Voted The World's Best Band In 1978

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The Bee Gees The Bee Gees are three brothers: Barry, Robin
and Maurice Gibb; three outstanding songwriters, singers,
producers and musicians.They have been rated as one of the
best musical acts of all time.They were best rated band in
the world in 1978.

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 href="http://www.squidoo.com/BeeGeesTribute">"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.

Andrew Conway is an author and a musican who contributes countless articles to the entertainment field.If you love movies and great music, please visit: Ulimited Free Music & Movie Downloads