Bee Gees consists of Alan Kendall (guitarist), Barry Gibb (guitarist, vocalist), Blue Weaver (keyboardist), Dennis Bryon (drummer), Maurice Gibb (keyboardist, bassist, vocalist), Robin Gibb (vocalist).
The Bee Gees were a British band, formed in Australia. They were one of the most successful musical acts of all time. The Brothers Gibb (hence B.G. or Bee Gees), consisting of frequent lead vocalist Barry Gibb, and the twins, co-lead vocalist Robin Gibb, and keyboardist/guitarist Maurice Gibb, were born in the Isle of Man in the 1940s. The group was successful for all of its forty years and they did much to define the sound and even the look of disco. They sang tight three-part falsetto harmonies that were natural and infectious, and their sound was instantly recognizable. Barry sang the low part, Maurice the middle and Robin the high part. Barry, the elder brother and leader of the trio, wrote many of the songs that they performed, including their greatest hits, and he often featured his own very high, intense falsetto to great effect. What may be their last song, "Man in the Middle" was released in 2005 as a tribute to Maurice, who died in January 2003.
The Gibb brothers were born on the Isle of Man to English parents in 1946 (Barry, born Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, September 1) and 1949 (non-identical twins Robin and Maurice, born respectively as Robin Hugh Gibb and Maurice Ernest Gibb, December 22). The family returned to father Hugh Gibb's home town of Manchester in the early 1950s where the boys began to sing in harmony, debuting in public on one memorable occasion at a local cinema. The boys were going to lip sync to a record, which other children had done at the cinema in previous weeks. However, on the way to the cinema, the record was dropped and broken. As a result, the brothers got on stage and sang themselves. They got a very good response from the crowd, which convinced them that singing was what they wanted to do with their lives.
In 1958, the Gibb family, including infant brother Andy (born March 5, 1958 in Manchester, England), moved to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia and the still very young Brothers Gibb began performing where they could to raise pocket change. They gained the attention of a radio DJ named Bill Gates (Not to be confused with Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft) and gradually made a name for themselves for their harmony singing and Barry's songwriting. By 1960 they were featured on television shows and in the next few years began working regularly (despite child labour laws) at resorts on the Queensland coast. Barry drew the attention of Australian star Col Joye for his songwriting, and he helped the boys get a record deal with Festival Records in 1963 under the name "Bee Gees". The three released two or three singles a year, while Barry supplied additional songs to other Australian artists. A minor hit in 1965, "Wine and Women", led to the group's first LP " Barry Gibb and the Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs." The following year, they had a big hit with the song "Spicks and Specks," which went to #1. By late 1966, the family decided to return to England and seek their fortunes there.