The Bee Gees were a music group formed in 1958. Their lineup consisted
of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially
successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s,
and later as prominent performers of the disco music era in the
mid-to-late 1970s. The group sang recognisable three-part tight
harmonies; Robin's clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their
earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound
during the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The Bee Gees wrote all of
their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits
for other artists. The Bee Gees are widely referred to by many
critics, media outlets and fellow artists as the "Kings of Disco".Born
on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in
Chorlton, Manchester, England until the late 1950s. There, in 1955,
they formed the skiffle/rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes. The
family then moved to Redcliffe, in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland,
Australia, and then to Cribb Island. After achieving their first chart
success in Australia as the Bee Gees with "Spicks and Specks" (their
12th single), they returned to the UK in January 1967, when producer
Robert Stigwood began promoting them to a worldwide audience. The Bee
Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (1978) would be the turning
point of their career, with both the film and soundtrack having a
cultural impact throughout the world, enhancing the disco scene's
mainstream appeal. They won five Grammy Awards for Saturday Night
Fever, including Album of the Year.The Bee Gees have sold over 120
million records worldwide (with estimates as high as over 220
million), making them among the best-selling music artists of all
time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997;
the presenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony" was
Brian Wilson, historical frontman of the Beach Boys, another "family
act" featuring three harmonising brothers. The Bee Gees' Hall of Fame
citation says, "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson,
Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees." The Bee
Gees are the third most successful band in Billboard charts history
after the Beatles and the Supremes.
of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially
successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s,
and later as prominent performers of the disco music era in the
mid-to-late 1970s. The group sang recognisable three-part tight
harmonies; Robin's clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their
earlier hits, while Barry's R&B falsetto became their signature sound
during the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The Bee Gees wrote all of
their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits
for other artists. The Bee Gees are widely referred to by many
critics, media outlets and fellow artists as the "Kings of Disco".Born
on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in
Chorlton, Manchester, England until the late 1950s. There, in 1955,
they formed the skiffle/rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes. The
family then moved to Redcliffe, in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland,
Australia, and then to Cribb Island. After achieving their first chart
success in Australia as the Bee Gees with "Spicks and Specks" (their
12th single), they returned to the UK in January 1967, when producer
Robert Stigwood began promoting them to a worldwide audience. The Bee
Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (1978) would be the turning
point of their career, with both the film and soundtrack having a
cultural impact throughout the world, enhancing the disco scene's
mainstream appeal. They won five Grammy Awards for Saturday Night
Fever, including Album of the Year.The Bee Gees have sold over 120
million records worldwide (with estimates as high as over 220
million), making them among the best-selling music artists of all
time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997;
the presenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony" was
Brian Wilson, historical frontman of the Beach Boys, another "family
act" featuring three harmonising brothers. The Bee Gees' Hall of Fame
citation says, "Only Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Michael Jackson,
Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees." The Bee
Gees are the third most successful band in Billboard charts history
after the Beatles and the Supremes.
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