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FEMUSINDO.com - Formed in 1958, Bee Gees is a legendary world music group that used to consist of three brothers, namely Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb.
The Gibb brothers were born on the Isle of Man to English parents. They spent several years of their childhood in Chorlton, Manchester, England.
In the late 1950s, the Gibb family moved to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, where the Gibb brothers began their music career.
After becoming known thanks to the song "Spicks and Specks" (their 12th single) which reached the Australian charts, the Bee Gees returned to the United Kingdom in January 1967.
From England, producer Robert Stigwood then promoted them to international music fans and since then they have been very famous.
Success in the Music Industry and the Peak of Glory
Throughout the Bee Gees' forty-year successful career in the recording music industry, they have experienced two peaks of glory.
Their first peak was in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a trio playing harmonious "soft rock" songs.
The Bee Gees' second peak was in the late 1970s as a disco band, somewhat different from their early days.
The Bee Gees' songs were easily recognizable because they sang in tight three-part harmony.
Robin Gibb's clear vibrato as a lead was a hallmark of their early hits until it was replaced by Barry Gibb's falsetto as the Bee Gees' trademark in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.
Not only did the Gibb brothers write all of their hit songs together, they also acted as producers and wrote hit songs for other artists.
Active Singing and Songwriting
Throughout their five-decade career, the Bee Gees had at least one song per decade reach the US Top 10.
The Bee Gees are estimated to have sold over 200 million records in total, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. The Bee Gees are the longest-running act of all time in the rock and roll era.
The Bee Gees Hall of Fame states that "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks, and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees".
After Maurice Gibb died suddenly on January 12, 2003, Barry and Robin Gibb temporarily put the Bee Gees on hiatus after forty-five years of uninterrupted activity.
On September 7, 2009, Robin Gibb revealed that he and Barry Gibb had agreed to reform the Bee Gees and perform again. However, after a long battle with cancer, Robin died on May 20, 2012. (*)
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