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Barry Gibb and Olivia Newton-John have given us some beautiful duets in their time, but this version of āHow Can You Mend A Broken Heartā in 2009 may just beat all the others.
Barry Gibb and Olivia Newton-John were great friends and working partners since the '70s.
The pair grew up together in the spotlight and with their Australian backgrounds in common, itās unsurprising the duo were so close over the decades.
But one performance stands above all others when it comes to pure magical chemistry.
Olivia and Barry were performing in Australia at Sound Relief in 2009, a fundraising concert in aid of the Victorian bushfires, and joined Kylie Minogue, Toni Collette and even Princes William and Harry in supporting the cause on the night.
The event was held simultaneously at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground and Barry Gibb headlined the Sydney event, performing many classic Bee Gees hits including āJive Talkināā and āYou Should Be Dancingā.
In the middle of his set, Barry welcomed Olivia to the stage for a trio of stunning performances while describing the Grease icon as āthe greatest female singer in the worldā and āa true artist who Iāve admired all my lifeā.
After wowing the crowd with duets of āIslands In The Streamā and āGuiltyā, Barry Gibb and Olivia then slowed the event down and proceeded to sing a stunning duet of the Bee Geesā heartbreaking 1971 hit, āHow Can You Mend A Broken Heartā.
The footage comes after years of collaborations between Olivia Newton-John and the Gibb brothers.
Olivia famously first teamed up with Barry, Maurice, Robin and Andy Gibb at The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song, a gig held to raise money for world hunger programs and to mark the beginning of 1979ās International Year of the Child.
Taking to the stage on the night, Olivia sat opposite Andy Gibb on a high chair and gave a stunningly heartfelt performance of the delicate Bee Gees song āRest Your Love On Meā.
The incredible show culminated in a beautiful medley of Jackie DeShannonās āPut A Little Bit Of Love In Your Heartā by Olivia, the Bee Gees, Andy Gibb, Donna Summer, Earth, Wind and Fire and Rod Stewart, and was recorded and televised the following day on NBC and across the world.
In the '80s Olivia and Barry Gibb teamed up for the duet āFace to Faceā in 1984 for Barryās solo Now Voyager album and as of 2021 the pair have collaborated once again, this time on a new country album by the oldest Gibb brother.
Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1 sees Barry performing duets with country superstars old and new, including a duet of āRest Your Love on Meā with his old friend Olivia Newton-John, āIāve Gotta Get A Message To Youā with Keith Urban and āWordsā with country superstar, Dolly Parton.
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