Although The Rattlesnakes were short-lived, ending with the Gibb family moving away, the brothers had realized music was in their blood. According to Barry Gibb: “It was the feeling of standing in front of an audience that was so amazing. We’d never seen anything like it. We were very young, but it made an enormous impression. We didn’t want to do anything else but make music.” (via Bee Gees)

While the Bee Gees had early success in Australia and England, thanks to their manager Robert Stigwood, who also managed Eric Clapton, by the mid-’70’s, the group still wasn’t breaking through in America (via The New York Post). Stigwood, however, had a plan. Recently purchasing the rights to a story called “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night,” Stigwood insisted the Bee Gees create a soundtrack for the film. The group, already halfway through recording a new album, was not thrilled with the prospect. Still, Stigwood persisted and the brothers eventually relented.                                                                                                                 

 Before the film’s debut, the project was renamed and on December 12, 1977 “Saturday Night Fever” (the film) was released. According to The New York Post, between Christmas 1977 and New Year’s day 1978, the “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack sold over 750,000. The Bee Gees were re-born.