"Tragedy (Bee Gees song) ""Tragedy"" is a song released by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, included on their 1979 album ""Spirits Having Flown"". The single reached number one on the UK in February 1979 and repeated the feat the following month on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb wrote this song and ""Too Much Heaven"" in an afternoon off from making the ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" movie, in which they were starring. In the same evening, they wrote ""Shadow Dancing"", which was performed by Andy Gibb (and reached number"
"Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who achieved fame as a member of the pop group Bee Gees. Although his brothers Barry and Robin Gibb were the group's main lead singers, most of their albums included at least one or two compositions by Maurice, including ""Lay It on Me"", ""Country Woman"", and ""On Time"". The Bee Gees were one of the most successful rock-pop groups ever. Gibb's role in the group focused on melody and arrangements, providing backing vocal harmony and playing a variety"
"Robin Gibb Robin Hugh Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, who gained worldwide fame as a member of the pop group the Bee Gees. Their younger brother Andy was also a singer. Robin Gibb also had his own successful solo career. Gibb was born on the Isle of Man to English parents, Hugh and Barbara Gibb; the family later moved to Manchester (where Andy was born) before settling in Redcliffe, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Gibb began his career as part of the family trio (Barry-Maurice-Robin). When the group found"
"been given as a Christmas present, but on the way Gibb and his brother Robin dropped and broke it, so they sang live. The audience were pleased by their singing, which may have been the song ""Wake Up Little Susie"" by the Everly Brothers. When he was 8 years old, Gibb emigrated to Redcliffe, in Queensland, Australia, with his family. Shortly after, he and his brothers formed the Bee Gees. By January 1963 the Gibbs moved to Sydney. The group's first single was ""The Battle of the Blue and the Grey"" but it failed to chart. Around 1963, the Gibb"
"of instruments. Born on the Isle of Man, Gibb started his music career in 1955 in Manchester, England, joining the skiffle-rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes, which later evolved into the Bee Gees in 1958 when they moved to Australia. They returned to England, where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2002, the Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their ""contribution to music"". Following his death in 2003, Gibb's son collected his award at Buckingham Palace in 2004. Gibb's earliest musical influences included the Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard, and Paul Anka; the Mills Brothers and the Beatles were significant later"
"Hugh Gibb Hugh Leslie Gibb (15 January 1916 – 6 March 1992) was an English drummer and bandleader and the father of English musicians Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy Gibb. Barry, Robin and Maurice would go on to success as the Bee Gees, one of the most successful musical groups in the 1960s and 1970s, while Andy would have several hits as a solo performer. Hugh Leslie Gibb was born in Chorlton district in Manchester to Hugh Gibb and Edith Yardley. He said: ""I was the oddball in my family 'cause I liked music and the attitude was that it"
"the Diabetes Research Institute. Following the 2003 death of brother Maurice Gibb at Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute in Miami Beach, Florida, the family asked that donations be made to the Andy Gibb Memorial Foundation in lieu of flowers. Andy Gibb Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer, songwriter, performer, and teen idol. He was the younger brother of the Bee Gees: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Gibb came to international prominence in the late 1970s with six singles that reached the Top 10 in the United States, starting with"
"inspired him to play at a time when he was about to throw it all in, ""If Maurice had not been so generous my life would be different now. I owe him everything. His warmth and love will stay with me forever"". Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who achieved fame as a member of the pop group Bee Gees. Although his brothers Barry and Robin Gibb were the group's main lead singers, most of their albums included at least one or two compositions"
"Andy Gibb Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer, songwriter, performer, and teen idol. He was the younger brother of the Bee Gees: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. Gibb came to international prominence in the late 1970s with six singles that reached the Top 10 in the United States, starting with ""I Just Want to Be Your Everything"" (1977), followed by three other top 20 singles. Gibb's success was brief due to drug addiction and depression. He died just five days after his 30th birthday. Andrew Roy Gibb was born on 5 March"
"Spencer Gibb Spencer David Gibb (born 21 September 1972) is a British musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He was a founder member of Austin, Texas-based band 54 Seconds. He is the first-born child of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees and Molly Hullis. Spencer David Gibb was born on 21 September 1972 in London, England, as the first child of Robin Gibb, an English musician and member of the Bee Gees, and Molly Hullis, who worked as the personal assistant to the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein until his unexpected death in 1967. Gibb's godfather was Robert Stigwood, who managed the Bee"
"the Gibb brothers worked with Bip Addison, Sandy Summers, Anne Shelton, Vince Maloney, April Bryon, MPD Ltd, Ray Brown and the Whispers, Ronnie Burns, Lori Balmer, Marty Rhone, Vyt, Python Lee Jackson, Dennis Knight, Barrington Davis, Jenene and Jon Blanchfield. Their second album, ""Spicks and Specks"" (1966), included ""Where Are You"", Gibb's first solo writing credit to be released. In March 1967 the Gibb brothers worked with Billy J. Kramer recording ""Town of Tuxley Toymaker, Part 1"". Around the same time, Colin Petersen and Vince Melouney joined the Bee Gees. In the middle of 1967 ""Bee Gees' 1st"" was released."
