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- Birth nameRobin Hugh Gibb
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Robin Gibb was born in 1949 on the Isle of Man, about half an hour before his twin brother Maurice. His parents, Barbara and Hugh, were both musical. Barbara sang and Hugh was a drummer and bandleader. Robin had four siblings - an older sister and brother, Lesley and Barry, twin Maurice and younger brother Andy. The family moved for some time to Manchester, England before emigrating to Australia in 1958.
During their childhood, Robin, Maurice and Barry began performing together. They played under various band names, but finally settled on The Bee Gees. It was in Australia that the band first tasted success, topping the charts there in 1965 with 'Spicks and Specks'. In 1966 they relocated back to the UK and landed a recording contract with Polydor. Chart success followed in the UK and USA.
In the late 60s, tensions arose in the band, and Robin briefly left to pursue a solo career, but the group reunited and continued having success, including switching to a more disco sound. In 1977, The Bee Gees wrote and produced five songs for the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever (1977). The film was a smash and the soundtrack album went on to become one of the biggest selling of all time, elevating The Bee Gees to superstar group status.
Robin and the group also became known for penning hit records for other artists including Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. The band continued writing and performing into the 1990s, but disbanded officially in 2003 when Maurice Gibb died suddenly at 53. Robin continued to write and perform solo material, and became involved in charity work in support of British troops. In 2011 it was announced that he was suffering with cancer. After a brave battle with the disease and other health problems, Robin Gibb passed away on May 20th 2012.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpousesDwina Murphy-Gibb(July 31, 1985 - May 20, 2012) (his death, 1 child)Molly Hullis(December 4, 1968 - October 1982) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenMelissa Gibb
- Parents
- RelativesLeslie Gibb(Sibling)Andy Gibb(Sibling)Barry Gibb(Sibling)Maurice Gibb(Sibling)
- Sunglasses
- Overbite
- Long hair (1970s)
- Being clean-shaven
- Soulful singing voice
- On 5 November 1967, when he was 17 years old and the Bee Gees had just had a hit with "Massachusetts", he and his fiancée (later his wife) Molly were on board a train that derailed with 49 deaths at Hither Green, south of London, England, UK. He stood up to pull the communication cord and very narrowly escaped being decapitated by a piece of rail that came through the train window.
- The Sunday Times List estimated the combined net worth of Gibb and his brother Barry at $180 million.
- Has contracted pneumonia and is in a coma [April 15. 2012].
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (as a member of The Bee Gees).
- She is probably the greatest female popular singer in the modern pop rock era - since 1963, there's been no one to match her. This includes the United States as well - they can't come close to her. Today they just pose at singing. She was the genuine article. I don't think there will ever be anyone that could take the place of Dusty Springfield.
- Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.
- I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my family has suffered are a kind of karmic price for all the fame and fortune the Bee Gees have had.
- If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is.
- My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.
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