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{{short description|France-based musical group}}
{{about||the US bluegrass group|Gibson Brothers (bluegrass duo)|the American garage rock band|Gibson Bros.}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See WP:WikiProject Musicians-->
| name            = Gibson Brothers
| image           = Gibson Brothers - 2018082185934 2018-03-23 Radio Regenbogen Award 2018 - Sven - 1D X MK II - 0299 - B70I2078.jpg
| alt             =
| image_size      = 
| caption         = Gibson Brothers (2018)
| background      = group_or_band
| alias           = 
| origin          = [[Martinique]], [[France]]
| genre           = [[Disco]]
| years_active    = 1976–present
| label           = 
| associated_acts =
| website         = [http://www.gibsonbrothers.fr Official website]
| current_members = Alex Francfort<br />Chris Francfort
| past_members    = Patrick Francfort
}}

The '''Gibson Brothers''' are a [[French people|French]] musical [[band (music)|group]], originally from [[Martinique]], who had their greatest success during the [[disco]] boom of the late 1970s. Their best known [[chart-topper|hit]] [[single (music)|single]]s included "[[Cuba (song)|Cuba]]" and "[[Que Sera Mi Vida (If You Should Go)|Que Sera Mi Vida]]".<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Dillon|first1=Charlotte|title=Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-gibson-brothers-mn0000659256/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
The three brothers, '''Chris Francfort''' (born 20 June 1954, [[singing|lead vocals]], [[percussion]]), '''Patrick Francfort''' (23 February 1957 – 4 April 2020, vocals, [[drum]]s)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dirigeants.bfmtv.com/Patrick-FRANCFORT-489137/|title=Patrick FRANCFORT - Dirigeant de la société Le Baiser Sale|website=Verif.com}}</ref><ref name=HLN /> and '''Alex Francfort''' (vocals, [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]), were born in [[Le Lamentin|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archyde.com/gibson-brothers-drummer-patrick-frankfort-disappears/|title=Gibson Brothers drummer Patrick Frankfort disappears|website=Archyde.com|date=5 April 2020|accessdate=6 April 2020 |author1=Archyde }}</ref> 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 The Gibson Brothers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/martinique/deces-musicien-819782.html|title=Coronavirus : Patrick Francfort le batteur Martiniquais des "Gibson Brothers" est décédé|website=FranceInfo|date=5 April 2020|accessdate=5 April 2020}}</ref>

They [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] their first single "Come to America" in [[Paris]] in 1976, and both it and its follow-up "Non Stop Dance" made the [[record chart|charts]] in [[Europe]], where they toured successfully.<ref name="AllMusic"/> The following year they released "Heaven", which was picked up by [[TK Records]] in the [[United States|U.S.]]

In 1978 they recorded "[[Cuba (song)|Cuba]]". In the [[United Kingdom|UK]] it made No. 41 on its initial release, and No. 12 when reissued in 1980.<ref name="UK">{{cite web|title=GIBSON BROTHERS - full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17511/gibson-brothers/|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> Like most of their other hits, it was [[songwriter|written]] and [[record producer|produced]] by Vangarde, and the [[Belgium|Belgian]] producer [[Jean Kluger]]. The Gibson Brothers had three further big hits in 1979 and 1980 with "[[Ooh, What a Life (song)|Ooh! What a Life]]", ”Mariana” and "[[Que Sera Mi Vida (If You Should Go)|Que Sera Mi Vida]]".<ref name="AllMusic"/>

