This often ignored 1969 double vinyl album from the brothers Gibb was as lush, plush and sumptuous as its eye catching faux-red velvet cover.

6. “To Love Somebody” One of the most covered Bee Gees songs and one of the best, “To Love Somebody” captures the band’s reverence for Stax and ease with rock n’ roll songwriting.

Early Bee Gees’ songs brim with hope and melody, yet there’s an undercurrent of melancholy as well, especially on Odessa. Life is hope and life is melancholy. These things don’t change.

Bee Gees The days before "Odessa" Last week I raved about Rhino's reissue of The Bee Gees' meandering 1969 near-masterpiece, "Odessa," and mentioned, without comment, that Rhino previously ...

I never thought I'd allow the Bee Gees to suck up space in my iTunes library, but I added Odessa and just love it. Now I want to go back and listen to some of the band's other early albums.

Few Bee Gees songs showcase just how well its members could belt out vocals like this one. Barry Gibb sounds particularly lovely on this 1969 track, as does Scott Walker’s moody vocal delivery.

He also played on the Bee Gees' ambitious 1969 double LP, Odessa, before the band split up later that year. When they ...

The 1977 “Saturday Night Fever” album, a two-LP anthology of disco hits and Bee Gees songs, became a record-setting blockbuster. Although disco had emerged from Black music and Black and gay ...

The Bee Gees’ songs are some of the defining tunes of the disco era. In addition, they made classic rock songs. Here’s a look at all of the Bee Gees’ songs that reached No. 1 on the ...