"his son, Steve Gibb, who declined to use the Bee Gees brand mainly because of his much different style. In 2016, he released ""In the Now"", his first solo effort since 1984's ""Now Voyager"". It was the first release of new Bee Gees-related music since the posthumous release of Robin Gibb's ""50 St. Catherine's Drive"". Also in 2016, Capitol Records signed a new distribution deal with Barry and the estates of his brothers for the Bee Gees catalog, bringing their music back to Universal. The Bee Gees were influenced by the Beatles, the Everly Brothers, the Mills Brothers, Elvis Presley,"
"album ""One"". Barry Gibb performed this song in the 2013 Mythology Tour accompanied by his son Stephen Gibb and Maurice's daughter Samantha ""Sammy"" Gibb. He still used the backing vocal effect in the last part of the original record. Ordinary Lives ""Ordinary Lives"" is a single released by the Bee Gees in 1989. It was taken from their 16th studio album ""One"". Following the premature death of their younger brother Andy Gibb in 1988, the Bee Gees dedicated this song and their new album to him. Originally the song was titled ""Cruel World"" but was changed and the name was"
"Col Joye. The Gibb family moved in Sydney at the start of 1963. Around the same time, the Bee Gees were signed to Festival but they were assigned to Leedon. Their first single, ""The Battle of the Blue and the Grey"" was written by Gibb. All of the Bee Gees' singles from 1963 to 1966 were written by Gibb. Between 1963 and 1966, Gibb's songs were recorded by numerous Australian recording artists including Trevor Gordon, Noeleen Batley, Anne Shelton, April Byron, Ronnie Burns and Lori Balmer. One of them is his composition ""One Road"" hit No. 2 in Australia New"
"three songs credited all three Gibb brothers as composers: the single ""Lonely Days"", its flip side ""Man For All Seasons"", and ""Back Home"". Maurice sings on all songs, but Barry and Robin are only on the ones they wrote or co-wrote. In the August sessions, they also recorded ""You Got to Lose It In the End"", ""Little Red Train"", ""Sweet Summer Rain"", ""Melody Fair"" (originally released on ""Odessa"") and ""Maybe Tomorrow"". None of these were released. 2 Years On 2 Years On is a 1970 album released by the Bee Gees, which reached No. 32 on the US charts, and"
"television presenter Paul Gambaccini has stated that the Bee Gees were ""second only to Lennon and McCartney as the most successful songwriting unit in British popular music"", and recognised Gibb as ""one of the major figures in the history of British music [and] one of the best white soul voices ever"". Gibb was a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA). Robin Gibb Robin Hugh Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, who gained worldwide fame as a member of the pop group the Bee Gees. Their"
"Everybody talked about how this was a man who really celebrated life and so this was a celebration of his life."" Gibb's ex-wife Lulu was reported to have attended his funeral. Kipner, who managed the early Bee Gees career in Australia in 1966 spoke fondly of his memories: ""But I had a business in Australia and I didn't want to go. So I gave them their contract back. One of the dumb things I've done,"" he joked. After his funeral service, his body was cremated. His brothers Barry and Robin ceased performing as a group for a time, but later"
"Maurice Gibb sing backup vocals on both songs. In 1967, after moving to the UK, he was invited to join the Bee Gees. He was the lead guitarist on their first four albums; ""Bee Gees' 1st"", ""Horizontal"", ""Idea"" and ""Odessa"". In June 1968, while he was a Bee Gee he wrote and performed ""Such a Shame"" (the only track that was not written by one of the Gibb brothers). The song was released on the UK version of the album ""Idea"", but on the US version, it was replaced by ""I've Gotta Get a Message to You"". Melouney prefers the"
