| The Bee Gees The Bee Gees are three brothers: | | | | single "Run |
| Barry, Robinand Maurice Gibb; three outstanding | | | | To Me", another huge hit. |
| songwriters, singers,producers and musicians.They | | | | By 1975 The Brothers Gibb were back on top, |
| have been rated as one of thebest musical acts of all | | | | commercially andcreatively, as "Main Course" went |
| time.They were best rated band inthe world in 1978. | | | | gold and platinum, both |
| They were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, | | | | "Nights on Broadway" and "Jive Talkin'" shot to #1, and |
| livedin Manchester, England and moved to Brisbane, | | | | "Jive Talkin'" was a gold single. 1976's "Children ofthe |
| Australiaduring their childhood years, where they began | | | | World" went gold and platinum, both "You Should Be |
| their musicalcareers. Their worldwide success came | | | | Dancing" and "Love So Right" were gold singles, and |
| when they returned to | | | | "You |
| England and signed with producer Robert Stigwood. | | | | Should Be Dancing" went to #1 as well. |
| It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' record sales | | | | The movie "Grease" opens with the theme song, |
| totalmore than 220 million, easily making them part of | | | | "Grease,"added for the movie and written by Barry |
| the listof best-selling music artists. | | | | Gibb of the BeeGeesand performed by Frankie Valli. |
| In 1958 The entire family moved to Australia, settling | | | | Who could ever forget thatmovie? |
| inthe Brisbane area.1960, the Brothers were given their | | | | Saturday Night Fever" gained the music which |
| ownhalf-hour weekly television show in Brisbane when | | | | propelled itinto the stratosphere. The soundtrack to |
| Barry wasstill only 13, and the twins were 10! | | | | "SNF" became thebest-selling album ever (a title it held |
| In 1963, they signed their first recording contract with | | | | until Michael |
| Festival ]Records in Australia. They released their first | | | | Jackson's "Thriller" took over), and it remains |
| Bee Gees written single, "Three Kisses of Love", and | | | | thebest-selling soundtrack album to this day. |
| wrotesongs for other artists the Bee Gees had been | | | | They keep on performing hit after hit and they were |
| voted the topsongwriting team in Australia in both 1965 | | | | namedthe best rated band in 1978.On March 10, 1988, |
| and 1966. Yes,they had been named Australia's best | | | | youngerbrother Andy died at age 30 from myocardial, |
| group in 1966. In | | | | an inflammationof the heart muscle due to a recent |
| January, 1967, the Gibb family journeyed back to Great | | | | viral infection. |
| Britain. While on this journey, the Bee Gees finally | | | | Maurice, who had been the musical director of the Bee |
| gottheir first #1 in Australia with "Spicks and Specks". | | | | Geesduring their final years as a group, died suddenly |
| By 1969, after numerous hits, the stress of working | | | | on |
| togetherand other personal matters, the group split up. | | | | January 12, 2003, from a strangulated intestine.They |
| It wouldtake 15 months for the group to come back | | | | thendecided to retire the groups name. |
| together again. | | | | This article, by no means,has covered all of the great |
| Two Years On", the next Bee Gees album. That | | | | hitsthat this family has had over the more than 4 |
| albumcontained "Lonely Days", which became the | | | | decades that theywere performing. The Bee Gees, in |
| Brothers first | | | | my opinion, were one ofthe greatest performing |
| #1 single in the US, and their first gold US single.The | | | | families of all times. |
| 1972album "To Whom It May Concern" produced the | | | | |