89-523: Hugh Leslie Gibb (15 January 1916 – 6 March 1992) was an English drummer, bandleader and the father of musicians Barry , Robin , Maurice and Andy Gibb . Barry, Robin and Maurice would go on to form the Bee Gees , one of the most successful musical groups of all time, while Andy was a solo performer. Hugh Leslie Gibb was born in the Chorlton district of Manchester to Edith Yardley and Hugh Gibb. He said: "I
178-555: A 2001 demo version was included in this 2003 version. On 2 May 2004, Barry and Robin Gibb received the CBE award at Buckingham Palace ; their nephew Adam accepted his father Maurice's posthumous award. Also in 2004, Gibb co-wrote and sang background vocals on his son Steve Gibb 's solo single "Living in the Rain". In January 2005, along with many artists, Gibb and his brother Robin recorded vocal parts for
267-585: A TV special Frankie Howerd Meets the Bee Gees with Frankie Howerd . His 1968 composition " Only One Woman " (UK No. 5) was the Marbles ' most successful single up to date. The Bee Gees were invited by Hollywood manager Lee Hazlewood at his party alongside the members of the Monkees and Honey Ltd. The photos from that event were leaked, and two of the pictures showing Gibb was talking to actress Angela Cartwright , and
356-702: A U.S. Top 5, and " What Kind of Fool " also reached the Top 10 in the U.S. and reached No. 1 on the US Adult contemporary chart . In 1981, the Bee Gees released Living Eyes . Songs from the album were not disco and the album was not a commercial success. In 1982, Clive Davis asked Gibb to write for Dionne Warwick , who was on his Arista label. Barry produced Warwick's Heartbreaker . The songs were all written by Gibb except " Our Day Will Come ". In August 1983, after Gibb met Kenny Rogers who asked for some songs, Gibb recorded his first demo for Rogers entitled " Eyes That See in
445-572: A Woman" and the B-side "Don't Let It Happen Again" released on Parlophone . He also produced songs for P.P. Arnold including " Bury Me Down By the River " (released as a single) which were originally recorded by the Bee Gees for their 1970 album. In the summer of 1969, Petersen left the group which now only featured Barry and Maurice as the Bee Gees. Pentangle drummer Terry Cox replaced Petersen to complete another 12 songs, but only five songs were released in
534-686: A bonus online performance. On 28 January, Gibb was interviewed by CNN about his brothers and, in that same interview, Gibb talked about Justin Bieber , saying he is "heading for a brick wall". In a Mirror interview with Gibb on 11 July 2014 he said he was still mourning following the death of Robin and credits his wife Linda, and Paul McCartney for helping him to recover. Gibb appeared on a McCartney tribute album, The Art of McCartney , released on 18 November 2014 performing " When I'm Sixty-Four ". Gibb's friend, country singer TG Sheppard , said in an interview with Gary James that Gibb just moved to Nashville and
623-513: A friend to another dance hall. Later, she said: "That's where it all started." Gibb escorted Pass home that night and thereafter they were romantically involved. Despite the war, Gibb had fond memories of meeting his future wife, and said: "People enjoyed themselves more. Kids to-day think they've done everything by the time they're 18 and have nothing to look forward to." They were married on 27 May 1944 in Manchester. Their first child, daughter Lesley,
712-781: A full-page advertisement in the Financial Times newspaper, calling for the British Government to extend the existing 50-year copyright protection of sound recordings in the United Kingdom. The fair play for musicians advertisement proposed that the copyright be extended to the American standard of 95 years and was a direct response to the Gowers Review (published by the British Government on 6 December 2006), which recommended
801-449: A music video on most of the songs on Now Voyager . A video for "Fine Line" featuring Gibb without his trademark beard and was filmed in black and white. In 1985, Gibb started to record demos for Diana Ross , for her album Eaten Alive . In the same year, he co-wrote most of the songs on Robin Gibb's album Walls Have Eyes . In late 1985 and early 1986, he wrote new songs for his next album, though his third album Moonlight Madness
890-407: A musician Gibb worked delivering bread. As their neighbour, Joan Hill, said: "We were all very poor in those days and Mr. Gibb was a godsend. He used to bring home dozens of loaves that had to be sold before the end of the day - bread must have been much more wholesome in those days - didn't have all the preservatives it does today. Hugh would then be able to sell these off to neighbors at a fraction of
979-488: A musician saw him appear as a support pianist in various reviews and performances. In 1946 he joined a group formed by Hugh Gibb , father of Barry , Robin , Maurice and Andy Gibb , which played at the Douglas Bay and Alexandra hotels. In addition to Caine, the line-up consisted of Hugh Gibb (drums), Arthur Crawford (accordion), Tommy Cowley (bass), Albert Metcalfe (tenor saxophone) and John Knight (trombone). During
