Editing Robin Gibb

{{Short description|British singer (1949–2012)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Robin Gibb
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}}
| image              = RobinGibb.jpg
| caption            = Gibb in 2008.
| birth_name         = Robin Hugh Gibb
| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=y|1949|12|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]], Isle of Man
| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=y|2012|05|20|1949|12|22}}
| death_place        = [[London]], England
| burial_place       = St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, [[Thame]], [[Oxfordshire]], England 
| occupation         = {{hlist|Singer|musician|songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active       = 1955{{ndash}}2012
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Molly Hullis|1968|1980|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Dwina Murphy|1985|<!--Year omitted per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}
}}
| children           = 4, including [[Spencer Gibb|Spencer]]
| father             = [[Hugh Gibb]]
| relatives          = {{plainlist|
* [[Barry Gibb]] (brother)
* [[Maurice Gibb]] (twin brother)
* [[Andy Gibb]] (brother)
* [[Steve Gibb]] (nephew)
}}
| website            = {{URL|robingibb.com}}
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer
| origin = [[Manchester]], England<ref name="first"/>
| genre = {{hlist|[[British rock music|Rock]]<ref>V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, ''All Music Guide to Rock: the Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul'' (Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books, 3rd edn., 2002), {{ISBN|0-87930-653-X}}, pp. 85–6.</ref>|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[disco]]|[[British pop music|pop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bee-gees-p3652|title=Bee Gees on AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103115104/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bee-gees-mn0000043714|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[New wave music|new wave]]}}
| instrument = Vocals<!-- Despite the fact that Gibb played keyboards on Bee Gees 60s' albums and guitar on his debut album "Robin's Reign", he was not particularly known for playing instruments, certainly not live. -->
| label = {{hlist|[[Leedon Records|Leedon]]|[[Festival Records|Festival]] [[Spin Records (Australian label)|Spin]]|[[Polydor]]|[[Atco Records|Atco]]|[[RSO Records|RSO]]|Mirage|[[EMI America Records|EMI America]]|[[SPV GmbH|SPV]]}}
| past_member_of = {{hlist|[[Bee Gees]]|[[The Rattlesnakes (1950s band)|The Rattlesnakes]]}}
}}
| signature          = Robin Gibb signature.svg
}}

'''Robin Hugh Gibb''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (22 December 1949&nbsp;– 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter. He gained worldwide fame as a member of the [[Bee Gees]] with elder brother [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] and fraternal twin brother [[Maurice Gibb|Maurice]]. Robin Gibb also had his own successful solo career.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robin-gibb-bee-gees-co-founder-dead-at-62-199379/|title=Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dead at 62|author=David Browne|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=20 May 2012|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-date=2 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602063112/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robin-gibb-bee-gees-co-founder-dead-at-62-199379/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gibb was born at the Jane Crookall Maternity Home, [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] on the [[Isle of Man]], to English parents, [[Hugh Gibb|Hugh]] and Barbara Gibb; the family later moved to [[Manchester]] for three years (where Andy was born) before settling in [[Redcliffe, Queensland|Redcliffe]], just north of [[Brisbane]], Australia. Gibb began his career as part of the family trio (Barry-Maurice-Robin). When the group found their first success, they returned to England, where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2002, the Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their "contribution to music".<ref name="CBE">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1463010/Bitter-sweet-trip-to-palace-for-Bee-Gees.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1463010/Bitter-sweet-trip-to-palace-for-Bee-Gees.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title='Bitter-sweet' trip to palace for Bee Gees|date=28 May 2004|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=27 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, investiture at [[Buckingham Palace]] was delayed until 2004.<ref name="CBE"/>

With record sales estimated in excess of 200 million, the Bee Gees became one of the most successful pop groups of all time.<ref>Kellerman, Andy. "[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p17851|pure_url=yes}} Robin Gibb]." Allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2009.</ref> Music historian [[Paul Gambaccini]] described Gibb as "one of the major figures in the history of British music" and "one of the best white soul voices ever" owing to his distinctive vibrato-laden soulful voice.<ref name=bbc_death>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18140862|title=Sir Cliff leads tributes to Robin Gibb|date=22 May 2012|access-date=10 March 2023|publisher=BBC News|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212102318/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-18140862|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2008 to 2011, Gibb was president of the UK-based Heritage Foundation, which honours figures in [[British culture]]. After a career touching six decades, Gibb last performed on stage in February 2012 supporting injured British servicemen at a charity concert at the [[London Palladium]].<ref name="Palladium">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9278828/Bee-Gees-star-Robin-Gibb-dies-after-cancer-battle.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9278828/Bee-Gees-star-Robin-Gibb-dies-after-cancer-battle.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Bee Gees star Robin Gibb dies after cancer battle|date=21 May 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=27 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> After numerous health problems in his final years, including a battle with  [[colorectal cancer]], Gibb died in May 2012 at the age of 62 from liver and kidney failure.<ref name="Toronto Sun">{{cite news | url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/27/gibb-died-from-kidney-liver-failure | title=Gibb died from kidney, liver failure | newspaper=Toronto Sun | access-date=27 May 2012 | archive-date=3 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013825/http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/27/gibb-died-from-kidney-liver-failure | url-status=live }}</ref>

As a musician, Gibb primarily played a variety of keyboards, notably piano, organ and [[Mellotron]] on the Bee Gees album ''[[Odessa (Bee Gees album)|Odessa]]'' (1969); he also played acoustic guitar and organ on his debut solo album ''[[Robin's Reign]]'' (1970).<ref name="february"/>

