Bee Gees ~ Jive Talkin' 1975 Disco Purrfection Version

The Bee Gees started out being mistaken for the Beatles with their single "New York Mining Disaster, 1941" . The American public thought that BEE GEES was shorthand for Beatles Group...a slew of hits followed ; "To Love Somebody", "Holiday", "Lonely Days" and their first American #1 "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart". 1972 saw their chart fortunes fade and by 1974, they were all but forgotten. Encouraged to listen to what was on the radio, the brothers Gibb teamed up with producerArif Mardin and put out the Mr Natural LP that tanked but which opened them up to a new sound....the next LP, "Main Course", featured this funky little tune which did not have a name until one day when the car Barry and his wife Linda were in went over some railroad tracks. She remarked "listen to that noise the chuka chuka when we go over the railroad tracks....its your drive talking! That was the key to completing the song. Now, since the Bee Gees were stone cold dead on the charts and they thought that radio programmers were not likely to add their new single to playlists...so they sent out promos of Jive Talkin' on a white label without an artist credit. Radio jumped on the single and were finally provided with the identity of the artists. The single beat a path to #1 and started the Bee Gees second career which coincided perfectly with the rising popularity of disco.

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