Patrick Francfort, known as Patrick Gibson, died on April 4, 2020, from [[COVID-19]].<ref name=HLN>{{cite web|url=https://www.hln.be/showbizz/patrick-francfort-van-de-gibson-brothers-overleden-aan-corona~a2959121/|title=Patrick Francfort van de Gibson Brothers overleden aan corona|work=Het Laatste Nieuws|date=5 April 2020|accessdate=4 March 2021|language=Dutch}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Album
! style="width:35px;"|<small>[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name="UK"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1977
| ''By Night''
| align=center | —
|-
| ''Non-Stop Dance/Come to America''
| align=center | —
|-
| 1978
| ''Heaven''
| align=center | —
|-
| 1979
| ''Cuba''
| align=center | —
|-
| 1980
| ''On the Riviera''
| align=center | 50
|-
| 1981
| ''Quartier Latin''
| align=center | —
|-
| 1984
| ''Emily''
| align=center | —
|-
| 1996
| ''Move On Up''
| align=center | —
|-
| 2005
| ''Blue Island''
| align=center | —
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Date
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"|Title
! scope="col" colspan="10"|Charts
! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album
|-<!--10 maximum-->
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|FRA}}<ref name="classements">{{cite web |access-date=15 November 2023 |date=May 2015 |title=World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries: GIBSON BROTHERS |url=https://artisteschartsventes.blogspot.com/2015/05/gibson-brothers.html |website=Artisteschartsventes}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|GER}}<ref name=ger>{{cite web |access-date=15 November 2023 |language=de |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts: Gibson Brothers |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Gibson+Brothers |website=[[GfK Entertainment]]}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|AUS}}<br><ref>{{cite book |date=1993 |first=David |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |last=Kent |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|BEL}}
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|FIN}}
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|ITA}}<ref>{{cite web |access-date=15 November 2023 |language=it |title=M&D: Classifiche |url=https://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |website=musicaedischi.it}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->. Sélectionnez « Singoli » à côté de « Tipo » puis tapez le titre respectif dans le champ « Titolo » et cliquez sur « cerca ».</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|HOL}} <br /><ref name=nld>{{cite web |language=nl |publisher=dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien |title=Dutch Charts > Gibson Brothers |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gibson+Brothers}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|UK}}
! scope="col" style="width:10em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|US}}<br>[[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<br><ref name="Joel Whitburn's Top Pop 1955–1982">{{cite book |author=Joel Whitburn |date=1983 |isbn=0-89820-051-2 |language=en |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |page=173 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop 1955-1982}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name="Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-gibson-brothers-mn0000659256/awards |title=The Gibson Brothers - Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2022-02-05 |archive-date=2013-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111033917/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-gibson-brothers-mn0000659256/awards |url-status=deviated}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:10em;font-size:90%;"|{{flag|US}}<br>[[Dance Club Songs|US <small>Dance</small>]]<br><ref name=usdance>{{cite book |author=Joel Whitburn |date=2004 |isbn=0-89820-156-X |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |title=Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
|-
|align="left"|1976
|align="left"|''Come to America''
|35
|—
|—
|12
|—
|12
|—
|—
|—
|—
|rowspan="3"|''Non-Stop Dance/Come to America''
|-
|align="left" rowspan="5"|1977
|align="left"|''Non-Stop Dance''
|42
|—
|—
|1
|—
|—
|1
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left"|''Because I Love You''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left"|''Baby It's the Singer'' 
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|28
|—
|—
|—
|—
|rowspan="3"|''By Night''
|-
|align="left"|''Somewhere'' <small>(France only)</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left"|''Haunted Love'' <small>(Sweden only)</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left" rowspan="2"|1978
|align="left"|''Heaven''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|25
|—
|—
|—
|—
|''Heaven''
|-
|align="left"|''Jenny''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|''Non Album Single''
|-
|align="left" rowspan="4"|1979
|align="left"|''Cuba''
|13
|22
|—
|25
|1
|19
|30
|41
|81
|9
|rowspan="5"|''Cuba''
|-
|align="left"|''Ooh, What a Life''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|14
|—
|—
|10
|—
|48
|-
|align="left"|''Better Do It Salsa''
|47
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left"|''Qué será mi vida (If You Should Go)''
|35
|4
|9
|1
|23
|—
|1
|5
|—
|8
|-
|align="left" rowspan="5"|1980
|align="left"|''Cuba/Better Do It Salsa'' <small>(UK re-issue)</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|12
|—
|—
|-
|align="left"|''Mariana''
|—
|14
|—
|—
|16
|—
|—
|11
|—
|—
|rowspan="4"|''On the Riviera''
|-
|align="left"|''Metropolis''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left"|''Latin America''
|31
|38
|—
|—
|—
|—
|18
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left"|''Dancin' the Mambo''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left" rowspan="2"|1981
|align="left"|''Sheela''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|rowspan="3"|''Quartier Latin''
|-
|align="left"|''Quartier Latin''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left" rowspan="2"|1982
|align="left"|''Train to Bombay''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left"|''My Heart's Beating Wild (Tic Tac Tic Tac)''
|14
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|56
|—
|—
|''Non Album Single''
|-
|align="left"|1983
|align="left"|''Silver Nights''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|rowspan="3"|''Emily''
|-
|align="left" |1984
|align="left"|''Hey Ho (Move Your Body)''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left" |1985
|align="left"|''Emily''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left" |1986
|align="left"|''Party Tonight''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|rowspan="5"|''Non Album Singles''
|-
|align="left" |1988
|align="left"|''Ends of the World''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left" |1990
|align="left"|''Megamix''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left" |1991
|align="left"|''Let's All Dance''<br><small>(feat. [[David Christie (singer)|David Christie]])</small>
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
|align="left" |1992
|align="left"|''Señora Maria''
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|-
| colspan="13" style="text-align:center; font-size:8pt;"| « — » denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724183351/http://www.thegibsonbrothers.fr/ Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thegibsonbrothers1 Official myspace page]
* {{Discogs artist|Gibson Brothers}}

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[[Category:Eurodisco groups]]
[[Category:French musical groups]]
[[Category:Island Records artists]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1976]]
[[Category:1976 establishments in France]]
[[Category:Family musical groups]]
[[Category:Sibling musical trios]]