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.
** Robin Gibb passed away on May 20, 2012 after a long battle with Cancer. He was 62 years old. **
I love the Bee Gee’s and I don’t care who knows it! Their music is classic and timeless, which is why it is still being played today… and will be played tomorrow.
By: Carol Deminski on September 27, 2011
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Carol – Same here! I got a ton of their songs on my Ipod and it is great music to pedal to while riding my stationary bike
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on September 27, 2011
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Yay! The BG’s – I love them too. My favorite song of theirs is little known and never featured much anywhere.
Take a listen
By: Slowvelder on September 27, 2011
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~sigh~ I just listened to it again
PS: this song does real good in the car on high volume 
By: Slowvelder on September 27, 2011
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Safari Girl – I remember that one. (I could not love you more) You are right, it is a forgotten great song.
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on September 27, 2011
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Safari Girl – I’ll add it on to my Ipod rotation….
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on September 27, 2011
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They were partially responsible for my singing tenor in high school Choir. I’m more of a baritone, but spent an awful lot of time singing along in falsetto with the Brothers. We had enough basses, were short on tenors, and I could hit notes higher than the basses did – voila!
(I should be ashamed to admit that, but I’m in a “don’t-give-a-fart” mood today.)
By: John Erickson on September 27, 2011
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No-Hio – After a few hours riding the bike, I can hit the high notes even better than Barry Gibb can…….
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on September 27, 2011
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Try getting some air on a 10-speed road bike (while riding in the grass), only to miss the seat when the bike hits the ground.
My dad thought I had knocked the wind out of myself. All the dogs within a square mile, howling their heads off, gave him no clue……
By: John Erickson on September 27, 2011
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The Bee Gees rock in a sick disco kinda way.
By: BrainRants on September 27, 2011
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brainrants – Disco is coming back bud….get out that bell bottoms and the gold chains!
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on September 27, 2011
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How can you not like the Bee Gees? It’s physically impossible to sit still when one of their songs are playing. Impossible, I tell you.
By: Amy on September 27, 2011
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Amy – I agree totally….. Some of my best rides on the bike are to the likes of “You should be Dancing” and “Tragedy”…….. and let’s not forget “Staying Alive”……
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on September 27, 2011
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Beautiful to listen to…and to look at. Before men started …yuck… shaving their chests.
Thank you for reminding me how much I love them.
By: rustedgranny on September 27, 2011
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Well what’s to say except I love them.
By: Judith on September 27, 2011
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Granny – Gosh…that makes me itch just thinking about it…… I’d rather look like a Disco Dancing Sasquatch than a bare-chested toddler…..
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on September 27, 2011
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Judith – Good taste in music!
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on September 27, 2011
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I loved the BeeGees. Didn’t realize one died so young. What happened to Andy? I always thought there were four brothers in the group.
By: Christine Grote on October 1, 2011
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Christine – Unfortunately Andy died real young. I think it was due to drugs. It is just Barry and Robin now. Pretty sad.
By: TheIdiotSpeaketh on October 1, 2011
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I had always enjoyed Bee Gees songs. But in January 2011 I saw a biography special “In Our Own Time”. I had no idea how young they had started singing, nor their “story”. In my opinion they are the most talented songwriters and singers of our generation. While the Beatles came first, the Bee Gees simply had more talent. I have since collected every DVD and CD that I could get my hands on. The more I listen the more I appreciate the overwhelming talent. These guys cant read or write music. Barry sang the string and horn parts as well as the melody so the music could be written. I also read the 2 1/2 inch thick book “The Bee Gees” tales of the Brothers Gibb. (for the die hard Bee Gees fan)
Andy had a drug problem but had been clean. He had gone to stay on Robin’s estate in England. His mom was with him. He had been on at least a three day drinking binge when he went to the hospital complaining of stomach pain. In fact he had a heart condition. The following is from a People Magazine article about Andy’s death just a few days after his 30th birthday:
A Radcliffe Hospital spokesman, in a carefully worded statement, said later that an autopsy had shown Gibb “died of inflammation of the heart of the sort commonly caused by a virus. There is no evidence that his death was related to drink or drugs.” Dr. William Shell, a Beverly Hills cardiologist who had treated Gibb for heart inflammation in 1985 and 1986, says he always believed the illness was “viral in nature.” Yet it seemed all too possible that years of cocaine use had finally taken its toll on Gibb’s heart.
By: LK on November 17, 2011
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I LOVE the Bee Gees! I’m actually listening to them right now lol
I can’t believe how people who are around my age(22) or any age for that matter would be ashamed to admit they like their music, they’re an incredible band, they motivate me to become a good singer, their songs cheer me up and make me feel understood in the hard times and make my day even better when i’m already having a good day, i praise them, they’re my heroes:)
By: Dave Douma (@Dillingerescape) on December 28, 2011
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