm and high-register vocals, followed by the new songs on Saturday Night Fever. Their group catalog continued with albums including E.S.P., One and Still Waters. The brothers' solo recordings and songs recorded by other artists have separate performing credits.
Artist background sources
Bee Gees - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, their harmonies, songwriting, production and performance roles. Used for artist background, not chart-derived release dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Bee Gees 1st - official original release archive
Original 1967 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Odessa - official original release archive
Original 1969 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Main Course - official original release archive
Original 1975 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Children of the World - official original release archive
Original 1976 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Saturday Night Fever - official original release archive
Original 1977 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
The Warner Bros. Years 1987-1991 - Rhino original-album review
Original E.S.P. 1987 and One 1989 studio tracks are separated from bonus extended versions, remixes and the One For All concert. You Win Again is explicitly the E.S.P. hit; a later appearance on a US One edition does not change its 1987 origin. Brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb are identified. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Still Waters - official original release archive
Original 1997 album association and selected original tracks, read in the public release archive. Song-specific earlier years are supplied separately where needed; compilation, live and reissue dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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