==Childhood==
{{See also|Hugh Gibb}}
[[File:50 St Catherine’s Drive, childhood home of the Bee Gees.jpg|thumb|left|50 St Catherine's Drive, Douglas, the childhood home of the Bee Gees]]
Robin Hugh Gibb was born on 22 December 1949 in Jane Crookall Maternity Home in [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]], Isle of Man,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-18145255 |title=Robin Gibb death: Isle of Man charity pays tribute |publisher=BBC |access-date=17 May 2013 |archive-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609152632/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-18145255 |url-status=live }}</ref> to Barbara Gibb (née Pass) and [[Hugh Gibb]]. He was the [[fraternal twin]] of [[Maurice Gibb]] and was the older of the two by 35 minutes. Apart from Maurice, he had one sister, Lesley Evans, and two brothers, [[Barry Gibb|Barry]] and [[Andy Gibb|Andy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2011/who-do-you-think-you-are/robin-gibb-63/ |title=Featured Articles – Robin Gibb |publisher=TheGenealogist.co.uk |date=22 December 1949 |access-date=6 December 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127162056/https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2011/who-do-you-think-you-are/robin-gibb-63/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As children in [[Manchester]], Gibb and his brothers began committing crimes such as petty burglary and arson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3556425/Robin-Gibb-a-Bee-Gees-secret-history.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3556425/Robin-Gibb-a-Bee-Gees-secret-history.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Robin Gibb: a Bee Gee's secret history|author=Olga Craig|website=The Telegraph|date=13 July 2008|access-date=19 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Their neighbour in Willaston, [[Isle of Man]], Marie Beck, was a friend of his mother and her sister Peggy. Helen Kenney, another neighbour, was living in Douglas Head. As Kenney recalls, "Barry and the twins used to come into Mrs Beck's house and we would talk to them. Robin once said to me, 'We're going to be rich one day, we're going to form a band!' Little did I realise he meant it."<ref name="first">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KugbDQHX0R8C&q=the+rattlesnakes+tales+of+the+brothers&pg=PT66 |title=The Bee Gees – Tales of the Brothers Gibb |last=Hughes |first=Andrew |year=2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857120045 |access-date=29 January 2013 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513153424/https://books.google.com/books?id=KugbDQHX0R8C&q=the+rattlesnakes+tales+of+the+brothers&pg=PT66 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
===1955–1958: The Rattlesnakes===
{{Main|The Rattlesnakes (1955 band)}}
In 1955, when the Gibbs moved back to their hometown of [[Manchester]],<ref name="manchester">{{Cite news|title=Bee Gees honoured at home|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/bee-gees-honoured-at-home-925429|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|date=25 July 2009|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210221551/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/bee-gees-honoured-at-home-925429|url-status=live}}</ref> the brothers formed [[The Rattlesnakes (1955 band)|the Rattlesnakes]]. The band consisted of Barry on guitar and vocals, Robin and Maurice on vocals, Paul Frost on drums, and Kenny Horrocks on [[tea-chest bass]]. The quintet performed in local theatres in Manchester.<ref name="manchester"/> Their influences at that time were popular acts, such as [[the Everly Brothers]], [[Cliff Richard]], and [[Paul Anka]]. In May 1958, the group was disbanded as Frost and Horrocks left, and the name changed to Wee Johnny Hayes and the Blue Cats. In August 1958, the family travelled to Australia on the same ship as [[Red Symons]], who also became a prominent musician in Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3753699.stm|title=Surviving Bee Gees collect CBEs|date=27 May 2004|publisher=BBC|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=5 June 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605055502/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3753699.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1958–1969: Bee Gees===
{{Main|Bee Gees}}
[[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.

===1969–1970: Solo career===
On 19 March 1969, he announced that he was leaving the Bee Gees the same day as the band recorded "[[Tomorrow Tomorrow (Bee Gees song)|Tomorrow Tomorrow]]", their first single without Robin.<ref name="february"/> In his solo career, Gibb was initially successful with a number 2 UK hit, "[[Saved by the Bell (song)|Saved by the Bell]]", which sold over one million copies and received a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/259 259]
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6
| url-access= registration
| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/259
}}</ref> He performed that song on the German TV show ''[[Beat-Club]]''. Also in 1969, Gibb co-produced "Love for Living". The song was performed by [[Clare Torry]] and was released as a single.<ref name="february"/> He also started a mini-tour, making television appearances in a dozen countries to promote "Saved by the Bell". By 19 July 1969, ''New Musical Express'' announced "Tonight, [Robin Gibb] is fronting a 97-piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir in a recording of his latest composition, 'To Heaven and Back', which was inspired by the Apollo 11 moonshot. It is an entirely instrumental piece, with the choir being used for astral effects. The single will be billed as by 'The Robin Gibb Orchestra and Chorus' and it will be rush-released as soon as possible by [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]". At that time, he was doing a musical score for ''Henry The Eighth'' and making his own film called ''Family Tree''. Later, it was reported on ''NME'' that Gibb wrote dozens of songs for [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]]. A meeting between Gibb and Jones was said to be arranged for Gibb's return from a three-day promo trip to Germany.<ref name="first"/>

On 31 January and 1 February 1970, Gibb performed in [[Auckland]], New Zealand at [[Redwood 70]], billed as the first modern music festival held in New Zealand. During the first night of the festival, Gibb and his 16-piece backing orchestra were pelted with cans and tomatoes from the crowd, making his backing band gradually leave during the performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/redwood-70-national-music-convention |title=Redwood 70 National Music Convention |first=Andrew |last=Schmidt |publisher=AudioCulture |date=12 December 2013 |access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/redwood-doco |title=Redwood 70 |publisher=[[NZ On Screen]] |date=12 December 2013 |access-date=18 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301110224/https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/redwood-doco |archive-date=1 March 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> Robin's first solo album, ''[[Robin's Reign]]'' (1970) was less successful and he soon found that being a solo artist was unsatisfying. Maurice played bass on the song "Mother and Jack", but was subsequently removed from the project by producer [[Robert Stigwood]]. Also in that year, [[Colin Petersen]] produced "Make a Stranger Your Friend" performed by [[Jonathan Kelly]], on which Gibb sang on the chorus with [[Mick Taylor]], [[Klaus Voormann]], [[Madeline Bell]], three members of [[The Family Dogg]], [[Jackie Lomax]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Spike Milligan]] and others. By January 1970, Gibb started to record his second solo album ''[[Sing Slowly Sisters]]'' until February, but the album would go unreleased until 2015. He wanted "Great Caesar's Ghost" to be released as a single around 1970 with "Engines, Aeroplanes" as the B-side but the two songs were not included on that album and were unreleased to this day.<ref name="demo"/>

On 13 June, Gibb and Maurice reunited and they recorded four songs, with two of the four tracks released on their upcoming album ''2 Years On''. The session was originally for Maurice alone as he brought Gibb to the sessions. On 21 June sessions, the pair recorded another five songs.<ref name="demo"/>

