This is the remarkable story of three brothers whose career appeared finished, not once, but several times, and each time they adapted, reinvented their sound, and found a way back. Along the way, they survived breakups, fading record sales, family tragedy, and cultural backlash against the music that had made them the biggest group in the world. Their career stats are astonishing: fifteen Billboard Top 10 hits, 43 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and more than 220 million records sold worldwide. In this episode you'll learn:

1) The strange family secret of how the family ended up in Australia
2) The bold letter their manager father sent that changed their destiny
3) How they had multiple distinct career eras and comebacks since the 1960s, each with many hits
4) How a small independent movie featuring BeeGees compositions became a global sensation
5) Why our guest feels that they can be compared to The Beatles

Guest Bio
David Leaf first guested on our episode on Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys. David's relationship with the Bee Gees stretches back nearly five decades. In 1979, he worked directly with Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb to write Bee Gees: The Authorized Biography. He later wrote, produced, and directed the year 2000 A&E documentary, The Bee Gees: This Is Where I Came In, and then served as a consultant on a follow-up documentary, the 2020 HBO documentary, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? Few people are better positioned to take us inside the triumphs, tragedies, and astonishing reinventions of the Bee Gees.

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Travel back to the political protests and civil unrest of the late 1960s that spawned the legendary Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young — America’s first supergroup comprised of members of previously successful bands. The result: clashing egos, legendary breakups, wild lives, yet timeless harmonies that stunned audiences and influenced The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, and many more that followed. You'll learn:

1. The very different upbringings & personalities of each of the four members
2. How they played one of their first gigs in front of 500,000 people
3. Their incredible creation of a powerful protest song only 3 weeks after an American tragedy
4. The often bitter in-group rivalries that challenged their very existence
5. How one member committed serious federal offences and was jailed

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Guest Biography for this episode
David Browne is the author of Crosby Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup. David is a senior writer at Rolling Stone magazine and a former music critic at Entertainment Weekly. He's profiled legends like Bob Dylan, The Grateful Dead and Sonic Youth. He joined us from New York City.

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