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#17328942820371068-527: A position in the family-run business, an established drapery of which he was to become a director. Jim Caine married Edna Heaps on Thursday 28 September 1950, the wedding ceremony taking place at St George's Church, Douglas , with his brother Allan officiating as best man . The couple honeymooned in Torquay , staying at the Vernon Court Hotel. The mariage produced three children. Caine's career as
1157-438: A programme featuring light classical music, and Jim's Jazz Hour which in turn evolved into Sweet & Swing . He continued to present well into his 80s, joined in a co-presentation of Sweet & Swing by his son Howard. Latterly this would take the form of recollections conducted by interview at his home, until he retired from broadcasting in 2016. Often referred to as " The Maestro " due to his encyclopedic knowledge of
1246-748: A scream at the end. So from screaming, it turned into things like 'blaming it all'." —Gibb on discovering his falsetto skills, The Larry King Show , 2002 At the start of 1975, the group moved to Miami at the suggestion of Eric Clapton to work on their new album with R&B producer Arif Mardin in Criteria Studios . The first song featuring Gibb's falsetto was 1975's " Nights on Broadway ". In 1976, Gibb wrote " I Just Want to Be Your Everything ", his brother Andy Gibb 's first US No. 1, and provided backup vocals. During 1976, Gibb met with Vince Melouney and wrote two songs, "Let It Ride" and "Morning Rain", that were never recorded. In November 1977,
1335-567: A songwriter, he shares with John Lennon and Paul McCartney the record for most consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number ones, each having six. In total, he has written or co-written sixteen Billboard Hot 100 number ones. In 1994, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with his brothers. In 1997, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , as a member of the Bee Gees. In 2007, Q magazine ranked him number 38 on its list of
1424-461: A tour to promote Size Isn't Everything , but it was off in February, due to Gibb's trouble with arthritis in the back, right hand and right knee. Gibb co-wrote "I Will Be There", which was recorded as a demo for Tina Turner and released on Turner's album Twenty Four Seven . In 2001, Gibb co-wrote "I Cannot Give You My Love" with Ashley Gibb, which was intended for Cliff Richard . In September 2001,
1513-558: A world tour in 2013 in Australia called Mythology Tour , featuring the Bee Gees anthology set album of the same name . He was joined on stage by his son Steve and Maurice's daughter Samantha. On that tour, for the first time on stage, Gibb performed " Playdown " (1966), " Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You " (1967), " I Started a Joke " (1969) and "With the Sun in My Eyes" (1968). Also, for
1602-414: A year and three months, and I really miss people". In July 1970, Gibb travelled to Australia to act as compere for Go-Set , and on that occasion, he gave an interview on the magazine which revealed that sixteen months after the Bee Gees' break-up, he was still not ready to argue with his brothers, "Obviously, we're still brothers, but we are no longer as a group". He considered the song "One Bad Thing" for
1691-703: Is " Arrow Through the Heart " which was released in 2010. In 1987, Gibb co-wrote "Up the Revolution" by Elton John . And in 1988, Gibb recorded two new songs for the Hawks film. In September 1988, the film soundtrack of the film was released by Polydor only in the U.K. The songs were all performed by Gibb except " Chain Reaction " (Diana Ross). The single from the soundtrack, " Childhood Days ", reached only No. 60 in Germany. Around 1990,
1780-461: Is Barry Gibb, from the group the Bee Gees" to which Lennon replied, "Howyadoin'"."So I met John Lennon's back", Gibb says with a laugh, "I didn't meet his front". Gibb earlier said in 2010 about the meeting, "It was virtually a closed club and you went downstairs and there was a coffin and if you were someone they knew and you were supposed to go in, the wall would turn around... and in you would go. There would be [Rolling] Stones lying around all over
1869-400: Is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Along with his younger twin brothers, Robin and Maurice , he rose to worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees , one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popular music. Gibb is well known for his wide vocal range including a far-reaching high-pitched falsetto . Gibb's career has spanned over 60 years. As
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#17328942820371958-555: Is a duets album featuring country artists Dolly Parton , Little Big Town , Alison Krauss and others. The album contains 11 Bee Gees tracks and one unreleased Gibb track, re-imagined as country songs. The song "Words of a Fool" featuring Jason Isbell was released the same day as a preview. The song was originally written by Gibb in 1986 for an unreleased album. Barry was honored at the 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in December 2023. In 2024, Gibb focused his attention on pre-production of
