Andy Gibb I Just Want To Be Your Everything
45 years ago (July 30th, 1977), Andy Gibb s debut U. S. single, I Just Want To Be Your Everything, topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of four straight weeks. The song, which was written and coproduced by his elder brother, Bee Gee Barry Gibb, can be seen as the musical link between the group s major 1976 Children Of The World singles the charttopping You Should Be Dancing and it s Top Three followup Love So Right, and 1977 s blockbuster Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Andy, who released his first album, Flowing Rivers, in September 1977, was only 19 at the time of the runaway success, which turned him into an instant teen idol and Top 40 force to be reckoned with. Shortly after the song s meteoric success, he recalled that he was unsure if he had the talent to carry the song to the top of the charts: When I very first heard the song, when Barry played me the song, I thought, Oh, yeah, y know, it s a monster
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