Were any of the bee gees gay

15 April 2021, 18:10 | Updated: 8 February 2022, 16:59

The Bee Gees were one of the world's most successful groups of all time, but where were they from, who were they married to and why were they really called the Bee Gees?

Bee GeesBarry, Maurice and Robin Gibb are celebrated as one of the most successful singer-songwriting groups of the 20th century.

The brothers regularly changed their sound and remained hitmakers for themselves and other artists for decades.

See more: The greatest Bee Gees songs of all time, ranked

But just as interesting are the stories behind the hits: who the Bee Gees were married to, how much they earned and where they were from.

Here are all the facts that you need to understand about the brothers Gibb:

1. Where are the Bee Gees from?

   Bee Gee brothers Maurice, Robin and Barry Gibb were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, and lived in Chorlton, Manchester until the late 1950s.

   The family moved to Redcliffe, in Queensland, Australia. After achieving their first chart success in Australia, they returned to the UK in 1967.

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   Robin Gibb's Unconventional Family

   April 19, 2012 — -- As Bee Gee Robin Gibb remains gravely ill in a coma, his devoted wife, Dwina Gibb, has remained steadfastly at his bedside.

   The couple once avowed their open marriage -- he fathered a child with their former housekeeper and she openly stated her preference for women -- but their love and loyalty for one another is still apparent after 28 years.

   "However absurd their relationship may emerge, there's never any question that they are very, very bonded," writer and film professor David N. Meyer, who is writing an unauthorized biography on the Bee Gees, told ABCNews.com. "He has relied on her in a number of ways. She is no joke to him. Their love for one another is very tight."

   "They are an example of a very contemporary family -- maybe a little too modern," Us Weekly's music editor Ian Drew told ABCNews.com. "They are both very artistic souls, very open-minded. They get each other and they receive a kick out of each other."

   Their lifestyle, though, has raised more than a few eyebrows -- most recently, in 2009, after Robin, 62, fathered a baby miss, Snow Robin Gibb, with the
   

   Bee Gees turned the underground gay and Black disco movement mainstream, then paid the price

   The Bee Gees — brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — became pop idols in the sdelayed 1960s and then mega stars in the 1970s. They sold 200 million records. Robin and Maurice were twins and Barry was three years older, but they often said it felt like they were triplets. 

   With their fame and riches came drugs, jealousy, in-fighting, and the death of their younger brother Andy Gibb, who was 30 when he died from a drug-related heart attack.

   Maurice and Robin have died since then, vanishing just Barry, now 74 years old. 

   Barry Gibb is the centerpiece of a new documentary about this family called “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart,” out now on HBO Max.

   Director Frank Marshall says he approached the documentary as an examination of brotherhood and family. When the Gibbs first formed the band and lived in Brisbane, their father Hugh was their manager and helped build their first demos. Once they moved to England, businessman Brian Epstein discovered the trio and introduced them to Robert Stigwood, who later became the band’s manager. 

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   Who were the Bee Gees' wives? Barry, Maurice and Robin’s relationships explained

   11 February 2025, 16:51

   From 55-year-long love stories to short-lived famous person pairings, here’s everything you demand to know about the Gibb brothers’ dating histories.

   Bee Gees brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb wrote many hugely widespread love songs over the years, as well as their other disco hits.

   But how popular were they with the ladies?

   Well, after a little experimentation on a celebrity dating show in their late-teens, all three of the brothers successfully found wives.

   Not every relationship was built to last, however.

   Read on to uncover more about the Bee Gees’ complicated love lives...

   Who is Barry Gibb’s wife?

   Barry Gibb has been married to Linda Gray since September 1970.

   The 'Stayin' Alive' singer met the former Miss Edinburgh winner on the set of Top of the Pops in 1967, where she was hosting the show for one week only.

   Barry told The Sun in 2021 that he caught Linda’s eye from across the studio, and the two went on to pursue each other that evening – even having “a bit of a cuddle” in Medic Who’s TARDIS which was in another part of