Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Welsh drummer Dennis Bryon, left, and Australian drummer and actor Colin "Smiley" Petersen both played for the Bee Gees. (Jeff ...

The band turned a brief songwriting session into one of the defining hits of their early career.

Two different drummers from the Bee Gees have died, according to social media posts from former bandmates and a tribute group. Colin "Smiley" Petersen, 78, the original drummer for the group, and ...

Bee Gees drummer Dennis Bryon died within days of the group’s other sticksman Colin Petersen. Following the news that original drummer Colin passed away on November 18, at the age of 78, it has ...

Dennis Bryon has died at the age of 76, making him the second Bee Gees drummer to pass away in the past week. The musician played alongside the band between 1973 to 1981 and died in Nashville on ...

Petersen was the band's original drummer while Bryon joined in 1973. The Bee Gees family has suffered two tragedies within a matter of days. Two drummers of the pop-rock group, whose hits include ...

Former Bee Gees drummers Colin "Smiley" Petersen and Dennis Bryon, who played with the quintessential disco group in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively, have died within days of each other.

Shania Russell is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly, with five years of experience. Her work has previously appeared in SlashFilm and Paste Magazine.