"Nights on Broadway" is a song written by the Bee Gees for the Main Course album in 1975. The second single release from the album, it immediately followed "Jive Talkin'". The Bee Gees were a Manx-born Anglo-Australian singing trio that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. ... Main Course is an album by the Bee Gees. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Jive Talkin was a song by the Bee Gees, which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the Top Five on the UK music charts in the summer of 1975. ...
"Nights on Broadway" was released under the album Main Course. The single, although not reaching high positions on the charts, introduced Barry Gibb's falsetto voice. It was a turning point in Bee Gees style, as they progressed through their Disco era writing songs mostly sung in falsetto by Barry. He did not know of his special "talent" until producer Arif Martin asked someone within the group to try to do some kind of screaming during the main chorus. Barry had done some un-successful falsetto in songs like Melody Fair from the Odessa (album) album. He gave it a try, and as a result this legendary falsetto became a trademark of the Bee Gees.
Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake played Barry and Robin Gibb, respectively, in two Saturday Night Live sketches, entitled "The Barry Gibb Talk Show." The show's theme song contained the same melody, and even some of the lyrics, as this song. Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90-minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City which has been broadcast by NBC nearly every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...
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