Bi-2 is a popular musical group, without whose hits it is already difficult to imagine the Russian rock scene. Now Shura Bi-2 - the permanent leaders of the group - are surrounded by fame and love of fans, but few people know that since the founding of the team, the musicians had to go through both failures and a whole series of difficulties. Fortunately for fans, the performers managed to overcome all obstacles and achieve real recognition.

History of creation and composition

Both leaders of the Bi-2 group were born in Belarus. In 1985, the paths of Leva Bi-2 (in the world - Yegor Bortnik) and Shura Bi-2 (real name of the musician - Alexander Uman) crossed. Both young men were engaged in theater studio"Ronde", dreaming of acting profession. However, after a while, friends realized that they were more interested in music than theater.

So in 1988, the Chance group appeared, in which Shura and Leva invited friends from the Chance musical group. The new team was called "Brothers in Arms", and then was renamed the "Shore of Truth". Leva became the author of all the songs, but the young man was embarrassed to perform compositions of his own composition, so Alexander Sergeev became the vocalist.

This first team, assembled by Leva and Shura, did not achieve popularity. The musicians performed in local recreation centers and even took part in one of the rock festivals, but were never noticed by the audience. The failure forced the artists to leave the music for a while. However, already in 1989, friends again decided to start from scratch and created a new team.

The group received the name under which it later became famous - "Bi-2". According to the musicians, this is a reference to the American strategic bomber Northrop B-2 Spirit. Lyova became the vocalist of the new group, this time discarding constraint. As the musicians later admitted in an interview, they chose the genre of music "acutely social and periodically acutely sexual."

The texts of the first compositions of the team, and the first performances of Bi-2, turned out to be outrageous. So, at the beginning of each concert, a coffin was taken out onto the stage, from which Leva got up and began to sing.

It seemed that the group's popularity would only grow, but soon the musicians again went on a sabbatical - in 1991, Shura and Leva moved to Israel. There, artists periodically performed in clubs, but they did not achieve fame.

In 1993, the members of the Bi-2 group ended up on different continents. Leva stayed in Israel, while Shura moved to Australia. Another creative break lasted four years, and only in 1997 the musicians united again and began to record songs.

Mikhail Karasev and keyboardist Victoria Bilogan joined Leva and Shura. The fruit of joint creativity was the disc "Asexual and Sad Love", which, although it did not bring success to the performers, marked a new milestone in the biography of "Bi-2".

Music

In 1998, the musicians recorded the next disc. The first name of the album was "And the ship is sailing", but later it was decided to change it to "Bi-2". In Russia, a collection of new songs by the team was released in 2000. Some songs seemed interesting to the program directors of radio stations, and soon the work of Leva and Shura became popular among the listeners of Nashe Radio and Radio Maximum, and then it “took root” on other waves.

The song "Compromise" of the group "Bi-2"

Shortly before the release of the record, the artists moved to Russia and, having added several musicians to the group, they began to search for a producer - they could not agree on their own with eminent studios. Acquaintance with Alexander Ponomarev (producer) changed the situation.

It was he who managed to organize the first performances of the team on "Invasion", as well as the appearance of Leva and Shura on the air of the "Anthropology" program with. The picture "Brother-2" also played a significant role in increasing the popularity of the group, for which "Bi-2" recorded the song "No one writes to the Colonel."

The song "No one writes to the Colonel" of the group "Bi-2"

Joint tours with Alexander Vasilyev and the Spleen group helped to finally consolidate the success. Also, Leva and Shura performed the song "Fellini" together with Vasiliev and shot a video for this song.

Another loud duet of that time was the song "My Rock and Roll", recorded with. A video was also shot for this composition, in which the actress participated.

The song "My rock-n-roll" by the group "Bi-2" and Yulia Chicherina

In 2010, the musicians decided to experiment with arrangements and began to give concerts together with a symphony orchestra. According to the artists, this was the beginning of a new - "mature" - stage of creativity "Bi-2". 2015 brought the fans of the group the concert program "Best of", in which the musicians collected best compositions different years. According to the artists, many of the songs included in the set list of concerts have not been performed for more than ten years.

The song "Bird on the windowsill" of the group "Bi-2"

At the end of 2016, another Bi-2 hit was released, called "The Bird on the Windowsill". Shura and Leva performed this composition together with, (), and other rock stars. And on December 29, "Bi-2" presented a New Year's gift to fans by presenting a video for the song "Revolution".

