"Other BeeGees"
You've heard of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, the BeeGees, right?
This story of "BeeGees" standing for Bill Gates (different guy) or Bill Goode or anything *but* "Brothers Gibb" has all been fabricated to save them from lawsuits. You see, in far corners of the world, there are hundreds of musical families with the same initials, and many of them have tried to sue the Brothers Gibb for the use of the name "BeeGees" when it stands for "Brothers G___(any name that starts with "G")" and some have even gone so far as to claim original rights to the "BRM" Gibb credits. Here, with case information supplied where available, is a list of the top ten musical brother acts who have filed claims against the Gibbs.

Baby, Rajulio and Melakalikimaka Good-bye (Hawaiian tribal percussionists-- did a mean cover of To Love Somebody, too!)

Bongo, Rocky (in leg-warmers) and Majisto Geraldo (the case was thrown out of court after the judge saw the movie "Staying Alive" and got the joke)

Betrouski, Ranakshaw and Mokalati Glockenspiel (dropped the charges when they realised they could sue the musical instrument with their name instead)

Bruno, Runyard and Makaveli Gumby (inter-racial rappers from New York; an Italian, a Lithuanian and an African-American; case was dropped when someone finally figured out that they weren't really brothers.)

Beerkinschwinn, Ruchuchichu and Malabala Gandhi (became too busy with the law suit filed by the guy in India's family over the mis-use of his name to continue their own suit against the Gibbs)

Blap, Ring and Morris (pronounced mo-REESE) Gluppy-na-na (stormed out of courtroom and dropped the case after the judge kept mis-pronouncing Morris's name, confusing him with Maurice, and laughing at their last name)

Bing, Ru-Paul and Mookenschlak Goose-is-Loose (although this case was actually legit, it never made it to court, the lawyers all thought it was a joke)

Billy, Rudolph, and Morkfromork Goat (they'd almost won a settlement when Billy ate the jury's decision records, Rudolph blinded the bailiff with his nose, and Morkfromork accidentally dematerialized the judge's clothes with his drinking finger)

Blapablooey, Rr'rrrrr`rr [rolled R, start low, go high, back low] and Munkenzaffrey Granolaniki (actually won a small out of court settlement with Maurice out of utter sympathy for poor Rr'rrrrr`rr's name, but he couldn't cash the check because Maurice left off an R)

and finally Bahufrafedu, Roginkenspink and Maztiddleywink Gluefloppingflip, who finally decided they could make a better and more easily recognized living just calling themselves Hanson.

--mostly by earth immigrant, with bits of help from Kellie Nystrom and Tammy Walsh

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