Robin Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer-songwriter and record producer, best known for his collaboration with his brothers Barry and Maurice with the "Bee Gees" ("Brothers Gibb"). Born in Douglas, Isle of Man and raised in Greater Manchester, he and his brothers formed The Rattlesnakes in 1955 and the Bee Gees in 1958 while living in Australia. The Bee Gees sold over 200 million records, becoming one of the most successful pop groups of all time; their genre evolved from symphonic pop in the 1960s to disco in the 1970s. Robin Gibb was a supporter of Tony Blair's New Labour programme, campaigning for Labour in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in 2005 and even inviting Blair to stay at his Miami mansion in 2006. He also got along well with Blair's successor, Gordon Brown, and he worked with several charities until his death from kidney failure in 2012 at the age of 62.