Dolly Parton and Barry Gibb remake the Bee Gees classic ‘Words’

Dolly Parton and Barry Gibb remake the Bee Gees classic ‘Words’

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The single was released on Friday and will be included on Gibb’s next album “Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1.” The album will be released on January 8.

Parton and Gibb revealed their duet via a short video teaser posted on both Twitter accounts.

“Happy New Year to everyone! I’m really excited to share #words with all of you. @DollyParton and I had a great time singing this song together from my new #greenfields album,” Gibb wrote.

Music is now available on all streaming services. “Words” was originally released by the Bee Gees in 1968.

The “Greenfields” album is inspired by Gibb’s love for bluegrass and country music. Recorded in Nashville, it brings new versions of songs written by the Gibb brothers. Gibb collaborates with several artists on the album, including Olivia Newton-John, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban and Brandi Carlile.

Gibb’s last album was released in 2016. He is the only surviving member of the Bee Gees, the group he formed in the early 1960s with his brothers Robin and Maurice.

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Robin Gibb died in 2012 after a long battle with cancer. Maurice Gibb died in 2003 of a congenital disease that caused his small intestine to twist, which cut off access to the blood supply.

Inserted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, the Bee Gees sold more than 200 million albums. The soundtrack album “Saturday Night Fever” was the best-selling album until Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” claimed this distinction in the 1980s.

“Saturday Night Fever” and the group’s album “Spirits Having Flown” yielded six No. 1 hits, “making Bee Gees the only group in pop history to write, produce and record so many consecutive singles at the top of the charts” according to the Hall of Fame.

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