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Hugh Gibb (Hugh Leslie Gibb) was born on 15 January, 1916 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, is an A 20th-century british male musician. Discover Hugh Gibb's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

Popular As Hugh Leslie Gibb
Occupation Musician, delivery man, photographer
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 15 January, 1916
Birthday 15 January
Birthplace Manchester, Lancashire, England
Date of death 1992
Died Place N/A
Nationality Manchester

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Who Is Hugh Gibb's Wife?

His wife is Barbara Pass (m. 27 May 1944)

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Hugh Gibb Net Worth

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1826

Gibb's grandfather, Thomas Yardley, was born in 1826 and is recorded as a railway worker.

Barbara Pass was a dance band vocalist and, on one of her nights off, she went with a friend to another dance hall.

Later, she said: "That's where it all started."

Hugh escorted Barbara home that night and thereafter romance blossomed.

Despite the nightmare of the war, Hugh had fond memories of the time he met his future wife, as he said: "People enjoyed themselves more. Kids to-day think they've done everything by the time they're 18 and have nothing to look forward to."

1876

Gibb's father was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1876.

1889

Hannah was 16 years younger than her husband and became step-mother to his seven children he had from his previous marriage, to Annie, who had died in 1889 at the age of 38.

1892

His mother was born in Manchester in 1892 to William and Hannah.

1916

Hugh Leslie Gibb (15 January 1916 – 6 March 1992) was an English drummer, bandleader and the father of musicians Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy Gibb.

Barry, Robin and Maurice would go on to form the Bee Gees, one of the most successful musical groups of all time, while Andy would have several hits as a solo performer.

Hugh Leslie Gibb was born in Chorlton district in Manchester to Hugh Gibb and Edith Yardley.

He said: "I was the oddball in my family 'cause I liked music and the attitude was that it would never do you any good. The main theme then was go to work, have a steady job, and bring your wages home every weekend. A side track from that wasn't right in their eyes. To be a musician was like the old days, you know, when they were considered vagabonds, and that's all I ever wanted to do."

1944

They were married on 27 May 1944 in Manchester.

1945

Their first child, daughter Lesley, was born on 12 January 1945.

Shortly afterwards, they moved to Scotland, where his band was starting to play in Edinburgh; as Barbara explained: "We lived just at the outskirts of Edinburgh."

After a while, Hugh, Barbara and Lesley moved back to Manchester and lived with Barbara's mother, Nora Pass, in Stretford.

Then Gibb got a job on the Isle of Man and they moved to its capital, Douglas.

Gibb started to play at the Douglas Bay Hotel and the Alexandra, both in Douglas.

1946

On 1 September 1946, his first son Barry Gibb was born at 8:45 a.m. at the Jane Crookall Maternity Home in Douglas.

During that same time, Hugh was busy with his music at various hotels in Douglas when Barry was a baby: "I stayed there for [about] 10 years and Joe Loss's band used to be there; that was the big band era."

Apart from trumpeter Charlie Whewell, others who played in Hugh's band in 1946 consisted of Arthur Crawford (accordion), Jim Caine (piano), Tommy Cowley (bass), Albert Metcalfe (tenor saxophone) and John Knight (trombone).

Aside from being a musician, Hugh's work during the day was delivering bread.

As their neighbour, Joan Hill, said: "We were all very poor in those days and Mr. Gibb was a godsend. He used to bring home dozens of loaves that had to be sold before the end of the day - bread must have been much more wholesome in those days - didn't have all the preservatives it does today. Hugh would then be able to sell these off to neighbors at a fraction of the normal cost."

Hugh's musical background is credited as the Bee Gees' inspiration to follow a musical career, but his influence on his sons was actually more indirect.

Hugh credited his wife's sister, Peggy, with the idea of emigrating to Australia, as she eventually did with her family, although it was his family that had migrated first.

Later, he and Barbara applied for passage to Australia but did little to prepare for the move.

As Hugh said: "Because they say, don't dispose of your property until you know what you're doing. Sometimes you have to wait two years; we got it in six weeks."

1949

On 22 December 1949, also at the Jane Crookall Maternity Home in Douglas, Hugh's second son Robin Gibb was born at 3:15 a.m. Later that morning, at 3:50 a.m., his third son Maurice Gibb was born at the same maternity home.

One such dance might have been the Invitation Dinner Dance held at London's Metropole Hotel on 24 February 1949; the reception was at 7:00 p.m., and the title of the show was 'Hughie Gibb and his Music', entertaining the people until 1:00 a.m.

Hugh did not actually play on board the ferry, and his band was not paid by Douglas's Corporation (on the Isle of Man), who ran the ferry.

1955

In 1955, the Gibbs returned to the Manchester area.

1958

On 5 March 1958, Hugh's fourth son Andy Gibb was born in Stretford Memorial Hospital in Manchester.

His band, the Hughie Gibb Orchestra, was firmly ensconced on the circuit of Mecca ballrooms, playing mainly in Northern England and Scotland.

Rosalia Black, who was the daughter of the hotel owner, Carlo Raineri, recalls "The band must have been popular because the ballroom was always packed, even though the Joe Loss Orchestra was at the Villa Marina and Ronnie Aldrich, with the Squadronaires, was at the Palace Ballroom."

Hugh was always on the lookout for work.

Even as an extremely popular musician, he did not earn very much, and he often put together bands for one-off gigs.

At the beginning of August 1958, the family set sail for Australia.

When the family arrived in Queensland, Hugh found work as a "bush photographer".

His photography assignments were not as frequent as he would have liked, so he took on extra work for Scarborough Local Council.

1960

Hugh remembers that the group's break came when television was started in Brisbane around 1960: "We auditioned for one of the variety shows, anything goes right way, they signed us."