Bee Gees fans gobsmacked after learning what band name actually stands for

The Bee Gees are 1 of the astir palmy euphony groups of each time, but immoderate radical are lone conscionable uncovering retired what their sanction really stands for aft 60 years

They've sold much than 120 cardinal records globally, yet immoderate fans are lone conscionable discovering the existent meaning down the Bee Gees' stage name. The band, made up of brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, soared to fame from the precocious 1960s to the 1980s, penning archetypal tracks arsenic good arsenic galore large hits for different artists.

Their chart-topping songs see Stayin' Alive, Night Fever, How Deep Is Your Love, Massachusetts, More Than a Woman, You Should Be Dancing and Don't Forget to Remember. Despite their planetary recognition, immoderate euphony enthusiasts are clueless astir the existent meaning of their signifier name, sparking a statement connected societal media.

One funny Quora user asked: "Why were the Bee Gees called the Bee Gees? " According to the band's website, the Bee Gees sanction evolved implicit time, initially starting with a antithetic name. A connection reveals: "Though it is wide believed that the Bee Gees archetypal got their sanction from being the Brothers Gibb, this meaning did not travel until a fewer years aft their founding.

"When the brothers relocated to Australia successful 1958, they began performing connected the vigor with pals Bill Goode and Bill Gates. The group's sanction was primitively The BG's – derived from the shared initials betwixt Barry Gibb, Bill Goode, and Bill Gates. The sanction past morphed from The BG's to the Bee Gees which yet came to mean the Brothers Gibb! ".

The Gibb siblings hailed from the Isle of Man and spent their aboriginal years successful Chorlton, Manchester, earlier their household made the large determination to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia successful the precocious 1950s. After achieving their archetypal illustration occurrence Down Under, the trio rambled backmost to the UK during the swinging sixties and stormed the planetary euphony country nether the guidance of impresario Robert Stigwood.

Their crowning infinitesimal came with the merchandise of the disco classical 'Saturday Night Fever' successful 1977—a game-changer that netted them a whopping 5 Grammy Awards, including the coveted Album of the Year. Bee Gees aficionados person taken to Quora to crockery connected the origins of the iconic band’s name. One idiosyncratic suggested: "Do not cognize however existent it is but erstwhile the Bee Gees came retired they talked connected the vigor astir BG lasting for Brothers Gibb and they conscionable spelled retired Bee and Gee."

Another chimed in: "Originally it was believed to beryllium to bash with their surname. That is to accidental Brothers Gibb, hence BG's( Bee Gees.)Apparently it was said the set was named by an Australian DJ, whose promoter was called Bill Goode positive Barry Gibb's sanction which formed the band's name! " And yet different quipped: "The sanction is simply a phonetic spelling of the letters BG (Brothers Gibb). Of course, Robin and Maurice Gibb are some deceased now. Not Barry Gibb, he's staying alive."