The Bee Gees: The Rogue Gene
Johnny Black, MOJO, June 2001
IT WAS EASTER 1965. THE STONES were at Number 1 in the UK with 'The Last Time', The Beatles and The Supremes were battling it out in America and, sandwiched somewhere between a herd of prime beef and a bearded lady, The Bee Gees were knocking the farmhands dead at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney, Australia.
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