The Gibson Brothers are a French musical group, originally from Martinique, who had their greatest success during the disco boom of the late 1970s. Their best known hit singles included "Non-stop dance" (first half 1977), "Cuba" (first half 1979) and "Que Sera Mi Vida" (end 1979 - first half 1980).
Career The three brothers, Chris Francfort (born 20 June 1954, lead vocals, percussion), Patrick Francfort (23 February 1957 – 4 April 2020, vocals, drums) and Alex Francfort (vocals, keyboards), were born in Lamentin Acajou on Martinique. They traveled with their parents to Paris in the mid-1950s, and in 1969 joined the group Phalansters, formed by Jean-Jacques Goldman. They also formed the group Martinique Express, who appeared on French television alongside Guy Lux. They were seen by record producer Daniel Vangarde, who changed the name of their group to Gibson Brothers.
They recorded their first single "Come to America" in Paris in 1976, and both it and its follow-up "Non Stop Dance" made the charts in Europe, where they toured successfully. The following year they released "Heaven", which was picked up by TK Records in the U.S.
In 1978, they recorded "Cuba". In the UK it made No. 41 on its initial release, and No. 12 when reissued in 1980. Like most of their other hits, it was written and produced by Vangarde, and the Belgian producer Jean Kluger. The Gibson Brothers had three further big hits in 1979 and 1980 with "Ooh! What a Life", ”Mariana” and "Que Sera Mi Vida".
Patrick Francfort, known as Patrick Gibson, died on April 4, 2020, from COVID-19.
Discography Albums Year AlbumUK1977 By Night — Non-Stop Dance/Come to America — 1978 Heaven — 1979 Cuba — 1980 On the Riviera 50 1981 Quartier Latin — 1984 Emily — 1996 Move On Up — 2005 Blue Island — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Singles DateTitleChartsAlbum. Sélectionnez « Singoli » à côté de « Tipo » puis tapez le titre respectif dans le champ « Titolo » et cliquez sur « cerca ». Hot 100US Dance1976"Come to America"35——12—12————Non-Stop Dance/Come to America1977"Non-Stop Dance"42——1——1———"Because I Love You"——————————"Baby It's the Singer" —————28————By Night"Somewhere" (France only)——————————"Haunted Love" (Sweden only)——————————1978"Heaven"—————25————Heaven"Jenny"——————————Non-album single1979"Cuba"1322—251193041819Cuba"Ooh, What a Life"————14——10—48"Better Do It Salsa"47—————————"Qué será mi vida (If You Should Go)"3549123—15—81980"'Cuba/Better Do It Salsa" (UK re-issue)———————12——"Mariana"—14——16——11——On the Riviera"Metropolis"——————————"Latin America"3138————18———"Dancin' the Mambo"——————————1981"Sheela"——————————Quartier Latin"Quartier Latin"——————————1982"Train to Bombay"——————————"My Heart's Beating Wild (Tic Tac Tic Tac)"14——————56——Non-album single1983"Silver Nights"——————————Emily1984"Hey Ho (Move Your Body)"——————————1985"Emily"——————————1986"Party Tonight"——————————Non-album singles1988"Ends of the World"——————————1990"Megamix"——————————1991"Let's All Dance"(feat. David Christie)——————————1992"Señora Maria"—————————— « — » denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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