In 2017, the musicians presented two high-profile tracks at once together with other performers. First came the song "Whiskey", recorded with the American John Grant. This composition sounds in the frames of the film “Quartet-I” “What men are talking about. Continuation".

The song "It's time to go home" by the group "Bi-2" and Oksimiron

In addition, Leva and Shura sang along with Miron Fedorov, known as (Oxxxymiron). In the first week, the video for this song ("It's time to go home") gained several million views on YouTube.

In the autumn of the same year, the release of the record "Event Horizon" took place, immediately after which the musicians went on tour. The new performance was a success: the artists prepared a light show and unexpected special effects.

Bi-2 group now

The current line-up of the group consists of six musicians. In addition to Shura and Lyova, Andrey Zvonkov (guitar), bass player Maxim Andryushchenko, drummer Boris Lifshitz and Yanik Nikolenko (backing vocals, keyboards, flute, drums) play in the band.

In 2018, Leva and Shura organized the Bi-2 Fest festival, which took place in Bobruisk, Belarus. Among the invited musicians were the groups "Networks", "Brainstorm", "Midnight Faces" and others. Also, "Bi-2" became the headliners of the "KINOproby" festival, held in July in Okulovka. In addition to Leva and Shura, rock bands, performers, (Louna) and other musicians became guests of the event.

In addition, 2018 was noted for Bi-2 by receiving an award from the RU.TV channel in the Film and Music nomination for the soundtrack to the film What Men Talk About. Continuation".

Now the musicians are actively touring. The schedule of concerts and news about the life of the group fans can find on the official website of the group, as well as in

Bee Gees is perhaps the most successful family project in the history of music. The Bee Gees consisted of three brothers - Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, their songs in the 1970s became a symbol of this stylish time with its colorful shirts, long hair and flared trousers. With over 100 million albums sold worldwide, the Bee Gees have been called one of the most popular bands in the world.

Barry Gibb, the eldest of the brothers, was born in 1946, and in 1949 the twins Maurice and Robin were born. Music environment for the boys it was natural - their father was the leader of his own orchestra, and his mother sang. When Barry was 9 years old, the brothers first performed in Manchester at a young talent competition, their team was called the Rattlesnakes. In 1958, the family left Britain for Brisbane, Australia, where the trio continues to record music.

In 1962, the Gibb brothers performed at the Sydney Stadium as the opening act for Chubby Checker, the "King of the Twist" from Pennsylvania. It was then that the band appeared under the name Bee Gees and began to write their own songs. In 1963, the Bee Gees released their first "forty-five" (short 45 rpm record) called "Three Kisses of Love". The team released 2-3 singles a year, and was soon recognized as the best pop group on the Australian continent.

In 1967, the brothers returned to London, took drummer Colin Peterson and guitarist Vince Melouney into the band, after which they recorded their first full-length album, The Bee Gees' First. Until the end of the 1960s, singles were sold out in a million copies: among them "Words", "First of May", "To Love Somebody". As a result, in 1969, the album "Best of Bee Gees" was released.

With the growth of popularity in the group, disagreements began, Robin and Maurice did not agree with musical preferences older brother Barry. As a result, Robin left the group in order to try his hand at solo projects. In the early 1970s, the old style of the Bee Gees ceased to be popular, and the group reunited in 1971 surprised everyone with a sharp transition from rock music to disco. The Bee Gees were finally recognized as the living epitome of the disco era with the release of the song "Stayin' Alive" in 1977 as part of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

In the 1980s, the Bee Gees were primarily engaged in solo projects, but in the late 1990s they were able to release several albums with traditional rock music, as a result of which critics and fans began to seriously talk about the revival of the group. Maurice Gibb died in 2003 and the band ceased to exist. In 2009, Barry and Robin decided to restart the Bee Gees project and announced this to the press, but they could not release any new studio recordings. Robin Gibb died in 2012, and with him last hopes to resurrect the group.

The musicians sent their songs to The Beatles' then manager Brian Epstine, who invited them to London and in 1967 helped the band sign a five-year contract with the Polydor label. Epstein's business partner, Robert Stigwood, became the manager of the Bee Gees.

