Samantha Sang had an earlier career as a teenage singer under the stage name Cheryl Gray, before adopting the stage name she is more widely known as in 1969.
14 Facts About Samantha Sang
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Samantha Sang first received nationwide recognition in Australia in 1967, after releasing the top ten single "You Made Me What I Am".
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Samantha Sang reconnected with the Bee Gees in 1977 and had an international hit with their song "Emotion", peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, number two in Australia and number eleven in the United Kingdom.
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Samantha Sang was born to Reg and Joan Samantha Sang in Melbourne, Australia, the great-great-granddaughter of a Chinese herbalist and surgeon.
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Samantha Sang's father ran a singing school and performed professionally as Reg Gray.
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Samantha Sang began her career at the age of eight, as Cheryl Gray, by singing on Australian radio and entered and won talent contests.
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Samantha Sang released three more singles on His Master's Voice but none charted.
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Samantha Sang became a singer on Australian television, but she felt her career was limited if she remained in Australia.
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In 1969, Samantha Sang travelled to the United Kingdom where Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees heard her singing and urged his manager, Robert Stigwood, to sign her.
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Samantha Sang followed with "Nothing in the World Like Love" written by UK pop singer-songwriter Labi Siffre.
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Samantha Sang visited Barry Gibb in France whilst the Bee Gees were recording songs for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
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Samantha Sang's following album, Emotion, although not produced by Barry Gibb, included a version of "Charade", a little-known Bee Gees' song from their 1974 album Mr Natural.
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Samantha Sang recorded a cover of Eric Carmen's Top 20 single, "Change of Heart", featured as the B-side of "You Keep Me Dancing".
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In 1999, residing again in Melbourne, Samantha Sang made a short return to live performing, with her father Reg as guest vocalist.