This award represents the very first success of what would become nothing short of a smash, landing at #20 the RIAA's list of top selling albums of all time in the U.S. 7, 1977 and while this is not a RIAA award, the track was in fact certified Gold by the RIAA on Nov. The soundtrack to the classic film was released on Jan. “We had to wait more than a year before they came out with a new album.”Ĥ.Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever soundtrack RSO record label award. “It gave them too much exposure,” says Coury. ![]() And, although the Bee Gees would go on to have two more Number One albums, Saturday Night Fever was a mixed blessing. Ironically, the album’s incredible popularity also led to a backlash that ultimately spelled disco’s demise. It became one of the major stars of the film.” Yet Saturday Night Fever was more than just a soundtrack - it was the ultimate disco album, taking a pulsating beat and subculture that grew out of the urban gay nightclub scene to middle America. Says Coury, “The music was so strong and it perfectly suited what it was depicting. “Robert would tell them what the scene was about and what tempo and rhythm to use and the boys would write it the way that he wanted it.” Stigwood, who had managed the group since 1967, guided the sessions with the film in mind. The Bee Gees recorded the new material for the soundtrack at Chateau D’Herouville in France. The movie would also inspire new material such as “Stayin’ Alive” and “Night Fever.” After a slump in the early ’70s, the Gibb brothers racked up several hits, including Number Ones “Jive Talkin’ ” and “You Should Be Dancin’,” both of which would be included on Saturday Night Fever. & the Sunshine Band, and “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy.īy 1977, the Bee Gees were primed for major success. Also included were “Disco Inferno” by the Trammps, “Boogie Shoes” by K.C. Two versions of “More Than a Woman” would be included - the Bee Gees’ original and a remake by another group of brothers known as Tavares. The Bee Gees would serve as the centerpiece of Saturday Night Fever, performing six of the album’s 17 tracks and penning “If I Can’t Have You” for Elliman. There wasn’t some big corporate umbrella we had to pierce.” “We were part of the same company,” he says. ![]() Saturday Night Fever topped Billboard’s Top Pop Albums chart for a whopping 24 weeks and spawned four Number One singles: the Bee Gees’ “How Deep Is Your Love,” “Night Fever,” and “Stayin’ Alive,” and Yvonne Elliman’s “If I Can’t Have You.”Īccording to Coury, a large part of the success was due to the unique collaborative effort between Stigwood’s record and film companies. Stigwood’s predictions were not too far off the mark. “He called me and told me to go down to the lobby and pick up New York magazine with an article by Nik Cohn in it called ‘Tribal Rites of Saturday Night.’ I went down to the lobby to get it and he called me back and said, ‘I’m going to take that story and make a movie and you are going to have the biggest soundtrack ever.’ “ ![]() At the time, Coury was an executive at Capitol Records and Stigwood was attempting to woo him to his recently established RSO Records. Track listing: Stayin’ Alive / How Deep Is Your Love / If I Can’t Have You / A Fifth of Beethoven /Jive Talkin’ / Klee / Calypso Breakdown / More Than a Woman / Night Fever / Boogie Shoes / Disco Inferno / You Should Be Dancing / Open Sesame / More Than a Woman / Manhattan Skyline / Night on Disco Mountain / Salsation Īl Coury will never forget the day he received a call at his New York hotel room from Robert Stigwood.
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