Musician. Founding member of the seminal music trio, The Bee Gees. They are best known for their contributions to the multi-platinum, best-selling soundtrack "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) and their significant influence on popularizing the Disco genre of the mid to late 1970s. Pronounced "Morris," he was born Maurice Ernest Gibb, the fraternal twin brother of Robin (Maurice is younger by 35 minutes) in Douglas, on the Isle of Man, England. His father Hughie was a big band leader and drummer. Shortly after the birth of his younger brother Andy, the family relocated to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. Along with Robin and their older brother Barry, they formed The Bee Gees in 1958, deriving the name from the taking of the first initials of brothers and Gibb. They scored their first hit with "Spicks and Specks" (1966) and returned to England to embark upon their careers. With Barry and Robin providing lead vocals and Maurice contributing instrumentally with his bass and piano playing in addition to backing vocals, they had a string of memorable hits with: "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (1967), "Massachusetts" (1967), "To Love Somebody" (1967), "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (1968), "I Started a Joke" (1969), "Lonely Days" (1970) and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" (1971). During this period, Maurice was married to singer Lulu (1969 to 1973) who was best known for the title song to the 1967 film "To Sir With Love." Following a three-year absence from the pop charts, they returned to the spotlight with a more up-tempo sound and style heard in the album, "Main Course" (1975) and reached the level of immortality with the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, also enjoying immense success with the albums "Children of the World" (1976) and "Spirits Having Flown" (1979). Following the departure of disco, the Bee Gees had a relatively quiet decade of the 1980s. After enduring the untimely death of his younger brother pop-star Andy Gibb at the age of 30, Maurice descended into a period of depression fueled by alcohol, however he recovered in time to record the brothers' comeback album "One" (1989) which was followed with a successful tour. The Bee Gees were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Maurice died at the age of 53 of complications from a twisted intestine in January of 2003. His ashes were made into 4 purple diamonds and were given to his widow Yvonne, his mother Barbara Gibb, Barry & Robin. When Robin passed, his diamond was placed inside his coffin. The twins were together again.

Musician. Founding member of the seminal music trio, The Bee Gees. They are best known for their contributions to the multi-platinum, best-selling soundtrack "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) and their significant influence on popularizing the Disco genre of the mid to late 1970s. Pronounced "Morris," he was born Maurice Ernest Gibb, the fraternal twin brother of Robin (Maurice is younger by 35 minutes) in Douglas, on the Isle of Man, England. His father Hughie was a big band leader and drummer. Shortly after the birth of his younger brother Andy, the family relocated to Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. Along with Robin and their older brother Barry, they formed The Bee Gees in 1958, deriving the name from the taking of the first initials of brothers and Gibb. They scored their first hit with "Spicks and Specks" (1966) and returned to England to embark upon their careers. With Barry and Robin providing lead vocals and Maurice contributing instrumentally with his bass and piano playing in addition to backing vocals, they had a string of memorable hits with: "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (1967), "Massachusetts" (1967), "To Love Somebody" (1967), "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (1968), "I Started a Joke" (1969), "Lonely Days" (1970) and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" (1971). During this period, Maurice was married to singer Lulu (1969 to 1973) who was best known for the title song to the 1967 film "To Sir With Love." Following a three-year absence from the pop charts, they returned to the spotlight with a more up-tempo sound and style heard in the album, "Main Course" (1975) and reached the level of immortality with the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, also enjoying immense success with the albums "Children of the World" (1976) and "Spirits Having Flown" (1979). Following the departure of disco, the Bee Gees had a relatively quiet decade of the 1980s. After enduring the untimely death of his younger brother pop-star Andy Gibb at the age of 30, Maurice descended into a period of depression fueled by alcohol, however he recovered in time to record the brothers' comeback album "One" (1989) which was followed with a successful tour. The Bee Gees were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Maurice died at the age of 53 of complications from a twisted intestine in January of 2003. His ashes were made into 4 purple diamonds and were given to his widow Yvonne, his mother Barbara Gibb, Barry & Robin. When Robin passed, his diamond was placed inside his coffin. The twins were together again.

Bio by: C.S.