Even the name Bee Gees was read as code for “Beatles Group.” But within a year, brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb established themselves not only as hit makers in their own right, but as chart rivals to the Fabs. New York Mining Disaster 1941. It was written by Barry and Robin Gibb.
PDA. and people would guess, and they wouldn't get the answer. Barring 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 the US [2] or UK.The song was released on 14 April 1967.
But that has robbed the town of its main source of income.In April 2012, forty-six years after the disaster, Queen Elizabeth visited Aberfan to open a new primary school. South Wales has a generally wet climate, which keeps the soil moist.
The landslide was described as moving like water, but with twice the density.After the disaster, Aberfan’s flooding problem was solved through the construction of a simple culvert.On October 25, 1966, a mass funeral was held for the children. Here's a version in standard tuning featuring the downward string melody in … The death of Maurice Gibb has reminded me of the Bee Gees first big American hit, "New York Mining Disaster 1941". Was the song based on an actual event? However, as the song progressed, they realized that it wouldn't work for her.
We weren't all totally convinced that Stigwood was picking the right song to plug, but at the end of the day, he was a forceful character. The Aberfan Disaster Fund raised over $1 million with donations from around the world. On the second chorus, the drums get louder. At the time, rumours circulated that the Bee Gees were "If you sounded like the Beatles and also could write a hit single, then the hype of the machine would go into action, and your company would make sure people thought you sounded like the Beatles or thought you were the Beatles. There was no mining disaster in New York in 1941, although there was one in McIntire, Pennsylvania which killed 6 people. On the second verse, when Robin sings the line "I keep straining my ears to hear a sound," a violin was featured in response on Robin's line. On 7 March, the Bee Gees recorded "New York Mining Disaster 1941" in six takes, along with three other songs: "The song begins in the chord of A minor; as Maurice explained: "There's a lot of weird sounds on this song like the Jew's harp, the string quartet, and of course the special way that Barry plays that guitar chord. In Aberfan, the tips were situated on the slopes of the mountains surrounding the town.
So, I was listening partly to his CD this afternoon, and I heard him singing "Have You Seen My … I heard [the idea] came actually from On the video, the band only features four members (but The group found time to record their first BBC session at Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London, with producer Bill Bebb, on which they performed this song, with the songs "In My Own Time," "One Minute Woman," and "Cucumber Castle." "We had quite a hard time at getting the Bee Gees played. On the second verse, when Robin sings the line "I keep straining my ears to hear a sound," a violin was featured in response on Robin's line. Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. 01-14-2003, 09:25 AM.
""...all the DJs on radio stations in the US picked it up immediately thinking it was the Beatles, and it was a hit on that basis. There was no mining disaster in New York in 1941, although there was one in McIntire, Pennsylvania which killed 6 people. New York Mining Disaster 1941 Lyrics: In the event of something happening to me / There is something I would like you all to see / It's just a photograph of someone that I …
It was a painstaking process to transfer tons of coal waste up the side of the mountain. The disc jockey would play it and play it and play it and, 'Guess who it is?'
For Benny, it took him to hell and back.Doubt led to drive for Francis, who still isn't sure why one of Status Quo's biggest hits is so beloved. Because of his tuning when he plays the minor at the beginning of the song which is different from a conventional A minor, it's a nice mixture when I play my conventional tuning together with Barry's tuning because his Barry and Robin Gibb took both leading and backing vocals: Robin sang the high harmony while Barry sang the lead (low harmony) both on the first and second verse: Their solution, as in many coal mining towns, was to pile it in trash heaps – or “tips,” as they’re called in the UK – close to the mines. songmeaningsfan on April 10, 2012 Link