There are many groups that have members with the same first name and there are many variations on it too, but here are 20 that came to mind.

Beautiful South	Dave Rotheray	Dave Stead
Belle and Sebastian	Stuart David	Stuart Murdoch
Buzzcocks	Steve Diggle	Steve Garvey
Deep Purple	Ian Pace	Ian Gillan
Def Leppard	Rick Allen	Rick Savage
Devo	Bob Mothersbaugh	Bob Casale
Eagles	Don Henley	Don Felder
Faces	Ronnie Lane	Ronnie Wood
Faith No More	Mike Patton	Mike Bordin
Free	Paul Rodgers	Paul Kossoff
Led Zeppelin	John Bonham	John Paul Jones
Level 42	Mark King	Mark Lindup
Manfred Mann	Mike Hugg	Mike D’Abo
Marillion	Steve Rotheray	Steve Hogarth
Monty Python	Terry Jones	Terry Gilliam
New world	John Lee	John Kane
Pink Floyd	Roger Waters	Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett
Rolling Stones	Mick Jagger	Mick Taylor
Spice Girls	Mel B	Mel C
They Might Be Giants	John Flansburgh	John Linnell

EMI stands for Electrical and Musical Instruments.

There was a heavy metal band in the 70s called Blackjack, their lead singer was Michael Bolton.

Moby is so named because his great, great grand-uncle is Herman Melville who wrote Moby Dick.

Ed Sheeran slept on Jamie Foxx’s couch for six weeks before he made it big in the music business.

When Carly Simon was a child she suffered from extreme stammering and, by her own admission, “Could hardly put together a complete sentence.”

The only band to play on all seven continents is Metallica.

The actor Billy Crystal’s uncle is Milt Gabler who produced three UK number ones including Bill Haley’s (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock. In 1993, Crystal inducted him into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. 

Panic! at the Disco started out as a Blink-182 covers band.

Celine Dion is the youngest of 14 children.

In Ariana Grande’s video for God Is a Woman, Madonna was the voice of God.

I’ve done this one before, but worth trying to get your head round it again…..At age 47, the Rolling Stones’ bassist, Bill Wyman, began a relationship with 13-year old Mandy Smith, with her mother’s blessing. Six years later, they were married, but the marriage only lasted a year. Not long after, Bill’s 30-year-old son Stephen married Mandy’s mother, age 46. That made Stephen a stepfather to his former stepmother. If Bill and Mandy had remained married, Stephen would have been his father’s father-in-law and his own grandpa.

The Gibb brothers, in various combinations, have been credited on 69 UK chart hits for other artists whether it be a cover of a Bee Gees song or a song specifically written for them. Here is the list,

	Artist	Title	Peak Position	Writer (s)	Comments
1	Barbra Streisand	Woman In Love	1	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
2	Diana Ross	Chain Reaction	1	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Michael Jackson
3	Take That	How Deep Is Your Love	1	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
4	Boyzone	Words	1	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
5	Steps	Tragedy	1	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
6	Vanessa Jenkins & Bryn West Feat Sir Tom Jones & Robin Gibb	Barry Islands In The Stream	1	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
7	Dionne Warwick	Heartbreaker	2	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
8	N-Trance Feat Ricardo Da Force	Stayin’ Alive	2	Dale Longworth/Kevin O’Toole/Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
9	Pras Michel Feat Odb And Mya	Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)	2	Pras Michel/Jean/Jones/Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb/James Brown/Bobby Byrd/Ronald Lenhoff	Borrows from Islands In The Stream
10	911	More Than A Woman	2	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
11	Steps	Chain Reaction	2	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
12	One True Voice	Sacred Trust	2	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb : Steve Parker/Daniel Pearce/Pete Waterman
13	Frankie Valli	Grease	3	Barry Gibb
14	Blockster	You Should Be…	3	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
15	Destiny’s Child	Emotion	3	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
16	Yvonne Elliman	If I Can’t Have You	4	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
17	Marbles	Only One Woman	5	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
18	Nina Simone	To Love Somebody	5	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
19	Alistair Griffin Duet With Robin Gibb	My Lover’s Prayer	5	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb
20	Liz Mcclarnon	Woman In Love	5	Robin Gibb/Barry Gibb :
21	Yvonne  Elliman	Love Me	6	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
22	Candi Staton	Nights On Broadway	6	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
23	Pras Michel	Blue Angels	6	Pras Michel/Barry Gibb/Jerry Duplessis
24	Martine  Mccutcheon	Love Me	6	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
25	Lil Bow Wow	Bow Wow (That’s My Name)	6	Jermaine Dupri/Bryan-Michael Cox/Barry Gibb	Samples Andy Gibb’s Shadow Dancing
26	Tavares	More Than A Woman	7	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
27	Jimmy Ruffin	Hold On To My Love	7	Robin Gibb/Blue Weaver
28	Kenny Rogers Duet With Dolly Parton	Islands In The Stream	7	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
29	Boogie Box High	Jive Talkin’	7	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
30	Jimmy Somerville	To Love Somebody	8	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
31	Andy Gibb	An Everlasting Love	10	Barry Gibb
32	Dionne Warwick	All The Love In The World	10	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
33	Samantha Sang	Emotion	11	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
34	Kim Wilde	If I Can’t Have You	12	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
35	Wyclef Jean Feat Refugee Allstars	We Trying To Stay Alive	13	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb/Wyclef Jean/Mitchell/John Forte	Samples Stayin’ Alive
36	Cliff Richard	I Cannot Give You My Love	13	Barry Gibb/Ashley Gibb
37	Adam Garcia	Night Fever	15	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
38	Michael Bolton	To Love Somebody	16	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
39	Startrax	Startrax Club Disco (Medley)	18	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb/Bruce Baxter
40	Engelbert Humperdinck	Sweetheart	22	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb
41	Leo Sayer	Heart (Stop Beating In Time)	22	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
42	The Mixmasters	The Night Fever Megamix (Medley)	23	Ronald Bell/Robert Bell/Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb/Leroy Green/Ron Kersey
43	Feliciano, Jose	And The Sun Will Shine	25	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
44	Rita Coolidge	Words	25	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
45	Andy Gibb	I Just Wanna Be Your Everything	26	Andy Gibb/Barry Gibb
46	Marbles	The Walls Fell Down	28	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
47	Andy Gibb	(Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away	32	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
48	Barbra Streisand And Barry Gibb	Guilty	34	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
49	R. Kelly & Jay-Z	Honey	35	R.Kelly/Shawn Carter/Samuel Barnes/Jean Claude Olivier/Maurice Gibb/Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb	Samples Love You Inside Out by the Bee Gees
50	Snoop Dogg	Ups And Downs	36	Calvin Broadus/Warryn Campbell/Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb	Samples The Bee Gees’ Love You Inside Out
51	Portrait	How Deep Is Your Love	41	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
52	Andy Gibb	Shadow Dancing	42	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
53	Craig Mclachlan	Grease	44	Barry Gibb
54	De Souza Feat Shena	Guilty	46	Barry Gibb/Albhy Galuten/Chris Morris/Lou Mullen/Ric Salmon
55	Diana Ross	Experience	47	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb/Andy Gibb
56	Frankie Valli, John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	Grease The Dream Mix (Medley)	47	Barry Gibb/Louis St Louis/Scott Simon/John Farrar
57	Fever Featuring Tippa Irie	Staying Alive 95	48	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
58	Faith No More	I Started A Joke	49	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
59	Lulu	Let Me Wake Up In Your Arms	51	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
60	Teri De Sario	Ain’t Nothin’ Gonna Keep Me From You	52	Barry Gibb
61	Black Eyed Peas	Joints And Jam	53	Allen Pineda/William Adams/Jaime Gomez/Paul Poli/Greg Phillinganes/Barry Gibb/Trevor Smith	Samples Grease by Fraankie Valli
62	Lyte Funkie Ones	Can’t Have You	54	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb/Rich Cronin/Brad Young/Dow Brain/Dakari
63	Kenny Rogers	Eyes That See In The Dark	61	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb
64	Rebekah Ryan	Woman In Love	64	Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb
65	Carol Douglas	Night Fever	66	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
66	Richard Ace	Stayin’ Alive	66	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb
67	Dionne Warwick	Yours	66	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb
68	Diana Ross	Eaten Alive	71	Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb
69	The Soldiers With Robin Gibb	I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You	75	Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb/Robin Gibb

