The Bee Gees

The Bee Gees - the name is an acronym of "The Brothers Gibb" - are indisputably one of the most popular recording acts of all time. Their records have sold more than 100 million copies (read that again - One hundred million copies!). 

The trio were so incredible in the 1960s in a psychedelic pop way and yet transitioned so comfortably into the disco mire. 

With their bizarre falsetto warblings and their satin-trousered, open-shirted, blow-waved and bearded rugged looks The Bee Gees were a veritable 70s icon, and most people remember them for their work on three movies; Saturday Night Fever, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and Grease (whose title song they wrote).

As balladeers, The Bee Gees probably have no equal, and their recorded output has almost been surpassed by the sheer number of songs they have written for other artists (including Diana Ross and Barbra Streisand). Only John Lennon and Paul McCartney have written more number one singles on the American charts than Barry Gibb.

Listening to a number of their recordings from the sixties, The Bee Gees sound so completely utterly miserable that Joy Division and Nirvana sound positively gleeful by comparison. Nevertheless, the boys have been rightfully inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and there probably isn't a person on the face of the planet who doesn't know at least one Bee Gees song.

There has been much talk of The Bee Gees being Australian . . . They are not. They emigrated from Manchester (UK) to Australia with their family in 1958. By 1967 they were on the move again (back to the UK). So the brothers Gibb spent a grand total of 9 years in Australia. That makes them as Australian as Mel Gibson . . .

HISTORICAL NOTE
The career of The Bee Gees as we know them effectively came to an end on January 12, 2003, with the tragic death of Maurice Gibb. While Barry and Robin have stated they will continue to record, they will no longer be The Brothers Gibb.