A Month Of... Going Around America...

Today we're in "Massachusetts" with The Bee Gees...

According to Wikipedia, this was the second song played on Radio 1, and was The Bee Gees' first number one song in Great Britain.

Wikipedia Links:

The Bee Gees
Massachusetts (state)

Born To Rock...

Okay, so you've had one third of The Bee Gees, so today you get the other 2/3rds...

Dec. 22nd, 1949 - Maurice Ernest Gibb (who died in 2003) and Robin Hugh Gibb were born...

"One"...

Born To Rock...

Sep. 1st, 1946 - Barry Gibb, one third of the Bee Gees, is born...

"Secret Love"...

The Musical Interlude...

Subtitled: Ain't Nobody Here But This Chicken

It's 8:30am and I'm at work already. The boss is on holiday and I'm stuck here until 5pm without even the Saturday boy to keep me company for a couple of hours... I can't even escape at dinner time.

"Alone" by The Bee Gees...

Roy Orbison - "Only The Lonely"...

Among the rejected possibilities (as I was looking through "The Guinness Book Of Hit Singles") for this were:

Stereophonics - "More Life In A Tramp's Vest" (no decent video on YouTube)
Celine Dion - "All By Myself" (not a chance!)
Slim Whitman - "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (ditto)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)" (customers don't usually have that effect on me)

The Musical Interlude...

Subtitled: "Curses, She's Beaten Me Again"

A Blogger who shall remain nameless (Lou) has beaten me to "Ole Black 'n' Blue Eyes" by The Fratellis (I saw the video for the first time last night) so here's a couple of songs on the theme of winning & losing...

First, The The and "The Beat(en) Generation"...

And, from their "Audience With...", The Bee Gees and "You Win Again"...