===1970–1979: Bee Gees comeback===
In August, the pair returned to the studio and they announced that the Bee Gees were back, with or without Barry's contribution. One of the fourteen songs, "Back Home" and "I'm Weeping" was also released on ''2 Years On''. On 21 August it was announced that Barry had rejoined the group and they were recording together. The first song after the announcement was "[[Lonely Days]]" which reached No. 3 in the [[US Billboard Hot 100]]. On the ''[[2 Years On]]'' album, Gibb's songs included "Alone Again". He also co-wrote and sang lead vocals on the title track as well as "Man For All Seasons". In December 1970, Gibb recorded a demo "After the Laughter".<ref name="demo">{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/70.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1970 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=21 May 2013 |archive-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024101808/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/70.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/71.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1971 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=12 July 2014 |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023000333/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/71.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/72.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1972 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=12 July 2014 |archive-date=10 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110063907/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/72.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1976, on the group's ''[[Children of the World]]'' album, he sang lead on "[[Love Me (Bee Gees song)|Love Me]]" as well as doing [[falsetto]] on the track's coda, and he also used his falsetto on his lead vocal part on the song "Lovers" as Barry provided lead vocals on the entire song. On the ''[[Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)|Saturday Night Fever]]'' soundtrack, he did not sing lead vocals on any Bee Gees song, unlike their previous and next albums. Four tracks off the album reached the UK Top 10; "How Deep Is Your Love", "More Than A Woman", "Stayin' Alive", and "You Should Be Dancing". Moreover, "Night Fever" spent longer at #1 than any track in 1978.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=The Number Ones: The Bee Gees' "Night Fever" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2066834/the-number-ones-the-bee-gees-night-fever/columns/the-number-ones/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105054729/https://www.stereogum.com/2066834/the-number-ones-the-bee-gees-night-fever/columns/the-number-ones/ |archive-date=5 January 2023 |date=6 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1978, Gibb performed on the ''[[Sesame Street Fever]]'' album for the [[Sesame Street]] children's TV program. He was one of the singers on the "Sesame Street Fever" title track, he sang a song called "Trash" for the character [[Oscar the Grouch]], and spoke with [[Cookie Monster]] at the beginning of "[[C is for Cookie]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/78.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1978 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=21 March 2013 |archive-date=5 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205082715/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/78.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1980–1985: Collaborations with artists===
In January 1980, Gibb co-wrote and co-produced [[Jimmy Ruffin]]'s 1980 album ''[[Sunrise (Jimmy Ruffin album)|Sunrise]]'' with [[Blue Weaver]]. Ruffin had enjoyed one of his first significant hits, "Hold on to My Love", from the album ''Sunrise,'' which Robin Gibb had written and produced. "Hold on to My Love" had reached and stayed in the US Top 30 hits for 14 weeks.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|volume=4|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> Also in 1980, he duetted with [[Marcella Detroit|Marcy Levy]] on the song "[[Help Me!]]" (reached No. 50 in the US) featured on the [[Times Square (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of the film ''[[Times Square (1980 film)|Times Square]]''. The other artists performing on the film, including [[Gary Numan]], [[Roxy Music]], [[Ramones]], [[The Cure]] and [[The Cars]]. Also in 1980, most of [[Barbra Streisand]]'s album ''[[Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)|Guilty]]'' was co-written by Gibb with Barry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/80.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1980 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=21 May 2013 |archive-date=19 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219005640/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/80.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 1981, the Bee Gees returned to the studio and recorded ''[[Living Eyes (Bee Gees album)|Living Eyes]]'', unlike the previous album, this album was not as successful. However, in subsequent years the ''Living Eyes'' album would become one of the most beloved of Bee Gee's albums by their diehard fans. ''Living Eyes'' was produced and published during a time when the Bee Gees were in litigation with their long-time manager Robert Stigwood, leaving them without the production and organization team they usually had behind them to promote their albums. They then worked on [[Dionne Warwick]]'s album ''[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)|Heartbreaker]]'' and recorded songs for the film ''[[Staying Alive (1983 film)|Staying Alive]]''.

====Initial solo success====
He recorded his second solo album with Maurice's participation, ''[[How Old Are You? (album)|How Old Are You?]]''. The lead single "[[Juliet (Robin Gibb song)|Juliet]]" was a success in Europe as well as "[[Another Lonely Night in New York]]" and the [[How Old Are You (Robin Gibb song)|title track]]. In 1984, he released his third solo album ''[[Secret Agent (Robin Gibb album)|Secret Agent]]'', a [[New wave music|new wave]]/[[synthpop]]-influenced LP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/robin-gibb-dead-celebrate-the-life-842418|title=High notes: Watch the greatest moments in Robin Gibb's career|work=Daily Mirror|author=Ian Jones|date=21 May 2012|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=1 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801164342/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/robin-gibb-dead-celebrate-the-life-842418|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/robin-gibb-disco-superstar/|title=Robin Gibb, Disco Superstar|date=21 May 2012|publisher=Legacy.com|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-date=8 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208041119/https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/robin-gibb-disco-superstar/|url-status=live}}</ref> (reached No. 97 in the US, No. 31 in Germany and No. 20 in Switzerland). The album's lead and first single "[[Boys Do Fall in Love]]" reached the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine top 40 list of hits, as well as reaching No. 70 in the UK, No. 7 in South Africa and No. 10 in Italy. Other singles such as the [[Secret Agent (song)|title track]] and "[[In Your Diary]]" did not repeat the success of the first single. Due to the success of "Boys Do Fall in Love", he performed the song in several TV shows including ''Eldorado'' (Danish TV).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdWK1-JWYSg  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/MdWK1-JWYSg| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Robin Gibb – Boys Do Fall in Love (Danish TV) – ((STEREO)) |date=10 May 2011 |publisher=You Tube |access-date=5 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1985, he released his fourth solo album ''[[Walls Have Eyes]]'' with the singles "Like a Fool" and "[[Toys (song)|Toys]]"; both songs did not chart in the US or UK. These three albums were more successful in Europe than in the UK or US. In 1986, Gibb joined [[Thompson Twins]], [[Zak Starkey]], [[Cliff Richard]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[John Parr]] and [[Holly Johnson]] under the name Anti-Heroin Project to record a charity single called "Live-In World".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dellar |first1=Fred |title=MOJO Time Machine: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elvis Costello And Wham! Unite Against Heroin |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/time-machine/1980s/mojo-time-machine-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-elvis-costello-and-wham-unite-against-heroin/ |website=MOJO |access-date=10 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929050642/https://www.mojo4music.com/time-machine/1980s/mojo-time-machine-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-elvis-costello-and-wham-unite-against-heroin/ |archive-date=29 September 2022 |date=13 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===1986–2002===
In late 1986, the Bee Gees began writing and recording songs for their album ''[[E.S.P. (Bee Gees album)|ESP]]'' to be released in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/86.html|title=Gibb Songs: 1986|author=Joseph Brennan|website=Columbia.edu|access-date=28 August 2012|archive-date=17 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017114703/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/86.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1992, [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]] recorded "Let Me Wake Up in Your Arms" on which he co-wrote. Gibb later contributed vocals on the Brazilian duo José y Durval's "Palavras/Palabras" (a Spanish or Portuguese version of "Words").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/92.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1992 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=5 December 2014 |archive-date=27 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227175921/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/92.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1998, the Bee Gees recorded their own version of "[[Ellan Vannin (poem)|Ellan Vannin]]" with lead vocals by Gibb. It was later released as a single as a limited edition CD to benefit the Manx Children in Need charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/98.html |title=Gibb Songs: 1998 |last=Brennan |first=Joseph |website=Columbia.edu |access-date=5 December 2014 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123234/http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/98.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2001, the Bee Gees released their last album ''[[This Is Where I Came In]]'' and features his last composition on a Bee Gees record "Embrace".

