John Travolta and Barry Gibb reunite for Bee Gees Grammy Salute in LA
Gibb closed the show, which aired on CBS on Sunday, with renditions of You Should Be Dancing and the group’s signature track Stayin’ Alive.
Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees saw stars including Celine Dion, Demi Lovato, John Legend and Nick Jonas perform songs from the Bee Gees’ back catalogue alongside the last surviving Gibb brother.
The Bee Gees almost turned down the chance to write music for Saturday Night Fever
John Travolta, who jived through the streets of New York to Stayin’ Alive in the legendary opening scenes of Saturday Night Fever, was on hand to reprise his dance moves and posed for a photo with Gibb, whose trademark blond hairdo had hardly changed since the band’s heyday.
Saturday Night Fever was almost a very different movie; Robin Gibb, who died in 2012 after suffering complications from colorectal cancer, said in a Bee Gees biography that the band almost turned down the chance to write music for the film.
Earlier this year at the Grammys, Demi Lovato fronted a tribute performance to the Bee Gees to mark the 40th anniversary of the Grammy-winning Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, before performing at the full concert – which was recorded in February – two days later.