BI-JIZ (The Bee Gees), English vocal and instrumental group. The core of the group consisted of three brothers Gibb (Gibb): the elder Barry (Barry, b. 1947) and the younger twins Robin and Maurice (Robin and Maurice, b. 1949). When the older brother was 9 and the younger 7, they made their debut in the competition for young talents in Manchester. In 1958, the Gibb family moved to Australia, to Brisbane, where the singing trio gained popularity with the audience. In January 1963, the trio released their debut "forty-five" with the characteristic title of Three Kisses of Love (Three Kisses of Love). It was followed by new records that hit the Australian charts: Claustrophobia (Claustrophobia), Serenity (Peace of Mind), Wine and Women (Wine and Women). In the middle of the decade, the trio were unanimously voted the best pop group in Australia.
In February 1967 the group returned to London. Here the brothers included drummer Colin Peterson (Colin Peterson) in their lineup, and then invited Australian guitarist Vince Melouney (Vince Melouney). In the summer of the same year, their first album The Bee Gees "First" was released. Until the end of the decade, the group released several records that sold millions of copies: I Can't See Nobody (I Can't See Nobody), Massachusetts (Massachusetts), First of May (First of May ) and megahit Words (Words). The result of the group's triumph in the English music market was summed up by the album Best of Bee Gees (1970).
However, as the fame of the BJs grew, there were disagreements between the members of the group: the twins expressed disagreement with the musical tastes of their older brother. Finally Robin left the group to work alone. The trio continued to work until Pietersen left the group. However, he considered that he had similar rights to the promoted brand "Bee-Jies" and, having collected new group, released the album Odessa (Odessa) under this brand.
The Gibb brothers' spat did not last long. Already in 1971, the trio reunited, released the single Lonely Days, two new albums and resumed concert activity. The following year, things got even better, and the trio released the final collection Best of the Bee Gees: Volume 2 (Best of the Bee Gees: Volume 2).
The single Down the Road, marked by energetic rhythm and blues intonations, fell out of the general musical style and helped the BJs regain their popularity. The next album Main Course (Main Course, 1975) outlined a turn from lyrical rock to rhythm and blues and disco that was becoming fashionable. The musicians consolidated a promising trend in the next successful album Children of the World (Children of the World, 1976). But their main success was yet to come. By pure chance, they were commissioned to write some dance songs for the movie Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta. Five days later, two songs appeared, then five more and more ... The single How Deep Is Your Love was released on the eve of the film's release and immediately soared to the top of the hit parade. It was followed by the singles I stay alive (Stain "Alive) and Night Fever (Night Fever), which became bestsellers in the spring of 1978. The self-titled album with recordings of songs composed by the Gibb brothers for the movie was a huge success: 12 million copies were sold. "Bee-Jies" received five Grammy nominations.
In the early 1980s, the brothers took up independent projects, and the group actually ceased to exist. In 1987, the trio got together to work on a new ESP album, which was lost in Billboard magazine's Top 200.
On January 12, 2003, Maurice Gibb died in a Miami hospital.
In 1962, the brothers sang at the Sydney Stadium, "warming up" the audience before the performance of the "king of the twist" Chubby Checker (Chubby Checker), first appearing under the name BEE GEES. Then they start writing their own songs.
In January 1963, the trio released their debut "forty-five" with the characteristic title Three Kisses of Love ("Three Kisses of Love"). It was followed by new singles that hit the Australian charts: Claustrophobia, Peace of Mind, Wine and Women. In the middle of the decade, the trio were unanimously voted the best pop group in Australia.
In February 1967 the group returned to London. Here the brothers included drummer Colin Peterson (b. March 24, 1946, Kinearoy, Queensland, Australia), and then invited Australian guitarist Vince Melouney (b. August 18, 1949, Sydney, Australia). In the summer of that year, their first album, The Bee Gees "First", was released. Before the end of the decade, the group released several singles that sold millions of copies: To Love Somebody, I Can't See Nobody, Massachusetts, First of May and the mega hit Words. The result of the group's triumph in the English music market was summed up by the album "Best of Bee Gees" (1970).
However, as the fame of BEE GEES grew, there were disagreements between the members of the group: the twins expressed disagreement with the musical tastes of their older brother. Finally Robin left the group to work alone. The trio continued to exist until Peterson left the group.
The Gibb brothers' spat did not last long. Already in 1971, the trio reunited, released the single Lonely Days, two new albums and resumed concert activity. Things got even better the following year, and the trio released their final compilation, Best of the Bee Gees: Volume 2.
The single Down the Road, marked by energetic rhythm and blues intonations, fell out of the general musical style and helped BEE GEES to strengthen its popularity. The next album "Main Course" (1975) outlined a turn from lyrical rock to disco that was becoming fashionable. The musicians consolidated a promising trend in the next successful album "Children Of The World" (1976). But their main success was yet to come.
The band's manager Robert Stigwood was simultaneously producing the film Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta. Stigwood sent the Gibb brothers an urgent commission to compose four new dance songs for the film; they wrote five songs and then added two more to them. The single How Deep Is Your Love was released on the eve of the film's release and immediately soared to the top of the hit parade. It was followed by the singles Stayin "Alive and Night Fever, which became bestsellers in the spring of 1978. The film itself (largely thanks to the music of BEE GEES) produced the effect of an exploding bomb, marking the arrival of a new lifestyle - the style" in the rhythm of disco ". The album of the same name with records The songs written by the Gibb Brothers for the film were also a huge success, selling 12 million copies and earning the Album of the Year award, earning BEE GEES five Grammy nominations.
In the first half of the 1980s. BEE GEES musicians were mainly engaged in composing hits for other artists and producing activities. The Gibb brothers are credited with such compositions as Woman In Love by Barbra Streisand, Chain Reaction by Diana Ross, Heartbreaker by Dionne Warwick, Islands In The Stream by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. In 1984, Barry recorded his debut solo album, Now Voyager, and two years later, under the guise of the band name THE BUNBURYS, released the album We Are The Bunburys. Since the end of 1980 the group has returned to active creative activity and again conquers the charts of many countries. In 1997, along with the release of the album "Still Waters", BEE GEES were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Bee Gees.
A story about the world's oldest child stars.

