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Dennis Bryon, former Bee Gee drummer who played for the band from 1974-1980, died on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Ivan Keeman/Redferns Vince Melouney, Robin Gibb (1949-2012), Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb ...
(Barry Gibb, 78, is the only surviving family member; Maurice Gibb died in 2003 at 53 and Robin died in 2012 at 62. Younger brother Andy Gibb, a teen idol and solo artist, died in 1988 at age 30.)
The Bee Gees were formed originally by three brothers: Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb. Barry is the last surviving brother − Maurice and Robin died in 2003 and 2012, respectively.
The Bee Gees are one of the most successful pop-rock groups of all time. [3] Gibb started his music career in 1955 in Manchester, England at the age of five joining the skiffle-rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes, [1] which later evolved into the Bee Gees in 1958 after spending three years in Manchester when they moved to Australia. [4]
The Bee Gees in 1967. Petersen is on the far right. Petersen moved to England in 1966, little knowing that the Bee Gees would soon be doing the same and they recruited him as their permanent drummer shortly afterwards – the first non-Gibb brother to become an official member of the Bee Gees. [10]
Dennis Ronald Bryon (14 April 1949 – 14 November 2024) was a Welsh rock drummer from Cardiff, best known for his work with the Bee Gees from 1974 to 1980. [1] Bryon and Ringo Starr are the only drummers to have five songs in the top ten Billboard chart simultaneously.
Colin Petersen, the original drummer in the Bee Gees, has died aged 78, his representatives have confirmed. The music star, who joined brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in the 1960s and ...
The Bee Gees had their first US No. 1 single "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", with Gibb contributing on the song, writing with Barry and singing lead vocals on its first verse. [28] In April 1972, two months after the departure of drummer Geoff Bridgford, he wrote his last solo composition on a Bee Gees record until 1999, "Never Been Alone". [29]