BARRY GIBB BECOMES “SIR BARRY GIBB” AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE KNIGHTING CEREMONY ON JUNE 26
PRINCE CHARLES KNIGHTS THE POP ICON FOR HIS SERVICES TO MUSIC AND CHARITY
27 June 2018 (Toronto, ON) - Barry Gibb, international pop icon and member of the legendary group the Bee Gees, became “Sir Barry Gibb” yesterday, as Prince Charles knighted him at the June 26 investiture at Buckingham Palace in London. Gibb received the “Honor of Knighthood” as a singer, songwriter and record producer; and for his services to music and charity.
As the co-founder and creative leader of the “Brothers Gibb”, better known to the world as the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Robin, represent one of the most successful vocal groups in rock and roll history, having sold millions of albums to date.
Among Barry Gibb’s many awards and honors, he is the recipient of eight Grammy® Awards (one with Streisand for “Guilty”) the Grammy® Legend Award and most recently, the 2015 Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also been awarded the American Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, the BMI Icon Award, four BMI Songwriter of the Year Awards, four BMI Song of the Year Awards. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. World Music Award for Lifetime Contribution to Music, the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters, and in 2004, received one of Britain’s highest honors when the Bee Gees were made Commanders of the British Empire.
As a songwriter, Barry has had the most consecutive Billboard number ones’ ever with six - and is the only songwriter to have written or co-written five songs that were simultaneously in the Top 10. He is one of two of the all-time songwriters of #1 songs, behind only the songwriting duo of Lennon/McCartney.