The Bee Gees were a hugely successful music trio consisting of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.
The Brothers were born in England but moved to Australia when they were young.
After charting hits in Australia, they returned to England where their career exploded making them one of the premier groups of the 1970′s.
Their hits have included:
To Love Somebody
Massachusetts
Words
Lonely Days
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Jive Talkin
Nights on Broadway
Fanny (Be Tender)
You Should Be Dancing
Staying Alive
Night Fever
More than a Woman
How Deep is Your Love?
Love So Right
Too Much Heaven
Tragedy
Love You Inside Out
You Win Again
One
Alone
And many others….
Nine of their singles have gone to #1 on the Billboard Top-40 Charts here in the US.
The 1977 Soundtrack Album to the film “Saturday Night Fever” was instrumental in the career of the trio. The Album contained a number of Bee Gees classics including “Night Fever”, “Staying Alive”, “How Deep is Your Love”, “More Than a Woman”, and others. The Album won the Album of the Year Grammy Award.
They have had 30 Singles crack the Top-40 of the Billboard Charts.
The group has released 26 Studio Albums in their career.
As far as worldwide record sales, the Bee Gees are #6 of All-Time in Music History.
Robin and Maurice were twins. All three brothers were the older brothers of singer Andy Gibb.
Andy, who frequently performed with his brothers, passed away in 1988.
The group won a total of 9 Grammy Awards over their career.
The trio sold in excess of 250 Million records worldwide in their career.
In 1997, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Maurice Gibb died of a Heart Attack in 2003 at the age of 53.
Barry and Robin Gibb would not perform together again under the Bee Gees name until 2009.
I wrote to Barry Gibb as far part of my autograph collecting hobby and he was kind enough to sign the photo that I mailed him.
