UBillie Davis ungumculi wesiNgisi nombhali wengoma odumile maphakathi nekhulu lama-1963. Ingoma yakhe eshisa izikhotha isabizwa ngengoma ethi Mtshele, eyaphuma ngo-1968. Ingoma ethi I Want You To Be My Baby (XNUMX) nayo yaziwa kabanzi.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaBillie Davis
Igama langempela lomculi nguCarol Hedges (igama-mbumbulu elithi Billy Davis liphakanyiswe ngumdidiyeli wakhe uRobert Stigwood). Wazalwa ngoDisemba 22, 1944 edolobheni laseNgilandi laseWoking. Igama mbumbulu ladalwa ngamagama amabili - uBillie Holiday (umculi we-jazz odumile waseMelika) noSammy Davis Jr. (umculi odumile waseMelika, umdansi nosomahlaya).
Ngaphambi kokuqala umsebenzi wakhe womculo, uCarol wasebenza njengonjiniyela futhi wayefisa ukuqala umsebenzi womculo. Ngenxa yomncintiswano wamathalente, wenze iphupho lakhe lifezekiswa. Iqembu iRebel Rousers, elasungulwa nguCliff Bennett, lamsiza ukuba anqobe lo mncintiswano.
Ngemuva kwalokho, uBilly wahlangana neqembu leTornados kanye nomdidiyeli uJoe Meek. I-Tornados iyiqembu lezinsimbi elasebenza ngokukhethekile ekudaleni amalungiselelo. Ngakho-ke, wabhala umculo, futhi uDavis wenza izingxenye zezwi. Nokho, lawa bekungamademo ambalwa kuphela angazange athuthuke abe okunye.
Umsebenzi wokuqala kaBillie Davis
Kwabe sekuqala ukusebenzisana nomdidiyeli uRobert Stigwood, okwaholela ekukhululweni kwe-albhamu ethi Will I What (1962). I-disc ayizange ikhishwe yodwa, kodwa yabhalwa ngokubambisana noMike Sarn. Kamuva, enye yezingoma eziku-albhamu yaculwa ngumlingisi odumile uWendy Richard kanye noMike futhi yakhululwa njengeyodwa ethi Woza Ngaphandle. Ingoma ifike kunombolo 1 ku-UK Singles Chart. Nokho, lokhu akuzange kwengeze ukuduma kuBilly.
Isiqalo emsebenzini wakhe kwaba ngoFebhuwari 1963, lapho uDavis enza inguqulo yeqembu elithi The Exciters engomeni ethi Mtshele. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi lokhu kushaya kwaculwa izinkanyezi eziningi zezigaba zesiNgisi nezaseMelika eminyakeni ehlukene. Ukwakhiwa kwenziwa kokubili ngeminyaka yawo-1960 nangama-1990 ekhulwini elidlule. Ngaso leso sikhathi, inguqulo eyaqoshwa nguBilly yaba enye ethandwa kakhulu futhi yaba yi-hit yangempela.
Ushaye ishadi eliyinhloko laseBrithani futhi wathatha indawo ye-10 lapho. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uDavis wayengomunye wabalingisi bokuqala abenza inguqulo yekhava (eyangempela yakhululwa ngo-1962, futhi ngoJanuwari noFebruwari 1963 yayisivele isemashadi omculo wamazwe ngamazwe). Ngakho, kwamanye amashadi, inguqulo yokuqala nesembozo zazicishe zibe ngesikhathi esifanayo.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, ngokoqobo ngemva kwenyanga, kwakhululwa ingoma yesibili ethi He's Te One. Ingoma iphinde yashadi e-UK entwasahlobo yangena kwabangama-40 abahamba phambili. Ngakho-ke, ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaDavis kwaba ngaphezu kokuphumelela. Izingoma zakhe zazijikeleziswa kakhulu eziteshini zomsakazo, futhi abalaleli nabagxeki bathatha imisebenzi yakhe yokuqala kahle kakhulu.
UBillie Davis unebhadi
Nokho, kwakunzima kakhulu ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi ngemva kwesiqalo esinamandla kangaka. I-1963 unyaka lapho umculo waqala ukuthonywa kakhulu umsebenzi weThe Beatles. Yileli qembu elabeka izitayela zomculo. Umculo kaBilly wawuhluke kakhulu kulokho okwenziwe yi-Beatles.
Umphumela waba ukungqubuzana phakathi kwelebula nomculi. Ukungaboni ngaso linye okuhlobene nezezimali kuphoqe ukuthi lo mculi ashiye iDecca Records.
Kwavela umbuzo onzima - kufanele uqhubeke nomsebenzi wakho ngayiphi indlela? Nokho, ngaphambi kokuba umculi abe nesikhathi sokumphendula, kwenzeka isenzakalo esingemnandi. Ngo-September 1963, uBillie wabandakanyeka engozini ye-limousine nomshayi wesigubhu u-Jet Harris. Ngemva kwalokho, ngenxa yengozi, umculi wathola umhlathi ophukile, futhi umshayi wesigubhu walimala kabi ekhanda, okwenza umsebenzi wakhe waba nzima.
Iciko namuhla
Kuleli qophelo, uCarol waba nezinkinga ezimbili ngesikhathi esisodwa. Okokuqala, izinyanga ezine uncishwa ngokuphelele ithuba lokuqopha izingoma. Futhi lokhu naphezu kokuthi izinyanga zokuqala ngemva kokukhululwa kwezingoma ezithandwayo zingenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu emsebenzini wanoma yimuphi umculi.
Esikhundleni sokuthola ukuma emashadini ngamahithi amasha, uBilly uphoqeleke ukuthi alinde lesi sikhathi. Inkinga yesibili ethinte kabi ukwakheka kwenkinga ngamahemuhemu amaningi mayelana nokuthandana kwakhe noJet Harris. UHarris wayeyindoda yomkhaya eyisibonelo, kanti uCarol wayeyibhungu elineminyaka engu-17 ubudala. Amahemuhemu anjalo abangela imibono eminingi engemihle ngale ntombazane.
Ngo-2007, engxoxweni, uHedges wavuma ukuthi la mahemuhemu abe esemisa kakhulu umsebenzi wakhe. UHedges ukhiphe uchungechunge lwezingoma noKeith Powell ngo-1966. Abazange bawashaye indiva amashadi, nakuba bamukelwa kahle ngumphakathi. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960, umculi wabuyela eDecca Records, kodwa yayingasekho impumelelo.
Ukungena kokugcina eshadini bekuwukuthi Ngifuna Ube Ingane Yami (1968). Kuze kube ngama-1980s, uBilly wabhala futhi wakhulula izingoma ezintsha, kodwa abalandeli bakhe bancipha. Lo mculi waduma kakhulu ezilalelini ezikhuluma iSpanishi, ngakho isikhathi eside waqhubeka nokukhulula amarekhodi nokuvakasha.
Ukusebenza kokugcina kwenzeka ngo-2006, lapho ephinde ehlangene nomculi we-drummer Jet Harris kumakhonsathi ahlangene.
