Robin Gibb to Be Buried June 8

The family of Bee Gees member Robin Gibb will hold a funeral for the singer on 8 June.  They released a statement that said, “The funeral will be a private service for close family and friends.”  Gibb’s family is planning a public memorial service for later this year.  Following Robin’s 20 May death, sales of the Bee Gees’ albums and singles increased by 339%.  According to Nielsen SoundScan, the biggest sellers were “Number Ones,” “Saturday Night Fever” and “Ultimate Bee Gees.”

Photo by RobinReigns: Robin Gibb at the Meet & Greet after the Dubai Jazz Festival on 1st March 2008, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Disco Era Icon Robin Gibb Dies of Cancer at 62

British singer Robin Gibb, an iconic voice of the disco era of the 1970s, died Sunday in London after a long fight against cancer. He was 62 years old.

Gibb and his brothers Barry and Maurice formed their band, appropriately named the Bee Gees, for the Brothers Gibb, in the late 1950s.

The band was a success. But the brothers did not become global superstars until disco was born in the mid 1970s, becoming the defining sound of the era.

The Bee Gees sold hundreds of millions of records including the smash hits How Deep Is Your Love, Stayin' Alive, and Night Fever.

The band survived the decline of disco's popularity and broke up when Maurice Gibb died in 2003.

Robin Gibb kept performing until earlier this year. He had been battling liver and colon cancer.

Photo courtesy of AVRO. Robin Gibb (of the Bee Gees) in AVRO's TopPop (Dutch television show), 12 January 1973.