===2003–2009: Touring years===
On 27 January 2003, two weeks after the sudden death of Maurice, Robin released a solo album, ''[[Magnet (album)|Magnet]]'' in Germany on [[SPV GmbH]], and worldwide shortly afterwards. ''Magnet'' featured the Bee Gees song "Wish You Were Here" (from the 1989 album ''[[One (Bee Gees album)|One]]'') in a new acoustic version. The lead single, "[[Please (Robin Gibb song)|Please]]", had coincidental lyrics about 'loss'. In recent years, Gibb sang the vocals to the opening titles to the British [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] show ''[[The Dame Edna Treatment]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thespec.com/news/2012/05/20/bee-gees-singer-robin-gibb-dead-at-62.html|title=Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dead at 62|date=20 May 2012|work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311075330/https://www.thespec.com/news/2012/05/20/bee-gees-singer-robin-gibb-dead-at-62.html |archive-date=11 March 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2003, Gibb announced the release of a new single of "My Lover's Prayer", a song first recorded by the Bee Gees in 1997 on the album ''[[Still Waters (Bee Gees album)|Still Waters]]'', with lead vocals by Gibb and singers [[Wanya Morris]] and [[Lance Bass]]. That version was played on the radio but was never actually released. In October 2003, Gibb recorded a second version of the song with [[Alistair Griffin]], a-runner up in the UK television program ''[[Fame Academy 2|Fame Academy]]'' on which Gibb appeared as a judge. In January 2004, the new version of that song was released in the UK as a double A side CD single. It eventually reached number 5 in the UK music charts. In late 2004, Gibb embarked a solo tour of Germany, Russia and Asia with singer [[Alistair Griffin]] as the opening act. On his return to the UK, Gibb released a CD and DVD of live recordings from the German leg of the tour, backed by the [[Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt|Frankfurt Neue Philharmonic Orchestra]] of [[Frankfurt]], Germany. In 2005, Gibb made a solo tour of Latin America.

In January 2005, Gibb joined his brother Barry and several other artists under the name [[One World Project]] to record a charity single in aid of Asian [[tsunami]] relief, titled "Grief Never Grows Old". Other artists who performed on the single included [[Boy George]], [[Steve Winwood]], [[Jon Anderson]], [[Rick Wakeman]], [[Cliff Richard|Sir Cliff Richard]], [[Bill Wyman]], [[America (band)|America]], [[Kenney Jones]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], [[Brian Wilson]] of [[The Beach Boys]], [[Russell Watson]] and [[Davy Spillane]]. In June 2005, Gibb joined [[The X Factor (UK series 1)|The X Factor]] runner up band [[G4 (band)|G4]] at a sell-out concert at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, singing the Bee Gees song "First of May". In December 2005, a recordings of this performance was released as part of double A side single, credited as "G4 feat Robin Gibb" together with G4's [[cover version]] of the [[Johnny Mathis]] song "When a Child is Born". "First of May" also appeared on the platinum selling album ''G4 & Friends'', which reached number 6 in the UK album charts. In the same year, Gibb presented [[master class]]es at [[Paul McCartney]]'s [[Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts]] and oversaw the selection for release of thesis works by music graduates for the next two terms. On 20 February 2006, Gibb and Barry performed at a concert for Diabetes Research Institute of the [[University of Miami]] in [[Hollywood, Florida]]. This was their first joint performance since Maurice's death.<ref name="miami charity">{{cite news|title=Barry and Robin Gibb reunite for Miami charity concert |url=http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2006-02-20/news/26982455_1_bee-gees-gibb-brothers-barry-and-robin-gibb|access-date=16 April 2012|publisher=SouthBenTribune.com|date=20 February 2006|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123108/http://articles.southbendtribune.com/2006-02-20/news/26982455_1_bee-gees-gibb-brothers-barry-and-robin-gibb|url-status=dead}}</ref> In March 2006, Gibb announced plans for more solo concerts in Shanghai, China and Portugal.

In May 2006, Gibb took part in the [[Prince's Trust]] 30th birthday Concert at the [[Tower of London]] along with Barry. They sang three songs: "[[Jive Talkin']]", "[[To Love Somebody (song)|To Love Somebody]]" and "[[You Should Be Dancing]]". In September 2006, Gibb performs at the [[Miss World]] 2006 contest finals in [[Warsaw]], Poland. In November 2006, Gibb released his sixth album ''[[My Favourite Christmas Carols]]'' the last album released in his lifetime, backed by The Serlo Concert, a London choir. This album featured a new song by Gibb called "Mother of Love", which was released in Europe as a download single. The song was inspired by Maurice and was Gibb's first new composition since Maurice died. Gibb donated all [[royalties]] from "Mother of Love" to the [[BKWSU|Janki Foundation for Global Healthcare]], and dedicated the song to [[BKWSU|Dadi Janki]], the organisation's spiritual leader. Gibb dedicated the album to his mother, Barbara. ''My Favourite Christmas Carols'' has a bonus DVD disc titled ''A Personal Christmas Moment with Robin Gibb''. Also in November 2006, Gibb performed a solo concert, entitled 'Bee Gees – Greatest Hits' at the Araneta Coliseum (now [[Smart Araneta Coliseum]]) in [[Metro Manila|Manila]], Philippines. Gibb marked his return to his birthplace by playing a concert at the [[Isle of Man TT]] festival in 2007. Gibb donated all of his share of the money from this concert to the children's ward at Noble's Hospital, Isle of Man, and invited all emergency service staff and marshals for the TT to attend for free.

On 18 May 2008, Gibb released the song "[[Alan Freeman Days]]" in tribute to the Australian DJ [[Alan Freeman]]. The song was issued as a download only track, although a promotional CD was issued by Academy Recordings. In December 2008, "Alan Freeman Days" was followed by another downloadable song titled "Wing and a Prayer", which shared the same name as a song from the 1989 ''[[One (Bee Gees album)|One]]'' album. However, the new song was actually a reworking of the song, "Sing Slowly Sisters", that had remained unreleased since 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robingibb.com/releases/singles/2008/12/09/wing_and_a_prayer|title=Wing and a prayer|date=9 December 2008|publisher=RobinGibb.com|access-date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212102411/http://www.robingibb.com/releases/singles/2008/12/09/wing_and_a_prayer?cmd=cookie%2Fcheck|archive-date=12 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later in December, Gibb issued another song, "Ellan Vannin (Home Coming Mix)", featuring the [[King William's College]] Choir from the Isle of Man. ("Ellan Vannin" is the [[Manx language|Manx]] name for the Isle of Man.) On 8 September 2007, Gibb performed at a concert in [[Salt Lake City]], Utah at [[EnergySolutions Arena]] for the [[Nu Skin Enterprises]] Convention, singing a set of Bee Gees hits. On 25 October 2007, Gibb performed at the [[National Palace of Culture]] in [[Sofia]], Bulgaria and sang the Bee Gees' most famous songs.

