9/28/2023 0 Comments Barbra streisand andy gibb![]() ![]() After the release of the ‘Living Eyes’ album The Brothers sort of took a year off and got busy again with other projects. The second single released in November became the title track: The album itself followed in October and Philips had chosen this album to be the first manufactured in CD format. In September ‘He’s A Liar’ was released, the first single of their new album: ‘Living Eyes’. Business problems between The Bee Gees and Robert Stigwood were settled and the Brothers planned to concentrate on writing new material again as well as more writing for others. Robin and DwinaBest Song Musically or Lyrically category at the 26th Ivor Novello Awards in the UK. Barry and Barbra Streisand did collect the award of Best Pop Performance by duo / group for ‘Guilty’ during the Grammy Awards. After his recovery The Bee Gees visited the hospital with their photographer Bob Sherman as a surprise and spend a few hours talking with the sick children and signing autographs. When finally home Travis had to go back to hospital as he was suffering from pneumonia. The baby was born 2 months prematurely and had to spend his first weeks in an incubator. On January 10th Barry and Linda’s third child was born: Travis Ryan. The Bee Gees planned to start recording their new album ‘Sanctuary’ around October but the sessions and the project fell apart. In the Fall of 1980 the sound studio of the group was ready: Middle Ear Studio in Miami Beach, and it was time again to start thinking about a new album. In July there was happiness for Maurice and Yvonne when their second child: daughter Samantha Amanda was born on July 2nd. This year Molly Gibb decided to divorce from Robin and the group had a conflict with Robert Stigwood / RSO. They had to fight quite some years for their innocence. A painful situation as song writing is the most important thing for The Brothers. Next to that the group were accused of stealing the ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ tune from one Ronald Selle. Maurice didn’t feel well anymore and was admitted to a clinic for his alcohol problem and on top of that his back problems became more serious and he had to go to hospital for surgery. He finished his Greatest Hits album this year with Barry. Andy had his ups and downs in the eighties but also signed to do the US TV Show ‘Solid Gold’. Also Robin worked together with Maurice on some material. Robin started working with for instance Blue Weaver for Jimmy Ruffins’ album ‘Sunrise’ as well as for Marcy Levy with whom they recorded a single for the RSO film ‘Times Square’. The ‘Guilty’ album became a very successful project and Barry and Barbra: a magic team. With the help of excellent session players Barry was able to work and produce the album the way he liked it. The Brothers had written quite some new songs for Barbra Streisand already and it was time for Barry to record material with Barbra and to release an album with her. After the hectic Spirits Tour a period of writing and recording started for The Bee Gees. ![]()
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