2047-629: Is his composition "One Road" which hit No. 2 in Australia New South Wales Chart and No. 32 on the Kent Music Report charts for Jimmy Little in 1964. Another of his compositions, "I Just Don't Like to Be Alone" by Bryan Davies , reached No. 25 on the New South Wales chart in 1964. In 1966, Gibb won the annual Radio 5KA award for the best composition of the year, "I Was a Lover, A Leader of Men". The Bee Gees returned to
2136-716: The Country Music Hall of Fame with Kenny Rogers and Bobby Bare ; Gibb performed "Islands in the Stream" with Kelly Lang. In October, Gibb performed at the Grand Ole Opry for the second time with Ricky Skaggs. On 21 December 2013, Barry Gibb made a surprise appearance on the US television show Saturday Night Live at the end of the " Barry Gibb Talk Show " skit with Jimmy Fallon , Justin Timberlake and Madonna . Also appearing that night
2225-690: The Saturday Night at the Arragon compilations featured during the Autumn series of Sweet & Swing in 2018. Jim Caine was the secretary of the Manx Jazz Club for more than 30 years. Caine was a regular presenter of a range of programmes on Manx Radio . His appearances began in the 1960s and consisted of him playing a varied repertoire as well as requests from listeners on his piano at his home. Other programmes which he devised included Music Miscellany,
2314-531: The "100 Greatest Singers". Guinness World Records lists him as the second most successful songwriter in history, behind Paul McCartney. Gibb was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to music and entertainment, and a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music and charity. He was also made an Honorary Companion of
2403-822: The Bee Gees re-recorded " Islands in the Stream ". However, this session featured only Robin and Maurice; Barry did not participate in the session, held at Middle Ear Studios in Miami Beach, Florida. In 2002, Gibb and Michael Jackson recorded " All in Your Name ". Also in 2002, Gibb sings background vocals on Michael Bublé 's version of the 1971 song " How Can You Mend a Broken Heart ". Maurice died suddenly on 12 January 2003. Ten months later, in November of that year, Gibb produced and contributed background vocals and guitar to two songs performed by Cliff Richard, "I Cannot Give You My Love" and "How Many Sleeps?"; Maurice's keyboard work from
2492-510: The Bee Gees recorded High Civilization . In September 1990, Gibb played guitar and produced "Born to Be Loved by You" by Kelli Wolfe , which was released as an unreleased B-side in August 1993. Around 1992, Gibb played guitar on Lulu 's "Let Me Wake Up in Your Arms", released in 1993. In 1993, the Bee Gees recorded and released Size Isn't Everything . In 1994, the Bee Gees and Polydor planned
2581-697: The Blue and the Grey " was written by Gibb. All of the Bee Gees' singles from 1963 to 1966 were written by Gibb. In July 1963, Lonnie Lee , one of Australia's top recording stars of the time, recorded what is said to be the first rock and roll recording of a Barry Gibb song. Recorded on Leedon Records and named "I'd Like To Leave If I May", radio preferred the flip side. Also between 1963 and 1966, Gibb's songs were recorded by numerous other Australian recording artists including Trevor Gordon , Noeleen Batley , Anne Shelton , April Byron , Ronnie Burns and Lori Balmer . One of them
2670-511: The Dark , which includes the song " Islands in the Stream " by Rogers and Dolly Parton which became one of the best-selling singles in country music . In August 1983, Irving Azoff signed Gibb to the MCA Records for North America. Gibb was signed for a few million dollars to a multi-album deal. Polydor still had rights to Gibb's songs outside North America. In September 1984, his album Now Voyager
2759-404: The Dark ". At that time, Robin was working on his How Old Are You? album with Maurice playing instruments. The other songs intended for Kenny Rogers were written in late 1982, then at the start of 1983, Barry continued to record the demos until April 1983, while also recording songs with the Bee Gees for the film Staying Alive . In August 1983, he produced Rogers' new album Eyes That See in
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2848-566: The Gibb family moved back to their hometown of Manchester , the brothers formed the skiffle group the Rattlesnakes , consisting of Barry on vocals, lead and slide guitar, Robin and Maurice on vocals and acoustic guitar and friends/neighbours Paul Frost and Kenny Horrocks also providing vocals. By 1957, the Rattlesnakes played songs by Cliff Richard , Paul Anka , Buddy Holly , and the Everly Brothers . Gibb said that their first song played
2937-500: The Gibbs moved to Surfers Paradise . The brothers spent the summers of 1961 and 1962 performing at hotels and clubs in the Gold Coast area. By September 1962, Gibb managed to audition songs to Col Joye . The Gibb family moved to Sydney at the start of 1963. Around the same time, the Bee Gees were signed to Festival but they were assigned to Leedon . Their first single, " The Battle of
3026-609: The Order of Australia on 27 January 2022. Barry Alan Crompton Gibb was born at Jane Crookall Maternity Home in Douglas , Isle of Man, on 1 September 1946, to Hugh Gibb (15 January 1916 – 6 March 1992), a drummer, and Barbara Gibb ( née Pass; 17 November 1920 – 12 August 2016), both Manchester natives. He has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. Gibb's grandfather Hugh Gibb Sr. was born in Lanarkshire , Scotland in 1892. He has an older sister, Lesley Evans. His second name, "Alan",
