Composer
Maurice Gibb
British musician (1949–2003)
1949–2003
47 works in the index
- Born
- 1949
- Died
- 2003
- Birthplace
- Douglas
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician and songwriter. He achieved global fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group, considered one of the most successful pop-rock groups of all time.
Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main lead singers, most of their albums included at least one or two songs featuring Maurice's lead vocals, including "Lay It on Me", "Country Woman" and "On Time".
Gibb started his music career in 1955 in Manchester, England at the age of five joining the skiffle-rock and roll group the Rattlesnakes, which later evolved into the Bee Gees in 1958 after spending three years in Manchester when they moved to Australia. They returned to England, where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2002, the Bee Gees were appointed as CBEs for their "contribution to music". Following Gibb's unexpected death in 2003, his son collected his award at Buckingham Palace in 2004.
Maurice Gibb's earliest musical influences included the Everly Brothers, Cliff Richard, and Paul Anka; the Mills Brothers and the Beatles were significant later influences. During the Bee Gees' temporary break-up in 1969–1970, Maurice released his first solo single, "Railroad", but his first solo album, The Loner, has never been released.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; record producer; guitarist; singer; musician
- Recorded memberships
- Bee Gees; The Fut; The Bloomfields
- Instruments played
- bass guitar; guitar; piano; voice
- Genres
- pop music; rock music; disco
- Birth name
- Maurice Ernest Gibb
- Native languages
- English
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 116660164
- ISNI
- 0000000110854913
- GND ID
- 128676264
- Library of Congress ID
- n88618836
- MusicBrainz ID
- 00ef990b-098d-4bf6-897b-708e35638854
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Voice
- Genres represented
- pop
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 47
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Forget To Remember | — | — | — | Guitar | pop | 1 |
| Immortality | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| More Than a Woman | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Stayin' Alive | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Tragedy | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Words | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| You Should Be Dancing | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| How Deep Is Your Love | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Shadow Dancing | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Tomorrow Tomorrow | — | — | — | Guitar, Voice | — | 1 |
| Alone | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Nights On Broadway | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Night Fever | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| For Whom The Bell Tolls | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Secret Love | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| This Is Where I Came In | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Fanny Be Tender With My Love | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| First Of May | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Guilty | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Heartbreaker | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Holiday | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| I Started A Joke | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| I've Gotta Get A Message To You | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| If I Can't Have You | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Islands In The Stream | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Jive Talkin' | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Lonely Days | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Love Me | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Love So Right | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Love You Inside Out | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| One | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Run To Me | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Too Much Heaven | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| World | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| You Win Again | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Ven A Mi | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Chain Reaction | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Man In The Middle | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Alive | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Bad Bad Dreams | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| I Held A Party | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Paper Mache, Cabbages And Kings | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Please Don't Turn Out The Lights | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Road To Alaska | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Sea Of Smiling Faces | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
| Sweet Song Of Summer | — | — | — | Piano, Vocal | — | 0 |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 116660164. Portrait: AVRO, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons.