Artists from all genres of music—including Keith Urban, Jason Derulo and Celine Dion—spread the Bee Gees love in February during the taping of the TV special, Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Bee Gees, which will air on Sunday, April 16.
On the country front, a handful of stars took the stage to honor the Bee Gees, including Keith, Kelsea Ballerini, Thomas Rhett and Little Big Town.
Keith performed “To Love Somebody,” a song he says is “simple” and “beautiful.”
“The thing I’m amazed at is how [the Bee Gees] maintained such quality of songwriting through decades and so many sort of stylistic changes in music through those periods, and the songcraft level was always extraordinary,” says Keith. “They created a particular kind of pop R&B style that is timeless—it’s really timeless.”
Watch Keith explain how the Bee Gees transcended generations with their timeless sound below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnG8H2znJs0
Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Bee Gees will air on Easter Sunday, April 16, on CBS at 8 p.m. ET.
Check out the set list.
- Keith Urban: “To Love Somebody”
- Ed Sheeran: “Massachusetts” (the only pre-taped number on the show)
- Panic! At the Disco: “Lonely Days”
- Celine Dion: “Immortality”
- Katharine McPhee: “Emotion”
- John Legend with Stevie Wonder on harmonica: “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”
- Pentatonix: “Too Much Heaven”
- Tori Kelly: “Tragedy”
- Kelsea Ballerini and Thomas Rhett: “Islands in the Stream”
- DNCE: “Night Fever”
- Demi Lovato: “If I Can’t Have You”
- Jason Derulo and Tavares: “More Than a Woman”
- Little Big Town: “How Deep Is Your Love”
- Andra Day: “Love So Right”
- Nick Jonas: “I Just Want to Be Your Everything”