3115-779: The U.S. at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe in Florida. He sang " How Can You Mend a Broken Heart " with Maurice's daughter, Samantha Gibb, who is a singer in her own band. Barry's son Steve was also on stage as lead guitarist and sang a Maurice composition, " On Time ". On 20 May 2012, Robin Gibb died, making Barry the sole surviving Gibb brother. Gibb made his debut performance at the Grand Ole Opry on 27 July 2012, performing three songs with Ricky Skaggs . Skaggs later recorded "Soldier's Son" on which Gibb added vocals for Skaggs' album Music to My Ears released in 2012. He commenced
3204-427: The US. The song contains guitar work by Peter Frampton . In February 1978, he provided background vocals for his composition " Ain't Nothing Gonna Keep Me From You " which featured Teri DeSario on vocals. After the Bee Gees' successful 1979 Spirits Having Flown Tour to promote the album of the same name , he wrote, produced, and sang on almost all of the songs on Andy Gibb's final album, After Dark , released at
3293-452: The United Kingdom in early 1967. On 24 February, the group passed a live audition with Robert Stigwood and later signed to Robert Stigwood Organization also the same day that "Spicks and Specks" was released by Polydor as a single in the United Kingdom. Stigwood became the manager of the Bee Gees. Colin Petersen , drummer, and Vince Melouney , lead guitarist, later joined the group. The result
3382-503: The age of 76, after years of "heavy drinking". He is buried in the Court of Remembrance section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Los Angeles where his son Andy is also buried. Barry Gibb's reaction to Gibb's death was "I believe all this was meant to happen. I miss my father of course, but he stopped living when Andy died and I'm sure he's happier now." Barry Gibb Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb AC CBE (born 1 September 1946 )
3471-506: The album Cucumber Castle was released four months after the break-up, featuring only Barry and Maurice, as Robin was working on his solo career. For the first time as a solo artist, he appeared on the panel of judges and performed " One Bad Thing " and "The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine" on Miss Teen Princess of the World pageant in Germany in June, his reaction was "I've not appeared on stage for at least
3560-441: The album. The film Cucumber Castle , featuring only two Bee Gees after originally including Petersen, aired on BBC2 on 26 December 1970. When the group announced that they had split at the start of December 1969, Gibb spent January 1970 writing songs to record the following month. In February 1970, he started to record his first solo album, The Kid's No Good ; he released his first solo single, " I'll Kiss Your Memory ", but
3649-446: The artists and bands of the Swing and Big Band eras, Caine's presentational style was relaxed and light-hearted, and on occasion he would recall various meetings with band leaders and solo artists, including Joe Loss , Ivy Benson , Bud Freeman and Humphrey Lyttleton . Jim Caine died at Noble's Hospital on Wednesday, 11 April 2018; he was survived by his wife and children. His body
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3738-586: The back holding a smiley face because that's what the Mills Brothers did. I really did think that Dad wanted us to be little white Mills Brothers". —Maurice Gibb Gibb's band, the Hughie Gibb Orchestra, played Mecca ballrooms mainly in Northern England and Scotland. Rosalia Black, who was the daughter of hotel owner Carlo Raineri recalled, "The band must have been popular because the ballroom
3827-538: The beginning of August 1958, the family sailed for Australia. When they arrived in Queensland , Gibb found work as a "bush photographer". His photography assignments were not frequent so he took on extra work for Scarborough Local Council . Gibb remembers that the group's break came when television was started in Brisbane around 1960: "We auditioned for one of the variety shows, anything goes right way, they signed us." When
3916-510: The charity single "Grief Never Grows Old" on behalf of victims of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004. In April and May 2005, Barbra Streisand recorded songs for her new album produced by Gibb. In August 2006, two Gibb singles, "Doctor Mann" and "Underworld", were released on iTunes . "Underworld" was featured on the film soundtrack of Arctic Tale but not in the film. On 7 December 2006, Gibb joined 4,500 other musicians in
4005-705: The city's Douglas Bay and Alexandra hotels. At 8:45 am on 1 September 1946, at Jane Crookall Maternity Home, Douglas, Gibb's first son Barry was born. On 22 December 1949, also at the Jane Crookall Maternity Home Gibb's second and third sons Robin and Maurice were born at 3:15 am and 3:50 am respectively. Gibb and his family remained in Douglas until 1955, when they returned to the Manchester area. Of his time in Douglas Gibb said, "I stayed there for [about] 10 years and Joe Loss's band used to be there; that
