| Barry Gibb |
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| Background information |
| Birth name |
Barry Alan Crompton Gibb |
| Born |
1 September 1946 (age 60) |
| Genre(s) |
Soft rock, Disco |
| Occupation(s) |
Songwriter, Producer, Singer |
| Instrument(s) |
Guitar, Vocals |
Associated
acts |
Bee Gees |
Barry Alan Crompton Gibb CBE (born on 1
September 1946)
is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in Douglas,
Isle of Man, to English parents. With his brothers Robin
and Maurice,
he formed the Bee Gees, one of the most
successful pop groups of all time. The trio got their start in
Australia, and found their major success when they returned to England.
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Contents
- 1 Early
life
- 2 Personal
life
- 3 Political
activity
- 4 Recent
work
- 5 Trivia
- 6 References
- 7 External
links
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Early life
Gibb grew up with his family in Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
Manchester,
England.
In 1958 his family moved to Brisbane, Australia, settling in
one of the city's poorest suburbs, Cribb Island, which was
subsequently obliterated to make way for Brisbane
Airport.
Personal life
Gibb has been married to wife Linda Gray Gibb since 1970. They
have Six children:Heather(1971) Stephen (1973), Ashley (1977), Travis
(1981), Michael (1984), and Alexandra (1991). He has four
grand-children: Nina and Angus (Stephen's children), Lucas John
Crompton (Ashley's child) and Damien Michael Crompton (Michael's child).
In January 2006 Gibb purchased the former home of country
legends Johnny
Cash and June Carter Cash in Hendersonville, Tennessee,
intending to restore it and turn it into a songwriting retreat.
This house was destroyed by fire on April 10, 2007.
Gibb resides in Miami Beach and England.
Political activity
On 7 December 2006, Barry Gibb along with around 4,500 other
musicians, took out a full-page advertisement in the Financial
Times newspaper calling for the British
Government to extend the existing 50 years copyright protection for
sound recordings in the United Kingdom. The fair play for musicians
advertisement was viewed as a direct response to the Gowers
Review published by the British Government on 6 December 2006 which
recommended the retention of the 50 year protection for sound
recordings.
Recent work
On the May
8, 2007
episode of American Idol,
Gibb mentored the four remaining contestants, and on the following
night, he sang his own song "To Love Somebody" before the
elimination of LaKisha Jones.
Trivia
- Barry's distinctive falsetto voice was discovered by Arif
Mardin in 1975, when he produced the Bee
Gees track "Nights on Broadway". It would
since become a familiar distinction of the band's overall sound.
- Barry's son Steve Gibb has toured with the Bee
Gees and is currently a guitarist for Crowbar.
- The Barry Gibb Talk Show
has been a popular satirical segment on Saturday
Night Live, and featured Jimmy
Fallon as Barry and Justin Timberlake as his brother Robin.
- Barry had a short cameo role in the Only
Fools and Horses film Miami Twice.
- Michael Jackson is the godfather of
Barry's son Michael.
- Gibb composed the theme music for ITV's Grease
Is The Word
- Barry Gibb has written 16 U.S. Billboard Number one singles
(producing 13 of them), third all-time. Only John Lennon & Paul
McCartney have written more Number One hits than Barry Gibb.
- Gibb holds the record for consecutive Hot 100 Number Ones
as a writer with 4.
References
-
Gibb buys Johnny Cash's house.
Retrieved on 2007-4-15.
-
Johnny Cash's Former Home Burns to Ground.
Retrieved on 2007-4-10.
External links
| The Bee Gees |
Barry Gibb | Robin
Gibb | Maurice
Gibb
Colin Petersen | Vince
Melouney |
| Studio
albums |
| Bee
Gees 1st (1967) | Horizontal (1968) |
Idea (1968) |
Odessa (1969) |
Cucumber Castle (1970) |
2 Years On (1970) |
Trafalgar (1971)
| To Whom It
May Concern (1972) | Life
in a Tin Can (1973) | Mr.
Natural (1974) | Main
Course (1975) | Children
of the World (1976) | Spirits
Having Flown (1979) | Living
Eyes (1981) | E.S.P. (1987) |
One (1989) |
High Civilization (1991) |
Size Isn't Everything (1993) |
Still Waters (1997) |
This Is Where I Came In (2001) |
| Compilation
albums |
| Best
of Bee Gees (1969) | Best
of Bee Gees, Volume 2 (1972) | Greatest (1979) |
Their Greatest Hits:
The Record (2001) | Number Ones (2004) |
