The family returned to father Hugh Gibb's home town of Chorlton cum Hardy, Manchester, England, in the early 1950s where the boys began to sing in harmony, debuting in public on one memorable occasion at the local Gaumont cinema. The Gibb brothers were born in Douglas on the Isle of Man to bandleader and drummer Hugh Gibb, and his wife Barbara Gibb Barry Alan Crompton Gibb on 1 September 1946, and fraternal twins Robin Hugh Gibb and Maurice Ernest Gibb on 22 December 1949. Their 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame citation says "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees".ĭespite popular belief, the group's name was not derived from "Brothers Gibb" or "Barry Gibb", but from the initials of Australian radio DJ Bill Gates and racetrack promoter Bill Goode. It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' record sales total more than 220 million, easily making them one of the best-selling music artists of all-time. However, this ended in May 2012 with the death of Robin. The group's name was retired after Maurice died in January 2003, though in 2009 it was announced that Barry and Robin would re-form the group as a duo. The three brothers co-wrote most of their hits, and they said that they felt like they became 'one person' when they were writing. Barry sang lead on many songs, and an R&B falsetto introduced in the disco years Robin provided the clear vibrato lead that was a hallmark of their pre-disco music Maurice sang high and low harmonies throughout their career.
No matter the style, the Bee Gees sang tight three-part harmonies that were instantly recognizable as brothers, their voices blended perfectly, in the same way that The Beach Boys' did. They were best rated band in the world in 1978. The multiple Grammy Award-winning group was successful for all of its forty years of recording music, but it had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost stars of the disco music era in the late 1970s. Their worldwide success came when they returned to England and signed with producer Robert Stigwood. They were born on the on the Isle of Man to English parents, lived in Manchester, England and moved to Brisbane, Australia during their childhood years, where they began their musical careers. The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers - Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb - that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time.
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