"First of May" | ||||
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Single by The Bee Gees | ||||
from the album Odessa | ||||
B-side | "Lamplight" | |||
Released | January 1969 March 1969 (United States)[1] | |||
Recorded | November 1968 | |||
Genre | Pop[2] | |||
Length | 2:49 | |||
Label | Polydor Atco (United States/Canada) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
Producer(s) | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees | |||
The Bee Gees singles chronology | ||||
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Audio sample | ||||
First Of May |
"First of May" is a song by the Bee Gees with lead vocals by Barry Gibb, released as a single from their 1969 double album Odessa. Its B-side was "Lamplight". It also featured as the B-side of "Melody Fair" when that song was released as a single in the Far East in 1971 as well as in 1976 and 1980 on RSO Records.[3] It was the first Bee Gees single to be released after lead guitarist Vince Melouney had left the group.
...delicate pop ballads like "First of May" (which became the single off the album)...