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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.
New York Mining Disaster 1941 was released on Spin Records by the Bee Gees in 1967. It was their second EP and, like their first EP, was released only in Australia. [2] All of the songs on this EP were originally released on their third LP Bee Gees' 1st.
In addition to its trio of Sensitive Guy hit singles (elegantly schlocky "Holiday," quiet desperation classic "New York Mining Disaster 1941" and the Motown-indebted "To Love Somebody" which would also be a British hit for Nina Simone), the album is a veritable fruit basket of sweet stuff: from the chamber psychedelia of "Red Chair, Fade Away ...
He joined the Bee Gees with brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in 1966 and performed on early hits including “To Love Somebody” and “New York Mining Disaster 1941” from Bee Gees’ 1st ...
Dave Matthews Band River Incident to the tune of @BeeGees "New York Mining Disaster 1941". Happy anniversary to all who celebrate (please don't dump raw sewage into a river or lake).
The album includes 40 tracks spanning over 35 years of music. Four of the songs were new recordings of classic Gibb compositions originally recorded by other artists, including " Emotion " ( Samantha Sang ), " Heartbreaker " ( Dionne Warwick ), " Islands in the Stream " ( Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton ), and " Immortality " ( Celine Dion ).
Within months their first international single, "New York Mining Disaster 1941", had become a major British and US hit reaching the top 20 in both markets, while "Massachusetts" reached number 1 in the UK and number 11 in the US, launching a string of Bee Gees hits that continued throughout the late 1960s and beyond. When Brian Epstein ...
Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground - The Songs of the Bee Gees, various artists - features "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (Castle Music, CMQCD 963) (2005) Brumbeat: the Story of the 60s Midlands Sound , various artists, Disc 2 features "Wizard of Gobsolod" (Castle Records-Castle Music Ltd. [UK], CMEDD1146) (2006)