Following on from last week, now here is a list of the 20 biggest-selling solo males artists in the world with 36 million+ records worldwide.

Rank	Artist	Sales
20	Bob Dylan	36m
19	Tupac Shakur	36.5m
18	Tim McGraw	37.5m
17	Rod Stewart	38.2m
16	Eric Clapton	40.1m
15	Alan Jackson	43.5m
14	Bob Seger	44.5m
13	Kenny Rogers	47.5m
12	Kenny G	48m
11	Neil Diamond	49.5m
10	Eminem	61.5m
9	Bruce Springsteen	65.5m
8	George Strait	69m
7	Elton John	79m
6	Billy Joel	85m
5	Michael Jackson	89m
4	Paul McCartney	116m
3	Elvis Presley	146.5m
2	Phil Collins	150.1m
1	Garth Brooks	157m

 

There are 21 bands who have sold 100 million or more records (combined albums and singles) worldwide.Here is the list…

Rank	Group	Sales
21	Dire Straits	100m
20	Backstreet Boys	100.1m
19	Guns ‘N Roses	100.5m
18	Bon Jovi	101.8m
17	Linkin Park	102.3m
16	Red Hot Child Peppers	102.6m
15	Coldplay	103.1m
14	Bee Gees	120m
13	Fleetwood Mac	121m
12	Maroon 5	121.5m
11	Metallica	125m
10	ABBA	150m
9	Aerosmith	150.2m
8	U2	150.5m
7	Rolling Stones	200m
6	AC/DC	200.2m
5	Eagles	201m
4	Queen	204m
3	Pink Floyd	250m
2	Led Zeppelin	300m
1	Beatles	600m

Here are the 16 singles that spent 13 weeks or more at number one in the French singles chart.

Weeks at no. 1	Artist	Title	Year
20	Lou Bega	Mambo no.5 (A Little Bit of…)	1999
18	Daniel Lavoie, Patrick Fiori & Garou	Belle	1998
17	Philippe D’Avilla, Damien Sargue & Grégori Baquet	Les Rois du monde (Roméo et Juliette)	2000
16	Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry	7 Seconds	1994
15	Jordy	Dur dur d’être bébé!	1992
15	Freddie Mercury	Living on My Own	1993
15	Yannick	Ces Soirées-là	2000
15	O-Zone	Dragostea Din Tei	2004
15	Ilona Mitrecey	Un Monde Parfait	2005
15	Images	Les Démons de minuit	1986
15	Licence IV	Viens boire un p’tit coup à la maison	1987
15	Coolio (feat. L.V.)	Gangsta’s Paradise	1995
13	Gala	Freed from Desire	1997
13	Céline Dion	My Heart Will Go on	1998
13	Crazy Frog	Axel F	2005
13	René la Taupe	Mignon Mignon	2010