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Use British English|date=August 2011Use dmy dates|date=May 2012Infobox musical artist|name = Barry Gibb|image = Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) - TopPop 1973 3.png|caption = Barry Gibb in 1973|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Barry Alan Crompton Gibb|alias =|birth_date = Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|9|1|birth_place = Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas , Isle of Man |origin = Raised in: Chorlton-cum-Hardy , Manchester, England Moved to: Brisbane , Australia|instrument = Vocals, guitar|genre = Pop, rock, soft rock , Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary , blue-eyed soul , disco , funk , Country music|country |occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer|years_active = 1958present|label = Polydor , MCA Records|MCA |associated_acts = Bee Gees |website = URL| http://www.barrygibb.com/ Barry Alan Crompton Gibb , Order of the British Empire|CBE (born 1 September 1946) is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in the Isle of Man to English parents. With his brothers Robin Gibb|Robin and Maurice Gibb|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. Known for his high-pitched falsetto singing voice, Gibb shares the record with John Lennon and Paul McCartney for consecutive Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones as a writer with six. The book of Guiness World Records lists Barry Gibb as the second most successful songwriter in history behind Paul McCartney.cite web|last=Smith |first=Steve |url= http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_19878506 |title=First Abba song in 18 years and Hollywood honors McCartney |publisher=SGVTribune.com |accessdate=16 April 2012
Early life
Barry Gibb was born to Barbara and Hugh Gibb in the Isle of Man . He has an older sister, Lesley (born 1945), and three younger brothers, fraternal twins Robin Gibb|Robin (born 1949) and Maurice Gibb|Maurice (19492003), and Andy Gibb|Andy (19581988). He and his family moved to Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Manchester in 1953. When he was 12 years old, his family moved to Brisbane, Australia , settling in one of the city's poorest suburbs, Cribb Island, Queensland|Cribb Island . The suburb was later bulldozed to make way for Brisbane Airport . It was in Australia that Gibb and his brothers Robin and Maurice started performing as the Bee Gees. The Gibb family returned to England in 1967. Shortly afterward, the Bee Gees became international stars.
Career
The Bee Gees rank sixth on the List of best-selling music artists|all-time top-sellers list . When they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, their citation read "Only Elvis Presley , The Beatles , Michael Jackson , Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees".cite web| url= http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/the-bee-gees/bio|title=The Bee Gees biography|year=1997| publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum|accessdate=25 October 2010 The trio's contribution to Saturday Night Fever pushed the film's soundtrack past the 40 million mark in sales. It reigned as the top-selling album until Michael Jackson 's Thriller (album)|Thriller . They are the only group in pop history to write, produce, and record six straight No. 1 hits. They have 16 Grammy nominations and nine Grammy wins.
In 1978, he had five songs simultaneously in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 , and for one week in March, four of the top five songs were written by him. His songs were No. 1 for 27 out of 37 weeks from 24 December 1977 to 2 September 1978. As a songwriter Gibb has had No. 1 songs in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, when " Islands in the Stream (song)#Comic Relief version|(Barry) Islands in the Stream " became number 1 in the UK as the Comic Relief single for 2009. His songs have been recorded by numerous artists, including Destiny's Child , Celine Dion , Feist (singer)|Feist , Josι Feliciano , Al Green , Wyclef Jean , Janis Joplin , Jimmy Little , Barry Manilow , Olivia Newton-John , Roy Orbison , Elvis Presley , Kenny Rogers , Diana Ross , Nina Simone , Barbra Streisand , Tina Turner , Conway Twitty , Frankie Valli , Luther Vandross , Sarah Vaughn , Jennifer Warnes , Dionne Warwick , and Andy Williams .
Gibb has also produced albums for Andy Gibb , Kenny Rogers , Diana Ross , Barbra Streisand , and Dionne Warwick .
The Bee Gees have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .cite web|url= http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C122 |title=The Songwriters Hall of Fame |publisher="The Songwriters Hall of Fame" |accessdate=4 November 2011cite web|url= http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/78.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1978 |publisher=Columbia.edu |accessdate=2 June 2011
On 8 May 2007 episode of American Idol (season 6)|American Idol , Gibb mentored the four remaining contestants. On the following night, he sang his own song " To Love Somebody (song)|To Love Somebody " before the elimination of LaKisha Jones .
