Robin Hugh Gibb was a singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry. Born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the family later moved to Manchester before settling in Brisbane, Australia. Gibb began his career as part of the family trio and when the group found major success they returned to the United Kingdom. With record sales estimated in excess of 200 million units, the Bee Gees became one of the most successful pop groups of all time. He died after a lengthy battle with cancer on Sunday 20th May 2012. With brilliant smiles, polished funk and adenoidal close harmonies, the Bee Gees — Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb — were disco’s ambassadors to Middle America in the mid to late 1970s, embodying the peacocked look of the time in their open-chested leisure suits and gold medallions. They sold well over 100 million albums and had six consecutive No. 1 singles from 1977 to 1979. They were also inextricably tied to the disco era’s defining movie, “Saturday Night Fever,” a showcase for their music that included the hit “Stayin’ Alive,” its propulsive beat in step with the strut of the film’s star, John Travolta. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Gibb http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/Robin+Gibb,+Bee+Gee+vocalist+dies+at+62/G3688 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/robin-gibb-of-the-bee-gees-dies-of-cancer-at-62/?hp

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