Back in the day most of these appearances on tv shows were lip syncing. If you listen closely to the background vocals, that is his brothers singing backup. No mistaking Barry’s voice
Today, people lip synch because many of them can't sing without studio tricks and digital fixes. Back then, artists lip-synched on TV because technology of the time made if very difficult to pick up and mix good sound from the studio and trasmit over the airwaves into your tiny, tinny TV speaker and make it sound decent.
The Bee Gees often used recorded tracks of the background instrumentals and sang over them live for TV shows /radio-- It was too much to bring the large number of musicians -- too costly, or impractical. At least, you would have their real voices for the performances. OR they would sing unplugged, or better yet, sing a capella with their gorgeous harmonies and solo voices!!
@@MosaicRose99Robin & Mo only provided backing vocals on Desire, which was originally recorded in the studio the prior yr. Barry did sing backing on many of Andy's songs though.
Andy was the baby brother, 12 years separating him from Barry, the oldest Gibb, and 9 years from the twins Robin and Maurice., so, yes, he was too young and needed his solo career with his own band and his 3 # 1s in a row on the Billboard Hott100. He was supposed to join the Bee Gees in 1988 at the age of 30, but he died from an inflamed heart due to his drug and alcohol addiction. He was born with a heart defect that made him vulnerable to myocarditis, an infection of the heart.
Yes. Also, Barry helped Andy’s success. Barry sang back up on Andy’s first album. What a great big bro Barry has been. Sadly, Barry is now the last BG. All of his brothers have passed away.
@@CajunCooper89 Love Barry-- He was the big brother the others needed to keep them focused and anchored. Also, Barry jumped started their Sixties careers because he was three years older and was writing original songs until the twins were old enough to help out with that.
For a live performance. Find the clip of an old music show called...The Midnight Special. The song title is, I Just Want To Be Your Everything. Just type in the song title. It should pop up. It was a very popular show.
Love Is..Thicker Than Water is my all time favorite Andy Gibb song. Such a beautiful sound. Loved Andy and the Bee Gees. Still listen to them every single day
There’s 5 children and all 5 can sing. They have an older sister who could sing as well. Both of their parents were musicians as well. So are their children! Check out their kids in The Gibb Collective in please don’t turn out the lights. Yes that’s his brothers backing vocals
THIS GUY was my first concert!!!! EVERY GIRL MY AGE HAD IT BAD FOR THE BABY BROTHER GIBB...I loved the big brothers too BUT ANDY!!!!! Glad you found your way to him!!!!! Peace man....HUGZZZZ
Andy Gibb was the youngest. He was 2 years older than me so he hit the next teen beat generation. Unfortunately, his misuse of drugs and alcohol weakened his heart. He died when he was only 30! His brothers were shell shocked by his death. For me, it's hard to believe that was more than half my lifetime ago. Time flies BP. You're fast becoming my favorite reactor.
He was clean of drugs, but began drinking after becoming severely depressed at Robin's due to writers block. Barry & Mo co-wrote and recorded 4 songs with Andy in Miami before he left for Robin's in the UK. He was there to finish writing & recording an album, as Island Records in London was the only label who'd sign Andy to a record deal. I'll never understand why Robin didn't help him when he wasn't able to write.....before depression & heavy drinking set in, which alcohol ultimately ended his life.
Andy was my first kiddie crush. I was so in love with him, back in the day!!❤❤ He had it all! The face of an angel, amazingly talented and looked/sounded so much like his big brother, Barry. "Love Is Thicker Than Water" is my favorite of his. Barry was the force behind most of his music. The exquisite songwriting was all in the family!🎶🎵 I cried like a baby, when he passed away at the age of 30.💔😭 What a senseless tragedy!!!! Rest in paradise, beautiful boy.🙏
Andy was wonderful and left us way too soon! My most favorite of his songs is " Rest Your Love on Me Tonight." It makes me swoon still, and im 77 years old. Thank you for such a wide variety of terrific music videos!
Some tv variety talk shows didn’t allow live singing on air because they were often taped the day before or the morning of. The live shows had live singing
or they just were not set up for live music. The studios were often old and designed at a time when having a band on stage live or taped was unusual. Many artists did not appreciate the shows that they could not actually play/sing on and found some way to let fans know. Some bands made it beyond clear that they did not like pretend playing. Iron Maiden swapping instruments comes to mind. Though Steve finally got to 'sing' one of the songs he wrote 😊. Scorpions rebelled at a taped show among many others. They are pretty funny, usually.
Oh my God, another memory unlocked I was nine when this song came out … and I remember him being in every teen magazine as the newest heart throb! all the girls had a crush on him. I love this song and haven’t heard it in years.❤
Their Dad was a drummer and Mom a band vocalist. They also have an older sister Leslie who can also sing. Their kids can sing check out Gibb Collective Don’t turn out the lights. His brothers did do back up. ❤ Andy was a baby when they started singing as the Bee Gees in 1958 and 9 when started singing internationally
Oh, man, roller rinks… Totally would’ve been listening to this going skating! You’re making you wanna go buy some rollerskates and get out there again lol
Andy was due to become the fourth BeeGee at the time of his death. Barry tried SO HARD to save his baby brother. There is a video online of Andy singing with the BeeGees as one of the members, right before they were due to tour with Andy as a member. Then Andy died shortly before they were supposed to go on tour….
His older brothers were thought to be black because of their sound. If you’d like to tap into the Laurel Canyon (California) sound of the 70’s you might try Jackson Browne’s The Pretender, Dr. My Eyes, or These Days, he wrote these while in his TEENS! HELL of a songwriter. The Eagles were his neighbors, and so many others. They would hold neighborhood get togethers and basically fed off of each other. Because of this, it is thought to be HANDS DOWN the BEST music and songwriting the US has ever seen.
