After scoring a string of hits in their native England (where they were born), Australia (where they moved), and the United States (where they really wanted to go) in the ‘60s, the barely-adult aged ...

Any retelling of the 1970s disco boom has to reckon with Disco Demolition Night, a shameful promotional event staged by Chicago shock-jock DJ Steve Dahl between games of a White Sox doubleheader on ...

There are two versions of the same song, but only one continues to trend ...

Decades after the craze took the world by storm and then appeared to fade away, it now seems very clear that disco will never die. Since the genre is still deeply loved worldwide, fans have now had ...

Few bands have ever dominated the pop chart in a single year the way the Bee Gees did in 1978, and that's even after the trio switched songs with another act back in 1977. The Bee Gees' dreamy, ...

When the Bee Gees released their single “Jive Talkin’” in May 1975, it marked a major stylistic turning point in the band’s history. The brotherly trio had already enjoyed success. Between 1967 and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. On the 50th anniversary of their 14th studio album, Children of the ...

Firstly, some background. Listen to the Bee Gees’ early catalog, you’ll hear soft rock (“How Do You Mend a Broken Heart”) and Beatlesque baroque pop (“Lonely Days”) but not disco. According to The ...

The Bee Gees' fall from commercial grace was directly tied to changing attitudes about disco music as the '80s loomed. Even the band members themselves were pondering where the future might lead.