"record and perform together once again as the Bee Gees. In 2010, Gibb withdrew from a planned appearance on the Gorillaz album ""Plastic Beach"" which was released in March. In December 2011, his two songs, ""Grey Ghost"" and ""Daddy's Little Girl"" were released. On 21 February 2012, Gibb performed his first solo concert in the U.S. at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe in Florida. He sang ""How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"" with Maurice's daughter, Samantha Gibb, who is a singer in her own band. Barry's son Steve was also on stage as lead guitarist and sang a Maurice"
"and the unreleased material from ""Sing Slowly Sisters"". In 1994, Gibb was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. In 1997, Gibb was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, US as a member of the Bee Gees. At the 1997 BRIT Awards held in Earls Court, London on 24 February, the Bee Gees received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In the New Year Honours 2002 Gibb was appointed as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) along with his brothers Maurice and"
"decided to perform occasionally under the Bee Gees banner before twin brother Robin died of liver and kidney failure on 20 May 2012 after a long battle with colorectal cancer. Barry and Robin Gibb told the BBC about Maurice's death, ""The fact that they had to operate on Maurice during the shock of cardiac arrest is questionable."" Barry said, ""None of the sequence of events have yet made sense to us."" Robin Gibb spoke to ""Mojo"" magazine about Maurice's death in 2003: ""We were kids together, and teenagers. We spent the whole of our lives with each other because of"
"composition, ""On Time"". On 20 May 2012, Robin Gibb died, making Barry the sole surviving Gibb brother. Gibb made his debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry on 27 July 2012, performing three songs with Ricky Skaggs. Skaggs later recorded ""Soldier's Son"" on which Gibb added vocals for Skaggs' album ""Music to My Ears"" released in 2012. He commenced a world tour in 2013 in Australia called Mythology Tour, featuring the Bee Gees anthology set album of the same name. He was joined on stage by his son Steve and Maurice's daughter Samantha. On that tour, for the first time"
"the Brothers Gibb"". Barry can be heard counting the band in at the start of the stereo mix. The original single mix made its CD debut on the 1980s reissue of Best of Bee Gees where it replaced Spicks and Specks which had been left off the CD for contractual reasons. It had previously appeared on the 1976 budget compilation ""Massachusetts"" which had largely consisted of B-sides and non-album tracks. Tomorrow Tomorrow (Bee Gees song) ""Tomorrow Tomorrow"" is a song by the Bee Gees written by Barry and Maurice Gibb. The song was originally intended to be recorded by Joe"
"Chart and they would continue as one of the most popular rock groups in the world through the following decade. The Bee Gees were an English-Australian group which consisted of brothers Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb — was a successful harmonic act as the 1970s dawned. Aside from the chart-topping ""How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"" in 1971, the brothers did not make much impact in the US during the first half of the decade and most of their record sales were in Europe, especially on the continent. With the failure of their 1973 album ""Life in a Tin"
"moved to Northern Grove it signalled the departure of Frost and Horrocks. The brothers later changed the name of the group to Wee Johnny Hayes and the Blue Cats. Under that name, they performed regularly in ""Minor 15"", a talent contest for under-fifteens held on Thursday nights from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Princess Club in Chorlton. At the beginning of August 1958, the Gibb family set sail for Australia from Southampton on the ship ""Fairsea"". Also aboard was Red Symons, future guitarist of Skyhooks, as well as Kylie Minogue's mother. The band later changed its name to Bee Gees."
