Spencer David Gibb was born on 21 September 1972 in London, the first child of Robin Gibb, a musician and member of the Bee Gees, and Molly Hullis, who worked as the personal assistant to the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein until his unexpected death in 1967.
At the time of his birth, the Bee Gees were recording Life in a Tin Can around September as his father had to leave the sessions on 21 September,[6] and when his father returned to the sessions in a rented house in Los Angeles, Tom Kennedy recalls: "Robin was at home and when we came in, he was asleep on the floor.
And when his father rushed into the family's home to meet Gibb he said, "Molly and I have been longing for a baby.
[7] He started writing songs on piano and keyboards when he was about 11–12 as a day pupil at Scaitcliffe (now known as Bishopsgate) in Surrey.
At 14, he left the prestigious St Paul's Public School in Barnes, London, to become a professional musician.
A dream urged him to move to Texas from Florida as he explained: "If there's anything I can say about living in Miami and doing drugs, it's that I learned to play guitar".
When Cochran got back to Texas, he hooked up with Johnson and Gibb at the Austin Rehearsal Complex (ARC), and after hearing some demos, decided that he was in for the long haul.
It was their overseas manager at the time, Mark Chaplin, that suggested they pitch their music to his London partner John Wadlow.
[10] Gibb stated that he was influenced by the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder and Prince.