#1 Robin Gibb

Robin Gibb 'Saved By The Bell' 1969: A Piece by Steve Ferguson

In '45 Revolutions-a-minute' we will be tipping the hat to a variety of recording artists and record labels who released recordings that either have unique distinctions, or have maintained a level of well clouded mystique even decades later. First write up we examine an unlikely contributor to the development of machine-made music during the very turbulent and troubled year that was 1969..

Pioneers of electric music are often reeled outings conversations that usually run along the lines of Joe Meek, Eno, Can and Kraftwerk et al. One under-appreciated contribution to the genre however remains relatively obscure, coming from the unlikely source; a member of folk harmonisers The Bee Gees..

Robin Gibb was already a successful recording artist with his brothers in a band who had by 1969 achieved worldwide success. He decided to cut a single as a solo artist which was titled 'Saved By The Bell', a melancholic ballad with dramatic Brel/Scott Walker stylings that proved to be popular with the public worldwide and reached No.2 in the UK singles chart..

As a recording 'Saved By The Bell' has steadily drifted into obscurity over the years but as a foot note in the electronic music genre, it was the first commercially successful recording that featured an electronic drum machine. This makes the single unique and innovative, part of a pioneering framework that went on to create a long-lasting legacy in technology-driven creative arts..

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