Saturday Night Fever
Soundtrack of SATUDAY NIGT FEVA
Released	November 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Disco
Length	75 min 55 s
Label	RSO
Producer	Arif Mardin
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Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track was the soundtrack album from the blockbuster film Saturday Night Fever starring John Travolta. Cover of The Bee Gees album Saturday Night Fever. ... // In film formats, the sound track is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Discothèque redirects here. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... Look up second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... RSO Records was a record label, formed in partnership with Polydor Records by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood in the late 1960s, after the death of his business partner and mentor Brian Epstein. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 - June 25, 2006) was a renowned Turkish-American music producer, who worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a Brooklyn discotheque. ... John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an Oscar-nominated American actor, singer, entertainer and aviator. ...

Background

Along with the success of the movie, the soundtrack, composed and performed primarily by The Bee Gees, became the number one best-selling soundtrack of all time. The cultural impact of Saturday Night Fever in the United States was tremendous, bringing the nascent disco scene into the mainstream. // In film formats, the sound track is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... Disco is a genre of dance-oriented pop music that blends elements of funk and soul music. ...

The Bee Gees had originally written and recorded the five original songs for the film, "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever" and "How Deep Is Your Love" (all performed by the Bee Gees), "More Than A Woman" (performed in the film in two different versions--one version by Tavares, and another by the Bee Gees), and "If I Can't Have You" (performed in the movie by Yvonne Elliman) as part of a regular album (they had no idea at the time they would be making a soundtrack). Two previously released Bee Gee songs, "Jive Talkin'" and "You Should Be Dancing", are also included on the soundtrack. Other previously released songs from the disco era round out the music in the movie. Yvonne Elliman album cover photo c. ...

In addition to the Bee Gees' score, additional incidental music was composed and adapted by David Shire. Three of Shire's cues, "Manhattan Skyline", "Night on Disco Mountain" (based on the classical piece "Night on Bald Mountain"), and "Salsation", are included on the soundtrack album. Five additional cues, "Tony and Stephanie", "Near The Brooklyn Bridge" (both adapted from the Bee Gees' song "How Deep Is Your Love"), "Barracuda Hangout", "Death On The Bridge", and "All Night Train", while heard in the film, remain unreleased on CD. David Shire David Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and the composer of stage musicals and film and television scores. ... This article refers to a musical composition. ...

In 2003, the album was ranked number 131 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This article is about the magazine. ... Promotional Book Cover The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

The soundtrack hit the #1 spot on Billboard Music Chart's Pop Album and Black Album charts. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 57th greatest album of all time. Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division...

Saturday Night Fever - The Original Movie Soundtrack was ranked 80th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ...

The original issue of the album included the original studio version of "Jive Talkin'"; later LP pressings included a live version culled from Here At Last...The Bee Gees Live. All CD releases have included the original "Jive Talkin'". "Jive Talkin'" was to have been used in a deleted scene taking place the day after Tony Manero's first Saturday night at the disco, but as the sequence was cut for the final film, the song was cut as well.

Track listing

1. "Stayin' Alive" performed by The Bee Gees - 4:45
2. "How Deep Is Your Love" performed by The Bee Gees - 4:05
3. "Night Fever" performed by The Bee Gees - 3:33
4. "More Than a Woman" performed by The Bee Gees - 3:17
5. "If I Can't Have You" performed by Yvonne Elliman - 3:00
6. "A Fifth of Beethoven" performed by Walter Murphy - 3:03
7. "More Than a Woman" performed by Tavares - 3:17
8. "Manhattan Skyline" performed by David Shire - 4:44
9. "Calypso Breakdown" performed by Ralph MacDonald - 7:50
10. "Night on Disco Mountain" performed by David Shire - 5:12
11. "Open Sesame" performed by Kool & the Gang - 4:01
12. "Jive Talkin'" performed by The Bee Gees - 3:43
13. "You Should Be Dancing" performed by The Bee Gees - 4:14
14. "Boogie Shoes" performed by KC & the Sunshine Band - 2:17
15. "Salsation" performed by David Shire - 3:50
16. "K-Jee" performed by MFSB - 4:13
17. "Disco Inferno" performed by The Trammps- 10:51

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Personnel

• The Bee Gees - Performer
• Kool & the Gang - Performer
• Tavares - Performer
• The Trammps - Performer
• Yvonne Elliman - Performer
• Robin Gibb
• MFSB - Performer
• Ralph MacDonald - Performer
• Walter Murphy - Performer
• Barry Gibb
• Carmine d'Amico - Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Maurice Gibb
• KC and the Sunshine Band - Performer
• Arif Mardin - Producer
• David Shire - Performer, Adaptation
• John Tobler - Liner Notes
• Bill Oakes - Compilation, Album Supervision

The Bee Gees: Maurice, Barry and Robin The Bee Gees were a British and Australian band, originally a pop singer-songwriter combination, reborn as funk and disco. ... Kool & the Gang is a highly successful R&B/soul/funk/disco group. ... Tavares is an American successful R&B, disco, and soul music band, comprised of five brothers from New Bedford, Massachusetts. ... The Trammps, based in Philadelphia, were one of the first disco bands. ... Yvonne Elliman album cover photo c. ... Robin Hugh Gibb CBE (born December 22, 1949) is a singer and songwriter. ... Walter Murphy Walter Murphy (born December 19, 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, A Fifth of Beethoven, a disco adaption of Beethovens Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity. ... Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, CBE (born on September 1, 1946 in Douglas, Isle of Man) is a singer, songwriter and producer, hailing from England and Australia. ... Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE (December 22, 1949 – January 12, 2003), was a musician and singer-songwriter. ... KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. ... Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 - June 25, 2006) was a renowned Turkish-American music producer, who worked with a wide range of artists, across many different styles and genres of music. ...

Additional songs in the film not on the soundtrack album

• "Barracuda Hangout" performed by David Shire
• "Dr. Disco" performed by Rick Dees
• "Disco Duck" performed by Rick Dees

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Additional songs recorded for the film but not used

• "Emotion" by Samantha Sang
• "If I Can't Have You" by The Bee Gees
• "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" by The Bee Gees

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Charts

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Popular Culture

• The Sesame Street Fever album parodies the cover perfectly, using Bert, Ernie, and Cookie Monster in the Bee Gee's pose, and Grover in the John Travolta pose.