Andy Gibb
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"Andrew Roy "Andy" Gibb" was an English singer, songwriter, musician, performer, and teen idol. He was the younger brother of Bee Gees members Barry Gibb/Barry, Robin Gibb/Robin and Maurice Gibb.

Gibb came to international prominence in the late 1970s with six singles that reached the Top 10 in the United States starting with "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" (1977). And other three top 20 singles. He also collaborated with Olivia Newton-John, P.P. Arnold. Andy's success was brief, as he battled drug addiction and depression and died just five days after turning 30.

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I've been working at performing for five years now. I've been working in Australia and Spain and England. When I was only 15 or 16, 1 was performing in bars; I could have had legal problems, but it's also the only way to get to know what music is all about.

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In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

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I just fell apart. I turned to drugs and did an awful lot of cocaine, which I no longer do... I gave up everything... I didn't care.

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I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents. I've always known what is and isn't reality. Even my older brothers' early success 10 years ago didn't change me since there was such an age difference. I was moving about with my own gang, the skinheads, wearing steel-toed army boots and kicking in shop windows.

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I wasn't eating. I wasn't sleeping. All I was doing was cocaine. I stayed awake for about two weeks, locked in my bedroom. I went down from a 142 pounds to 110 pounds.

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I love the soul sound that the Bee Gees are into now, and that's the kind of feel that I want to have on all my records. Unfortunately, though, I don't write in that vein. I'm better at writing country-rock music because, while I was recording in Miami, the Eagles were working in the studio next door and I was heavily influenced by their sound.

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I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music.

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The most embarrassing thing for me was the day Bob Hope called me up and I was spaced out on cocaine. I was supposed to do his TV special, and I didn't turn up. Consequently, I was blacklisted by NBC for a long time. I damaged my career, and almost ruined my whole life.

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I have been to hell and back. I had a very, very bad nervous breakdown.

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Girls are always running through my mind. They don't dare walk.

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