UBertie Higgins wazalwa ngoDisemba 8, 1944 eTarpon Springs, eFlorida, e-USA.
Igama lokuzalwa: Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins.
Njengokhokho wakhe u-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, u-Bertie Higgins uyimbongi enekhono, umxoxi wezindaba owazalwa, umzwilili kanye nomculi.
Ebuntwaneni uBertie Higgins
UJoseph “Bertie” Higgins wazalelwa futhi wakhulela emphakathini omuhle wamaGreki waseTarpon Springs. I-romantic romantic uJoseph kusukela ebuntwaneni yayinobuciko kakhulu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ingane ezimele kakhulu.
Ngemali yakhe ephaketheni, wasebenza njenge-pearl diver, okungewona umsebenzi ongajwayelekile eFlorida. Imangazwe kuphela iminyaka ye-diver encane.
Ngokokuqala ngqa esiteji, uJoseph oneminyaka engu-12 ubudala wabonakala esesimweni se-"ventriloquist". Wawina umklomelo ophambili embukisweni wamathalente wendawo futhi waba intandokazi emaphathini ezikole nasemakilabhini.
Kodwa eminyakeni emibili kamuva waba nesithakazelo emculweni futhi wasungula ibhendi yakhe yesikole, edlala i-rock and roll yakamuva.
Izingoma zakhe ezinamazwi, i-rock and roll yakhe iwuthando epharadesi lasezindaweni ezishisayo, ezishisayo nezothando njengesibhakabhaka phezu kweFlorida.
Iqhawe lezingoma zakhe lizama njalo ukuqonda incazelo yokuphila, ukuphenya emicabangweni eyimfihlo, ukwembula ingqikithi engaqondakali yowesifazane amthandayo.
Izingoma ezigcwele incazelo - le yindlela ongawaveza ngayo amazwi abhalwe u-Higgins. Ibhendi yaduma, idlala kuma-prom esikole, amaphathi nemidanso.
Intsha kaBertie Higgins
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, uBertie waya ekolishi eSt. Petersburg, efundela ubuntatheli nezobuciko obuhle, kodwa umculo wawusenhliziyweni yakhe. Washiya phansi waba ngumshayi wesigubhu eqenjini likaTommy Rowe.
Iqembu lavakashela, izethameli ngaphambi komdlalo "wafudumala" ngabaculi abanjengo: The Rollings Stones, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Manfred Mann nabanye.
Umsebenzi we-solo njengomculi
Ukukhathala ohambweni olude kanye nesifiso sokwenza iphrojekthi yakhe yomculo kwaholela eqinisweni lokuthi uBertie walishiya iqembu futhi wabuyela ekhaya eFlorida.
Wabeka izigubhu eshalofini, wathatha isiginci waqala ukwenza umculo, amagama. Kwakuyisikhathi sokwaneliseka okukhulu nenkululeko yomuntu siqu.
Abakhiqizi abadumile abafana noBob Crew (Izinkathi Ezine), uPhil Gernhard (Lobo) noFelton Jarvis (Elvis) babonisa isithakazelo ezingomeni zakhe. Lokhu kube nomthelela ekudumeni kombhali uqobo kanye nezinga lemibhalo yakhe. UBertie waduma eMelika.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, wahlangana noBurt Reynolds (umlingisi nomqondisi odumile), owabona ku-Higgins amandla ombhali wesikrini futhi waba umeluleki wakhe.
I-Atlanta
Ngo-1980, uBertie wathuthela e-Atlanta wahlangana noSonny Limbaugh, owayengumdidiyeli weqembu lezwe i-Alabama futhi waba nesandla emisebenzini yamanye amaqembu omculo amaningana.
U-Limbaugh uhlele umhlangano phakathi kukaBertie nomshicileli womculo uBill Lowry, u-Higgins ayemazi kusukela ezinsukwini zakhe neqembu likaTommy Rowe. Umhlangano walo zintathu wawuyinhlekelele, kwakufanele kwenzeke.
U-Bertie ngalesi sikhathi wayesebenza engomeni ekhuluma ngezothando ezihlulekile. Ukhombise uhlaka kuBill noSonny. Bamsize ukuthi acwenge amagama, okwaholela ku-ballad yothando ethi Key Largo.
Akukholakali, kodwa ukuqoshwa kwaleli culo kwenqatshwa izikhathi ezimbalwa ngabakwa-Kat Family Records, futhi ukubekezela kukaBertie, uBill noSonny kuphela okwasiza ukukhulula eyodwa ngo-1981.
Umculi odumile emhlabeni
U-Key Largo "uqhumise" amashadi aseMelika, wafinyelela phezulu kumashadi ngesikhathi esifushane. Ithatha indawo yesi-8 emqhudelwaneni kazwelonke wamahithi, le ngoma ibidume umhlaba wonke. Kwakuyimpumelelo enkulu! UBertie wayethandwa kakhulu.
Izingoma ezilandelayo ziphinde zaba amahithi, njengokuthi: Just Another Day in Paradise, Casablanca kanye nePirates and Poets. I-Casablanca bekuyingoma ewinile ku-Asia-Pacific Song Festival (efana ne-Eurovision Song Contest) futhi i-albhamu yaqinisekiswa nge-platinum.
U-Bertie Higgins waphakama wavelela emhlabeni wonke ngobusuku obubodwa futhi usigcinile isimo sakhe senkanyezi kuze kube yilolu suku.
Yethula
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, uBertie ubelokhu ejikeleza umhlaba. Wonke amakhonsathi akhe athengiswa, wathola ukubuyekezwa okuhlonishwayo kubagxeki bomculo.
Igama lakhe liqoshwe ngezinhlamvu zegolide e-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame eCleveland nase-Music Hall of Fame eGeorgia.
Ungumdlali ophelele, umbhali wamaculo kanye nephimbo, ubuye abe ngumbhali wesikrini/noveli nomlingisi ophumelele. U-Bertie ungumnikazi wendawo yokudlela ephumelelayo eFlorida Keys futhi ubhala umculo nezinkondlo.
Udale izinhlelo eziningi zezingxoxo zethelevishini, izinhlelo ezahlukahlukene emhlabeni jikelele futhi, naphezu kweminyaka yakhe ehloniphekile, uyaqhubeka nokumenywa ukuba avakashele umhlaba wonke.
U-Higgins ungumsekeli omkhulu wezinhlangano ezisiza abampofu eziningana - i-hospice, i-VFW, i-American Cancer Society, i-The Boys' and Girls' Clubs of America ingeminye yemisebenzi yakhe yokusiza abanye edume kakhulu.
Udlala njalo futhi abambe iqhaza kumakhonsathi enhlangano esiza abantulayo futhi uthatha le ndawo yempilo yakhe njengento ebaluleke kakhulu. Umsebenzi oqhubekayo endaweni yakubo eFlorida ukongiwa kwezinhlobo zezinyoni ezisengozini, ikakhulukazi i-peliccan ensundu.
Ubuye wasebenza ekulondolozeni izibani zaseFlorida eziwohloka ngokushesha. Inikele ekubuyiselweni komunye wabo eduze kwedolobha lakubo iTarpon Springs.
Lo mculi-umbhali wezingoma ophelele uyaqhubeka nokubhala futhi acule mayelana namachweba aluhlaza, izihlabathi zegolide neziqhingi ezinelanga ngesitayela asibiza ngokuthi "itshe le-trope."
