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| No popular music act of the '60s, '70s, '80s, or '90s attracted a more varied audience than the Bee Gees. Beginning in the mid- to late '60s as a Beatlesque ensemble, they quickly developed as songwriters and singers to create a style of their own that carried them from psychedelia to progressive pop. Then, after hitting a popular trough, they reinvented themselves as perhaps the most successful white soul act of all time. What remained a constant throughout their history is their extraordinary singing, rooted in three voices that were appealing individually and melded together perfectly. |
在60-90年代，比吉斯乐队拥有最广泛的歌迷，这在当时的流行乐坛上是无可比拟的。从60年代中后期的披头士风格开始，这个组合很快成长为创作歌手，开创了他们自己的风格：从迷幻音乐一路走到了前卫流行。接着，在经受了流行音乐陷入低谷的冲击之后，他们重整旗鼓，造就了史上最成功的灵魂乐。纵观比吉斯乐队成长的历程，永远不变的是那独特的唱腔，他们的声音独具魅力，同时又绝妙地融合在了一起。 |
| The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The group was successful for most of its forty years of recording music, but the trio had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost stars of the disco music era in the late 1970s. |
比吉斯乐队由三个骨肉相连的亲兄弟组成，包括巴里·吉布、罗宾·吉布和莫里斯·吉布。40年来，这个组合成功录制了很多唱片，其中有两个时期尤其突出，分别是：60年代末期70年代初期的轻柔灵魂乐和70年代末期最耀眼的迪斯科舞曲。 |
| Born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the family lived in various locales that included Chorlton, Manchester, England and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, where they began their musical careers. After early chart success in Australia, they returned to the United Kingdom where producer Robert Stigwood promoted them to a worldwide audience. It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' record sales total more than 200 million, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; fittingly, the presenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony" was Brian Wilson, historical leader of the Beach Boys, America's first family of rock harmony. Their Hall of Fame citation says "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees". |
比吉斯三兄弟出生在马恩岛的一个英国家庭，曾在查尔顿-哈迪区、曼彻斯特、英格兰、布里斯班、昆士兰和澳大利亚生活过，也正是在澳大利亚开始了他们的音乐生涯。早期获得成功之后，他们重返英国，并以罗伯特·斯蒂格伍德担任经纪人，从此，比吉斯在全球名声大震。据估测，比吉斯的唱片销量已经超过两亿张，他们因此成为历史上唱片最畅销的音乐家之一。1997年，比吉斯被列入“摇滚名人堂”；恰好，给这个“英国首家和声组合”颁奖的是乐队“海滩男孩”的核心歌手布莱恩·威尔逊，这个乐队正好又是美国首个摇滚乐和声组合。摇滚名人堂里如此评价：“比吉斯是仅次于猫王（艾维斯·普莱斯利）、披头士、迈克尔·杰克逊、加思·布鲁克斯和保罗·麦卡特尼的第6位最畅销歌手。” |
| Following Maurice's sudden death on 12 January 2003, Barry and Robin Gibb temporarily ended the group after forty-five years of activity. On 7th September 2009, Robin Gibb revealed that he and Barry Gibb had agreed that the Bee Gees would reform and perform again. |
2003年1月12日，莫里斯不幸逝世，巴里和罗宾宣布比吉斯45年来的乐坛活动暂告结束。直到2009年9月7日，罗宾·吉布和巴里·吉布才决定重新出山，比吉斯因此重组后再次登场了。 |
| The surviving members will perform on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing on October 31st, 2009. |
2009年10月31日，比吉斯的现有成员将会在英国广播电视公司的《舞动奇迹》节目上进行演出。
（China.org.cn 汪玮 译）
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