4094-753: The early 1950s, Caine formed part of the minstrel troupe appearing as Ebony in support of the Mississippi Minstrels at the Gaiety Theatre . He also appeared in support of the Conister Quartette and as a member of Harold Moorhouse and his Augmented Old Time Orchestra, featuring in a charity concert in order to raise money for victims of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising . Recalling his father, his son Howard claimed he developed his playing style from Carroll Gibbons , including adopting medleys where he would fuse two or three tunes together reminiscent of
4183-430: The end of 1967, fame was taking its toll and the group were at odds with each other. At the start of 1968, the Gibbs were vying for influence in determining the musical direction of the group, creating tension in the studio and on stage. Also in 1968, to promote Horizontal the group made their first appearance on U.S. television on The Smothers Brothers Show as well as The Ed Sullivan Show . The group later filmed
4272-595: The family moved back to the UK, on 7 February 1967, at 7:40 am, the 'phone rang. Robert Stigwood , Brian Epstein 's partner, said: "Look, we've been doing a lot of reshuffling in the office here, and we've just come across the acetate you sent us, and we played it. Could you come along and see us this afternoon?" By November 1971, Gibb and his wife Barbara had moved to Ibiza , Spain with their son Andy and granddaughter, Beri. After his son Andy's death in 1988, Gibb lost interest in life. On 6 March 1992, he died of internal bleeding, at
4361-472: The film Saturday Night Fever was released and its soundtrack became the best-selling soundtrack of all time. During 1977, Gibb co-wrote " Emotion ", the song remains Samantha Sang's best-known hit. Gibb and Galuten wrote " Save Me, Save Me " originally recorded by the group Network and later covered by Frankie Valli , Dusty Springfield , Rare Earth , and Teri DeSario . The film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , featuring Gibb as Mark Henderson
4450-415: The first time, the music video of the Bee Gees' 2001 song "Technicolor Dreams", written by Gibb, was shown before the show began. This short tour inspired Festival Records to release a box set of the Bee Gees' three Australian albums, The Festival Albums Collection, 1965–1967 , and a 'best of' compilation of the group's Australian era songs titled Morning of My Life . On 27 October 2013, Gibb appeared at
4539-644: The group since 1964. Also in 1972, Gibb moved to Los Angeles to record in the Record Plant studio. In 1973, the Bee Gees moved to Robert Stigwood's RSO Records and released their first singles for Stigwood, " Saw a New Morning " and " Life in a Tin Can ". Stigwood was not ready to give up on the group, but he did not believe in the musical direction they were taking. At the suggestion of Jerry Wexler and Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records , Stigwood sent them to work with Atlantic producer and arranger Arif Mardin who produced
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#17328942820374628-498: The name of the group to Wee Johnny Hayes and the Blue Cats. Under that name, they performed regularly in Minor 15 , a talent contest for under-fifteens held on Thursday nights from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Princess Club in Chorlton . At the beginning of August 1958, the Gibb family set sail for Australia as part of an assisted migration scheme from Southampton on the ship Fairsea . Also aboard
4717-563: The next Bee Gees album in 1974. After a United States tour early in 1974, the group started to perform at small clubs in England. "It came to me in a dream, there was a request by Arif Mardin, who was like an uncle to us, he was a great record producer during the song 'Nights On Broadway,' for the Main Course album, which is previous to the 'Fever' syndrome. And he said, 'Can any of you scream, scream in falsetto.' So, you know, give us an ad lib or
4806-545: The normal cost." Gibb's musical background is credited as the Bee Gees' inspiration to follow a musical career, however his influence on his sons was more indirect. Gibb credited his wife's sister Peggy with the idea of emigrating to Australia, as she eventually did with her family. Later, he and Barbara applied for passage to Australia but did little to prepare for the move. As Gibb said, "Because they say, don't dispose of your property until you know what you're doing. Sometimes you have to wait two years; we got it in six weeks." At
4895-483: The one-hour finale performance at a star-studded 12-hour live concert at Sydney's Sydney Cricket Ground , part of Sound Relief , a fundraiser to aid victims of the February 2009 Victorian Bushfires that devastated large tracts of heavily wooded and populated south-eastern Australia, where the Gibb family once lived. The concert was televised live nationally across Australia on the Max TV cable network. On 10 July 2009, Gibb
4984-593: The other, is Gibb who was shown playing guitar and the members of Honey Ltd. sing along. In 1969, the Bee Gees released " First of May " as the A-side, with the flip side being "Lamplight" on which Robin sang the lead. Robert Stigwood chose "First of May" to be the A-side. No other songs were released from the album Odessa . Shortly after Robin announced his solo plans, the Bee Gees released their first single without him, " Tomorrow Tomorrow ". Barry also worked with Samantha Sang , co-writing and producing two songs "The Love of
