THE BEE GEES FAME, FAMILY & TRAGEDY

Jealousy, heartbreak and addiction couldn’t stop them from making hit records

Inspired after a day in the studio with his brothers, Robin Gibb would often return home enthusiastic to share their music. “He was like a little kid, always excited about a song they’d written,” recalls Robin’s eldest son Spencer. “Working with his brothers was one of the things that made him the happiest.”

With more than 120 million records sold worldwide, the Bee Gees were one of the most successful groups of all time and one of the few of its stature whose core members were family. The brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, whose songs for the movie Saturday Night Fever became the soundtrack to the disco era, also enjoy the distinction of having written all of their hits.

But perhaps their greatest achievement was finding a way to remain family despite incredible fame, rivalries, substance abuse and heartbreaking loss.

‘They needed one another to do their best work’

In a new documentary, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, producer Frank Marshall explores the fascinating dynamic between the singing brothers.

“They transcended five decades, and somehow they stayed together over these five decades and kept reinventing themselves, he says.