In the glittering, often tumultuous, history of rock and roll, few secrets have remained buried as deeply as the one harbored in the heart of the Bee Gees’ legacy. For decades, the world knew Maurice Gibb as the musical genius, the harmonic anchor of a trio that defined an era. But a shadow lingered behind the stage lights, a story untold, a son unknown. This is the heart-wrenching saga of Nick Endicott Gibb, a man who spent fifty years searching for his own reflection, only to find it in the face of a global superstar he would never meet.
Born in 1968 and given up for adoption, Nick Endicott grew up in a quiet English household, a world away from the stadiums and screaming fans that defined his biological father’s life. Yet, he couldn’t escape the music that was woven into his very being. Friends and bandmates saw it, a raw, inexplicable talent. “There was always a melody in my head, a rhythm in my soul that I couldn’t place,” Nick has reportedly shared with close friends. “I felt like a part of a song I’d never heard. I never imagined the song was ‘Stayin’ Alive’.” The nagging feeling of being incomplete, of a question without an answer, followed him for five long decades.
The bombshell dropped in 2019. Driven by simple curiosity, a 50-year-old Nick submitted his sample for a DNA test. The results didn’t just offer clues; they delivered a shocking, irrefutable truth. A 100% paternal match with Adam Gibb, Maurice’s known son. The conclusion was earth-shattering: Nick was Adam’s brother, and the late, great Maurice Gibb was his father. The revelation opened a wound that could never truly be healed. Maurice had passed away tragically in 2003, and in a further cruel twist of fate, the brother Nick never knew, Adam, had died just a year later. A face-to-face reunion was impossible.
His mother, a woman named Anne, later confirmed a fleeting, secret romance with Maurice in 1967, just before the Bee Gees were catapulted to global domination. “He was on the verge of becoming a legend,” a source close to the story is quoted as saying. “She made a choice in silence, believing it was for the best, and held that secret for a lifetime.”
Now, Nick Endicott Gibb, a name he took not for fame or fortune but for identity, honors the father he never knew in the only way he can: through music. He formed a duo, Cousins Gibb, with Maurice’s niece, a poignant connection to his newfound family. Their tribute cover of the Bee Gees hit “Tragedy” is a haunting anthem for a story defined by it. The greatest mystery, however, remains. Did Maurice ever know? Did he go to his grave unaware that another piece of his legacy, another son, was out there in the world, humming his tunes?