Bee Gees

Phillip Phillips was crowned the new American Idol on Wednesday night's Season 11 finale, beating out Jessica Sanchez. Read More

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Robin Gibb died over the weekend at the age of 62 after a long bout with intestinal cancer. Read More

"Disco is not the music of this era that will last," wrote Geoffrey Himes in a 1979 article about the genre's biggest hitmakers, presided over by the Bee Gees. He was wrong, of course — there's no music we associate more with the mid-to-late '70s than the thumping, synthesized sounds of disco — but Himes' insights into the genre are a revealing look back at the attitudes towards pop music of the time. Read More

Robin Gibb — who lost his long battle with cancer on Sunday at age 62 — sang with a great shake, one that brought the melodrama of the Bee Gees' early hits to their emotional zenith. Read More

Just a few days after the death of singer Donna Summer , fans are mourning the loss of another defining voice of the disco era. Read More

Defying the predictions of his doctors, Robin Gibb, the Bee Gees singer, has emerged from a coma after more than a week, but he remains in intensive care and is battling advanced colorectal cancer, his physician said on Sunday. Read More