Andy Gibb

Andy Gibb, 1981

Andy Gibb (born March 5, 1958 as Andrew Roy Gibb in Manchester , England , † March 10, 1988 in Oxford , England) was a British - Australian singer .

Life

Andy Gibb was born to Hugh and Barbara Gibb. His mother was a singer, while the father led a small orchestra. His older brothers Barry , Robin, and Maurice Gibb came to be known as the Bee Gees .

In 1979 Andy Gibb had an appearance with the Bee Gees ( Spirits Having Flown Tour ), but he was never a member of the group himself. Instead, he enjoyed great success as a solo singer. He had his first number one hit in the US in 1977 with the title I Just Want to Be Your Everything, written by his brother Barry . Between May 1977 and April 1978 he made it to the top of the US charts with a total of three songs . He was also in 1978 as a guest vocalist on the album Thoroughfare Gap by Stephen Stills to hear.

In the following years he had further musical success and came into the media with his relationship with actress Victoria Principal . The two separated in the mid-1980s, and Gibb, now a drug addict, was admitted to the Betty Ford Clinic .

The grave of Andy Gibb, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles

Gibb signed a new contract with the record company Island Records in early 1988 . However, the planned recordings for his new record never came because he was hospitalized at the beginning of March 1988, where he died on March 10, 1988, five days after his 30th birthday, of complications from myocarditis . He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood .

family

Before Gibb left Australia, he married his girlfriend, Kim Reeder. When their daughter, Peta Jaye, was born on January 25, 1978, Gibb was already separated from his wife and divorced her later that year. Gibb met his daughter only once, in 1981. His daughter, Peta J. Reeder-Gibb, breeds Staffordshire Bull Terriers and is a recognized judge at dog shows in New South Wales , Australia .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US
1977	Flowing Rivers	-	-	-	US19th platinum (68 weeks)US	recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami Producers: Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
1978	Shadow dancing	-	-	UK15th silver (9 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (43 weeks)US	Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami Producers: A. Galuten, B. Gibb , K. Richardson
1980	After Dark	-	-	-	US21st gold (15 weeks)US	Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami Producers: A. Galuten, B. Gibb, K. Richardson

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US
1981	Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits	-	-	-	US46 (18 weeks) US	recorded at Criteria Studios and Middle Ear Studios, Miami

More compilations

• 1983: All About Andy Gibb
• 1991: Andy Gibb
• 2001: The Best of Andy Gibb: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection
• 2013: Mythology: The 50th Anniversary Collection (Box with 4 CDs, Disc 4: Andy)

EPs

• 1977: Shadow Dancing (Baile de la sombra)
• 1979: (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away
• 1980: No puedo evitarlo (with Olivia Newton-John)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US
1977	I Just Want to Be Your Everything Flowing Rivers	-	-	UK26 (7 weeks) UK	US1 gold (31 weeks)US	Authors: Andy Gibb, Barry Gibb
	(Love Is) Thicker Than Water Flowing Rivers	-	-	-	US1 gold (29 weeks)US	Authors: Andy Gibb, Barry Gibb
1978	Shadow Dancing Shadow Dancing	DE44 (4 weeks) DE	-	UK42 (6 weeks) UK	US1 platinum (25 weeks)US	Authors: Andy Gibb, Bee Gees
	To Everlasting Love Shadow Dancing	-	-	UK10 (10 weeks) UK	US5 gold (16 weeks)US	Author: Barry Gibb
	(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away Shadow Dancing	-	-	UK32 (7 weeks) UK	US9 (18 weeks) US	Authors: Barry Gibb, Blue Weaver
1980	Desire After Dark	DE36 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	US4 (15 weeks) US	Authors: Bee Gees
	I Can't Help It After Dark	-	-	-	US12 (13 weeks) US	with Olivia Newton-John Author: Barry Gibb
	Time Is Time Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits	DE44 (6 weeks) DE	AT17 (4 weeks) AT	-	US15 (17 weeks) US	Authors: Andy Gibb, Barry Gibb
1981	Me (Without You) Andy Gibb's Greatest Hits	-	-	-	US40 (8 weeks) US	Author: Andy Gibb
	All I Have to Do Is Dream All About Andy Gibb	-	-	-	US51 (8 weeks) US	with Victoria Principal , Author: Boudleaux Bryant Original: The Everly Brothers , 1958

More singles

• 1975: Words and Music
• 1978: Why
• 1979: Rest Your Love on Me (with Olivia Newton-John)
• 1982: Here Inside (with Flower)
• 1997: (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away (Live) (Bee Gees feat. Andy Gibb) (Promo)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	3 × platinum3	7,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	60,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	4 × gold4th	3 × platinum3

literature

• Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock and Soul . 3rd Revised Edition, St. Martin's Press, New York City, 1989, pp. 256-258, ISBN 0-312-02573-4 .

Web links

• Andy Gibb in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Andy Gibb at Allmusic (English)
• Andy Gibb at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Schwering, Stephan: Bee Gees . In: Pop-Archiv International 10/2001 of October 15, 2001, supplemented by news from MA-Journal up to week 20/2012 (accessed via Munzinger Online ).
2. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Andy Gibb
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ www.thebiographychannel.co.uk Andy Gibb ( Memento from February 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Biography at IMDb
6. ^ Judges Resume - Peta Reeder-Gibb
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums US
8. ↑ ^{a b} The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
9. ↑ ^{a b c} gold / platinum databases: UK US