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32-562: The trio produced five number-one singles in the US, and six singles that reached the US top 10. Because Bee Gees' manager and RSO Records head Robert Stigwood had ended his US distribution arrangement with Atlantic Records , Atlantic producer Arif Mardin , who had produced the Bee Gees' previous two albums (including their "comeback" album Main Course ), was no longer permitted to work with

64-405: A logo, but I didn't like any of them. Some Japanese friends gave me a papier-mâché cow, which is a symbol of good health and good fortune. It was on the mantelpiece in my office, and I thought, 'Good health and good fortune, that's appropriate. Just write RSO on it.' In the 1978 movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , a similar logo of a pig , rather than a cow , was used as a logo of

96-568: A new distribution arrangement with Warner Music's Reprise Records , which reissued their albums and the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack until 2016, when the Bee Gees signed a new deal with Universal's Capitol Records . Stigwood explained the inspiration for RSO Records's akabeko logo in a 2001 interview for Billboard : I was in Japan with The Who and decided to set up RSO as an independent label . I had designers working on

128-548: A series of top-selling recordings over the next four years. A few months after Children of the World , the trio worked together again on Andy Gibb 's Flowing Rivers album, recorded in October 1976. Barry and Joe Walsh also performed on two songs from the album, " I Just Want to Be Your Everything " and " (Love Is) Thicker Than Water " (both US No. 1), although the album was mainly produced by Galuten and Richardson. The album

160-518: A single track independent of the album (it mostly appears in compilations of Dolly Parton songs from Sony Music). The song "I Will Always Love You" featured on this album was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and is not the same as the more famous song of the same name , which was written by Dolly Parton. Kenny Rogers would later record a rendition of the Dolly Parton song, for his 1996 covers album Vote for Love . The song "Buried Treasure"

192-472: Is currently owned by Capitol Records Nashville , which released it digitally; this version omits " Islands in the Stream ", the most successful single from this album, for which copyright is still owned by Sony Music , current owner of RCA Records. Universal Music Group , owner of Capitol Records, did not obtain a license from Sony Music to include this song on that release, though this track can be purchased as

224-400: Is not to be confused with Rogers's 1978 song "Buried Treasures", which appears on his album Love or Something Like It . "Buried Treasures" had not been released as a single. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Barry Gibb originally recorded the songs for Kenny Rogers on his album, the songs recorded from August 1982 to January–April 1983. Gibb's version of the songs

256-428: Is still considered to be the largest successful lawsuit against a record company by an artist or group. The lawsuit was subsequently settled for an undisclosed amount, and after a public reconciliation, the band remained with the label until its dissolution. By 1981, Stigwood had ended his involvement with the label, which was absorbed into PolyGram a few years later. All previous RSO releases were later re-released under

288-529: The Bee Gees album Spirits Having Flown went on to eventually sell over 30 million copies (with the album producing three further number 1 singles that each sold more than one million copies in their own right). In 1980, the label's most famous act, the Bee Gees , filed a $ 200 million lawsuit against both RSO and Stigwood, claiming mismanagement, which was met with Stigwood's own $ 310 million countersuit alleging libel, defamation of character and extortion. It

320-468: The Bee Gees for the 1983 film Staying Alive until April 1983, as Rogers started to record this album in May the same year. The album, Rogers's first for RCA Nashville , was issued while his previous effort on Liberty Records We've Got Tonight was still in the charts and had to compete with singles from that still being issued by his previous label. The finished instrumental tracks were dubbed onto

352-480: The PolyGram Group umbrella from January 1978 to around October 1981, and finally by PolyGram Records from around November 1981 until the label's end in 1983. As well as the label was operating in 1978, the disastrous commercial and critical failure of RSO's movie version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band crippled the company. The woes of this failure were somewhat offset by the middle of 1979, as

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384-553: The 1980s outside of the Bee Gees . Gibb wrote most of the songs that were more reminiscent of Rogers's days with the First Edition . Just after Barry Gibb contributed producing Dionne Warwick's Heartbreaker album, he and Rogers met later in the year and it was then that Rogers asked about some songs, and one of those songs was the title track . The other songs in this album were written in late 1982 and recorded in early 1983. Gibb recorded demos for Rogers while working with

416-587: The Bee Gees (including Barry), Galuten and Richardson won the Grammys for Best Producer of the Year, Non-Classical . The trio's last project on an Andy Gibb full album was After Dark which contains his last US Top 5 single " Desire ", although Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits (released September 1980) album contains only three new songs. In 1980, the trio produced Barbra Streisand 's Guilty which became Streisand's best-selling album to date internationally when it

448-508: The Polydor label, which is now owned by Universal Music Group . Reissues from Polydor are distributed in the U.S. by sister label Island Records . The Star Wars soundtracks passed through several hands before ending up with Sony Classical in the 1990s, and finally, Walt Disney Records after Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm Ltd. The Bee Gees catalog reverted to the Gibb family, who set up

480-459: The Stream " was not a duet, and Rogers was not happy with the recording. Only after Dolly Parton was brought in and recorded the song as a duet did it take off. The producers at the vocal dub sessions were surprised by Rogers's laid-back approach. He had kept the song demos in his possession for a period of time, but still needed to read lyric sheets while singing. He also, in Galuten's opinion,

512-424: The careers of several major acts, the Bee Gees , Yvonne Elliman , Cream , Eric Clapton , and Andy Gibb . The release of the soundtracks of Saturday Night Fever (over 50 million copies sold worldwide) and Grease (over 30 million copies sold worldwide), which were two of the best selling albums ever , made RSO one of the most financially successful labels of the 1970s. Additionally, the record label released