5073-662: The place. It was one of those days when I met John Lennon – from the back. It was Pete Townshend who introduced me... [Lennon said], 'Pleased to meet you', and he carried on talking to his guest." After many stresses on their personal and professional lives, both Barry and Robin collapsed from nervous exhaustion on a flight from Australia to Turkey in 1967. On 23 December 1967, Barry and Robin left England for Australia. As Gibb explained: "But due to time difference we arrived on Christmas Day, we missed Christmas Eve altogether!". The pair celebrated Christmas with their manager Robert Stigwood 's family as Gibb said: "We went on to Sydney". At
5162-578: The planned Bee Gees bio bic, serving as executive producer. Jim Caine (jazz pianist) James Alfred Caine (11 June 1926 – 11 April 2018), known as "Jim the Jazz," was a Manx jazz pianist, radio presenter and raconteur whose career, in various parts, spanned over 70 years. The eldest of four sons, Jim Caine was born on 11 June 1926 and raised in Douglas, Isle of Man. He was educated at Douglas High School and Sheffield University , although he left prior to graduation. After leaving university he took
5251-538: The reception was at 7:00 pm, and the title of the show was 'Hughie Gibb and his Music', entertaining the people until 1:00 am. Gibb did not actually play on board the ferry, and his band was not paid by Douglas's Corporation, who ran the ferry. Apart from trumpeter Charlie Whewell, others who played in Hugh's band in 1946 consisted of Arthur Crawford (accordion), Jim Caine (piano), Tommy Cowley (bass), Albert Metcalfe (tenor saxophone) and John Knight (trombone). Aside from being
5340-474: The rest of the songs that were supposed to be on the album were never released and only appeared in bootlegs. "I'll Kiss Your Memory" did not chart in either the U.K. or U.S. but reached No. 16 in Netherlands in five weeks. Another country ballad, "This Time", was chosen as the B-side. Bruce Eder of AllMusic stated that the songs on The Kid's No Good were of country and sentimental numbers. In April 1970
5429-525: The retention of the 50-year protection for sound recordings. In 2007, " Drown On the River " was released as a single on iTunes . The song later appeared on the soundtrack of Deal . Also in the same year, Gibb sang background vocals on Jamie Jo 's song "U Turn Me On" and wrote the theme music for ITV 's Grease Is the Word . Gibb also appeared as a mentor in season six of American Idol . On 14 March 2009, Gibb teamed with Olivia Newton-John to present
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#17328942820375518-407: The right part yet". "One Bad Thing" was later given by Gibb to his friend Ronnie Burns , a singer from Australia, and later released it as a single on Festival Records. In August 1970, the Bee Gees reunited and recorded together again, writing "Lonely Days" and " How Can You Mend a Broken Heart " at their first reunion session. In 1971, the group released "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", which
5607-685: The second single from his debut album. Atco pressed some copies of it in August 1970 with "The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine" as the B-side. It was distributed to radio stations in Canada and elsewhere, but it was decided to focus on the Bee Gees' reunion single, " Lonely Days ", released around August. While Polydor planned to release "One Bad Thing" by 2 October in territories outside North America and Canada. Gibb claimed that not only had he been focusing on writing and recording songs, but he had still hoped to be an actor, "I have already had offers to play different parts but, without appearing swell headed, I haven't found
5696-504: The start of 1980. In September 1980, Gibb produced the three new songs on Andy Gibb's first compilation album, Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits . In October 1980, Barbra Streisand 's Guilty was released, produced by the Gibb-Galuten-Richardson team. the lead off single, Woman In Love was released in August and within 5 weeks was #1 on the US charts. The two songs of which were vocal duets between Streisand and Gibb are " Guilty "
5785-403: The style of Gibbons. Caine went on to form the Jim Caine Trio; comprising Caine, Tommy Cowley (double bass) and Maurice Gawne (drums) playing at various venues around the Isle of Man notable amongst which were the Villa Marina and the Arragon Hotel. It was their appearances at the Arragon which enabled the trio to establish their reputation and from where a New Year's Eve outside broadcast
5874-457: The twins were young, the family moved to Smedley Cottage, Spring Valley, also in Douglas. Gibb started school on 4 September 1951, three days after his fifth birthday, attending Braddan school. In 1952, the Gibb family relocated to 43 Snaefell Road, Willaston, which became their home for the next two years. The same year, he went to Tynwald Street Infants School. On his seventh birthday in 1953, he went to Desmesne Road Boys School. In 1955, when