Barry was the eldest, so his father only spoke to him, even when it came to other children. Maurice was considered the most reliable, so his father never worried about him. And Robin was just crazy. Sometimes, when they were touring with concerts all over Australia, Robin could suddenly sing Tyrolean roulades at the top of his lungs. Then the father sitting behind the wheel, without taking his eyes off the road, calmly gave the order to stop the goat bleating.
"He is a real father, which, probably, are only in Northern England," says Maurice Gibb.
"For me, my father's opinion is very important until now," says Barry, smoothing his spotted jeans on his knees.
"Never give up. Never give up. Never give up. Winston Churchill" - a sheet with this quote is pinned to the wall in the Bee Gees Studios in Miami Beach. Here the brothers from Manchester recorded their 26th long-playing album "High Civilization", and their single "Secret Love" for a long time occupied the first places in the chart of popularity.
"Father is terribly proud of us," says Maurice Gibb.
What cute boys they were then, in the early 60s, when they lived in Australia! In the photographs of those years, they are in white shirts with narrow black ties and in plaid vests, their hands rested on their sides like an adult.
That was the time when their father Hugh Gibb decided to turn them into a "white" version - the famous trio "Milis Brothers" in the 30s, consisting of three black brothers and singing sweet songs like "I'll buy myself a doll" or "Goodbye, little thrush". That was the time when the father before each concert to shine their shoes, smeared with greasing and styled their hair to make them look "cultured".
They then sang in variety shows, and avid players stopped stuffing coins into machines for the duration of their performance. “Before we started performing for young people, we had to sing for adults,” says Maurice. “It was not interesting, we wanted to become the Beatles.
Maybe that's why they became bigger Beatles than the Beatles themselves. If the real Beatles performed more than just their stuff, the Bee Gees never neglected this indicator of talent. And if John Lennon and Paul McCartney sang like slightly grown-up boys from the choir, then the voices of Barry, Maurice and Robin differed in heavenly sound and vibrated as if the archangel Gabriel himself sang, accompanied by cherubs and seraphim. Their career seemed to many a shadow of the Beatles, but how majestic and powerful this shadow was! AT
In 1967, Maurice Gibb met John, Paul, George and Ringo for the first time in a London club, and this meeting was like an awakening for him.
“Just three months ago, I was running around the streets of Sydney, reading a magazine published by Beatles fans, and suddenly I found myself nose to nose with them, sitting and drinking. The first thing John Lennon said to me was: “How about whiskey with coke?” And I had never drunk whiskey with coke before in my life, but I said: “How so?” And since then I have only drunk whiskey with coke.
And after so many years filled with success and worldwide fame, the Beatles, like most people in their profession, began to split, compete, jealousy.
And the Bee Gees, also not free from some difficulties in relationships, still managed to maintain their group and their prestige. "It's all native blood, otherwise we would have fled a long time ago," says Barry.
"When the Bee Gees sing, I think they cry," says Michael Jackson, as does the Bee Gees, the eternal child star and Barry Gibb's most loyal friend in pop music today. At first, the lyrics of the Bee Gees songs resembled excerpts from youthful diaries filled with sighs and sobs. But the arrangement from the very beginning was distinguished by maturity and professional skill.
After they released their first great record in England in 1967 with the help of manager Robert Stigwood, "Uncle Robert" bought them a real orchestra. London Symphony with 44 musicians. "When we wrote "Massachusetts" and our orchestra first performed it, there was no strength to hold back the tears. It was extraordinary! Feelings overwhelmed us. We were like children in a toy store: we wanted to grab everything and not give it away!"
Maurice sits on a light brown carpet, legs tucked under him, in his home in Miami Beach and plays with the remote control from a huge TV. The room is decorated in an old-fashioned way with family photographs, on the wall is a mirror picture of a mermaid and a swan, on the floor next to it is a large rag dog.
