Editing Robin Gibb (section)

===1958–1969: Bee Gees===
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[[File:Robin Gibb 1968.jpg|thumb|Gibb in 27 January, 1968 issue of [[KRLA Beat]]]]
The boys finally changed their name to the [[Bee Gees]], while they were living in [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/features/brother-act-music-to-their-ears/story-e6freoro-1111118534450|title=Bee Gees real Brisbane music pioneers|last=OMalley|first=Brendon|date=11 January 2009|work=Courier Mail|access-date=16 February 2011|archive-date=20 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820203537/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/features/brother-act-music-to-their-ears/story-e6freoro-1111118534450|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Bee Gees' debut television appearance was in 1960 on [[Desmond Tester]]'s ''Strictly for Moderns'' when they performed "Time Is Passing By".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQrvo50eTrg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607184827/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQrvo50eTrg| archive-date=7 June 2014 | url-status=dead|title=BEE GEES [1960] |publisher=You Tube |access-date=12 July 2014}}</ref> When they signed to [[Festival Records]] at the start of 1963 (but they were assigned to [[Leedon Records]]) they released their debut single, "[[The Battle of the Blue and the Grey]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/63.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1963 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=12 July 2014 |archive-date=20 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420165100/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/63.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Their 1964 single "[[Claustrophobia (song)|Claustrophobia]]" is notable for being the first song that features Gibb as an instrumentalist playing melodica.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/64.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1964 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=12 July 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210631/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/64.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The first Bee Gees record on which he sang lead was "I Don't Think It's Funny" in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/65.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1965 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=12 July 2014 |archive-date=14 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314141354/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/65.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1966, he wrote his first song "I Don't Know Why I Bother With Myself" that was credited to him. Also in 1966, Gibb and his brother Barry took more solo vocals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/66.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1966 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=12 July 2014 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017085731/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/66.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{quote box|quote="Robin is such a highly strung person, he was bound to snap eventually. We have just come back from holiday but he never moved out of his hotel room. He also went with Barry to Rome and [[Nairobi]]. But in both places, while Barry went sightseeing, Robin just stayed in his room writing songs. Robin seems totally unable to relax. He always has to be writing. Yet, instead of sitting back after his songs have been recorded, he immediately turns to new writing. So he gets tense and tired, with the result that he collapsed last week. We may be twins, but I'm not a bit like him."<ref name="first"/> |source=—Maurice Gibb, press conference, 1968 |width=25%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}

The group's first period of British success in the late 1960s started with "[[New York Mining Disaster 1941]]" and the band added drummer [[Colin Petersen]] and guitarist [[Vince Melouney]] to their line up. They toured Europe in 1967 and 1968 as well as the US in August 1968. The band's first UK No. 1 was "[[Massachusetts (Bee Gees song)|Massachusetts]]", which features Gibb on lead vocal.

On 13 June 1968, Gibb recorded demos for seven songs, accompanying himself on guitar. The tape listed Robin alone as artist and songwriter. Of these, one – "Indian Gin and Whisky Dry" – later appeared on ''[[Idea (album)|Idea]]''. On 27 July 1968, Gibb collapsed and fell unconscious. He was later admitted to a London nursing home suffering from nervous exhaustion, and was moved to a facility in [[Sussex]] on 31 July to continue his recuperation. The group, about to embark on its first US tour, cancelled four dates after Gibb had a relapse and flew back to England for additional rest.

Gibb co-wrote "[[Only One Woman]]", [[The Marbles (duo)|The Marbles]]' debut single, which was a hit in several countries, especially in Europe and New Zealand. The Marbles were a British rock duo consisting of Graham Bonnet and Trevor Gordon. The Bee Gees' single "[[I Started a Joke]]," on which Robin sang lead, was not released as a single in the UK but was the group's first US Top 10 hit. Gibb claimed that the melody of the song was inspired by the sounds he heard in a jet engine.<ref name="first"/>

In August, the band started to record ''[[Odessa (Bee Gees album)|Odessa]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/68.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1968 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=17 May 2013 |archive-date=3 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103103420/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/68.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 1969, Gibb co-wrote another Marbles single, "[[The Walls Fell Down]]," and co-produced the sessions that same month.<ref name="february"/> However, the rivalry with Barry eventually prompted Robin to leave the group and begin a solo career (three months after guitarist [[Vince Melouney]] left the band) after his song "[[Lamplight]]" was relegated to the [[B-side]] of Barry's song "[[First of May (Bee Gees song)|First of May]]". Meanwhile, there were rumours during this period that he was dealing with [[drug abuse|drug]] problems, allegedly leading his parents to threaten legal action to make him a [[ward of court]] (the UK age of majority at that time being 21, while Gibb was only 19).<ref name="sleazy">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/robin-gibb-a-somewhat-sleazy-bee-gee-7220634.html|title="Robin Gibb: A Somewhat Sleazy Bee Gee"|work=Evening Standard|location=London|date=13 April 2012|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=30 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230091220/https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/robin-gibb-a-somewhat-sleazy-bee-gee-7220634.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Bee Gees' last recording session with Robin was in February 1969.<ref name="february">{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/69.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1969 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=17 May 2013 |archive-date=29 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629055924/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/69.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gibb's last performance with the group was on ''[[The Tom Jones Show]]'' and ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' before leaving the group.