August 9, 1975 –
The Bee Gees single, Jive Talkin‘, reached No. #1 on the Billboard charts on this date.
This was the first big disco hit for The Bee Gees. They became icons of the era, singing in falsetto harmonies over dance beats. They had seven more #1 hits in the disco era, but the band went out of style at the same time as white leisure suits. The group, which had considerable success in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, took a lot of heat in the press. This criticism – accusations of selling out and creating popular schlock – stung, and took a toll on the group. They would often point out that disco became homogenized in the years after they got to it, and that their sound was really an extension of R&B.
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