Stayin’ Alive - Serban Mixby Bee Gees

When they recorded "Stayin' Alive," The Bee Gees were more than just the Gibb brothers: guitarist Alan Kendall, keyboard player Blue Weaver, and drummer Dennis Bryon were key members, if not official. Bryon, though, got called away when his mother fell ill, leaving them without a drummer. Their producer/engineers, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson, kept work going by looping a bar of Bryon's drumming on "Night Fever" and using that as the drum track. The built the song from there, adding the bass, then the guitar. They planned to replace the drum loop with live drums when Bryon returned, but it sounded so good they left it in.

When they recorded "Stayin' Alive," The Bee Gees were more than just the Gibb brothers: guitarist Alan Kendall, keyboard player Blue Weaver, and drummer Dennis Bryon were key members, if not official. Bryon, though, got called away when his mother fell ill, leaving them without a drummer. Their producer/engineers, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson, kept work going by looping a bar of Bryon's drumming on "Night Fever" and using that as the drum track. The built the song from there, adding the bass, then the guitar. They planned to replace the drum loop with live drums when Bryon returned, but it sounded so good they left it in.