Robin Gibb -The face of Bee Gees

Best known as a member of the iconic band, Bee Gees, Robin Gibb was a British singer and songwriter. Bee Gees, the band, which was hugely popular in the Sixties, Seventies and early Eighties was formed by him along with his twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry.

Besides, being the lead singer of the band, Robin also had a moderately successful solo career. Due to tensions with Maurice in the initial years of the formation of the band, Robin decided to perform solo. One of his albums, Saved by the Bell sold over one million copies and was at the No. 2 position in the United Kingdom. 

The album also received a gold disc. His other solo album, Robin’s Reign was less successful and he soon found that a solo career is less satisfying.  It was then that he decided to be a full time member of Bee Gees. 

The band tasted success with the album, Lonely Days and after that ‘How can you mend a broken heart’. Both albums occupied the No.3 and No.2 positions in the US charts respectively. After these successes, the popularity of the group began to wane. It was revived under a new manager named Arif Mardin in 1974. The group re-invented itself with the song, ‘Blue Eyed Soul’. The group cashed in on the hugely popular genre of the late 1970s called Disco.

Some of the band’s songs which became popular throughout the world including India were ‘Staying Alive’ and ‘Alone’. The latter has been re-mastered more than once. After the death of Maurice in 2003, Robin released a solo album called Magnet. The album featured the song, ‘Wish you were here’. Robin and his son recently wrote the score for ‘Titanic Requiem’ along with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Robin, along with his brothers was awarded the Commander of the British Empire (CBE). His death on 20 May 2012 was the result of colorectal cancer. He is remembered, along with the other members of the band, as the face of disco and rock and roll.