In 2008, Gibb completed a new solo album entitled ''50 St. Catherine's Drive'', but it was never released until 2014. The song "Instant Love" was a collaboration with Gibb's son, Robin-John both having written the music and vocals. "Instant Love" featuring Robin-John on lead vocals appeared in a short film called ''Bloodtype: The Search'' in which Robin-John appeared.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robingibb.com/secure/audio/instant_love_exclusive_clip?cmdr=auth/ok |title=Robin Gibb |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908130831/http://www.robingibb.com/secure/audio/instant_love_exclusive_clip?cmdr=auth/ok |archive-date=8 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 25 October 2008, to mark the 30th anniversary of the song "Saturday Night Fever" topping the UK charts, Gibb performed with special guests including [[Ronan Keating]], [[Stephen Gateley]], [[Sam Sparro]], [[Sharleen Spiteri]], [[Gabriella Climi]] and [[Bryn Christopher]] at the London music festival [[BBC Electric Proms]]. Gibb went back to the top of the UK charts in 2009 when he collaborated with singers [[Ruth Jones (actress)|Ruth Jones]], [[Rob Brydon]] and [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] on a new version of "[[Islands in the Stream (song)|Islands in the Stream]]", written by Gibb and his brothers Barry and Maurice. The new version, inspired by the [[BBC]] comedy TV show ''[[Gavin & Stacey]]'', was created to benefit the charity [[Comic Relief]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269201/u2-comic-relief-top-uk-charts |title=Comic Relief Top UK Charts |magazine=Billboard |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=10 April 2012 |archive-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524134149/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269201/u2-comic-relief-top-uk-charts |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2010–2012: Final years===
In 2010, Gibb was also a guest mentor on the Australian version of ''[[The X Factor (Australia)|The X Factor]]'', alongside TV host [[Kyle Sandilands]], actress/singer [[Natalie Imbruglia]], and singers [[Ronan Keating]] and [[Guy Sebastian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/robin-gibb-dies-aged-62-192822|title=Robin Gibb dies aged 62|date=21 May 2012|work=[[What's on TV]]|access-date=11 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207205801/https://www.whattowatch.com/news/robin-gibb-dies-aged-62-192822 |archive-date=7 December 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 2010, Gibb toured in Australia with [[Bonnie Tyler]] as his supporting guest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandalford.com.au/Upcoming-Events/robin-gibb-supported-by-bonnie-tyler.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819052545/http://www.sandalford.com.au/Upcoming-Events/robin-gibb-supported-by-bonnie-tyler.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2010|title=Robin Gibb, Supported by Bonnie Tyler|publisher=Sandalford.com.au|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> Together they performed at [[Melbourne]], Sydney, [[Brisbane]] and [[Perth]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/robin-gibb-announces-australian-tour-20100716-10diq.html|title=Robin Gibb announces Australian tour|work=The Age|date=16 July 2010|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016201731/http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/robin-gibb-announces-australian-tour-20100716-10diq.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2011, Gibb recorded the Bee Gees classic "[[I've Gotta Get a Message to You]]" with [[British Army]] men [[The Soldiers]] for a charity single in the UK, it was produced with his son Robin John Gibb and the video for which was produced by [[Vintage TV (TV channel)|Vintage TV]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/280110/The-Soldiers-and-Robin-Gibb-s-Official-Poppy-Appeal-Single/ | title = The soldiers and Robin Gibb's official poppy appeal single | newspaper = Daily Express | location = London | date = 27 October 2011 | access-date = 27 October 2011 | archive-date = 28 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111028012524/http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/280110/The-Soldiers-and-Robin-Gibb-s-Official-Poppy-Appeal-Single | url-status = dead }}</ref> Gibb was the subject of an edition of the [[BBC]] [[genealogy]] documentary series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' first broadcast on 21 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0153b9g |title=BBC One – Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 8, Robin Gibb |publisher=BBC |date=20 December 2011 |access-date=15 May 2012 |archive-date=9 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709065820/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0153b9g |url-status=live }}</ref> On 30 January 2012, Gibb announced his intention to appear onstage at the Coming Home Concert at the [[London Palladium]] in February to benefit British soldiers returning home from Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/robin-gibb-im-determined-to-sing-1115318#|title=Robin Gibb: I'm determined to sing at Royal Palladium in support of British troops|work=dailyrecord|date=30 January 2012|access-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414101717/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/robin-gibb-im-determined-to-sing-1115318 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="in coma">{{cite news|title=Robin Gibb in coma and fighting for his life|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9205256/Robin-Gibb-in-coma-and-fighting-for-his-life.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9205256/Robin-Gibb-in-coma-and-fighting-for-his-life.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=16 April 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=16 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It would be his last performance onstage.<ref name="Palladium"/> Over a period of two years, Gibb and Robin-John wrote the score for ''The [[Titanic Requiem]]'', recorded by [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the [[Sinking of the RMS Titanic|sinking of the ''Titanic'']]. Gibb was due to attend the piece's première on 10 April 2012 at the [[Westminster Central Hall|Central Hall, Westminster]], London, but his failing health kept him away.<ref name="O'Mahoney 2012">{{cite news|last=O'Mahoney|first=Jennifer|title=Bee Gees' Robin Gibb fights for life with pneumonia|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/bee-gees-robin-gibb-fights-for-life-with-pneumonia-7645606.html|access-date=14 April 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=14 April 2012|archive-date=15 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415194034/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/bee-gees-robin-gibb-fights-for-life-with-pneumonia-7645606.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He died the next month.

==Personal life==
In 1968, Gibb married Molly Hullis, a secretary in [[Robert Stigwood]]'s organisation. Not long before they were married they survived the [[Hither Green rail crash]] together. They had two children together, including [[Spencer Gibb|Spencer]]. The couple divorced in 1980 after years of living separate lives, with Gibb almost permanently in the US and Hullis remaining in the UK; she filed for divorce on 22 May 1980.<ref name="sleazy"/> On 9 September 1983, Gibb was arrested and sentenced to 14 days in jail for speaking to the press about his previous marriage in breach of a court order.
[[File:The Prebendal in Priest End - geograph.org.uk - 1414308.jpg|thumb|Gatehouse of the Prebendal, Gibb's house in Thame, Oxfordshire]]
Gibb's second marriage, from 1985 until his death,<ref name="Tel o"/> was to Dwina Murphy, an author and artist. She is interested in the [[Neo-Druidism|Druidry]] religion and is a follower of the neo-[[Hindu]] [[Brahma Kumaris]] movement. The couple had a son.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/how-deep-is-their-love/28439835.html|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|accessdate=21 February 2023|title=How deep is their love|date=5 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221171136/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/how-deep-is-their-love/28439835.html |archive-date=21 February 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> Robin-John's first major musical project was the ''Titanic Requiem'' (2012), written with Gibb and first performed at the Central Hall, Westminster, London, on 10 April 2012, by the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] and RSVP Voices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalconcertreviews/9198105/Titanic-Requiem-Central-Hall-Westminster-review.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalconcertreviews/9198105/Titanic-Requiem-Central-Hall-Westminster-review.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ivan Hewett, "Titanic Requiem, Central Hall, Westminster, review", ''The Telegraph'', April 15, 2012|author=Ivan Hewett|date=11 April 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=27 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

