He was never one of "The Brothers Gibb," but he was a Gibb brother, and a talented one, too. With RSO long gone by the end of the '80s, Andy worked with Barry and Maurice on album for an intended comeback on Island but died of an inflammation of a heart muscle just five days after his 30th birthday. Top 40 hits, his growing addiction to drugs led to a long drop from the public eye in the 1980s while he cleaned up his act. While most of Gibb's subsequent songs would be U.S. 1 hits the title track off sophomore album Shadow Dancing was, too. Working with his brothers and producer Albhy Galuten in America, Andy cut the bulk of his debut RSO LP, Flowing Rivers, including the Barry-penned smash "I Just Want to Be Your Everything." Both that song and follow-up "(Love is) Thicker Than Water" were No. Robert Stigwood, manager of The Bee Gees, signed Andy to the RSO label in an attempt to further enjoy the success the Gibbs were bringing to both the label and the pop music scene. The first single, "Words and Music," was a minor hit in the country, but second single "Can't Stop Dancing" (later covered by The Captain and Tenille) was never released.īut by that point, fate had intervened. He managed to secure some small club performances in Ibiza in the early '70s before returning to the family's home base of Australia to cut some tracks with Australian producer Col Joye. Though he wasn't part of the ensemble that Barry, Robin and Maurice bought to great success in the late '70s, his birthright as a Gibb (and some killer tunes from his brothers) gave him a great run of success in the same era - one that was sadly shorter-lived than that of The Bee Gees themselves.Īndy, born in Manchester in 1958 (not the Isle of Man, as his elder brothers), first sought a music career after The Bee Gees struck out internationally. The new Bee Gees box set prompts this post to look at the "other" Gibb brother who enjoyed a great deal of success - yet is sadly not around to continue making great music.Īs Joe's review of the new Bee Gees box set Mythology shows, young Andy Gibb was a pretty integral member of the musical family. ![]() Welcome to another installment of Reissue Theory, where we reflect on well-known albums of the past and the reissues they could someday see.
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