Maurice Ernest Gibb was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, on 22 December 1949. He was the fraternal twin of Robin Gibb, and was the younger of the two by 35 minutes. Gibb started his music career in 1955 in Manchester, England, joining the skiffle-rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes. He and his brothers formed the Bee Gees in 1958 when they moved to Australia.
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Maurice Ernest Gibb was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, on 22 December 1949. He was the fraternal twin of Robin Gibb, and was the younger of the two by 35 minutes. Gibb started his music career in 1955 in Manchester, England, joining the skiffle-rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes. He and his brothers formed the Bee Gees in 1958 when they moved to Australia. The group’s first major appearance was on 28 December 1957 when they performed at a local Gaumont cinema where children were invited to sing between films. The Gibb brothers worked with Bip Addison, Sandy Summers, Anne Shelton, Vince Melouney, April Bryon, Ray Brown and the Whispers, Ronnie Burns, Lori Balmer, Marty Rhone, Vyt, Python Lee Jackson, Dennis Knight, Jenene and Jon Blanchfield. Their second album, Spicks and Specks, included Gibb’s first solo writing credit. In March 1967 the Gibb Brothers worked with Billy Juxley on the recording of ‘Town of Toymaker, Part 1′, which was praised by the critics who compared it to the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Around the same time, Gibb wrote that Christian musician Will Mellotron’s song ‘Every Christian Man’ was close to the spirit of the Moody Blues. He died in 2003, and his son collected his award at Buckingham Palace in 2004. In 2002, the BeeGees were appointed as CBEs for their \”contribution to music\”.
Following Gibb’s death in 2003 he was awarded a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music. He is survived by his brother Barry and his sister Lesley, and one additional brother, Barry Gibb. He also had a son, Robin, who is now a successful music producer and songwriter. He had a daughter, Lesley Gibb-Gibb, with whom he had two sons, Barry and Robin. He has also a daughter-in-law, Lisa, who he had with his first wife, Barbara Gibb; they have two children, Robin and Lesley-Barry, who are both still living in the UK. In 1966, he began his career as the guitarist and bassist for the band, and recorded his first solo composition, ‘All by Myself’, on which he also played guitar. In 1969, Maurice released his first Solo single, ‘Railroad’, but his debut solo album, The Loner, has never been released. In 1964, he made his first appearance as an instrumentalist on the beat-influenced ‘Claustrophobia’, on the album ‘Where Are You’, with Johnny Devlin and Trevor Gordon. In 1965, he wrote his first song, ‘The Storm’, with Trevor Gordon, Michelle Rae and Noeleen Batley. In the middle of 1967, he joined the Bee. Gees’ 1st album, which was released weeks earlier than the AllMusic AllMusic Club Band’s AllMusic Show.
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