The Bee Gees Originally Made Up Of Three Brothers Barry Gibb Robin Gibb died 2012 And Maurice Gibb died 2003 Have Been Successful For Most Of Their 40-Plus Years Of Recording Music. They Had Two Distinct Periods Of Exceptional Success As A Pop Act In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s And As A Foremost Act Of The Disco Music Era In The Late 1970s. The Gibb Brothers Were Born On The Isle Of Man UK To English Parents In 1946 Barry Alan Crompton Gibb Read More On Last.Fm
"Massachusetts"" Or " The Lights Went Out In Massachusetts" Is A Song By The Bee Gees. Released In 1967 It Was Written By Barry Robin & Maurice Gibb. Robin Gibb Sang Lead Vocals Song It Would Become One Of His Staple Songs To Perform During Bee Gees Concerts And During His Solo Appearances . The Song Became The First Of The Group's Five No. 1 Hits In The UK. It Also Reached No. 1 In Twelve Other Countries. In The US It Peaked At No. 11. It Eventually Became One Of The Best-Selling Singles Of All Time Selling Over Five Million Copies Worldwide. When The Brothers Wrote The Song They Had Never Been To Massachusetts. In A UK Television Special In December 2011 It Was Voted Third In "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song" Behind "How Deep Is Your Love" And "You Win Again" .