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. He was in Nobles Hospital for about two and a half months. When he 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 climbed up and knocked over the teapot. Later, the Gibbs moved to Chapel House on Strang Road. 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. 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). His second name, "Alan", was after his father's youngest brother who died in infancy. was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1892. He has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. 1946–1954: Early years īarry 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). He was also made an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia on 27 January 2022, in the 2022 Special Honours, for eminent service to the performing arts as a musician, songwriter, and record producer, to the advancement of Australian music artists, and to philanthropy. 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. In 2007, Q magazine ranked him number 38 on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers". He is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. In 1997, as a member of the Bee Gees, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 1994, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with his brothers. Guinness World Records lists Gibb as the second most successful songwriter in history, behind McCartney. In total, he has written or co-written sixteen Billboard Hot 100 number ones, out of the brothers twenty total number ones. As a songwriter, he shares with John Lennon and Paul McCartney the record for most consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number ones, each having six. Well-known for his wide vocal range, Gibb's most notable vocal trait is a far-reaching high-pitched falsetto. They later returned to England, where they achieved worldwide fame, then moved to the United States in 1975. In 1955, he formed his first band, the Rattlesnakes, which evolved into the Bee Gees in 1960, after the Gibb family had moved to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. He has lived in Britain, Australia, and the United States, holding dual UK–US citizenship, the latter since 2009.īorn in Douglas on the Isle of Man, Gibb was raised in Manchester, where he took part in the skiffle craze. With his younger brothers, fraternal twins Robin and Maurice Gibb, he formed a musical (and later songwriting) partnership beginning in 1955. 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. Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb AC CBE (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.
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