"and Chorus' but the two songs were left unreleased. On 19 March 1969, Gibb announced his solo plans, and the same day when the Bee Gees recorded ""Tomorrow Tomorrow"", ""Sun in My Morning"" and ""Ping Pong"" (unreleased), and Gibb began recording later in March, Maurice participated at least in one session, on which he played piano on ""Saved by the Bell"" and bass on ""Mother and Jack"", but later, Barry was not happy to hear about it. Despite Robin's break with the Bee Gees, twin brother Maurice Gibb played bass on the song ""Mother and Jack"" and piano on ""Saved"
"previously unreleased television appearances, live performances and promo videos. Each disc is themed, with the first disc being the more upbeat songs called ""A Night Out"" and the second disc being more ballad-focused called ""A Night In"". Bee Gees The Bee Gees were a pop music group formed in 1958. Their lineup consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco"
"believed that as Australia had been a good training ground for the Bee Gees it would also help Gibb's career. While in Australia, Gibb recorded demos of his compositions as well as his own renditions of an old numbers. After the release of his first single, ""Words and Music"" he performed it on the Australian TV called ""The Ernie Sigley Show"". When Gibb had got the call from his brother Barry in June 1976 as he and Col Joye's company ATA had proceeded with the new single (""Words and Music"") knowing that Gibb would go to Florida later that year."
"British culture. After a career spanning six decades, Gibb last performed on stage in February 2012 supporting injured British servicemen at a charity concert at the London Palladium. On 20 May 2012, Gibb died at the age of 62 from liver and kidney failure brought on by colorectal cancer. As an instrumentalist, Gibb primarily played a variety of keyboards, notably piano, organ and Mellotron on the Bee Gees album ""Odessa"" (1969); he also played acoustic guitar and organ on his debut solo album ""Robin's Reign"" (1970). Robin Hugh Gibb was born on 22 December 1949 in Jane Crookall Maternity Home"
"Can"", the Bee Gees appeared washed up. But in 1975, they rebounded with ""Main Course"" which added more of a beat to their songs and they began embracing the new disco sound in their next album ""Children Of The World"" (1976). The musical movie ""Saturday Night Fever"" (1977) finally propelled the Bee Gees to global superstar status with ""Stayin' Alive"", ""More Than a Woman"" and ""Night Fever"" (from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack). The Gibbs' youngest brother, Andy, was a sensation with his own solo career. He made occasional appearances with his brothers and hit the jackpot with his songs"
"Groves and Kipner travelled to the United Kingdom and formed a British-influenced pop group, Tin Tin, which was named after the main character of the popular Belgian cartoon strip, ""The Adventures of Tintin"". Bee Gees member Maurice Gibb introduced the duo to Robert Stigwood and they signed a one-album contract with Polydor Records. By that time they had been joined by Geoff Bridgford on drums, and Kipner was playing bass guitar, harpsichord, mellotron, percussion, piano, electric piano, tambourine, as well as singing. Gibb produced their debut self-titled album (February 1970) and played various instruments (bass guitar, drums, harpsichord, mellotron, organ)"
"signed to Festival Records at the start of 1963 (but they were assigned to Leedon Records) they released their debut single, ""The Battle of the Blue and the Grey"". Their 1964 single ""Claustrophobia"" is notable for being the first song that features Gibb as an instrumentalist playing melodica. The first Bee Gees record on which he sang lead was ""I Don't Think It's Funny"" in 1965. In 1966, he wrote his first song ""I Don't Know Why I Bother With Myself"" that was credited to him. Also in 1966, Gibb and his brother Barry took more solo vocals. The group's"
"influences. By 1964 he began his career as an instrumentalist, playing guitar on ""Claustrophobia"". After the group's break-up in 1969, Gibb released his first solo single, ""Railroad"", but his first solo album, ""The Loner"", has never been released. Maurice Ernest Gibb was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, on 22 December 1949, the son of Hugh Gibb, a drummer, and his wife Barbara (née Pass). He was the fraternal twin of Robin Gibb, and was the younger of the two by 35 minutes. At that time, he had one sister, Lesley, and one additional brother, Barry (another brother, Andy, would"