As high-earning artists, the Bee Gees chose to spend much of their time out of the UK at the time to avoid paying income tax ...

The Bee Gees have sold more than 120 million records worldwide, with hits including Stayin' Alive, Night Fever, How Deep Is Your Love, Massachusetts, More Than a Woman, You Should Be Dancing and ...

You don’t hear fun songs like this anymore! 3. “How Deep Is Your Love” This wouldn’t be a list of next-level Bee Gees songs without including the band’s biggest no. 1 hit.

He played on six of the band's original albums, including 1966's Spicks and Specks , 1967's Bee Gees' 1st , 1968 records Horizontal and Idea , 1969's Odessa , and 1970's CucumberCastle .

Pop group the Bee Gees posed on a street in London in 1967. Members of the band are, from left to right, Colin Petersen, Maurice Gibb, Barry Gibb, Vince Melouney and Robin Gibb.

When you’re limited, you have to get creative. For me, it was always about serving the song.” Petersen left the Bee Gees after a dispute with manager Robert Stigwood in 1970.

He played on albums Bee Gees 1st, Horizontal, Idea, Odessa and Cucumber Castle. He drummed on famous tracks To Love Somebody, and Words.

He also played on the Bee Gees’ ambitious 1969 double LP, Odessa, before the band split up later that year. When they reunited in 1970 to embark on a new phase of their career, Petersen was out.

Petersen's death was announced Monday in a post from Best of the Bee Gees, a tribute band of which he was a member. "It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our dear friend Colin ...

Peterson is survived by two sons. Peterson played drums on the group’s acclaimed albums Bee Gees’ 1st, Horizontal, Idea, Odessa and Cucumber Castle.