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Hugh Leslie Gibb [1] (15 January 1916 – 6 March 1992) was an English drummer, bandleader and the father of musicians Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy Gibb. [2] Barry, Robin and Maurice would go on to form the Bee Gees , one of the most successful musical groups of all time, while Andy was a solo performer.
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 ...
Gibb dropped out of school at the age of 13, and with an acoustic guitar given to him by his older brother Barry, he began playing at tourist clubs around Ibiza, Spain (when his parents moved there), [2] and later on the Isle of Man, his brothers' birthplace, where his parents were living at the time.
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Announcement of the birth of Barry Gibb (Isle of Man Examiner, Friday September 6, 1946) 50 St Catherine's Drive, Douglas, Isle of Man, childhood home of the Bee GeesBarry Alan Crompton Gibb was born at Jane Crookall Maternity Home in Douglas, Isle of Man, on 1 September 1946, to Hugh Gibb (15 January 1916 – 6 March 1992), a drummer, and Barbara Gibb (née Pass; 17 November 1920 – 12 ...
In the late 1970s, at the same time Pablo Escobar and the Cartel de Medellín were turning Miami, Los Angeles, and New York into dumping grounds for planeloads of cocaine, Andy Gibb, kid brother ...
Petersen joined the group when the Gibb brothers moved to London in 1966. Before Petersen’s death, Robin died in 2012 at the age of 62, and Maurice died in 2003 at the age of 53.
Gibb was born at the Jane Crookall Maternity Home, Douglas on the Isle of Man, to English parents, Hugh and Barbara Gibb; the family later moved to Manchester for three years (where Andy was born) before settling in Redcliffe, just north of Brisbane, Australia. Gibb began his career as part of the family trio (Barry-Maurice-Robin).