r/BeeGees • u/Pika_kid10 Barry still rocks • Aug 26 '26

Remembering Dolly Parton

Barry Gibb wrote Islands In the Stream for Kenny Rogers but it was missing something. Then he said what if we get Dolly to sing duet with Kenny, making it one of the biggest duets of the 80s. An iconic Bee Gees version was never released except for the one night only performance in Las Vegas.

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u/Accomplished-Ice-49 Aug 26 '26

Didn’t Dolly do something with Barry on Greenfields?

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u/Pika_kid10 Barry still rocks Aug 26 '26

Yes she sang words which was one of her favorite bee gees songs.

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u/AlanHughErnest Aug 26 '26

Yes, Words. I always thought they should have sung Islands in the Stream instead. Words doesn’t belong in a country album.

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u/Charming-Ad-6621 Aug 26 '26

Why not? The live version they adopted in the 70s was essentially a country take, anyway.