Massachusetts was their first and lasting success, selling three million LPs and 10 million singles in two years. Never later did their music sound so grand and mature as when they were only 17-20 years old. Over time, their success has grown, as if he absorbed all the growth hormones released by the BJs themselves - over 1,000 hits, over 100 million records sold, the only pop group to top the US chart six times in a row.
With the huge amount of money they made from their biggest hits like "The Mine Disaster of 1941", "Glory", "Heartbreak", "Staying Alive" or "Night Fever", they could have bought the whole store called world. In 1975 they moved to Miami Beach, a haven for aging stars.
There, by combining fraternal efforts and means, they built a fantastic family park on the ocean coast next to the famous king of Formula 1 racing Emerson Fittipaldi and the nephew of the king of Saudi Arabia. They also have high-class motor boats, Porsches and Rolls-Royces, Persian carpets, a rare breed of Japanese dogs, as well as awesome-looking Galaxyb satellite dishes that receive transmissions from Australia, swimming pools, sports facilities.
Well, dad and mom moved to the dream of their hungry youth, Las Vegas, and settled there in close proximity to the idol of their young years, Donald Mills, the only surviving brother from the Mills Brothers trio. The father, the creator of the Bee Gees, was replaced by others: manager Robert Stigwood brought fame to the brothers, and producer Arif Merdin made Barry his famous falsetto.
Now this is yesterday for Barry. But until now, his student years are sitting in him, which, God sees, were far from always happy. He recalls how his father always stood somewhere in the back row with a reinforced concrete expression on his face, which meant an order:
"Smile! If you are unhappy, the audience should not feel it, they should be happy at the concert!" "Father has always been a great professional!" Maurice says admiringly.
To be happy... But it was not so easy, dad. In the 70s, when success began to decline and the Bee Gees performed in the backwater nightclubs of Northern England, they had to look for "support" stronger than their own father. Barry was addicted to marijuana, Robin soothed himself with tranquilizers, and Maurice - vodka. Barry and Robin got into senseless professional scandals with Maurice, accusing him of betrayal, factions, coalitions appeared, but in the late 70s it all stopped, and the brothers got together again.
"Today, there are no fights and no animosity. All brothers in the world fight at some point, and, oddly enough, the fight between brothers is more fierce than other people," says Barry.
However, the relationship between them is quite complex. Maurice and Robin, born in 1949, are twins, so to speak, born allies. Maybe that's why Barry, who was born in 1947, always felt lonely, but then in 1958 Andy was born, like two drops of water similar to Barry. Andy always wanted to be in the Bee Gees with his brothers, but they did not let him in, and he, like a young nervous colt, rushed through life: at first he stumbled over an unhappy love for a famous actress, performer leading role in the TV series "Dallas" - Victoria Principal, and then about the unsuccessful career of a singer-soloist. All this, together with addiction to alcohol and drugs, led him to death. Andy Gibb turned 30 and died 5 days later.
For his father, Andy's death was a life catastrophe, but he and his mother did not fully understand what had happened to him.
Father did not flinch even after Andy's death. He remained an old, kind, grouchy, made-of-stone North English father and teacher. And only at a concert in New York, when my father, as always, was in the audience and the Bee Gees sang a wonderfully sad "Holiday", and Maurice took a chord that took the soul on the organ, and just then a terrible downpour broke out, old Gibb , feeling completely covered, gave vent to tears. The downpour soon stopped, and my father's face was still wet, either from tears or from rain. After the performance, he squeaked, "You guys were great. And the audience really got together tonight. Right?"
Throughout their careers, the Bee Gees have been tapping their audiences with a stethoscope to anticipate fan requests. Over time, they have evolved into a typical group of child stars who are usually popular with either too young or too old viewers. "I'm very fond of very young girls, but there are also many admirers at my mother's age," says Barry.