5963-550: Was Red Symons , future guitarist of Skyhooks , as well as Kylie Minogue 's parents. The group later made a new group called the Bee Gees . In 1959, the brothers began singing between races at the Redcliffe Speedway to earn money. Their vocal talent brought them to the attention of Bill Gates, a radio deejay. Gates was also interested in Gibb's original material including "Let Me Love You" and "(Underneath the) Starlight of Love". After hearing those songs, Gates asked Gibb for more original material. Gibb quit school in September 1961 and
6052-462: Was Gibb's first album with all new material since the Bee Gees' final studio album, This Is Where I Came In (2001). In the Now was co-written by his sons Stephen and Ashley and produced with John Merchant. On 25 June 2017, Gibb performed the "legend" spot at the Glastonbury Festival in England. He had joined Coldplay on stage during the same festival in 2016. On 6 November 2020, Gibb announced his latest album entitled Greenfields which
6141-457: Was Paul Anka's "I Love You, Baby", however, in 1968, he remembered it as the Everly Brothers' " Wake Up Little Susie ". The Rattlesnakes' first professional gig took place on 28 December 1957 in the Gaumont Cinema. Around 1958, Gibb's guitar was accidentally broken by Frost, who described the guitar as "broken in the middle". By May 1958 when the Gibbs moved to Northern Grove it signalled the departure of Frost and Horrocks. The brothers later changed
6230-507: Was Sir Paul McCartney who shared the stage with Gibb during the closing credits where they embraced each other. On 27 January 2014, Gibb appeared on the American television show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to announce the start of his first solo tour of the US. He performed "You Should Be Dancing" with help from Fallon's backing band, the Roots . Gibb and Fallon sang some Everly Brothers songs, including " Bye Bye Love " and " Wake Up Little Susie ". Gibb also sang " To Love Somebody " as
6319-485: Was a particularly bad scald, and I think I had 20 minutes to live at some point. The incredible thing for me is that whole two years is wiped from my memory, the whole period of being in hospital. The idea of being burnt is in there somewhere, but I have no knowledge of it. I've got the scars but I have no knowledge. In 1949, the Gibb family relocated to 50 St. Catherine's Drive. Later that year, on 22 December, Gibb's two younger brothers Robin and Maurice were born. When
6408-449: Was after his father's youngest brother who died in infancy. According to Hugh Gibb, in a mix of fact and fiction, his third name, "Crompton", was given to honour the Gibbs' ancestor Sir Isaac Crompton (actually Samuel Crompton ). When Gibb was born, his father was busy as a musician working at various hotels in Douglas, while his mother stayed at home looking after the children. Later, the Gibbs moved to Chapel House on Strang Road. When he
6497-522: Was almost two years old, he was badly scalded in an accident involving a hot teapot his mother had just set on the table, which he was able to reach and knock over. He was in Nobles Hospital for about two and a half months. Gibb later commented on that incident: Then the gangrene set in. Because in those days, the advancement of medicine simply didn't apply to people with bad scalds, so you didn't have skin grafts, you didn't have things like that. But this
6586-708: Was always packed, even though the Joe Loss Orchestra was at the Villa Marina and Ronnie Aldrich , with the Squadronaires, was at the Palace Ballroom." Gibb was always on the lookout for work. Even as a popular musician, he did not earn much, and he often put together bands for one-off gigs. One such dance might have been the Invitation Dinner Dance held at London's Metropole Hotel on 24 February 1949;
6675-618: Was asked of Caine if he could oblige by providing entertainment for the wedding party. Luckily the Ballroom happened to have a fine grand piano . The appearances of the Jim Caine Trio at the Arragon Hotel led to the release of Saturday Night at the Arragon, a compilation in the form of a compact disc featuring reel-to-reel recordings from the years 1963–1968, which in turn raised over £1,000 for Isle of Man charities. Certain extracts from
6764-411: Was born in Manchester in 1892 to Hannah and William Yardley. Hannah was 16 years younger than her husband and became stepmother to the seven children he had from his previous marriage to Annie. Annie died in 1889 at the age of 38. Gibb's grandfather, Thomas Yardley, was born in 1826 and is recorded as being a railway worker. Barbara Pass was a dance band vocalist and on one of her nights off she went with
6853-556: Was born on 12 January 1945. Shortly afterwards they moved to Scotland where Gibb's band played in Edinburgh ; as his wife Barbara explained: "We lived just at the outskirts of Edinburgh." After a while, the family returned to the Manchester area, living in Stretford with Barbara's mother, Nora Pass. Gibb then got a job on the Isle of Man and the family moved to its capital, Douglas . Gibb played in