At 50 years of age, Gibb began an affair with his 25-year-old housekeeper, Claire Yang, which eight years later produced his fourth child, born 4 November 2008.<ref name="Tel o">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9279152/Robin-Gibb.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9279152/Robin-Gibb.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Telegraph obituary|date=21 May 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=27 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Gibb and his wife divided their time between their homes in [[Peel, Isle of Man]], their mansion in Miami, Florida<ref>{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/11/bee-gees-robin-gibb-miami-mansion-sale-photos/ |title=Ailing Bee Gee Robin Gibb Puts Stunning Miami Mansion on the Market: Take A Peek Inside |publisher=Radar Online |date=10 November 2011 |access-date=10 November 2012 |archive-date=30 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630185124/http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/11/bee-gees-robin-gibb-miami-mansion-sale-photos |url-status=live }}</ref> and their main residence in [[Thame]], Oxfordshire.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-pm-s-wife-the-druid-priestess-and-the-nosex-guru-7081498.html |title=The PM's wife, the Druid priestess and the no-sex guru |work=Evening Standard|location=London |access-date=29 October 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311084410/https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-pm-s-wife-the-druid-priestess-and-the-nosex-guru-7081498.html |archive-date=11 March 2023 }}</ref>

On 10 March 1988, younger brother [[Andy Gibb|Andy]] died in [[Oxford]], of [[myocarditis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-12-mn-868-story.html |title=Gibb's Death Tied to Natural Causes |work=Los Angeles Times |date=12 March 1988 |access-date=21 April 2012 |archive-date=10 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210005637/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-12/news/mn-868_1_andy-gibb |url-status=live }}</ref> On 12 January 2003, twin brother [[Maurice Gibb|Maurice]] died in [[Miami Beach, Florida]], of complications from a twisted intestine.

Politically, Gibb was a supporter of New Labour, the [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] when [[Tony Blair]] was Prime Minister. He launched a rally in [[Huddersfield]], West Yorkshire, ahead of the 2005 General Election.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6213401.stm |title=PM 'paying' for Bee Gee home stay |publisher=BBC News |date=28 December 2006 |access-date=21 November 2011 |archive-date=21 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521125004/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6213401.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> He was a close friend of Blair, who was criticised for staying at Gibb's Miami mansion during Christmas 2006.<ref>{{cite news |author=Will Woodward and Richard Luscombe in Miami |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/dec/29/musicnews.labour |title=Miami price: Blair feels the heat |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2006 |access-date=31 December 2011 |location=London |archive-date=28 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928222101/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/dec/29/musicnews.labour |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, Gibb publicly stated that he continued to get on "like a house on fire" with Blair and said that the then Labour prime minister, [[Gordon Brown]], regularly listened to the Bee Gees.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2008/05/16/gordon-brown-fan-of-the-bee-gees-147688/ |title=Gordon Brown: Fan of the Bee Gees? |work=Metro |location=UK |date=16 May 2008 |access-date=11 March 2023 |archive-date=17 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917171016/http://metro.co.uk/2008/05/16/gordon-brown-fan-of-the-bee-gees-147688/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "He listens to our music every day. Gordon likes our music and I like Gordon", he told ''The Times''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2012/05/21/tributes-paid-after-bee-gees-star-robin-gibb-loses-cancer-fight-91466-31012641/ |title=Tributes paid after Bee Gees star Robin Gibb loses cancer fight – Showbiz – Life & Style |publisher=WalesOnline |date=21 May 2012 |access-date=21 May 2012 |archive-date=24 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524082358/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2012/05/21/tributes-paid-after-bee-gees-star-robin-gibb-loses-cancer-fight-91466-31012641/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a tribute upon his death, longtime friend Tony Blair said: "Robin was not only an exceptional and extraordinary musician and songwriter, he was a highly intelligent, interesting and committed human being. He was a great friend with a wonderful open and fertile mind and a student of history and politics."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bee-gees-robin-gibb-remembered-by-tony-blair-ringo-starr-and-others/|title=Bee Gees' Robin Gibb remembered by Tony Blair, Ringo Starr and others|date=21 May 2012|publisher=CBS News|access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gy6cBliEWGQ4K9r_qHdEgffynwqQ?docId=N0224421337553145717A]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524234226/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gy6cBliEWGQ4K9r_qHdEgffynwqQ?docId=N0224421337553145717A|date=24 May 2012}}</ref>

Gibb worked on behalf of several charities. He was the organiser of the Sunseeker Ball in aid of the [[Outward Bound]] Trust. For the [[International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers]] (CISAC), Gibb served as president from 2007 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.copyrightsummit.com/cisac/|title=Official Website|publisher=International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016201732/http://www.copyrightsummit.com/cisac/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also the longest serving president (2008–2011) of the Heritage Foundation, which honours figures of British culture and facilitated his campaign on behalf of the Bomber Command Memorial Appeal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.theheritagefoundation.info/aboutus.html |title=About Us |access-date=17 August 2012 |archive-date=28 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428043056/http://www.theheritagefoundation.info/aboutus.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bombercommand.com/|title=Official Site of The Bomber Command Memorial Appeal.|publisher=Bombercommand.com|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807203353/http://www.bombercommand.com/|url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Health problems and death==
[[File:Robin Gibb (3683016262) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Gibb in 2009]]
On  14 August 2010, while performing in Belgium, Gibb began to feel abdominal pains. On  18 August 2010 at an [[Oxford]] hospital, he underwent emergency surgery. Gibb recovered and returned to perform concerts in New Zealand and Australia. During this time, Gibb was also involved in promoting fund-raising for the [[RAF Bomber Command Memorial|memorial]] dedicated to [[RAF Bomber Command]] in [[Green Park]], London. Gibb also wrote ''The Titanic Requiem'' with his son Robin-John, which was recorded by the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] to commemorate the 100th anniversary in 2012 of the [[Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the ''Titanic'']].<ref name="Telegraph Titanic">{{cite news|title=Robin Gibb too ill to attend Titanic concert|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9197578/Robin-Gibb-too-ill-to-attend-Titanic-concert.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9197578/Robin-Gibb-too-ill-to-attend-Titanic-concert.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=14 April 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=11 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Gibb continued to make television appearances and other events following his surgery, but in April 2011 he was forced by health problems to cancel his tour of Brazil. Another concert in Paris was cancelled in October 2011. On  14 October, Gibb was due to perform the charity single with [[the Soldiers]] but was again rushed to hospital with severe abdominal pains. On  18 October, following his release from the hospital, Gibb appeared on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[The Alan Titchmarsh Show]]''  looking gaunt and frail.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/25/bee-gees-star-robin-gibb-s-brave-battle-against-crippling-illness-115875-23512662/ | title = Bee Gees star Robin Gibb's brave battle against crippling illness | last = Bryant | first = Tom | newspaper = Daily Mirror | location = London | date = 25 October 2011 | access-date = 27 October 2011 | archive-date = 27 October 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111027110248/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/25/bee-gees-star-robin-gibb-s-brave-battle-against-crippling-illness-115875-23512662/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

