Hugh Gibb
| Hugh Gibb | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Hugh Leslie Gibb |
| Also known as | Hughie |
| Born |
15 January 1916 Manchester, England, UK |
| Died | 6 March 1992 (aged 76) |
| Genres | Big band |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, delivery man, photographer |
| Associated acts | The Hughie Gibb Orchestra |
Hugh Leslie Gibb (15 January 1916 – 6 March 1992) was an English drummer and bandleader. He was the father of English musicians Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy Gibb.
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."
Gibb's father was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1876. His mother was born in Manchester in 1892 to William and Hannah. She 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. Gibb's grandfather, Thomas Yardley, was born in 1826 and is recorded as a railway worker.
Barbara Pass was a dance band vocalist and one of her nights off she went with a friend to another dance hall and she said: "that's where it all started". Hugh escorted Barbara home that night and thereafter romance blossomed. Ironically, despite the nightmare of the war, Hugh has fond memories of the time he met his future wife, as he said: "People enjoyed themselves more. Kids today, think they've done everything by the time they're 18 and have nothing to look forward to. They were married on 27 May 1944 in Manchester. Their first child, Lesley Gibb, 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 and Barbara with Lesley moved back to Manchester and lived with Barbara's mother Nora Pass in Stretford, and then Gibb got a job in Isle of Man and they moved to Douglas. Gibb started to play at Douglas Bay Hotel and the Alexandra, both in Douglas.
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