Small Ensemble Drums,Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.802655 By Bee Gees. By Barry Gibb. Arranged by Peet du Toit. Dance,Disco. Score and parts. 17 pages. Peet du Toit #6212051. Published by Peet du Toit (A0.802655). Spicks and Specks is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry Gibb. When the song was released in September 1966, the single reached No. 4 on the Go-Set Australian National Top 40 (No. 1 on other Australian charts),and when the song was released in other countries in February 1967, it reached No. 28 in Germany, No. 2 in the Netherlands and No. 1 in New Zealand.Spicks and Specks is dated to early July by the memory of Geoff Grant (Geoffrey Streeter) who played the trumpet. Grant recalls working three nights in a row on four songs including this track, I Am the World, All by Myself, and The Storm. There were no charts; Barry sang what he wanted live, and Grant copied it. Some of the artists whose disks came out in August recall hearing Spicks and Specks being worked on or completed, further confirming that early July is the approximate date of the song's recording. Spicks and Specks was a ballad around a strong piano beat.The single entered the Sydney charts at the end of September and stayed in the top 40 for 19 weeks, peaking at number 3. It appeared on the Go-Set National Top 40 for sixteen weeks, where it reached number 4 early in November.
