The story is told that they were going to lip-sync to a record in the local Gaumont cinema (as other children had done on previous weeks), but as they were running to the theatre, the fragile shellac 78-RPM record broke. In December 1957 the boys began to sing in harmony. They formed a skiffle/rock-and-roll group, the Rattlesnakes, which consisted of Barry on guitar and vocals, Robin and Maurice on vocals and friends Paul Frost on drums and Kenny Horrocks on tea-chest bass. History 1955–1966: Music origins, Bee Gees formation and popularity in Australia īee Gees plaque at Maitland Terrace/Strang Road intersection in Union Mills, Isle of Manīorn on the Isle of Man during the late 1940s, the Gibb brothers moved to their father Hugh Gibb's hometown of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Greater Manchester, England in 1955. 1.9 2013–present: Looking back at a lifetime of music.
The family then moved to Redcliffe, in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia, later to Cribb Island. There, in 1955, they formed the skiffle/ rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes. īorn on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England until the late 1950s.
They have been referred to in the media as The Disco Kings, Britain’s First Family of Harmony, and The Kings of Dance Music. The Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists and have been regarded as one of the most important and influential acts in pop music history. 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 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. Were a music group formed in 1958, featuring brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb.
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