"Alan Freeman Days" is a song written by Robin Gibb in 2007 as a tribute to the late Australian-British DJ

Alan Freeman Alan Leslie Freeman, MBE (6 July 1927 – 27 November 2006), nicknamed "Fluff", was an Australian-born British disc jockey and radio personality in the United Kingdom for 40 years, best known for presenting '' Pick of the Pops'' from 1961 to ...

and released in May 2008. In 2014, it was included on Gibb's first posthumous album '' 50 St. Catherine's Drive''. Recorded in August 2007 at

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in London. A live performance of the song was released on ''Robin Gibb - In Concert With the Danish Concert Orchestra''.

Writing

While it was mainly made available as a download the song was also included on a limited number of promotional CDs, a various artist compilation "V.1 - Songs from the British Academy" from Academy Recordings, of which a handful were raffled off to fans registered to Robin Gibb's forum."Win promo CD's" article on RobinGibb.com, May 29, 2008
/ref> There is also a lyric in the song "and my brother Maurice is stayin alive" as his tribute also to his late twin brother

Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician. He achieved fame as a member of the pop group Bee Gees. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main lea ...

Personnel

* Robin Gibb —

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

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—

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, keyboards,

, programming *Mark "Tufty" Evans — guitar, programming,

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*Francesco Cameli — bass

References

Songs written by Robin Gibb 2008 songs Robin Gibb songs Songs about musicians Cultural depictions of Australian men Cultural depictions of British men Commemoration songs {{2000s-pop-song-stub