Outside Barry's studio, Gibba is again waiting for Cathy with her camera. Since 1974, when she first saw the Bee Gees, Cathy has collected 20 albums of their photographs. And now, already wrapped in jeans, Barry picks up, straightens his beard (“Smile and seem happy!” - his father signals from Las Vegas), clumsily but obediently sits down on a bench and takes a pose for a photo. He still won’t sit down, he doesn’t know where to put his legs, but Katie gratefully takes it off, takes it off, takes it off.
The Bee Gees never tired of being interested in their popularity with the public. “I didn’t try to find out how much I earned for the concert. I always wanted to be loved by the audience,” Maurice admits. “The Beatles also wrote songs to please everyone, and not just some one specific group of people.”
When no one else wanted to buy the Bee Gees records from 1971 to 1975, they engaged in careful market research to win back the lost popularity. "These long, endless ballads of ours... I think we went too far with them. We liked them, but they weren't what the public wanted." They decided to replace their obsolete recipe and added funk and soul in the spirit of Motown, and were very surprised when the disco style was born from this in the late 70s.
Is it possible not to love child stars? It turns out you can. After the Bee Gees performed on "Make a Wish" in 1970, a Bild reader wrote to his paper, "Disgusting!" At the same time, the Bee Gees did not give the slightest reason to see them as typical exuberant representatives of rock and roll. "We've never done anything like throwing TVs out of windows or anything like that," says Barry. "We just didn't have the energy to do it, and besides, it's expensive."
However, in his second home in England, in an old monastery built eight centuries ago, it is not very good for Robin to surround himself and his harp-playing, painting and lightly pissing wife Dvina with Tudor antiques.
In the old days, Robin, on the contrary, was distinguished by extravagance. His bleached, asymmetrically tied hair, black leather jacket created the image of a "young angry man."
"I like to dress out of the ordinary, and I've always liked earrings," he then recalls his commitment to the band and adds, "I think it's good for the group's image."
Fantastic success "Bee Gees" brought five songs specially written for the film "Saturday Night Fever", in which John Travolta glorified the erotic-boastful generation of "disco" with might and main. This was in 1970 and the Bee Gees were wearing jeans and T-shirts back then. Maurice simply hated the white trousers fashionable at the time of "disco", in which everyone looked like sailors: "It's even uncomfortable to dance in them!" And suddenly they become the number one disco group! Neither friends nor enemies of the "disco" style can still forgive them for this.
After their second revival, they completely redesigned their show and moved on to a bright, sparkling, computer-controlled spectacle. To guess what people need, you need to let them listen to what they will not hear anywhere.
In general, the eternal child-stars live by what they find in their "toy box" and what replaces them real life. Barry always believed in supernatural powers before he knew real life. For years, his secret friend was an imaginary lion. Later, he calculated winning lottery numbers for his wife's parents. And in Miami, a UFO once appeared to him, and he was silver, with a red tooth. He trembled a little on weight in the air, and disappeared over the horizon.
Maurice had an inexplicable warm feeling as the Great Pyramid's tomb room lit up. Robin is still waiting for the coming of a good spirit in his monastery. His wife once noticed that the bowl for holy water was filled with water and earth during the night, and their gardener heard how someone invisible started a large grandfather clock in the living room at night.
And one day, when they were all working together on a new record in a recording studio, a chair suddenly moved and the door opened. "It was the spirit of our Andy, and that means he's happy," says Maurice. "He was buried in Los Angeles, but his spirit is with us."
Here the family is almost complete. My father will probably also go on the upcoming tour of Europe and, as always, will command the lighting of the stage with iron inflexibility during the tour. Maybe then he will smile.

