Pentatonix honours The Bee Gees with emotional rendition
<p>The most well-known a capella group in the world has stunned fans by covering a song of one of the biggest musical groups in the world, The Bee Gees.</p>
<p>The Bee Gees make up the some of the most iconic performers in the music industry with the group having continuous hit songs over a career that spanned nearly five decades.</p>
<p>Pentatonix honoured the musical group for the CBS television special <em>Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees</em>.</p>
<p>Pentatonix paid tribute to the band before a live audience at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater and they performed an astounding rendition of ‘Too Much Heaven’.</p>
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<p>The song was originally released as the lead single to The Bee Gees’ 1979 album <em>Spirits Having Flown</em>.</p>
<p>This sensational hit song was written as the band’s contribution to a fundraising project for UNICEF called ‘Music for UNICEF’.</p>
<p>The original song took the longest out of all the tracks on the <em>Spirits Having Flown</em> album due to nine layers of a three-part harmony which created 27 voices.</p>
<p>Pentatonix proved they were capable of singing this masterpiece and soared through the performance.</p>
<p>The star-studded television special brought together a variety of world-class performers from all genres of music who honoured the work of the three Gibb brothers with celebratory performances. Pentatonix, Celine Dion, Keith Urban, Stevie Wonder and Barry Gibb himself, appeared on stage to celebrate the sensational music of The Bee Gees. </p>
<p><em>Image credit: CBS Broadcasting</em></p>
