Barry Gibb

Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb is a British musician. Along with his younger fraternal twin brothers, Robin and Maurice, he rose to global fame as a founder of the Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popular music, and is its only surviving member. Gibb is well known for his wide vocal range, including a far-reaching high-pitched falsetto. His career has spanned over 70 years. As a songwriter, Gibb shares the record for most consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number ones, at six, with John Lennon and Paul McCartney. In total, he has written or co-written sixteen Billboard Hot 100 number ones. In 1994, Gibb and his brothers were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1997, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Bee Gees. In 2007, Q magazine ranked him 38th on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers". Guinness World Records lists him as the second most successful songwriter in history, behind McCartney. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gibb) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)