"Save Me, Save Me" is a song written by
Barry Gibb
Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Along with his younger fraternal twin brothers, Robin Gibb, Robin and Maurice Gibb, Maurice, he rose to global fame as a member ...
and
Albhy Galuten
Albhy Galuten (born Alan Bruce Galuten; December 27, 1947) is an American technology executive and futurist, Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and conductor.
Career Musical career
Galuten attended Berkle ...
in 1977. It was recorded by the group Network from New York City. The flipside was "Not Love at All". This song is the first track credited to Gibb and Galuten. George Bitzer was hired to play synthesizers and keyboards and he later worked with Barry and
Andy Gibb
Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer and songwriter. He was the younger brother of Barry Gibb, Barry, Robin Gibb, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, musicians who had formed the Bee Gees during the late 1950s. Andy G ...
. It was recorded in
Criteria Studios
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,
Miami
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around April 1977, same session as
Samantha Sang
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recorded her well-known hit "
Emotion
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".
The song was issued in Netherlands and the B-side was "Holly".
Cover versions
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Frankie Valli
Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer and occasional actor, best known as the frontman (lead singer) of The Four Seasons (band), the Four Seasons. He is known for ...
recorded this song as a follow-up to "
Grease" also written by Barry.
It appeared on his album ''
Frankie Valli... Is the Word''. According to ''
Billboard
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'', Valli's vocal performance generates similar enthusiasm as his performance of "Grease." ''
Record World
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'' said that "It has a bit of Bee Gees' flavor with Valli's vocals set off perfectly by Bob Gaudio's production."
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Teri DeSario
Teri Lynn DeSario (born November 27, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter from Miami, Florida.
Career
DeSario worked within several music genres out of high school. She was a vocalist and played both recorder and harp from 1970–1977 with ...
covered this track and released on the album ''
Pleasure Train'' (1978), along with "
Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You" also written by Barry
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Rare Earth recorded this song after they recorded "
Warm Ride" credited to
Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.
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Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was a British singer. With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, Pop mus ...
covered "Save Me, Save Me" for ''
Living Without Your Love''.
References
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1977 songs
1977 singles
Songs written by Barry Gibb
Song recordings produced by Barry Gibb
American disco songs
American funk songs
Epic Records singles
Song recordings produced by Albhy Galuten
Songs written by Albhy Galuten