544-536: The demo was mixed into the final version. The three members of the Bee Gees: Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb did the same on "Living with You". " Islands in the Stream " became a major hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard pop, country and adult contemporary charts. It turned out to be the #1 country chart song of 1983. Elsewhere on the album are " Buried Treasure ", a single which was a top 3 country hit;

576-415: The demos, and some of the guitar, bass, and synthesizer on the demos are heard in the completed mix. Ron Ziegler had to dub drums exactly in time with the drum machine used on the demos. Some of the musicians had also played on all of Andy Gibb 's albums, Tim Renwick , George Terry , and Ron Ziegler. Barry and Maurice Gibb with Albhy Galuten appear both from the demo tracks and new recordings. " Islands in

608-649: The fictional Big Deal Records label depicted in the film. During its existence, the styling of the RSO circular label changed as it changed its distribution partner. Eyes That See in the Dark Eyes That See in the Dark is the fifteenth studio album by American country singer Kenny Rogers , released by RCA Records in August 1983. Eyes That See in the Dark marks Barry Gibb's third production project of

640-451: The group. In an effort to retain the same sound, the group recorded its next album, 1976's Children of the World , at the same studios ( Criteria Studios in Miami) using the same engineer that Mardin had used, Karl Richardson. At first, the Bee Gees recruited Richard Perry to take over as producer, but Perry and the group parted company after only a couple of weeks amidst disagreement over

672-412: The musical direction the group should take, which the group insisted should remain the same as Mardin's vision. At this point the Bee Gees decided to produce the album themselves, with Barry Gibb taking the lead role, along with engineer Richardson. They added young musician and arranger Albhy Galuten to the control room as musical adviser. The new team of Gibb, Richardson and Galuten saw the group through

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704-486: The other songs from the album were later included on the soundtrack of the film Hawks . After that, Richardson did not work with Gibb again. RSO Records RSO Records was a record label formed by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood and record executive Al Coury in 1973. The letters "RSO" stood for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. RSO managed

736-562: The soundtracks to Fame , Sparkle , The Empire Strikes Back , Return of the Jedi , Times Square and Grease 2 . At one point in 1978, the label boasted an unprecedented six consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard (US) pop charts, holding the top spot for 21 consecutive weeks. With singles releases from the Grease soundtrack album (" You're the One That I Want ", and

768-561: The title track) and another Andy Gibb hit (" Shadow Dancing "), RSO logged a further 10 weeks at the number 1 position, giving the label a record nine in one calendar year. This feat remains unduplicated by any record label to date. The company's main headquarters were at 67 Brook Street, in London's Mayfair. RSO Records underwent four distribution stages: by Atlantic Records from March 1973 to December 1975, by Polydor Records from January 1976 to December 1977, as an independent label under

800-555: The track " This Woman ", which reached the top 20 on both the Billboard pop and country charts, and the title cut, " Eyes That See in the Dark ", which charted on the UK Singles Chart , spending six weeks in the top 100. Copyright of this album later passed to Kenny Rogers's self-owned label Dreamcatcher Records, and was licensed to Castle/Sanctuary . Under that license, this album was reissued on CD in Brazil . Copyright

832-586: Was a duet between himself and fellow country singer Dolly Parton entitled " Islands in the Stream " that became US No. 1 hit in the Billboard Hot 100, Country Charts, Adult Contemporary Charts and on Canadian Country Charts, and was also certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over two million physical copies in the US. In 1984, when Barry Gibb was recording his first solo album, Galuten

864-505: Was just copying Barry's vocals instead of making the songs his own, a comment for which Galuten was banished from the rest of the vocal dub sessions. Kenny recalls it differently, that the producers urged him to sing them like Barry. At any rate, his vocals do follow Barry's closely. The Gatlin Brothers contributed background vocals on " Buried Treasure " and " Evening Star ", though Barry and Maurice Gibb's backing vocals can be heard, as

896-411: Was not available at the sessions as he traveled to California the previous year after he disagreed with Barry. As a result, the album Now Voyager was credited only to Barry and Richardson. In 1985, Barry had teamed again with Galuten and Richardson to produce an album for another American recording artist Diana Ross entitled Eaten Alive . But it was the trio's last album production. Eaten Alive

928-582: Was released in October 1982; the title track reached No. 10 in the US and No. 2 in the UK, while the album reached No. 25 on the Billboard 200 . Also in 1982, Barry met Kenny Rogers and Rogers asked Barry about writing some songs for him. By August, Barry started recording demos for Rogers by doing the demo of " Eyes That See in the Dark ". The release of Rogers' Eyes That See in the Dark album reached No. 1 on US Country charts. The lead single on Rogers' album

960-617: Was released in late 1977. Gibb-Galuten-Richardson later crafted songs for a diverse roster of talent, including producing four other US Top 10 singles for Andy Gibb such as " Shadow Dancing ", " An Everlasting Love " and " (Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away ". Samantha Sang 's 1977 hit " Emotion ", which the trio produced, reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another song the trio produced was " Save Me, Save Me " by Network (the first song credited to Gibb and Galuten). The trio also produced singles by Frankie Valli (" Grease ") and Teri DeSario (" Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You "). In 1979,

992-522: Was released on the RCA label in the US where it was deemed a commercial failure, selling fewer than 300,000 US copies. The title track was produced by the trio with Michael Jackson , who also co-wrote the track. After the Eaten Alive album, the trio separated. In February 1986, Gibb and Richardson reunited again for Gibb's second solo album Moonlight Madness , but the album was rejected by MCA and

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1024-449: Was released, with sales of 12 million. The album features three US Top 10 singles, including the No. 1 hit "Woman In Love," " Guilty " and " What Kind of Fool " (the latter two being duets between Streisand and Gibb). Their next production was in 1982 when Clive Davis , the president of Arista Records asked Barry Gibb to write songs for Dionne Warwick who recorded for Arista. Heartbreaker

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