The Bee Gees are legends in the music industry. They have made some great songs over the years and won heaps of awards. They have a very distinctive sound. I can listen to there music for hours. This hub has more about the Bee Gees and there music.

Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb---together as brothers all their lives, and as a singing group nearly as long. Their career began when the three gathered in a bedroom in their home in Manchester, England, and began working out the natural harmonies which today are one of the hallmarks of the Bee Gees' sound. They worked these out so well that their mom believed her sons' harmonizing was actually a radio playing in the next room. Father Hugh Gibb, a bandleader in his own right, and mother Barbara Gibb, a former professional singer, knew their sons possessed special talents. Maurice has said that their dad envisioned them as a children's version of the Mills Brothers, an American family quartet extremely popular in England and the US from the thirties through the sixties.

The Mills Brothers were known for their tight, beautiful harmonies. So it was then that the Rattlesnakes (Barry, age 9, and Robin and Maurice, age 6) began performing at the local Manchester, England, cinemas between films. A little later, they began calling themselves "Wee Johnny Hays and the Blue Cats", though no one seems to remember exactly why! In 1958, Hugh and Barbara decided to look for "greener pastures" (and warmer climates!). They moved the entire family (now comprised of Hugh and Barbara, and older sister Leslie, Barry, Robin, Maurice, and baby brother Andy) to Australia, settling in the Brisbane area.

Once settled in Brisbane, the Brothers began pursuing their singing and songwriting careers in earnest, each vowing to the other that success, together, was what they wanted. They played at the local beach resorts, racetracks, and on local radio and TV, having caught the attention of local DJ Bill Gates (no, not the Microsoft one). In March, 1960, the Brothers were given their own half-hour weekly television show in Brisbane (remember, Barry was still only 13, and the twins were 10!). It was at about this time, at the suggestion of Bill Gates (notice his initials), that the Brothers became first the BG's (for Brothers Gibb), and soon after the Bee Gees. 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.