Pop group of the 1960s onwards consisting of Barry Gibb and his younger brothers, twins Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb.
Although its often believed that the groups name is an acronym for the Brothers Gibb, they have said that the name was to honor two friends with the same set of initials who gave them a lot of help when they were first starting out: a man named Bill Goode and a disc jockey named Bill Gates.
The Bee Gees were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6845 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
The opening lines of their 1967 single "Massachusetts" are "Feel Im going back to Massachusetts, somethings telling me I must go home". At the time they wrote the song, none of the Bee Gees had ever been to Massachusetts. They said that they just liked the sound of the word.
When Barry Gibb made a cameo in an episode of "Only Fools and Horses...." set in Miami, David Jason said Gibb was wonderfully self-effacing. He invited Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst into his house, gave them tea and showed them around; the place was like a palace. Gibb was a huge fan of the show and used to get tapes of it sent to America.
