Track 3 - The Origins The thread linking The Temptations to BTS is long and winding, but it is undeniably there. And it always comes down to the exact same thing: a perfect melody nding its own way. Sidebar The Bee Gees: Brothers, Not a Boy Band Three brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb born on the Isle of Man but raised in Australia, began singing together as children in the 1950s. They do not t the strict de nition of a boy band outlined in this book: they played their own instruments, weren't assembled by a manager, and never relied on synchronized choreography or the typical teen idol blueprint. Yet, the Bee Gees belong in this narrative. I wanted to include them because they prove the exact same point the Jackson 5 did: sibling harmonies possess a cosmic quality that cannot be engineered in a lab. It is something organic and natural. The voices of Barry, Robin, and Maurice had known each other forever; they formed and adapted to one another over decades of shared life. I also included them because their career spans half a century of pop music with staggering versatility: from 1960s psychedelic rock to '70s soft rock, culminating in the tectonic disco explosion of Saturday Night Fever in 1977. Stayin' Alive and How Deep Is Your Love both released in 1977, both in the Billions Club are two sides of the same coin. The rst is pure adrenaline, dance oor rhythm, and raw energy; the second is a smooth, almost ethereal ballad about a love seeking security. Two billion stream tracks in a single year. Not 17