Juliet - Robin Gibb - 1983

Robin Gibb

Juliet

Robin Gibb

Fonte: rockol.it

Robin Gibb nasce in Inghilterra il 22 dicembre 1949; si trasferisce in Australia con il resto della famiglia negli anni Sessanta. Qui forma assieme ai fratelli i Bee Gees, inizialmente chiamati Brothers Gibb. La loro carriera inizia nel 1963 quando cantano in tv il loro brano 

"The battle of the blue & grey". Il trio nel 1967 ritorna in Inghilterra dove ottiene popolarità. Due anni più tardi Robin lascia i fratelli per perseguire la carriera solista: pubblica un singolo, "Saved by the bell” e un disco, poi ritorna nel 1970 con i Bee Gees. Il successo 

mondiale arriva però sul finire degli anni Settanta, quando alcune canzoni del gruppo vengono inserite nella colonna sonora de “La febbre del sabato sera”.

Con il declino della musica dance negli anni Ottanta, Robin realizza tre dischi con meno 

successo: HOW OLD ARE YOU? (1983), SECRET AGENT (1984) e WALLS HAVE EYES (1984). Sempre nel 1984 muore Andy per un’infezione al cuore e i Bee Gees ritornano sulle scene nel 1993 per il disco SIZE ISN’T EVERYTHING. Nel 1997 il gruppo viene inserito 

nella Rock & Roll Hall of Fame e Robin scrive come autore anche per Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton e Dionne Warwick. Dopo la morte del fratello Maurice nel 2003, i Bee Gees decidono di ritirare il nome del gruppo dalle scene; sempre nello stesso anno Robin realizza il singolo 

"Please," seguito da MAGNET, un nuovo disco solista dopo 15 anni. A maggio 2012 anche Robin muore a seguito di complicazioni per un tumore all’intestino: aveva 62 anni. Dopo la morte di Andy e Maurice, Robin è il terzo fratello Gibb e il secondo membro dei Bee Gees ad andarsene.

Source: Wikipedia

Robin Hugh Gibb, CBE (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of the Bee Gees. He gained worldwide fame with his brothers Barry and Maurice Gibb. Besides, their younger brother Andy was also a singer. Gibb joined his first band the Rattlesnakes which formed in Manchester, England.

Gibb was born on the Isle of Man to English parents, Hugh and Barbara Gibb; the family later moved to Manchester (where Andy was born) before settling in Redcliffe, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. Gibb began his career as part of the family trio (Barry-Maurice-Robin). 

When the group found their first success, they returned to England where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2002, the Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their "contribution to music", however investiture at Buckingham Palace was delayed until 2004.

With record sales estimated in excess of 200 million units, the Bee Gees became one of the most successful pop groups of all time. Music historian Paul Gambaccini described Gibb as "one of the major figures in the history of British music" and "one of the best white soul 

voices ever". From 2008 to 2011, Gibb was President of the Heritage Foundation, honouring figures in British culture. After a career spanning six decades, Gibb last performed on stage in February 2012 supporting injured British servicemen and women at a charity concert at 

the London Palladium.[14] On 20 May 2012, Gibb died at the age of 62 from liver and kidney failure brought on by colorectal cancer.

As an instrumentalist, he primarily played a variety of keyboards, such as piano, organ and Mellotron on Bee Gees albums Bee Gees' 1st (1967) and Odessa, he also played guitar on his debut solo album Robin's Reign (1970), as well as the scene in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.