Definition of clout. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to cover or patch with a clout clouted his worn-out shoe with a piece of leather. 3  2 : to hit forcefully He clouted 19 home runs last year. He clouted him on the back of the head.
The Bee Gees in 1967 (left to right: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Vince Melouney, Maurice Gibb and Colin Petersen) Before their departure from Australia to England, Hugh Gibb sent demos to Brian Epstein, a promoter who managed the Beatles and directed NEMS, a British music store.
The Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as wrote and produced several major hits for other artists. Born on the Isle of Man to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England, until the late 1950s. There, in 1955, they formed The Rattlesnakes.