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"New York Mining Disaster 1941" is the debut American single by the Bee Gees, released on 14 April 1967. It was written by Barry and Robin Gibb.Aside from a moderately successful reissue of their Australian single "Spicks and Specks", it was the first single release of the group's international career and their first song to hit the charts in both the UK and the US.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Music group (1958–2012) "BGs" redirects here. For other uses, see BG (disambiguation) and BGS (disambiguation). Bee Gees The Bee Gees in 1977 (top to bottom): Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb Background information Also known as BGs (1958–1959) Genres Pop soul disco rock soft rock ...
Suzannah Clark, a music professor at Harvard, connected the piece's resurgence in popularity to the harmonic structure, a common pattern similar to the romanesca.The harmonies are complex, but combine into a pattern that is easily understood by the listener with the help of the canon format, a style in which the melody is staggered across multiple voices (as in "Three Blind Mice"). [1]
The suspended fourth chord is often played inadvertently, or as an adornment, by barring an additional string from a power chord shape (e.g., E5 chord, playing the second fret of the G string with the same finger barring strings A and D); making it an easy and common extension in the context of power chords.
Best Of Bee Gees, Vol. 2: B & R Gibb Barry, Robin 16: 16 "Never Been Alone" 1972 To Whom It May Concern: R Gibb Robin — — "Never Say Never Again" 1968 Odessa: B, M & R Gibb Barry — — "New York Mining Disaster 1941" 1967 Bee Gees 1st: B & R Gibb Barry, Robin 12: 14: US copies added the parenthetical title (Have You Seen My Wife Mr. Jones ...
Bee Gees. Barry Gibb – lead, harmony, and backing vocals; rhythm guitar; Robin Gibb – lead, harmony, and backing vocals; Maurice Gibb – harmony and backing vocals, bass, rhythm guitar, piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, lead vocals on "It’s Just the Way" and "Trafalgar", drums on "Trafalgar" Geoff Bridgford – drums
The key of this song in the end, was from keyboardist Blue Weaver. Weaver was influenced by Hall & Oates ' 1973 LP Abandoned Luncheonette as he later admits, "The key change in 'Fanny (Be Tender)' was a complete rip-off from Abandoned Luncheonette from ' She's Gone ' [also produced by Mardin], I only had it on tape, and I didn't know that Arif ...
The Very Best of the Bee Gees is a greatest hits album by British/Australian pop group the Bee Gees. It was originally released in November 1990 by Polydor Records , around the time as the Tales from the Brothers Gibb box set.