Editing Bee Gees (section)

==Legacy==
In his 1980 ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine interview, [[John Lennon]] praised the Bee Gees, "Try to tell the kids in the seventies who were screaming to the Bee Gees that their music was just the Beatles redone. There is nothing wrong with the Bee Gees. They do a damn good job. There was nothing else going on then."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/dbjypb.int3.html |title=John Lennon Interview: Playboy 1980 (Page 3) |publisher=The Beatles Ultimate Experience |access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref>

In a 2007 interview with Duane Hitchings, who co-wrote [[Rod Stewart]]'s 1978 disco song "[[Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?]]", he noted that the song was<ref name="music" />

{{blockquote|text=a spoof on guys from the 'cocaine lounge lizards' of the ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' days. We Rock and Roll guys thought we were dead meat when that movie and the Bee Gees came out. The Bee Gees were brilliant musicians and really nice people. No big egos. Rod, in his brilliance, decided to do a spoof on disco. VERY smart man. There is no such thing as a "dumb" super success in the music business.<ref name="music">{{citation |work= RockUnited.com |date=23 March 2007 |title=Duane Hitchings, The Man Behind the Hits |author=Urban "Wally" Wallstrom |access-date= 18 January 2013 |url=http://www.rockunited.com/hitchings.htm}}</ref>}}

[[Kevin Parker (musician)|Kevin Parker]] of [[Tame Impala]] has said that listening to the Bee Gees after taking [[Psilocybin mushroom|mushrooms]] inspired him to change the sound of the music he was making on his album ''[[Currents (Tame Impala album)|Currents]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tame Impala's Kevin Parker reveals listening to the Bee Gees while on drugs inspired his new album |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tame-impala/86681|website=NME|date=4 July 2015|access-date=17 November 2015|language=en-GB}}</ref>

The English [[indie rock]] band [[the Cribs]] was also influenced by the Bee Gees. Cribs member [[Ryan Jarman]] said: "It must have had quite a big influence on us – pop melodies is something we always revert to. I always want to get back to pop melodies and I'm sure that's due to that Bee Gees phase we went through."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-cribs/63913 |title=The Cribs: 'Robin Gibb's music with the Bee Gees really influenced us' – video |work=NME |access-date=10 January 2015}}</ref>

Following Robin's death on 20 May 2012, [[Beyoncé]] remarked: "The Bee Gees were an early inspiration for me, [[Kelly Rowland]] and [[Michelle Williams (singer)|Michelle]]. We loved their songwriting and beautiful harmonies. Recording their classic song, 'Emotion' was a special time for Destiny's Child. Sadly we lost Robin Gibb this week. My heart goes out to his brother Barry and the rest of his family."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/6513381/beyonce-tribute-bee-gees-robin-gibb |title=Beyonce Tributes Bee Gees Singer Robin Gibb |publisher=Idolator |date=23 May 2012 |access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref>

Singer [[Jordin Sparks]] remarked that her favourite Bee Gees songs are "Too Much Heaven", "Emotion" (although performed by Samantha Sang with Barry on the background vocals using his falsetto), and "Stayin' Alive".<ref name="falsetto">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1685467/robin-gibb-bee-gees-remembered-justin-bieber-carrie-underwood/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219215457/http://www.mtv.com/news/1685467/robin-gibb-bee-gees-remembered-justin-bieber-carrie-underwood/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 February 2015 |title=Robin Gibb Mourned By Justin Bieber, Carrie Underwood |publisher=MTV News |access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref>

[[Carrie Underwood]] said, about discovering the Bee Gees during her childhood, "My parents listened to the Bee Gees quite a bit when I was little, so I was definitely exposed to them at an early age. They just had a sound that was all their own, obviously, never duplicated."<ref name="falsetto" />

The lasting influence of Bee Gees has been observed in the work of contemporary popular music acts such as [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Of Montreal]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bee Gees Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}} ... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bee-gees-mn0000043714 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>

According to Bruce Eder of AllMusic, Bee Gees were "music's most successful brother act".<ref name=":0" />

===Songwriting===
{{quote box|width=28%|align=right|quote=Everyone should be aware that the Bee Gees are second only to Lennon and McCartney as the most successful songwriting unit in British popular music.|source= —Music historian [[Paul Gambaccini]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18140862|title=Bee Gees' singer Robin Gibb dies after cancer battle|date=20 May 2012|access-date=7 January 2015|work=BBC News}}</ref>}}

At one point, in 1978, the Gibb brothers were responsible for writing and/or performing nine of the songs in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catsfield.co.nz/ |title=Cat's field |place=NZ |access-date=26 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107030637/http://www.catsfield.co.nz/ |archive-date=7 November 2011 }}</ref> In all, the Gibbs placed 13 singles onto the Hot 100 in 1978, with 12 making the Top 40. The Gibb brothers are fellows of the [[The Ivors Academy|British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] (BASCA).<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.basca.org.uk/about-us/people/fellows/ |title=Fellows |publisher=The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) |access-date=30 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030090735/http://www.basca.org.uk/about-us/people/fellows/ |archive-date=30 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> At least 2,500 artists have recorded their songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/humanities-social-science/visual-performing-arts-music/13322257-1.html |title=Visual, performing arts, music |publisher=AllBusiness |access-date=9 July 2011}}</ref>

Singer-songwriter [[Gavin DeGraw]] spoke about the Bee Gees' influence with their own music as well as their songwriting:

{{blockquote|Let's talk about the Bee Gees. That's an iconic group. Not just a great band, but a great group of songwriters. Even long after the Bee Gees' success on the pop charts, they were still writing songs for other people, huge hit songs. Their talent went far beyond their moment of normal pop success. It is a loss to the music industry and a loss of an iconic group. The beauty of this industry is that we do pay tribute and every artist coming up is a fan of a generation prior to it, so there's a real tradition element to it".<ref name="falsetto"/>}}

In 2009, as part of the [[Q150]] celebrations, the Bee Gees were announced as one of the [[List of Queensland's Q150 Icons|Q150 Icons]] of Queensland for their role as "Influential Artists".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|title=PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS|last=Bligh|first=Anna|author-link=Anna Bligh|date=10 June 2009|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524033717/http://statements.qld.gov.au/statement/id/64301|archive-date=24 May 2017|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> <!-- This section is not meant to be an all inclusive list. Do not expand. -->