Talk:Andy Gibb

Visits to Deauville (France)

We should add information, perhaps just a sentence, about Andy's visit(s) to the American Music & Film Festival in Deauville with Travolta, Newton-John, and his own brothers. Somewhere in the 1979 time frame. User:Hong Kong Boy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.102.144.220 (talk) 09:23, 20 February 2015 (UTC)

Please provide a reference to go with this addition? Also, new topics on the Talk page should be added to the bottom, not the top. Transitive Sam (talk) 11:22, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Homeland

It says "Gibb began playing at tourist clubs around Spain's coastal Island of Ibiza, and later back in his homeland of the Isle of Man, as a young teenager." If he was born in England and raised in Australia, where does the Isle of Man come into play? 98.221.133.96 (talk) 13:07, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

That requires some touch-up. The family moved around a bit over the years and although his older brothers were born on the Isle of Man (homeland?) his connection is that he would go live there when they moved back there in the mid-70s. That's it really, I'll remove the homeland part. Ferdinandhudson (talk) 16:41, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Andy Gibb category

According to Findadeath.com, Andy Gibb was given a Methodist service at Old North Church. [[1]]ResurgamII 19:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Image

What's up with the album cover image? Jeese louise, talk about messing up the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.47.15.38 (talk) 17:31, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Desire

The article on the album, Spirits Having Flown, states that Andy's track, Desire, was rejected for the album. Perhaps the track was added to later re-releases.Jkolak (talk) 02:00, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Bee Gees' version of Desire has yet to be released, probably when Rhino gets around to the Spirits Having Flown remaster. The notion that Andy sang on the Bee Gees version as is written here is incorrect though as Barry sang the lead. They did use the old recording for After Dark and added a vocal track by Andy. http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/78.html --Ferdinandhudson (talk) 11:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Australian?

Should we label him an Australian singer rather than English, seeing as he spent all but the first six months of his life in Australia?24.171.52.43 (talk) 07:43, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Andy Gibb identifies Rick Springfield as his "fellow Australian" in this clip from Countdown I was just watching on youtube: [2]. I'm sure there are more clips of him identifying himself as Australian, too. But I don't know if his personal identification qualifies him as Australian, though. It might depend on whether or not he had citizenship, I guess. I personally think he should be classed as British born Australian, or something along the lines of that, at the very least. Some British fans seem to be very attached to all of the Gibb brothers, though: I'm not sure if they'd take kindly to calling him Australian. Sorry I can't be of any more help, we probably need more people's opinions before changing anything. Then again, if enough proper citations can be found, it'd be well within your right to change it yourself. If I have enough time, and if I can remember, I might try and find some sources/citations or something and add it here. Sincerely, Gilly of III (talk) 15:59, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Andy was Anglo-Scottish

The Gibb brothers originate from Paisley in Scotland - as demonstrated in the tv programme "Who Do You Think You Are" featuring Robin Gibb. Suppose that's why two of them, Maurice and Barry, married Scotswomen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.78.240.137 (talk) 01:07, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 April 2014

it says that Andy Gibb was a British singer but he was an Australian singer. thats all I have to add. :)

98.232.75.170 (talk) 05:22, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

 Not done. Gibb spent 9 years of his childhood in Australia but he was born in England and he gained fame in and around England. Binksternet (talk) 06:20, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

is there any evidence of his return to the united kingdom at age 9? i do not dispute his brothers went to united kingdom, but the whole family?????  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pga1965 (talk • contribs) 04:59, 6 February 2016 (UTC) 

Andy's daughter Peta

Shouldn't some mention be made of his only child?23:58, 23 June 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.221.93.180 (talk)

Certainly could be added, but would need a reliable source and also to be mindful of WP:BLP Gusworld (talk) 09:48, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 28 May 2015

Please replace the current {{Authority control}} version with parameters with a blank {{Authority control}}. All information can be received from Wikidata. This is the task of KasparBot who isn't allowed to edit this page. Thank you, T.seppelt (talk) 21:32, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Done Jackmcbarn (talk) 22:07, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 8 June 2015

There is some information about Melody Fayre, the band that Andy Gibb put together in 1974 on the Isle of Man. I have some information about the currently unnamed bass guitarist. His name was Kevyn Jones, from Bristol - sadly recently deceased. 137.222.17.171 (talk) 09:58, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --Redrose64 (talk) 10:54, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Protected edit request on 17 August 2015

"Words and Music" was released on the ATA label only in Australia and New Zealand, owned by Joye. It was his first single, the song, backed by another Andy Gibb composition "Westfield Mansions". The single would eventually reach the Top Twenty on the Sydney music charts in 1976, although the ballad was one of his well-known hits. Around the same time, he married his girlfriend, Kim Reeder.

Sentence beginning with "Although ..." is an incomplete sentence. It belongs to the previous sentence as I've corrected. KYlabrat (talk) 16:39, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks, Nakon 23:38, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

References

Mangulated sentence

Under section "Life and Career", subsection "1958–75: Early life and first recordings", the last sentence of the second-to-last paragraph is truly a thing of horror. It reads:

Zenta would appear later as a backing band for Gibb, and they did not participate on Gibb's recording sessions around 1975, that session features a remake of "Words and Music" which was, that version was released, and he also recorded a rendition of Don McLean's "Winter Has Me in Its Grip" (not released), the backing musicians on the session was the Australian jazz fusion group Crossfire.

I'd be happy to clean it up if I had the slightest clue what it meant. Maybe a subject matter expert could clarify? Transitive Sam (talk) 11:19, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Okay, how about this? -

"Zenta would appear later as a backing band for Gibb, but did not participate in his recording sessions which started during 1975. A product of those sessions featured his first Australian-released single "Words and Music" which he re-recorded in 1976. This final version was the one released in 1977 on his debut album "Flowing Rivers". During the 1975 timeframe he also recorded a rendition of Don McLean's "Winter Has Me in Its Grip" (not released) with backing musicians from the Australian jazz fusion group Crossfire."

Now that I've reworded it to be clearer, I'll leave it to someone else to "re-integrate" my effort. My sources used are the following: ; ; and . Cheers! Dirty Dan the Man (talk) 03:25, 20 January 2017 (UTC)

References

Disruptive editing

Since September 8th, an anonymous user has been changing all details regarding Gibb's birthdate and age at his death. All contemporary sources list Gibb's birth year as 1958, and his age when he died as 30 - even his own grave marker states his birth year as 1958 - however this user keeps changing the birth year to 1955, and age at death to 33. He / she / it also changes the years of Gibb's marriage from 1976 to 1973. I've reverted the changes several times, the user keeps changing them back. While the changes are variously attributed to a variety of users, it's clearly the same person, as the changes made are the same each time... Chris Keating (talk) 00:09, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

This may be a little over the top, but....

Since there's been so many vandals changing Gibb's birthdate, death date, and age, should the article be protected to some extent? I think it would help. ☶☲SouthernKangaroo☶☲ (☎) 16:20, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Sources

The article needs more sources and has been tagged. There is a good deal of unsourced material. 74.76.164.230 (talk) 03:34, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

=Here is a good source straight from Amdy Gibb's daughter, who uses her mother's maiden name for her surname. Her name is Peta Webber: Andy Gibb’s daughter on the ‘complicated relationship’ with her famous dad. It's from 2017, so it is pretty recent. She talks about recording with her cousins. LiPollis (talk) 06:27, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

FYI, Weber isn't her mother's maiden name but her husband Matt's surname. Kim's maiden name is Reeder. Ferdinandhudson (talk) 18:21, 19 January 2021 (UTC)