Discography:

Bee Gees 1st (1967)
Horizontal (1968)
Idea (1968)
Odessa (1969)
Best of Bee Gees (1969)
Cucumber Castle (1970)
2 Years On (1970)
Trafalgar (1971)
To Whom It May Concern (1972)
Life In a Tin Can (1973)
A Kick In The Head Is Worth Eight In The Pants (1973)
Best of Bee Gees Volume 2 (1973)
Mr. Natural (1974)
Main Course (1975)
Children of the World (1976)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Spirits Having Flow (1979)
Bee Gees Greatest (1979)
Living Eyes (1981)
Staying Alive (soundtrack) (1983)
E.S.P. (1987)
One (1989)
Tales from the Brothers Gibb (1990)
High Civilization (1991)
Size Isn't Everything (1993)
Still Waters (1997)
One Night Only (1997)
This Is Where I Came In (2001)
Their Greatest Hits: The Record (2001)
Number Ones (2004)
Bee Gees Love Songs (2005)

As they say, it is impossible to create the same impression twice. However, the BritishBee Gees group (BeeGees) completely refuted this view. After all, having achieved fame, the guys for some time “lay down at the bottom” of show business, in order to return again for a new dose of public love. During its existence, the team has sold more than one hundred million copies of records. This makes it one of the most successful groups in the history of modern music.

BeeGees group created by the three Gibb brothers. The leader and vocalist was the eldest - Barry. And, here, the twins Robin and Maurice were the second vocalist and keyboardist-guitarist, respectively.

Even in early childhood, the brothers loved to listen to their father for a long time, who played in a local rock and roll band and thus taught his children to music. As follows, from the nextbiographies of Bee Gees members his efforts were crowned with success and a few years later, since 1955, the children, along with their father, played on the same stage.

After emigrating to Australia in 1958, the guys already create their ownmusic group Bee Gees (according to the abbreviation BrothersGibb). To begin with, they played the club scenes in Brisbane and were not taken seriously at first. Indeed, if you look atphoto Bee Geese of those times, we see a rather funny picture, the guys looked like fledgling chicks, no longer teenagers, but not yet men. And, nevertheless, already then the bright individuality of each began to appear.Member of the Bee Gees. The undoubted charisma and visual appeal of Barry complemented Robin, with his slightly trembling voice and charm. The third brother, Maurice, did not possess any outstanding abilities, either external or vocal, he nevertheless became an indispensable member of the group, like his brothers. These and other abilities of the trio made it possible to create their own image, so unique and adored by millions of fans for decades.

After living in Australia for eight years, in 1966 the Gibb family returned to good old England, where they beganmusical career of the Bee Gees. Their first album, which was designed by Klaus Wurmann, was released in 1967. Since then, the guys have become very famous among fans of psychedelic pop. But, it was at that time that this style was popular among the hippie communities.Photos of Bee Gees adorn the walls of their fans. So that,BeeGees musicians won the love of thousands of young Europeans. Their compositions Holiday, TurnOfTheCentury, ToLoveSomebody and others became real hits, and records were sold at an incredible rate. However, with the advent of the 70s, the BeeGees albums ceased to interest the public.

The second wave of fame began when the musicians suddenly moved away from the psychedelic and began to perform disco. In 1977, the film Saturday Night Fever was released, in which the composition Stayin' Alive sounded. After some time, she hit the leading lines of many charts, which once again reminded the world of the BeeGees. And again numerousarticles about Bee Gees vying to praise and sing of their talent.

It was this song that became the musical quintessence of the entire disco culture. In addition, doctors believe that this single is the perfect accompaniment for chest compressions. The rhythm of the song is 103 beats per minute, and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, you need to press on the chest about 100 times per minute.

With the advent of the 80s, disco began to be gradually forgotten andBee Gees performers started playing rock. Until 2003, they still released several albums, but due to the death of Maurice, they ceased to exist. Then, of course, there wasinformation about the Bee Gees group, that they would be reborn again, but Barry and Robin felt it was better to remain legends of "that" time than to try to achieve popularity again.

And, unfortunately, on this moment this becomes impossible, since in the past 2012, the second brother, Robin, died of cancer, almost until his death, he worked, despite his poor health.

Undoubtedlymusical trio Bee Gees made a great contribution to the development of the world music industry. For this they were awarded not only a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but also the love of millions. They remained the most prominent representatives crazy 80s.

