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In the eighties many artists had the Bee Gees to thank for their hit records. In 1980 Robin Gibb wrote and produced the album “Sunrise” for soul singer Jimmy Ruffin. “Hold On To My Love”, the first single off the album made it into the top 10 on the charts. Also in 1980 Robin and Barry wrote the #1 hit for Barbara Streisand, “Woman In Love”. The song won an Ivor Novello Award. And to round off the year Robin wrote and recorded “Help Me”, a song for the RSO movie “Times Square”. The hit was released as a duet with Marcy Levy. On October 1, 1981 The Bee Gees released their “Living Eyes” album. Which featured the hit single “He’s A Liar”. This was the first album that was made in the new Compact Disc format. In 1982 Robin, Maurice and Barry worked with Dionne Warwick. They wrote songs for her “Heartbreaker” album. The title track, “Heartbreaker”, from the album was released as a single. It included backing vocals by Robin, Maurice and Barry. And became one of Dionne’s biggest international hits. In 1983 the sequel to “Saturday Night Fever” was released. The “Staying Alive” soundtrack featured five Bee Gee songs. Including the hit singles “The Woman In You” and “Someone Belonging To Someone”. Also in 1983 Robin released his second solo album. “How Old Are You?”. It included the hit single “Juliet” and “Another Lonely Night In New York”. For months Robin is kept busy appearing as a guest on TV shows and being interviewed for magazines. In the summer of 1983 he passed Michael Jackson to be named most popular male artist in the “Bravo” magazine poll. Then in 1983 the Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton duet “Islands In The Stream” races to the top of the charts. The song was written by Robin, Maurice and Barry. It was awarded “Country Song Of The Year” and became the best selling country single ever. In 1985 Diana Ross became another artist to benifit from the Bee Gees songwriting talent on her Eaten Alive album. With the songs “Chain Reaction”, “(I Love) Being In Love”, “Crime Of Passion”, “I’m Watching You”, “Love On The Line” and “Oh Teacher” being written by Robin, Maurice and Barry. And Andy Gibb joined his brothers to write the song “Experience”. This album becames another Ivor Novello award winner for the brothers.
To be continued…..

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