Bee Gees - Spicks And Specks

Bee Gees - Spicks And Specks

Spicks And Specks/Jingle Jangle/Tint Of Blue/Where Are YouBarry Gibb (1946) and twin brothers Robin and Maurice Gibb (1949) were natural on the Isle of Man, but the fellowship returned to father Hugh Gibb's home township of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, in the early 1950s where the boys began to talk in harmony.

On one occasion, the boys were passing to lip sync to a book in the local Gaumont cinema (as other children had done on previous weeks), but as they were working to get there Maurice dropped the book and it broke. Now having no record, the brothers sang live and received such a positive reaction from the hearing that they decided to follow a singing career.In 1958, the Gibb family, including infant brother Andy (born 5 March 1958 in Manchester, England), emigrated to Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The still very young brothers began performing where they could to raise pocket money. First called the Rattlesnakes, later Wee Johnny Hayes & the Bluecats, they were introduced to radio DJ Bill Gates by racetrack promoter Bill Goode (who saw them do at Brisbane's Speedway Circuit). Gates renamed them the "Bee Gees" after his and Goode's initials - thus the list was not specifically a credit to "Brothers Gibb", despite popular belief.By 1960, the Bee Gees were featured on tv shows, and in the following few days began running regularly at resorts on the Queensland coast. Barry drew the care of Australian star Col Joye for his songwriting, and Joye helped the boys get a book deal with Festival Records in 1963 under the name "Bee Gees." The trio released two or three singles a year, while Barry supplied additional songs to other Australian artists.A modest hit in 1965, "Wine and Women", led to the group's first LP The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs. By late 1966 the 3 brothers decided to deliver to England. While at sea in January 1967, they heard that "Spicks and Specks", a #1 hit in October 1966 had been awarded Best One of the Year by Go-Set, Australia's most popular and influential music newspaper.