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The Bee Gees are the combined talents of Barry Gibb, born September 1, 1946 and twins Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb, born December 22, 1949 in Manchester, England. They became a group in late 1957, although they were only children,billed as the Rattlesnakes; they sang songs at a theater in between movies.
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The Bee Gees were a Manx-born Anglo-Australian singing trio that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. The group's name is generally understood to be derived from the initials "B.G." , standing for Brothers Gibb.
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The Bee Gees are now regarded as one of the great phenomena of popular music. The most successful group to ever come from Australia, they are reputed to have sold 110 million records, over 20 million copies of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack alone. However, the eight years that the English show-biz brothers spent in Australia weren’t nearly as profitable. They were once so broke they couldn’t even afford guitar strings. What follows is the story of how a one-eyed fan working in a butcher’s storeroom in suburban Hurstville helped change their fortunes.
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The Bee Gees were already established hitmakers in the U.S. and the U.K. when the group became an unstoppable musical force in 1975. In four short years, Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb rose to international superstardom as they recorded a series of worldwide hits, sold 180 million records worldwide and helped define an era with the Grammy-winning Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
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In September the Bee Gees’ single "Spicks and Specks" made its first appearance in Sydney’s Top 40. It eventually climbed to number 3, spent nearly 5 months on the chart and was named Go-Set’s Record of the Year and 2UE’s Best Australian group recording for 1966. It was issued in Britain on 24 February 1967, and became their first European chart entry. The Bee Gees’ elusive hit had well and truly materialised.
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To say the Bee Gees have had a strained relationship would be an understatement at its finest. Sibling strife caused the band to split and reform on multiple occasions. It's always been much easier to think of a Bee Gees break-up as a hiatus of hate rather than a permanent parting of ways. It ultimately took the death of a group member, Maurice, to finally put the band to rest.
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