Ellan Vannin was recorded in 1997 as a 1,000 quantity limited edition single for Isle of Man charities. The song was featured in the Bee Gees World Tour and on ITV's "An Evening With…" but to date has not been released generally. The single was subsequently also available as part of the 1999 Bee Gees Stamp issue.

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Band

Barry Gibb plays rhythm guitar.

Robin Gibb does not play any instruments onstage, but plays piano, cello, and other instruments privately.

Maurice Gibb played bass guitar, rhythm and lead guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, and electronic keyboards, synthesizers and drum tracks. From 1966 to 1972 he played multiple instruments on many records. During the late 1970s he played mainly bass guitar. From about 1986 onward he usually played keyboards.

These musicians were considered members of the band:

• Colin Petersen — drums 1967–69
• Vince Melouney — lead guitar 1967–68
• Geoff Bridgeford — drums 1969–72
• Alan Kendall — lead guitar 1971–80, 87–01
• Dennis Bryon — drums 1974–80
• Blue Weaver — keyboards 1975–80

Here are some other musicians who backed up the Bee Gees live and in the studio:

• Carlos Alomar — guitar
• Ray Barretto — bongos
• Reb Beach — guitar
• Tony Beard — drums
• Michael Bennett — keyboards
• Matt Bonelli — bass guitar
• Tim Cansfield — guitar
• David Foster — keyboards
• Stephen Gibb — guitar
• Reggie Griffin — guitar
• Adrian Hales — drums
• Steve Jordan — drums
• Manu Katché — drums
• Jim Keltner - drums 1973
• Rudi Dobson — keyboards
• Rhett Lawrence — Synthesizer Programming
• Mike McEvoy — keyboards/guitar
• John Merchant — engineer
• Marcus Miller — bass guitar
• Tim Moore — keyboards
• Nick Moroch — electric guitar
• Russ Powell - bass guitar
• Pino Palladino — bass guitar
• George "Chocolate" Perry — bass guitar
• Greg Phillinganes — keyboards
• Steve Rucker — drums
• Raphael Saadiq — bass, guitar, drum programming, vocals
• Marc Schulman — guitar
• Steve Skinner — synthesizer
• Ben Stivers — keyboards
• Michael Thompson — guitar
• Peter-John Vettese — keyboards
• Waddy Wachtel — guitar
• Joe Walsh - guitar
• Jeff Porcaro — Former member of Toto — drums

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Bee Gees In Pop Culture

• In Evan Almighty, the head character is commeneted on looking like a "Bee Gee" with his long brown hair and beard.
• A TV sketch by Kenny Everett in which he played all three Gibbs as well as an interviewer, had the Bee Gees answering all of his questions with songquotes.^[12]
• The Bee Gees also appeared in a sketch on Big Train, wherein they were bandits in a shootout with fellow singer Chaka Khan.^[13]
• They were also parodied by Philip Pope, Angus Deayton, and Michael Fenton Stevens recording as The Hee Bee Gee Bees, singing "Meaningless Songs (in Very High Voices)".
• David Walliams and Matt Lucas in the Rock Profile television show in 2000, showed Barry Gibb bossing his two brothers, using a system of claps and whistles to allow them to speak.
• In an episode of The Simpsons while at a yard sale Homer and Disco Stu perform the "Staying Alive" parody "Table Five".^[14][15]
• In 2003, 2005 and 2006 Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake parodied the Bee Gees on Saturday Night Live in their Barry Gibb Talk Show sketches.
• The pop punk band Blink 182 parodied the Bee Gees in their "First Date" video.
• In the cartoon show Sheep in the Big City, there is a skit where there is a person disco dancing singing, " My voice is so hiiiiigh, and I don't know whyyyyyy," in a Bee-Gees like pitch.
• An episode of Family Guy had the lead character Peter Griffin sell his soul to the devil for Bee Gees tickets.
• Rush Limbaugh played a parody by Paul Shanklin on his radio show of John Edwards singing that he is "More of a Woman" than Hillary Clinton.^[16]
• A Heavy Metal Tribute band to the Bee Gees called Tragedy formed in 2007 in New York City and is currently performing in the tri-state area. Tragedy's myspace page: "http://www.myspace.com/letsmaketragedyhappen"
• In the Fairly Odd Parents movie, "Fairly Odd Baby", Cosmo told Timmy that they need to have a talk about the birds and the Bee Gees.
• A MAD tv parody shows Barry Gibb, portrayed by Michael McDonald, making a American soundtrack with Randy Newman and other celebrities like Chaka Khan (Aries Spears) and Destiny's Child (Debra Wilson).
• In 'The Legend Of Old Gregg' - Episode 5, Series 2 of The Mighty Boosh the Bee Gee's, along with Rick Wakeman were said to have tried to get the funk by singing 'Ooh, give me that funky milk' in their usual harmonised style.
• The Bee Gees are mentioned several times on the television show Taxi. On the second episode of season one, Tony is getting ready to fight when Bobby mentions that The Bee Gees are singing the national anthem. In another episode from season two, Latka rents an ultra-luxurious apartment and listens to "Stayin' Alive" on his hi-fi stereo. Later in that same episode, Alex tells Latka that apartments like these are meant for rich people like The Rockefellers or The Bee Gees.
• Walter Matthau struts to "Stayin' Alive" while he walks to his mailbox in Grumpier Old Men.
• In a tribute to his own past, John Travolta walks Mikey down the street to the tune of "Stayin' Alive" in the movie Look Who's Talking.

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Notes and references

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See also

• Best selling music artists
• List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
• List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
• List of artists by total number of USA number one singles
• List of number-one hits (United States)

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External links

1. The International Brothers Gibb Website
2. Words & Music, Fans Of The Brothers Gibb
3. For The Love of the Bee Gees
4. Maurice Gibb Website
5. Andy Gibb Website
6. The Official Bee Gees website
7. Bee Gees Biography
8. The Official Barry Gibb Website
9. The Official Robin Gibb Website
10. Debbie, Santiago & Juanjo Bee Gees Site
11. 'The Bee Gees' Vocal Group Hall of Fame Page
12. Bee Gees Lyrics
13. The Bee Gees at Rollingstone
14. Bee Gees, from the All Music Guide
15. "The Dionne Warwick Channel" -YouTube site containing over 100 Dionne Warwick tunes with rare photos and information on each tune, including BeeGees written and produced tunes
16. The Bee Gees
17. A Tribute to the Bee Gees