exploded. the record companies were printing, it and our record company could not keep up the pace. we didn t know what was going on, this is just a soundtrack. can i ask what saturday night fever has grossed thus far? about 110 million in america. in america? in america. and the album? i think the album is nearing 80 million, with double albums near worldwide. that would be a record breaker? it s already is the biggest grossing album in the history of music. the statistics are just incredible. for singles, saturday night fever have hit number one since the album was released. more than any other new album in history. that s just a few of the statistics that lead to gold records like this. so it is my privilege to say ladies and gentlemen will you welcome, the bee gees. has it changed your life? enormous success.
field. but i never knew he existed until one day he shows up, fresh from australia. and he was a great kid. but you could do anything he set his mind to. barry was and his idol. they were almost like twins. we were very much alike. we looked alike, we had the same birthmarks. i would say we were as much like twins as maurice and robin. main course, and children of the war that followed it, they were triple platinum. i think he really wanted to be a part of that. they suggested that i could australia, and my brother s first in 1958 when i was only five months old, and start working there and get some records released. and it was very young. he had as little banned. it was a process of building him up, getting him to play live, getting him to be an artist. i was there for two years. out of the blue, a phone call came for my brother barry, and he said i want to produce you. and i think was about two weeks or something i was in the studio to do a new album in
you are in a goldfish bowl on tour, you do not see much of what is going on out there. the disco body shape, or the brand-new exercise sensation that is sweeping the country. send for yours today. the a disco start tonight. let s just go to burger king. it all goes back to one thing, the same thing that s happening now, greed. greed is the thing that happens to people that really ruins a lot. in the beginning, you would buy a disco record and it would be a great song no matter which one you picked out. but then, some executives decided let s put disco on all of these records that we wanted to sell, and it was not good
music anymore. it was garbage. so that was i think the straw that broke the camel s back. disco as a purely musical form is dead. you couldn t think of anything redeemable, it was a very easy thing to get involved with for commercial reasons. i would like to show you how we destroy disco records. this is how i do it. i get worked up and then i that felt good. our next guest tonight is steve dole, he is a disk jockey out of chicago illinois, and he hates disco music. steve dahl was hard to avoid
you know, you don t see much of what s going on out there. here s what we re going to do after the show. the disco body shaper, the brand-new exerciser sensation that s sweeping the country. send for yours today. buy it today. be a disco star tonight. let s disco to burger king. it all goes back to one thing. the same thing that s happening now. greed. greed is the thing that happens in people that really ruins a lot. in the beginning, you would buy disco records and it would be a great song, no matter which one you picked up. but then some executive in diapers decided, let s put disco on all these records we want to sell. and it wasn t good music anymore.