Gibb's country song "Drown on the River" is featured on the 2007 movie soundtrack for Deal (2008 film)|Deal . It can also be found on iTunes .
Gibb wrote the theme music for ITV 's Grease Is the Word .
On 14 March 2009, Gibb teamed with Olivia Newton-John to present the one-hour finale performance at a star-studded 12-hour live concert at Sydney's Sydney Cricket Ground , part of Sound Relief , a fundraiser to aid victims of the February 2009 Victorian Bushfires that devastated large tracts of heavily wooded and populated south-eastern Australia. The concert was televised live nationally across Australia on the MAX (Channel)|Max TV cable network.
In late 2009, Barry and Robin announced plans to record and perform together as the Bee Gees.cite news |author=BBC News |title=Bee Gees to perform on Strictly |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8308513.stm |date=15 October 2009 |accessdate=16 October 2009
On 21 February 2012, Gibb performed his first solo concert in the US at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe in Florida.cite web|url= http://www.hardrocklivehollywoodfl.com/blog/2012/01/barry-gibb-performs-his-first-u-s-sole-concert-at-hard-rock-live-on-february-21/ |title=Barry Gibb Performs his First U.S. Solo Concert at Hard Rock Live on February 21 & #124; Hard Rock Live Hollywood |publisher=Hardrocklivehollywoodfl.com |date=26 January 2012 |accessdate=16 April 2012 He sang " How Can You Mend a Broken Heart " with Maurice's daughter, Samantha Gibb, who is a singer in her own band. Barry's son, Steve, was also on stage as lead guitarist and sang a Maurice composition, " On Time (song)|On Time ".
Personal life
On 1 September 1970 (his 24th birthday), he married the former Miss Edinburgh, Linda Gray. They have five children, Stephen (born 1973), Ashley (born 1977), Travis (born 1981), Michael (born 1984) and Alexandra (born 1991).
In 1994, Barry Gibb, along with brothers Robin and Maurice, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 1997 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
On 2 May 2004, Barry and Robin Gibb received the Order of the British Empire|CBE award at Buckingham Palace with their nephew Adam, who collected the award in honour of his late father, Maurice Gibb.cite web|url= http://www.brothersgibb.org/reports-cbe.html |title=Barry, Robin and Maurice's son Adam received the CBE award |publisher=Brothersgibb.org |date=27 May 2004 |accessdate=2 June 2011
In January 2006, Gibb purchased the former home of country singers Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in Hendersonville, Tennessee , intending to restore it and turn it into a songwriting retreat.cite news| title = Gibb buys Johnny Cash's house| url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-01-05-cash-house_x.htm? POE=LIFISVA | accessdate =15 April 2007 | work=USA Today | date=5 January 2006 The house was destroyed by fire on 10 April 2007 while under renovation.cite web| title = Johnny Cash's Former Home Burns to Ground| url= http://www.wsmv.com/entertainment/11606239/detail.html| accessdate =10 April 2007
On 10 July 2009, Gibb was made a Freeman of the Borough of Douglas. The award was also bestowed upon his brother Robin, and posthumously upon his brother Maurice.cite news|url= http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Bee-Gees-named-Freemen-of.5449394.jp |title=Bee Gees named Freemen of the Borough|author=Rachael Bruce|date=10 July 2009|newspaper=Isle of Man Today | accessdate =11 July 2009
Legislation lobbying
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. They proposed that the copyright be extended to the American standard of 95 years. 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.cite web|url= http://stereogum.com/4121/being_for_the_benefit_of_british_musicians/news/ |title=Being For The Benefit Of British Musicians |publisher=Stereogum.com |accessdate=2 June 2011
Discography
''The Kid's No Good
1970 (unreleased) All tracks written by Barry Gibb except where noted.
The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine 3:07 (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb)
Happiness 3:28
Peace in My Mind 4:10
Clyde O'Reilly 5:23
Side 2
I Just Wanna Take Care of You
I'll Kiss Your Memory 4:26
The Victim 3:59
This Time 3:24
What's It All About 3:09
Born (or Mando Bay) 3:54
Album notes
Recorded in February to March 1970 in London, produced by Barry Gibb.
