They were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, lived



in Manchester, England and moved to Brisbane, Australia

during their childhood years, where they began their musical

careers. Their worldwide success came when they returned to

England and signed with producer Robert Stigwood.

It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' record sales total

more than 220 million, easily making them part of the list

of best-selling music artists.

In 1958 The entire family moved to Australia, settling in

the Brisbane area.1960, the Brothers were given their own

half-hour weekly television show in Brisbane when Barry was

still only 13, and the twins were 10!

In 1963, they signed their first recording contract with

Festival ]Records in Australia. They released their first

Bee Gees written single, "Three Kisses of Love", and wrote

songs for other artists the Bee Gees had been voted the top

songwriting team in Australia in both 1965 and 1966. Yes,

they had been named Australia's best group in 1966. In

January, 1967, the Gibb family journeyed back to Great

Britain. While on this journey, the Bee Gees finally got

their first #1 in Australia with "Spicks and

Specks"

By 1969, after numerous hits, the stress of working together

and other personal matters, the group split up. It would

take 15 months for the group to come back together again.

Two Years On", the next Bee Gees album. That album

contained "Lonely Days", which became the Brothers first

#1 single in the US, and their first gold US single.The 1972

album "To Whom It May Concern" produced the single "Run

To Me", another huge hit.

By 1975 The Brothers Gibb were back on top, commercially and

creatively, as "Main Course" went gold and platinum, both

"Nights on Broadway" and "Jive Talkin'" shot to #1, and

"Jive Talkin'" was a gold single. 1976's "Children of

the World" went gold and platinum, both "You Should Be

Dancing" and "Love So Right" were gold singles, and "You

Should Be Dancing" went to #1 as well.

The movie "Grease" opens with the theme song, "Grease,"

added for the movie and written by Barry Gibb of the BeeGees

and performed by Frankie Valli. Who could ever forget that

movie?

Saturday Night Fever" gained the music which propelled it

into the stratosphere. The soundtrack to "SNF" became the

best-selling album ever (a title it held until Michael

Jackson's "Thriller" took over), and it remains the

best-selling soundtrack album to this day.

They keep on performing hit after hit and they were named

the best rated band in 1978.On March 10, 1988, younger

brother Andy died at age 30 from myocardial, an inflammation

of the heart muscle due to a recent viral infection.

Maurice, who had been the musical director of the Bee Gees

during their final years as a group, died suddenly on

January 12, 2003, from a strangulated intestine.They then

decided to retire the groups name.

This article, by no means,has covered all of the great hits

that this family has had over the more than 4 decades that

they were performing. The Bee Gees,in my opinion, were one

of the greatest performing families of all times.