The Brothers Gibson, Chris, Alex and Patrick were all born in Martinique, West Indies. They began playing together and moved to Paris, France where they recorded and released their first single, "Come To America" in 1976, then followed it up with "Non Stop Dance".
Both songs were popular in European clubs and they toured there to support the releases. Having built a reputation, they released "Heaven" in 1977 and caught the attention of Henry Stone's Miami based "TK Records", who leased the track for the US. The following year they released "Cuba", a testosterone driven percussive Latin flavoured disco funk song that took the rest of the world by storm, but somehow got passed over by the US. Listening to it 43 years later it still sounds fresh and vibrant.
Selling four million copies and gaining 14 gold records in that many countries. It did peak at #9 on the disco chart and #81 on the Hot 100 in early 1979. "Oooh What A Life" peaked at #48 in the fall and then they rebounded with the #5 disco hit "Que Sera Mi Vida" in the summer of 1980, spending 22 weeks on the survey, where "Cuba" lodged there for 19 weeks.
They continued putting out albums, about one a year having another career high with the 1987 release of "Emily". From some accounts this LP was recorded in 1984 and had scattered release dates in 1984, 1985 and 1986. A 12" remixed version appeared in France and Canada in 1985.
The brothers have soldiered on with sporadic original releases in 1996 and 2005. "Emily" was remastered as a double CD, with tons of bonus tracks in 2014.
Негізгі бет Gibson Brothers ~ Que Sera Mi Vida 1979 Disco Purrfection Version
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