On  27 October 2011, Gibb cancelled an appearance only minutes before he was due to perform at the [[Poppy Appeal]] Concert in London.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/editors-picks/2011/10/28/bee-gees-robin-gibb-fresh-fears-for-star-after-he-pulls-out-of-charity-event-115875-23519948/ | title = Bee Gees Robin Gibb: fresh fears for star after he pulls out of charity event | last = Boyle | first = Simon | newspaper = Daily Mirror | location = London | date = 28 October 2011 | access-date = 4 November 2011 | archive-date = 3 November 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111103221905/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/editors-picks/2011/10/28/bee-gees-robin-gibb-fresh-fears-for-star-after-he-pulls-out-of-charity-event-115875-23519948/ | url-status = live }}</ref> In November 2011, he was diagnosed with [[liver cancer]], which metastasised to his lower digestive system.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/most-popular/2011/11/20/brave-bee-gee-robin-gibb-is-battling-liver-cancer-115875-23574414 | title=Bee Gee Robin Gibb: Frail singer is battling liver cancer | website=[[Daily Mirror]] | date=20 November 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robin-gibbs-liver-cancer-spotlights-deadly-disease | title=Robin Gibb's liver cancer spotlights deadly disease - CBS News | website=[[CBS News]] | date=21 November 2011 }}</ref> In March 2012, Gibb was hospitalised for intestinal surgery and cancelled scheduled appearances while recovering.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2012/03/robin-gibb-surgery-intestinal-surgery-cancer.html|title=Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees hospitalized for intestinal surgery|work=Los Angeles Times|date=28 March 2012|access-date=28 March 2012|archive-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330011235/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2012/03/robin-gibb-surgery-intestinal-surgery-cancer.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/bee_gees_crooner_robin_gibb_back_in/304552|title=Bee Gees Crooner Robin Gibb Back in Hospital for More Surgery|author=Josh Grossberg|publisher=[[E!]]|date=28 March 2012|access-date=28 March 2012|archive-date=29 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329010540/http://www.eonline.com/news/bee_gees_crooner_robin_gibb_back_in/304552|url-status=live}}</ref> In April, however, he contracted [[pneumonia]] and fell into a coma,<ref>{{cite news|title=Family Vigil As Robin Gibb Fights For Life|url=http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16208531|access-date=21 May 2012|publisher=Sky News|date=15 April 2012|archive-date=15 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615193402/http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16208531|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Donnelly 2012">{{cite news|last=Donnelly|first=Laura|title=Robin Gibb in coma and fighting for his life|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9204362/Robin-Gibb-in-coma-and-fighting-for-his-life.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9204362/Robin-Gibb-in-coma-and-fighting-for-his-life.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=14 April 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=14 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which he came out of later in April. He died in a London hospital on 20 May 2012, at the age of 62. While it was initially reported that he died from cancer, Robin-John Gibb said that his father's cancer had gone into remission by the time of his death and the cause was kidney failure.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/stop-the-presses/robin-gibb-death-cancer-not-culprit-183616384.html|title = Robin Gibb's Death: Cancer Not the Culprit After All?|date = 30 May 2012|accessdate = 1 January 2022|work = [[Yahoo!]]|archive-date = 28 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210828061623/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/stop-the-presses/robin-gibb-death-cancer-not-culprit-183616384.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

His funeral was held on  8 June 2012 and he was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, near his home in [[Thame]], Oxfordshire.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-18356373|title=Robin Gibb: Bee Gees singer's funeral held in Thame|publisher=BBC News|date=8 June 2012|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=10 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310160851/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-18356373|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/robin-gibbs-funeral/|title=Robin Gibb's funeral|website=CBS News|date=June 8, 2012}}</ref> In September of the same year, a [[blue plaque]] was placed on the house.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/10429032@N08/sets/72157631778122236/with/8086822935/|title=Blue plaque placed on the Prebendal. Retrieved 13 January 2013|work=Flickr|date=30 September 2012|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513153346/https://www.flickr.com/photos/10429032@N08/sets/72157631778122236/with/8086822935/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, a headstone, engraved with some of the lyrics of his group's songs, including "[[How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]", was placed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.robingibb.com/news/robins-headstone-in-place |title=Robin's headstone in place &#124; News |publisher=Robin Gibb |date=18 May 2015 |accessdate=17 February 2022 |archive-date=11 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211073223/https://www.robingibb.com/news/robins-headstone-in-place |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Reactions===
Robin and his brother Barry had famously clashed both personally and professionally for decades before his death, and that conflict lasted to the end. Nonetheless, Barry delivered a eulogy at his brother's funeral, saying: "Even right up to the end we found conflict with each other, which now means nothing. It just means nothing. If there's conflict in your lives – get rid of it."<ref name="RobinFuneral">{{cite web|last1=York|first1=Chris|title=Robin Gibb Death: Barry Gibb Tells of Conflict With Brother Before His Death (PHOTOS)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/07/robin-gibb-death-barry-gibb_n_1576614.html|website=HuffPost|access-date=20 June 2017|date=7 June 2012|archive-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628100828/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/07/robin-gibb-death-barry-gibb_n_1576614.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

At Robin's funeral, Barry talked about the connection between Robin and his twin brother, Maurice, saying: "They were both beautiful and now they're together." Barry added details about Robin's struggle losing his brother Maurice a decade earlier, saying: "I think the greatest pain for Robin in the past ten years was losing his twin brother, and I think it did all kinds of things to him."<ref name="RobinFuneral" />

