The Ultimate Biography Of The Bee Gees: Tales Of The Brothers GibbThe definitive biography, now updated to include the death of Robin Gibb in May 2012. The Bee Gee's journey from Fifties child act to musical institution is one of pop's most turbulent legends. Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb somehow managed to survive changing musical fashions and bitter personal feuds to create musical partnership that has already lasted four times as long as The Beatles. Described by the authors as their objective tribute, this unflinching biography chronicles everything - the good, the bad... and the bushed-up. Youthful delinquency, disastrous marriages, bitter lawsuits, gay sex scandals, serious drug problems and the death of younger brother Andy have sometimes made the personal lives of the Brothers Gibb look as bleak as the low spots of a career that once reduced them to playing the Batley Variety Club. Yet every time the Bee Gees roller coaster seemed derailed for good, they recorded and went on to even greater triumphs. Today they are revered among pop music's all-time great performers, producers and songwriters. But the true story of their success and the high price they paid for it has never been fully revealed... until now. This new edition of The Ultimate Biography incorporates a complete listing of every song written or recorded by the Gibbs. |
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... realise that he had acquired a toupee that looked so natural she thought it was real! Another friend with good recollections of those times is Dougie Davidson, whose parents originated from Glasgow, but who settled on the island before ...
... realise that he had acquired a toupee that looked so natural she thought it was real! Another friend with good recollections of those times is Dougie Davidson, whose parents originated from Glasgow, but who settled on the island before ...
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... realise how very kind and generous the Gibb family were, and from what I'm told, they're still the same.” Another neighbour from the Willaston estate was Marie Beck, who was friendly with Barbara and her sister Peggy. They all popped in ...
... realise how very kind and generous the Gibb family were, and from what I'm told, they're still the same.” Another neighbour from the Willaston estate was Marie Beck, who was friendly with Barbara and her sister Peggy. They all popped in ...
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... realise he meant it. “We'd cook chips for them and Marie Beck used to love the company as her hubby was away doing his guitar night, and Mrs Gibb had gone to meet her hubby for an hour out with him. The boys were lovely and I can still ...
... realise he meant it. “We'd cook chips for them and Marie Beck used to love the company as her hubby was away doing his guitar night, and Mrs Gibb had gone to meet her hubby for an hour out with him. The boys were lovely and I can still ...
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... realise that it wasn't just a flash in the pan craze, just as I did when I came home from work one day when the twins were seven and heard these voices harmonising to a song. I thought it was the radio playing because the sound was so ...
... realise that it wasn't just a flash in the pan craze, just as I did when I came home from work one day when the twins were seven and heard these voices harmonising to a song. I thought it was the radio playing because the sound was so ...
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... realise that Festival's future lay not in solely looking inward and signing home grown talent, but in attracting major overseas record companies who wanted to do business in Australia. Rupert Murdoch's money enabled Fred to travel and ...
... realise that Festival's future lay not in solely looking inward and signing home grown talent, but in attracting major overseas record companies who wanted to do business in Australia. Rupert Murdoch's money enabled Fred to travel and ...
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For Fawkes Sake | |
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Such A Shame | |
Brother Can You Spare A Song? | |
Let There Be Love | |
Youll Never See My Face Again | |
And Then There Were None | |
Going Undercover | |
Lonely Days | |
Reunited | |
To Whom It May Concern | |
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