Editing Barry Gibb (section)

===1970: debut as a solo artist===
In February 1970, he started to record his first solo album, ''[[The Kid's No Good]]''; he released his first solo single, "[[I'll Kiss Your Memory]]", but the rest of the songs that were supposed to be on the album were never released and only appeared in bootlegs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Barry-Gibb-The-Kids-No-Good/release/1368505 |title=Barry Gibb – The Kid's No Good (Isle of Man release) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Barry-Gibb-The-Kids-No-Good/release/3661262 |title=Barry Gibb – The Kid's No Good (Hong Kong release) |date=22 May 2014 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> "I'll Kiss Your Memory" did not chart in either the U.K. or U.S. but reached No. 16 in Netherlands in five weeks. Another country ballad, "This Time", was chosen as the B-side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Barry+Gibb&titel=I%27ll+Kiss+Your+Memory&cat=s |title=Barry Gibb – I'll Kiss Your Memory |publisher=www.dutchcharts.nl |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> Bruce Eder of [[AllMusic]] stated that the songs on ''The Kid's No Good'' were of [[Country music|country]] and sentimental numbers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-kids-no-good-mw0001041867 |title=The Kid's No Good – Barry Gibb |last=Eder |first=Bruce |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref>

In April 1970 the album ''[[Cucumber Castle]]'' was released four months after the break-up, featuring only Barry and Maurice, as Robin was working on his solo career.<ref name="session"/> For the first time as a solo artist, he appeared on the panel of judges and performed "[[One Bad Thing]]" and "The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine" on ''Miss Teen Princess of the World'' pageant in Germany in June, his reaction was "I've not appeared on stage for at least a year and three months, and I really miss people". In July 1970, Gibb travelled to Australia to act as compere for ''Go-Set'', and on that occasion, he gave an interview on the magazine which revealed that sixteen months after the Bee Gees' break-up, he was still not ready to argue with his brothers, "Obviously, we're still brothers, but we are no longer as a group".<ref name="hughes2009"/>

He considered the song "One Bad Thing" for the second single from his debut album. Atco pressed some copies of it in August 1970 with "The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine" as the B-side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globaldogproductions.info/a/atco.html |title=45 discography for ATCO Records |publisher=Globaldogproductions |access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref> It was distributed to radio stations in Canada and elsewhere, but it was decided to focus on the Bee Gees' reunion single, "[[Lonely Days]]", released around August.<ref name="session"/> While Polydor planned to release "One Bad Thing" by 2 October in territories outside North America and Canada.<ref name="hughes2009"/> Gibb claimed that not only had he been focusing on writing and recording songs, but he had still hoped to be an actor, "I have already had offers to play different parts but, without appearing swell headed, I haven't found the right part yet".<ref name="hughes2009"/> "One Bad Thing" was later given by Gibb to his friend [[Ronnie Burns (singer)|Ronnie Burns]], a singer from Australia, and later released it as a single on Festival Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popsike.com/ONE-BAD-THING-RONNIE-BURNS-BARRY-GIBBBEE-GEES-B-CADD/190381119692.html |title=ONE BAD THING RONNIE BURNS BARRY GIBB/BEE GEES. B CADD |publisher=popsike.com |access-date=11 March 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) - TopPop 1973 3.png|thumb|Gibb in 1973 on the Dutch television show TopPop]]