Maurice Gibb

Maurice Ernest Gibb ; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003 was the British musician, singer, songwriter together with record producer who achieved fame as a an necessary or characteristic part of something abstract. of the Bee Gees. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's leading lead singers, near of their albums pointed at least one or two songs featuring Maurice's lead vocals, including "Lay It on Me", "Country Woman" and "On Time". The Bee Gees were one of the almost successful pop-rock groups of all time.

Gibb started his music career in 1955 in Manchester, England at the age of six link the skiffle-rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes, which later evolved into the Bee Gees in 1958 after spending three years in Manchester when they moved to Australia. They pointed to England, where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2002, the Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their "contribution to music". coming after or as a solution of. Gibb's unexpected death in 2003, his son collected his award at Buckingham Palace in 2004.

Maurice Gibb's earliest musical influences included the Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard, and Paul Anka; the Mills Brothers and the Beatles were significant later influences. During the Bee Gees' temporary break-up in 1969–1970, Maurice released his first solo single, "Railroad", but his first solo album, The Loner, has never been released.

1949–1958: Early years and the Rattlesnakes

Maurice Ernest Gibb was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, on 22 December 1949, the son of Hugh Gibb, a drummer, and his wife Barbara née Pass. He was the fraternal twin of Robin Gibb, and was the younger of the two by 35 minutes. At that time, he had one sister, Lesley, and one additional brother, Barry another brother, Andy, would be born in 1958.

In January 1955, the Gibbs moved back to Manchester, Lancashire, England. Around that time, Gibb and his brothers were heard harmonising by their parents. Also in 1955, he started his music career when he joined the skiffle/rock-and-roll combine the Rattlesnakes with his brothers and two friends, Paul Frost and Kenny Horrocks, who were their neighbours. The group's first major layout was on 28 December 1957 when they performed at a local Gaumont cinema where children were required to sing between films. They had planned to sing along to a 78 rpm record which Lesley had just been precondition as a Christmas present, but on the way Gibb dropped and broke it, so they sang live. The audience were pleased by their singing, which may develope been the song "Wake Up Little Susie" by the Everly Brothers.