[[The Who]]'s [[Roger Daltrey]] recalled: "A lovely, lovely guy. I hear everyone talking about the success of their career but I haven't heard many talk about him as a singer and I used to think he was one of the best. To me, singing is about moving people and Robin's voice had something about it that could move me and, I'm sure, millions of others. It was almost like his heart was on the outside." [[John Travolta]] recalled, "I thought Robin was one of the most wonderful people, gifted, generous and a real friend to everyone he knew. And we'll miss him."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18157265 |title=Robin Gibb: Roger Daltrey and Celine Dion pay tribute |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2013 |archive-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421145637/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18157265 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tim Rice]] described Gibb as "a charming man". Rice added: "I saw him only a couple of weeks ago. He wasn't at all well but was putting up a marvellous fight. It's a terrible loss for the music industry." Gibb's friend [[Cliff Richard]] said, "We are a fraternity of people who sing pop and rock and Robin is another one of us who's gone too soon, too early." [[Ringo Starr]] told the BBC: "Robin will be remembered as a musician and as a singer and part of the Bee Gees." [[Dionne Warwick]] said: "He was wonderful. He was a jokester. He had an incredibly witty sense of humour and was fun to be around."<ref name="joy">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18142496 |title=Robin Gibb: Music stars pay tribute to Bee Gees singer |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2013 |archive-date=21 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421145642/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18142496 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Kenny Rogers]] recalled: "Robin was a part of something unique. Mostly, Robin was a good guy who didn't deserve to die this young. We will all miss him for what he was as a person and what he brought to music."<ref name="joy"/> Other artists paid tribute to Gibb, including [[Justin Timberlake]] (who played Robin in the ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' skit "[[The Barry Gibb Talk Show]]"), [[Ronan Keating]], [[Shane Filan]] of [[Westlife]], [[Liam Gallagher]], [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], [[David Draiman]] of [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]], [[Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere]], [[Paula Abdul]], [[Jake Shears]] of [[the Scissor Sisters]], [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Peter Frampton]], [[Adam Hills]], [[Peter Andre]], [[Richard Marx]], [[Taboo (rapper)|Taboo]] of [[the Black Eyed Peas]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[the Doors]], [[Bruno Mars]], [[Sam Sparro]], [[Elton John]], [[Jamey Jasta]] of [[Hatebreed]], [[Duran Duran]], [[the Script]] and [[Bryan Adams]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.noise11.com/news/musicians-pay-tribute-to-robin-gibb-of-the-bee-gees-20120521 |title=Musicians Pay Tribute To Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees |last=Tijs |first=Andrew |publisher=Noise |access-date=28 May 2013 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225146/http://www.noise11.com/news/musicians-pay-tribute-to-robin-gibb-of-the-bee-gees-20120521 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Final studio album===
Gibb's final studio album, ''[[50 St. Catherine's Drive]]'', was released posthumously on 29 September 2014 in the UK and 30 September 2014 in the US. The album reached No. 70 in the UK and No. 39 in Germany. It features previously unreleased recordings from 2007 and 2008. The lead single, "Days of Wine and Roses", was premiered in the United States on 12 September.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251365/robin-gibb-song-premiere-bee-gees |title=Robin Gibb Song Premiere: Hear 'Days of Wine and Roses' from His Final LP |date=12 September 2014 |last=Graff |first=Gary |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=8 March 2015 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203231921/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251365/robin-gibb-song-premiere-bee-gees |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Reprise Records]] issued a new version of "[[I Am the World]]" from the album as a single in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Robin-Gibb-I-Am-The-World/release/6233801 |title=Robin Gibb – I Am the World |publisher=Discogs |access-date=8 March 2015 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016201731/http://www.discogs.com/Robin-Gibb-I-Am-The-World/release/6233801 |url-status=live }}</ref> Gibb's first compilation album entitled, ''Saved by the Bell – The Collected Works of Robin Gibb: 1969–70'' was released in May 2015 and contained Gibb's songs between 1969 and 1970 including demos of songs that were sung by the Bee Gees and the unreleased material from ''Sing Slowly Sisters''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11536234/Lost-Robin-Gibb-album-to-be-released-thanks-to-fans.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11536234/Lost-Robin-Gibb-album-to-be-released-thanks-to-fans.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title='Lost' Robin Gibb album to be released thanks to fans |work=The Telegraph |date=14 April 2015 |last=Furness |first=Hannah |access-date=16 April 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Acclaim and recognition==
[[File:Blue plaque to a Bee Gee (Robin Gibb) geograph-3389652-by-Steve-Daniels.jpg|thumb|right|[[Blue plaque]] of the Heritage Foundation commemorating Gibb at his home (The Prebendal) in [[Thame]], Oxfordshire]]
In 1994, Gibb was inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] at the [[Grammy Museum at L.A. Live|Grammy Museum]] in Los Angeles. In 1997, he was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, US, as a member of the Bee Gees. At the [[1997 BRIT Awards]] held at the [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre]] in London on 24 February, the Bee Gees received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1997|title=1997 Brit Awards|publisher=Brit Awards|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=12 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112053839/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1997|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[2002 New Year Honours]], Gibb was appointed as a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) along with his brothers Maurice and Barry. However, the official presentation ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]] in London was delayed until 2004 due to Maurice's death.<ref name="CBE"/>

In May 2004, Gibb and his brother Barry both received honorary [[Doctor of Music|doctorates of music]] from the [[University of Manchester]], England.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bee Gees go back to their roots |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3705559.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=12 May 2004|access-date=14 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901075717/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3705559.stm |archive-date=1 September 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2005, Gibb received the [[Steiger Award]] (Miner Award) in [[Bochum]], Germany for accomplishments in the arts. On 10 July 2009, both brothers were also made [[Freedom of the City|Freemen]] of the Borough of Douglas, Isle of Man. The award was also bestowed posthumously on Maurice, therefore confirming the freedom of the town of their birth to Gibb, Barry and Maurice.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/isle_of_man/8144754.stm|title=Bee Gees honoured as Manx freemen|date=10 July 2009|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117155217/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/isle_of_man/8144754.stm |archive-date=17 January 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The radio and television presenter [[Paul Gambaccini]] has stated that the Bee Gees were "second only to Lennon and McCartney as the most successful songwriting unit in British popular music", and recognised Gibb as "one of the major figures in the history of British music [and] one of the best white soul voices ever".<ref name=bbc_death/> Gibb was a fellow of the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] (BASCA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basca.org.uk/about-us/people/fellows/|title=Fellows – The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors|publisher=Basca.org.uk|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030090735/http://www.basca.org.uk/about-us/people/fellows/|archive-date=30 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame===
The [[Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame]] was established in 2004 to honour the lifetime achievements of some of Australia's greatest songwriters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asai.org.au/hall-of-fame/|title=Hall of Fame|website=asai|access-date=17 September 2020}}</ref>
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| 2022
| Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
| [[Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame]]
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==Discography==
{{Main|Robin Gibb discography}}
{{See also|Bee Gees discography}}
* ''[[Robin's Reign]]'' (1970)
* ''[[How Old Are You? (album)|How Old Are You?]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Secret Agent (Robin Gibb album)|Secret Agent]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Walls Have Eyes]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Magnet (album)|Magnet]]'' (2003)
* ''[[My Favourite Christmas Carols]]'' (2006)
* ''[[50 St. Catherine's Drive]]'' (2014)
*''[[Sing Slowly Sisters]]'' (2015)

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of acting performances in film and television
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1968
| ''Frankie Howerd Meets the Bee Gees''
| Himself
| TV series
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''
| Dave Henderson
| film
|- 
| 2009
| ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''
| Himself (contestant)
| TV game show
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.robingibb.com/ Robin Gibb official website]
* {{IMDb name|316471|Robin Gibb}}
 
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