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British Heart Foundation – Vinnie Jones Hands-Only CPR

ORIGINAL AIR DATE 01 Jan 2012 | POSTED ON 16 April 2013

ADVERT CATEGORY: Licensed Recording

Music Title: Staying Alive
Artist: Bee Gees

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Vinnie Jones plays up to his image as a Hackney hard man in what might once have been called a Public Information film but which makes humorously dramatic use of The Bee Gees’ signature song Staying Alive, first heard over the opening credits from the 1977 blockbuster movie Saturday Night Fever.

Artist Profile – The Bee Gees

Synced Title: Staying Alive
Formed: Australia/UK
Musical Genre: Pop
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Description: After returning to the UK from Australia in 1967, brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb’s Beatles-influenced songs proved immediately popular but it was in the following decade that their distinctive vocal style – exemplified by the soundtrack of the Saturday Night Fever movie smash – made them legends in their own lifetimes.

Key Singles: Title / Date / Label / Chart Pos
Massachusetts / 1967 / Polydor / UK 1, US 11
I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You / 1968 / Polydor / UK 1, US 8
Jive Talking / 1975 / RSO / UK 5, US 1
Staying Alive / 1978 / RSO / UK 4, US 1
Night Fever / 1978 / RSO / UK 1, US 1
Tragedy / 1978 / RSO / UK 1, US 1
You Win Again / 1987 / Warner Bros / UK 1, US 75

Key Albums: Title / Date / Label / Chart Pos
Idea / 1968 / Polydor / UK 4, US 17
Spirits Having Flown / 1979 / RSO / UK 1, US 1
E.S.P./ 1987 / Warner Bros / UK 5, US 96

Key Members:
Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb (died 2003)
Robin Gibb (died 2012)

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