6942-524: Was going into country music. On 8 February 2015 at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards , Gibb, along with the group Pentatonix , presented the category of Best Pop Vocal Album . On 26 March 2015, Gibb was one of the headlining acts on a music festival called the Hard Rock Rising Miami Beach Global Music Festival alongside Andrea Bocelli , Gloria Estefan , Flo Rida , Jon Secada and Wyclef Jean . On 26 June 2016, Gibb
7031-534: Was in The Speakeasy Club , a nightclub in London where he was introduced by Pete Townshend to John Lennon . Lennon was still wearing his outfit for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band photo shoot earlier that day on 30 March 1967; after a couple of scotch and cokes, Townshend said to Gibb, "Do you want to meet John?" and he led Gibb across to a room where Lennon was holding court and Townshend said, "John. This
7120-682: Was made a Freeman of the Borough of Douglas (Isle of Man). The award was also bestowed upon his brother Robin and posthumously upon his brother Maurice. In late 2009, Barry and Robin announced plans to record and perform together once again as the Bee Gees. In 2010, Gibb withdrew from a planned appearance on the Gorillaz album Plastic Beach which was released in March. In December 2011, his two songs, "Grey Ghost" and "Daddy's Little Girl" were released. On 21 February 2012, Gibb performed his first solo concert in
7209-523: Was not released and most of the songs on that album was later released in 1988. Producer Randy Jackson plays bass on all of the tracks. Gibb co-wrote three songs for Swedish singer Carola on her album Runaway . Also in 1985, he joined the short-lived supergroup the Bunburys with David English. In early 1987, the Bee Gees started to record their first album in six years. In June and July 1987, Gibb and Maurice produced Andy Gibb's four new songs; one of them
7298-450: Was released. Two singles from the album included " Shine, Shine ", a US Top 40 single that reached the Top 10 in their Adult contemporary charts, and " Fine Line " which was less successful, only reaching No. 50 on the dance charts. The film Now Voyager starring Gibb was directed by Storm Thorgerson, in which Gibb is the protagonist, with actor Michael Hordern as his guide through a confusing world between life and death. The film includes
7387-513: Was scheduled to perform the "legend" spot at the Glastonbury Festival in England, but pulled out due to a family illness. He did, however, appear with Coldplay as a guest performer singing " To Love Somebody " and " Stayin' Alive ". On 28 June 2016, it was announced that Gibb had signed to Columbia Records and would release his second solo album, In the Now , on 7 October 2016. The album
7476-529: Was shown in July 1978. Between December 1977 and September 1978, seven songs Barry wrote would reach No. 1 in United States. Andy's third single, " Shadow Dancing ", which was credited to all four Gibb brothers, was also a US No. 1 single. In 1978, Gibb wrote a title song to order for their manager Robert Stigwood's film and stage musical Grease and was later recorded by singer Frankie Valli and reached No. 1 in
7565-501: Was the big band era." On 5 March 1958, Hugh's fourth son Andy was born in Stretford Memorial Hospital in Manchester. "What Dad did, unknowingly, was to play a lot of music that was inspirational to writing, I would say the Mills Brothers , regarding my dad's input from them to us, was probably when you are on stage, smile. If you feel like crap and look like crap, people will feel like crap too. Dad would always be down
7654-450: Was the oddball in my family 'cause I liked music and the attitude was that it would never do you any good. The main theme then was go to work, have a steady job, and bring your wages home every weekend. A side track from that wasn't right in their eyes. To be a musician was like the old days, you know, when they were considered vagabonds, and that's all I ever wanted to do." Gibb's father was born in Lanarkshire , Scotland in 1876. His mother
7743-566: Was their first American No. 1 hit. In October 1971, Gibb recorded three songs for the Barry Gibb Fan Club . One of the songs, " King Kathy ", was released as a single on Lyntone Records. Gibb had remained a constant creative force for the group and, by 1972, had set aside the idea of a parallel solo career and was ready to devote full attention to the band. To Whom It May Concern was the last album recorded fully at IBC Studios and their last album arranged by Bill Shepherd who had worked with
7832-429: Was their first international LP Bee Gees' 1st . The second single from the album " To Love Somebody " – on which Gibb provided the lead vocal – has become a standard, covered by hundreds of artists consistently throughout the years since. Around the same time, the Gibb brothers contributed backing vocals on the track " Cowman, Milk Your Cow " a song written by Gibb and Robin sung by singer Adam Faith . In 1967, Gibb
7921-475: Was transmitted, one of the first in the history of Manx Radio . Under the ownership of the former World Motorcycle Champion Geoff Duke , the Arragon Hotel was at the time considered to be one of the finest venues on the Isle of Man. Arriving with his wife one Saturday night in 1963, Caine was informed by Pat Duke that the band which had been booked to provide music at a wedding reception had failed to turn up, and it
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