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Robin Gibb
Robin Hugh Gibb was a British singer and songwriter. He gained global fame as a member of the Bee Gees with elder brother Barry and twin brother Maurice. Robin Gibb also had his own successful solo career.
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entertainment · British singer (1949–2012) · singer · composer · songwriter · singer-songwriter · record producer · musician · also Robin Gibb, Robin Hugh Gibb, Gibb
Born 22 December 1949 · Died 20 May 2012 · Q188482
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2026· 1 entry
2015· 3 entries
The Guardian: Why Robin Gibb's Saved by the Bell is the one album you should hear this week – video
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Released album “Saved by the Bell: The Collected Works of Robin Gibb 1968-1970”.
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A headstone, engraved with some of the lyrics of his group's songs, including "How Deep Is Your Love", was placed
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2014· 2 entries
Released album “50 St. Catherine’s Drive”.
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb's last recorded song to feature on new album
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2013· 1 entry
Contactmusic.com: Robin Gibb's son having a baby
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2012· 18 entries
The Guardian: Robin Gibb funeral: last Bee Gee pays tribute to brother
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Entertainment Tonight: Robin Gibb's Final Farewell
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb's family planning public memorial
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb: Twitter salutes the Bee Gees singer
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb: 'I don't sing with my voice, I sing with my heart' – a classic interview from 1969
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb: music industry pays tribute
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb, pioneer of disco, dies at 62
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb – a life in pictures
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb: a tribute in words and music
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb obituary
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WVUE FOX 8 News: Robin Gibb of Bee Gees dies at 62
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E!: Bee Gees Singer Robin Gibb Dead at 62
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Died 2012-05-20.
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb to undergo further chemotherapy
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb stuns doctors by waking from coma
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The Guardian: Robin Gibb in a coma with pneumonia
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Released album “The Titanic Requiem”.
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“s cancer had gone into remission by the time of his death and the cause was kidney failure. His funeral was held on 8 June 2012 and he was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, near his home in Thame, Oxfordshire. In September of the same year, a blue plaque was placed on the house. In 2015, a headstone, engraved with some of the lyrics of his group”
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2010· 2 entries
Gibb toured in Australia with Bonnie Tyler as his supporting guest
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Gibb was also a guest mentor on the Australian version of The X Factor, alongside TV host Kyle Sandilands, actress/singer Natalie Imbruglia, and singers Ronan Keating and Guy Sebastian
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2009· 2 entries
When he collaborated with singers Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon and Tom Jones on a new version of "Islands in the Stream", written by Gibb and his brothers Barry and Maurice
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“The Isle of Man is ancient, mystical and magical, that is why I have always loved this place.”
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2008· 2 entries
Gibb publicly stated that he continued to get on "like a house on fire" with Blair and said that the then Labour prime minister, Gordon Brown, regularly listened to the Bee Gees
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Gibb completed a new solo album entitled 50 St
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “My Favourite Carols”.
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He was a close friend of Blair, who was criticised for staying at Gibb's Miami mansion during Christmas 2006.
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2005· 4 entries
Released album “Magnetic Tour”.
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Released album “Live”.
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Gibb made a solo tour of Latin America
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Gibb received the Steiger Award (Miner Award) in Bochum, Germany for accomplishments in the arts
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Manchester (2004).
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To honour the lifetime achievements of some of Australia's greatest songwriters
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Magnet”.
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2002· 1 entry
The Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their "contribution to music"
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2001).
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Gibb began an affair with his 25-year-old housekeeper, Claire Yang, and in 2008, had his fourth child with her
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The Bee Gees released their last album This Is Where I Came In and features his last composition on a Bee Gees record "Embrace"
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1998· 1 entry
The Bee Gees recorded their own version of "Ellan Vannin" with lead vocals by Gibb
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1997· 2 entries
On the album Still Waters, with lead vocals by Gibb and singers Wanya Morris and Lance Bass
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Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, US, as a member of the Bee Gees
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1994· 1 entry
Gibb was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles
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1992· 1 entry
Lulu recorded "Let Me Wake Up in Your Arms" on which he co-wrote
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1986· 1 entry
Gibb joined Thompson Twins, Zak Starkey, Cliff Richard, Bonnie Tyler, John Parr and Holly Johnson under the name Anti-Heroin Project to record a charity single called "Live-In World"
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1985· 3 entries
Released album “Walls Have Eyes”.
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Released ep “Robin Gibb”.
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Released his fourth solo album Walls Have Eyes with the singles "Like a Fool" and "Toys"; both songs did not chart in the US or UK
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “Secret Agent”.
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Released his third solo album Secret Agent, a new wave/synthpop-influenced LP (reached No
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “How Old Are You?”.
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1982· 2 entries
The couple divorced in 1982 after years of living separate lives, with Gibb almost permanently in the US and Hullis remaining in the UK; she filed for divorce on 22 May 1980.
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After years of living separate lives, with Gibb almost permanently in the US and Hullis remaining in the UK; she filed for divorce on 22 May 1980
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1980· 2 entries
Most of Barbra Streisand's album Guilty was co-written by Gibb with Barry
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Duetted with Marcy Levy on the song "Help Me
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1978· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices (1978).
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Gibb performed on the Sesame Street Fever album for the Sesame Street children's TV program
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1977· 1 entry
“I thought Robin was one of the most wonderful people - gifted, generous and a real friend to everyone he knew. And we”
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1976· 1 entry
On the group's Children of the World album, he sang lead on "Love Me" as well as doing falsetto on the track's coda, and he also used his falsetto on his lead vocal part on the song "Lovers" as Barry provided lead vocals
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1970· 2 entries
Released album “Robin's Reign”.
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“s return from a three-day promo trip to Germany. On 31 January and 1 February 1970, Gibb performed in Auckland, New Zealand at Redwood 70, billed as the first modern music festival held in New Zealand. During the first night of the festival, Gibb and his 16-piece backing orchestra were pelted with cans and tomatoes from the crowd, making his backing band gradually leave during the performance. Robin”
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1969· 1 entry
Gibb co-produced "Love for Living"
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1968· 1 entry
Gibb married Molly Hullis, a secretary in Robert Stigwood's organisation
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1967· 1 entry
And 1968 as well as the US in August 1968
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1966· 2 entries
Gibb and his brother Barry took more solo vocals
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Wrote his first song "I Don't Know Why I Bother With Myself" that was credited to him
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1960· 1 entry
On Desmond Tester's Strictly for Moderns when they performed "Time Is Passing By"
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1955· 1 entry
When the Gibbs moved back to their hometown of Manchester, the brothers formed the Rattlesnakes
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1949· 1 entry
Born 1949-12-22.
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