The album is known by this title but it is not definite. The line 'the kid's no good' features in a Bee Gees song by Barry Gibb, "Come Home Johnny Bride", on the 1973 album Life in a Tin Can .
This is most likely the intended line-up, though available sources differ as to the placement of the first and last tracks. Bootleg versions add a number of additional tracks, and one claims to be a Polydor release.
"I'll Kiss Your Memory" and "This Time" were released on a single (Polydor in much of the world, Atco in North America), which did not chart. A second single of "One Bad Thing" and "The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine" was pressed by Atco Canada but not released.
1984: Now Voyager
Polydor, 1984 (MCA in North America)
Side 1
I Am Your Driver
Fine Line
Face to Face
Shatterproof
Shine, Shine
Side 2
Lesson in Love
One Night (For Lovers)
Stay Alone
Temptation
She Says
The Hunter
Album notes
To tie in with the album, Gibb filmed a "video album" version with a storyline, including nine of the songs and an instrumental title theme that is not on the LP or CD albums. The Now Voyager film is currently available as a Region 0 (all region) NTSC DVD. The video for "Fine Line" features a rarely seen Barry Gibb minus his trademark beard.
"Shine Shine" reached the Top 40 in the US and the Top 10 in Adult Contemporary Charts.
Recorded as a guideline for Kenny Rogers. The released versions include instrumental tracks from these demos.
Released on iTunes in 2006 as The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos .
Gibb's demo of " Islands in the Stream " was not used when the song was chosen for inclusion on the 2001 Bee Gees compilation, Their Greatest Hits: The Record . Instead, Robin and Maurice, sans Barry, recorded a brand-new version.
More and More (Barry Gibb, Andy Gibb, Albhy Galuten ) 3:02
I'm Watching You 3:40
Love on the Line 4:01
(I Love) Being in Love With You 4:30
Crime of Passion 3:43
Don't Give Up on Each Other (Barry Gibb, George Bitzer) 3:52
Personnel
Barry Gibb vocals, guitar
Albhy Galuten piano, synthesiser
Album notes
Recorded at Los Angeles around March 1985.
Recorded as a guideline for Diana Ross.
Released on iTunes in 2006 as The Eatin Alive Demos . The spelling of "Eaten" was later corrected.
Notable for their absences are "Eaten Alive" and "Chain Reaction." Though a demo exists, the album's title track was not included as the song is currently the property of its co-author, Michael Jackson. Gibb and Albhy Galuten did not send any demo of "Chain Reaction" to Diana Ross, and evidently Gibb did not want to release whatever work tape they had of it.
Guilty Pleasures Demos
private, 2005 (unreleased) / Barry Gibb Radio, 2006
Come Tomorrow
Stranger in a Strange Land
Hideaway
It's Up to You
Night of My Life
Above the Law
Without Your Love
All Our Children
Golden Dawn
Album notes
Recorded as a guideline for Barbra Streisand.
As of yet, the full-length demos have not been released. All nine songs appeared on the online "Barry Gibb Radio" as two- or three-minute fragments, with a fade at each end.
Two songs are missing from the above tracklist "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" and "Letting Go." As both songs were previously released, no new demos were necessary.
Albums
1970: '' The Kid's No Good (Unreleased)
1984: Now Voyager
1988: Hawks (Soundtrack album)
2006: The Eaten Alive Demos (iTunes)
2006: The Guilty Demos (iTunes)
2006: The Eyes That See in the Dark Demos (iTunes)
2006: The Heartbreaker Demos (iTunes)cite web|url= http://www.beegees.dk/ |title=Bee Gees Rarity Site |publisher=Beegees.dk |accessdate=2 June 2011
2007: "Drown on the River"cite web|url= http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/06.html |title=Gibb Songs |publisher=Columbia.edu |accessdate=2 June 2011
2011: "All in Your Name" (featuring Michael Jackson )cite web|url= http://www.barrygibb.com/shop/index.php? route=product/product& product_id=76|title=All In Your Name|publisher=barrygibb.com|accessdate=25 June 2011
2011: "Daddies Little Girl" (Barry Gibb composed this song in honor of his daughter Ali Gibb)
2011: "Grey Ghost" (dedicated to the beautiful people of Japan)
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