How Deep Is Your Love
How deep is your love?
Well, when it comes to the Bee Gees, they’re pretty well loved, featuring on the list of Australian artists which reached number one on the US Hot 100, as well as the list of British artists who accomplished the same feat!
How could this happen?
The Gibb brothers were actually born on The Isle of Mann, and spent most of their childhood in the United Kingdom.
The family migrated to Australia in 1958 when Barry Gibb was 12. Robin and Maurice were 9 years old.
They lived in Australia for a just under ten years before returning to Britain in 1967 to further their music careers.
The Bee Gees: How Deep Is Your Love?
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I’ve also included two videos of performances by the Bee Gees in Australia during the early 1960’s.
The Bee Gees: Wine And Women
The Bee Gees: Take Hold Of That Star
The boys began to sing in harmony after the family moved back to Manchester, England, during the 1950s when they performed at a local cinema.
They were going to lip sync to a record, but as they were running to get there, Maurice dropped the record on the street, causing it to break.
As a result, the brothers got on stage and sang themselves.
Moving to Australia in 1958, they performed at a number of resorts along the Queensland coast.
After a securing a recording contract with Festival Records with the help of Australian singer Col Joye, they returned to Great Britain in 1967.
Their song, Spicks and Specks reached number 1 on the Australian charts while they were traveling to Britain.
The Bee Gees’ first British single, New York Mining Disaster 1941, reached the Top 20 in both the UK and US.
The group relocated to Miami, Florida to record after a period of mixed fortunes.
In 2001, the Bee Gees released their final album, This Is Where I Came In
The Bee Gees were made up of Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Barry Gibb.
Other musicians who were counted as members included:
- Colin Petersen — drums 1967–69
- Vince Melouney — lead guitar 1967–68
- Geoff Bridgeford — drums 1969–72
- Alan Kendall — lead guitar 1971–80, 87–01
- Dennis Bryon — drums 1974–80
- Blue Weaver — keyboards 1975–80
Links:
List Of Australian Artists Who Reached #1 in the US