My friend Samantha Sang, her stage name, was a prodigy of Barry Gibbs, the Bee Gees produced a song for her & sang in it. It was called “Emotion” it was popular back in the late 1970s, she has such great memories of working with them ❤🙏
The Bee Gees name is meant for. The Brothers Gibb Most of Andy Gibb songs was "disco" . Back in the day there was also very talanted family.....The Jackson 5. And The Osmans.
“I Just Wanna be Your Everything”(1977) was my favorite Andy Gibb song. I had his poster on my wall as a teen in NYC. Had the biggest teen crush 😂 It was #1 on Billboard back then. So sad passed away at 30 yrs young. He had a lot of issues including drugs. Some romanticized his death saying he died of a broken heart. He and a famous tv star had a very public breakup. RIP❤
I had the biggest crush on Andy. Check out the live version of You Should Be Dancing. All four brothers are together. Yes that is his brothers singing back up.❤
They have an older sister Leslie who used to sing. She never went into show business but joined in group briefly in the late 60’s when Robin temporarily left during a brief break up. She and Barry are the only Gibbs left. Andy was the first to pass age 30 from cardiac inflammation from years of drug abuse. Hugh their father about a year later,Maurice age 53 in 2003 from a stroke while in surgery,Robin in 2012 from cancer then a few years later Barbara their mother. Huge Gibb was a drummer and local band leader entertaining the British and allied troops during World War II and Barbara was a singer.
Barry, Maurice and Robin wrote this with 2 other # 1 beegees songs in 1 afternoon. Also the beegees did his backgrounds. There is one concert of all 4 Gibbs brothers in concert. Andy was going to join them. He died while they were writing the album. He had a baritone while Barry had a alternate baritone. He sang with Mairice while Barry and Robin sang together during that concert. Barry produced all of Andy's albums.
They had an older sister who could sing too. The father, Hugh, was a big band drummer and instrumentalist. Their mother was big band Singer. Andy was 9 years younger than the twins and 12 than Barry. For your next Bee Gee review try, 'I Surrender', you will find it so different!
"Forever Young." Weird how that effect of the calendar works. They stand still when they exit but we keep moving. I lost a college friend when he was 23. That was back in the 90s and holy cow does 23 seem soooooo young now. An obscenely brief time to be here.
Yes, his big brothers are backing him up and they helped him write and produce his first album. There was also a 10 plus years difference in age between him and his bros, so that's why he wasn't in the group. He too can really sing, think about it, they were all born having similar vocal chords, so it makes sense!
The plan was for Andy Gibb to sing solo to gain experience. He sang with the Bee Gees part Time, Andy Gibb helped write Andy's song and Bariy and sometimes all the Bee Gees performed Backing Vocals in the Studio. Their is a video of Andy Gibb performing with his brothers in the Bee Gees song You should Be Dancing. It was announced that Andy Gibb was joining the Bee Gees full time, but he passed away before that could happen.
Awesome you doing Andy the youngest of the Gibbs. It came out in 1978. Thank you 🙏🏻❤️ Congratulations on 250 thousand 👏🏼 💙🎉🎉 Australia puts out some great talent.He also recorded Everlasting love for his girlfriend Victoria Prince able(star of Dallas) Andy did do a collaboration with his brothers. He died from an overdose.😢
No, WRONG, he died from myocarditis!!! And he never did a collaboration with his brothers. Where the hell did you all get this false information from? There are several documentaries and hundreds of interviews from the Bee Gees, please do your research before writing nonsense!
He was getting ready to join his brothers as 4th member, but he died before that happened. They have an older sister, Leslie, who sang too but stepped away to raise her family. Barry wrote and produced a lot of Andy's song. Also sang background.
Andy was the baby brother of the Brothers Gibb (aka BeeGees!)! Super talented but unfortunately got mixed up in drugs which affected his entire life. I was a teenager totally in love with Andy. Still love his music despite we lost him so many years ago.
LOVED ANDY GIBB!! He may have been lip-syncing in this performance, as it was on a television show (the performance you're watching)...but: I always dug his voice - and, as a female teen when this song came out: like many my age - we had the BIGGEST CRUSHES on HIM!! Softer music - but, I still love it!! HUGS!
Has your finding out slowly! Barry wrote this song too!! He helped his little Brother get famous!! It probably was lip singing but he could sing. There Dad was in a band and their Mom sang. ❤❤❤ Luv your Podcast!!
I was crushing on both Barry Gibb and his brother Andy!! Also check out Andy Gibb - Love is Thicker than Water - I just want to be your everything - Don't throw it all away
The youngest of the Gibb brothers, he died in 1988 (aged 30) of myocarditis. It's so sad to realize that with twins Maurice & Robin gone, Barry is the only one of the brothers still with us. HIs older sister Lesley Evans, fortunately, is still alive. "I Just Want to be Your Everything" in 1977 was another hit of Andy Gibb's.
I'll bet you would like Jive Talkin' by the Bee Gees, if you haven't heard it yet, you should give it a listen. Thanks for reacting to Andy, he lived a sad little life, but was so talented.
I was about nine or 10 when this song came out but I remember my friends, older sisters, love this guy they would cry when this song came on and say how they would marry him it was crazy
Age difference. Barry was born in 1946, Andy 1958. The Bee Gees were already performing by the time Andy reached his teens. Bee Gees first public performance was in 1958. Andy was still in his teens during the Disco craze..
