How the Bee Gees’ Trademark Falsetto Sound Came to Be

“My whole life I never knew I could do this,” surviving Bee Gee, Barry Gibb, says of finding the band’s sound

The Bee Gees Robin Gibb Barry Gibb Maurice Gibb (l to r)
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The Bee Gees’ sound evolved from pop to R&B in what became the disco music era, but it was their falsetto that was their unmistakable trademark… and it came about by accident many years into their career.

In the HBO documentary “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,” surviving Bee Gee, Barry Gibb, takes viewers inside the studio, showing archival footage performing with his brothers Maurice and Robin and honing their signature sound.

In 1975, the band took the advice of veteran rocker Eric Clapton and went down to Miami to record their first album since the split at Criteria Studios in 1969.

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