LONELY
DAYS
BEE
GEES
SONGWRITERS: MAURICE
ERNEST GIBB; ROBIN HUGH GIBB & BARRY ALAN GIBB
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM: 2 YEARS ON
LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS
GENRE: BALLAD
YEAR: 1970
The Bee Gees were a music group formed in
1958, featuring brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The
trio were especially successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and
early 1970s, and later as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid- to late 1970s. The group sang recognisable
three-part tight harmonies; Robin's
clear vibrato lead vocals
were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the mid- to late 1970s and
1980s. The
Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several
major hits for other artists. The Bee Gees have occasionally
been referred to as The
Disco Kings.
Born on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester,
England until the late 1950s. There, in 1955, they formed the skiffle/rock and
roll group the
Rattlesnakes. The family then moved to Redcliffe,
in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland,
Australia, and then to Cribb Island.
After achieving their first chart success in Australia as the Bee Gees with
"Spicks and
Specks" (their 12th single), they returned to
the UK in January 1967, when producer Robert Stigwood began promoting them to a worldwide audience. The Bee Gees' Saturday
Night Fever soundtrack (1977) was the
turning point of their career, with both the film and soundtrack having a
cultural impact throughout the world, enhancing the disco scene's mainstream
appeal. They won five Grammy Awards for Saturday Night Fever, including Album of the
Year.
The Bee Gees have sold over 120 million
records worldwide (with estimates as high as over 220 million), making them
among the best-selling
music artists of all time. They were inducted into
the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 1997; the presenter of the award
to "Britain's
First Family of Harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical
leader of the Beach Boys, another
"family act" featuring three harmonising brothers. The Bee Gees' Hall
of Fame citation says, "Only Elvis Presley,
the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees." With nine #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 The Bee Gees are the third-most successful band in Billboard charts history behind only The Beatles and The Supremes.
Following
Maurice's sudden death in January 2003 at the age of 53, Barry and Robin
retired the group's name after 45 years of activity. In 2009,
Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed that the Bee Gees would re-form
and perform again. Robin died in May 2012, aged 62, after a prolonged period of
failing health, leaving Barry as the only surviving member of the group.
"Lonely Days" is a ballad written and
performed by the Bee Gees. It
appeared on their álbum 2 Years On, and was
released as a single, becoming their first Top Five hit in the US, peaking at
number three in the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching number one in the Cashbox and Record World charts. Barry Gibb later
re-recorded the song with country quartet Little Big Town for his
2021 album Greenfields.
Good morning mister
sunshine, you brighten up my day
Come sit beside me in your way
I see you every morning, outside the restaurants
The music plays so nonchalant
Lonely days, lonely
nights.
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely
nights.
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely
nights.
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely
nights.
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely
nights
Where would I be without my woman?
Good morning mister
sunshine, you brighten up my day
Come sit beside me in your way
Lonely days, lonely
nights
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely nights
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely
nights
Where would I be without my woman?
Lonely days, lonely nights
Where would I be without my woman?
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