The band broke up in 1970 and Petersen took on the role of manager for Kelly. In the Bee Gees' biography The Bee Gees: Tales of the Brothers Gibb (2000), authors Andrew Môn Hughes, Hector Cook ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. The much-loved Queensland-born musician and actor was the original drummer of the Bee Gees. He contributed to the group’s rise to stardom after ...

Dennis Bryon, the drummer for the Bee Gees, has died at the age of 76, becoming the second member of the group to die this week. Just four days after Bryon’s death, Colin ‘Smiley’ Petersen ...

Two different drummers from the Bee Gees have died, according to social media posts from former bandmates and a tribute group. Colin "Smiley" Petersen, 78, the original drummer for the group ...

Bryon’s death last Thursday came just four days before the death of fellow Bee Gees drummer Colin “Smiley” Petersen aged 78. Blue Weaver – who played alongside him in another band named ...

Former Bee Gees drummers Colin “Smiley” Petersen and Dennis Bryon, who played with the quintessential disco group in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively, have died within days of each other.

Global pop rock band Bee Gees’ original drummer Colin “Smiley” Petersen has died at the age of 78, his representatives have confirmed. Without disclosing the cause of death, The Best of the ...