In 2005, the book " Full biography The Bee Gees. "Tales of the Brothers Gibb", its authors Bilie M., Cook G. and Hughes E., it describespersonal life of Bee Gees members , unknown facts from their lives, various funny cases that fans of the group will appreciate.

Bee Gees discography is a record in its number and has more than 60 albums, including solo albums, which were released by each of the brothers, numerous compositions for films, and just a lot of good music. For this music, the trio was repeatedly awarded various prestigious awards, they were once inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The group without any bazaars is cool. Such romantic melancholic rock. Their voices are cool, the melodies are pleasant to the ear, the guitar arrangements caress the ear of the old rocker. Far from pop, as they are often called. In my opinion, even cooler than A-Ha.

03/09/04, guest
Yes, the band is absolutely amazing. When you need to cheer yourself up or calm the nervous system - best choice simply no. No pop and no rock can be compared in its impact. Stunning melody, the complete absence of any aggressiveness, the timbres of voices are incomparable with anyone else. In general, listening to the Bee Gees is a pleasure.

30/03/08, anti-romantic
I just listened on NTV to a joint performance of one of their songs in a duet between Valeria and Maurice - it turns out that in my childhood I had reel recordings of this group, and they were among my favorites. Really something pleasant at the intersection of rock and pop music, quality.

12/05/08, MaryAna
"I just heard on NTV a joint performance of one of their songs in a duet between Valeria and Maurice" - a mistake, Maurice died 5 years ago, it was Robin Gibb - Maurice's twin. A lot of music was written by the brothers from 1967 to 2001 and the styles changed three times, but they always worked with high quality. The fact that the melodies are cool and the voices are for sure, but the arrangements are in no way inferior, in their early work they paid attention to this special meaning- they even took symphony orchestras with them to concerts. On the 1969 Odessa album they have 2 purely instrumentals in a neo-classical style. What Robin is doing now I personally don't like, although his song Mother Of Love from 2006 is just wonderful

28/08/08, hedgehog
Awesome group! No wonder she is one of the five most influential performers in the history of music, and in second place - right after The Beatles! =) Three unique musicians, three different voices - all together Bee Gees =) I love it =) From their repertoire, I like melodic love ballads the most (for example, I Will, I Will Be There (For You), Rings Around The Moon , Alone, etc.) And so, I like everything =)

24/10/09, Naf Nafych
It's strange that I never paid attention to this topic, in my music collection there was an mp3-disk with a complete composition of the group "Bee Gees" bought six years ago. At one time, I noticed them on two compositions that I liked very much - "How Deep Is Your Love" and "Alone", in fact, they made me buy the disc. Actually, this is a typical British rock band of which there were and are many. It consisted of three brothers: lead vocalist Barry Gibb, second lead vocalist Robin Gibb, and keyboardist and guitarist Maurice Gibb. The group ceased to exist in 2003 due to the death of Maurice Gibb. I did not become a fan of the Bee Gees, but I liked their music, a lot of good music written in the second half of the 70s and early 80s. Of course, there is a little plagiarism on the Negro group, even the voice of the vocalist is similar, although the musical group consists of exclusively white people, but on the whole he is satisfied with many compositions, although there are also colorless songs in his work.

27/10/10, NeroWite
Brilliant musicians, strong personalities. Unlike the vast majority outstanding musicians of this globe, they brightly performed not in one, but in several styles: art rock, rhythm & blues (yes, yes, damn it, this is rhythm & blues, not "disco"), country, pop. Albums written for Diane Warwick, Kenny Rogers, Dayana Ross, Barbra Streisand became the most successful in the work of these performers. The Bee Gees are the only musicians whose works were on the British chart topper in the 60s, 70s and 80s. They also have a lot of achievements and records, but this is not the main thing. Better listen to "Songbird", "Israel" or "Can't keep a good man down".

20/04/11, bald orc
I'll add my five cents. Until recently, I did not know anything about this group. Satellite fishing helped. Come on, what do we have for bee gees - run to me? So what? - And that's it! Fantastic group. Their magnificent melody is very pleasing - what magnificent unisons, a slight trembling of the air is felt from the resonance of the voices in run to me. How Deep Is Your Love downloaded next. It's still on my alarm clock. Great song to start the day!

21/06/18, Lana Del Rey
A good example of the fact that everything ingenious is simple. Plain melodies, without unnecessary pathos and attempts. Voila - it turned out great.