Robert Stigwood

Birth Name:

Robert Colin Stigwood

Birth Place:

Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia

Profession

Producer

Eight of the 19 No․ 1 hit singles on the Billboard pop chart in 1978 were released by his company, including the Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" and Yvonne Elliman's "If I Can't Have You․"
Began his career in the music industry by forming his own management company, working with singer Joe Leyton and producer Joe Meek
Worked as an advertising copywriter in Adelaide, Australia, before moving to London
Quote: "[on the Bee Gees] "I loved their composing․ I also loved their harmony singing․ It was unique, the sound they made; I suppose it was a sound only brothers could make․""
Best known as the manager of bands like Cream and the Bee Gees and as the producer of films like "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever․"
Expanded into the realms of musical theater and film production when he formed the Robert Stigwood Organisation in 1967
Worked as a booking agent for The Who when the band was just starting out, and the group recorded their single "Substitute" on his record label Reaction Records

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