The Bee Gees – $86 million
Greatest Hits: Stayin’ Alive, How Deep Is Your Love
Three brothers: Maurice, Robin, and Barry Gibb. Highly successful during the sixties and seventies, they later became popular with the disco crowd. Their signature sound shifted constantly, with various brothers heading the mic. Born on Man’s Isle, they grew up in Manchester. They began The Rattlesnakes before changing their name. They followed producer Robert Stigwood in 1967, promoting them worldwide. They sold over 220 million albums during their lifetime, creating history.
The Bee Gees
Ray Davies – $12 million
Greatest Hits: You Really Got Me, Something Better Beginning
Ray Davies is the main singer-songwriter for The Kinks project, with his brother Dave Davies. He’s called the godfather of Britpop’s genre. After the Kinks dissolved in the late 1990s, Davies became famous with a solo career. The Kinks received their recording deal in 1964, taking decades together. Davies wrote the hit “You Really Got Me,” their breakout. Davies guided the band through the 1960s and 1970s, sometimes introducing different styles to the band, rendering it commercially viable. Even covering famous Long Tall Sally songs.
Ray Davies
