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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. Music group (1958–2012) "BGs" redirects here. For other uses, see BG (disambiguation) and BGS (disambiguation). Bee Gees The Bee Gees in 1977 (top to bottom): Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb Background information Also known as BGs (1958–1959) Genres Pop soul disco rock soft rock ...
Andy Gibb was born on 5 March 1958 at Stretford Memorial Hospital, Stretford, Lancashire. [4] He was the youngest of the five children born to Barbara and Hugh Gibb.His mother was of Irish and English descent, and his father was of Scottish and English descent. [5]
The Bee Gees are one of the most successful pop-rock groups of all time. [3] Gibb started his music career in 1955 in Manchester, England at the age of five joining the skiffle-rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes, [1] which later evolved into the Bee Gees in 1958 after spending three years in Manchester when they moved to Australia. [4]
The Rattlesnakes was a British skiffle/rock and roll group, founded in Manchester in 1955 by Barry Gibb, which later changed to become the Bee Gees in 1958. [3] [4] They were one of the many skiffle bands that were formed in the United Kingdom in the 1950s since the revival of the American skiffle in the UK that was originally started in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
Dennis Bryon, former Bee Gee drummer who played for the band from 1974-1980, died on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Ivan Keeman/Redferns Vince Melouney, Robin Gibb (1949-2012), Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb ...
Petersen and Australian guitarist Vince Melouney joined the Brothers Gibb — who later shortened their stage name to the Bee Gees — in 1966 and 1967, respectively, and Petersen contributed to ...
In 1991, Jonathan Kelly performed at a Bee Gees tribute concert and formed a cover band for the occasion which included his son Greg on lead guitar, Jonathan played drums. Colin and Joanne Petersen returned to Australia in 1974 where Colin, having lost his rights to royalties after his court case against the Bee Gees, eventually became a ...
The discography of the British-Australian musical group Bee Gees consists of 39 albums (including 22 studio albums), 83 singles and 37 music videos.In a career spanning more than 50 years, the Gibb brothers have already sold over 120 million records worldwide [1] [2] (with estimates as high as over 200 million records sold worldwide), [3] becoming among the best-selling music artists in history.