The Bee Gees’ first national TV appearance on Nine’s variety show Desmond and the Channel 9 Pins, on 12 August 1960.
They perform 'Time is Passing By', a song written by Barry Gibb, who was 13 at the time of the performance. Brothers Robin and Maurice were 10.
They were flown from Brisbane to perform. Note the guitar featuring the letters BG.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.