I-Bing Crosby iyi-crooner ethandwa kakhulu futhi "iphayona" lezinkomba ezintsha zekhulunyaka elidlule - imboni yamafilimu, ukusakaza nokuqoshwa kwemisindo.
U-Crosby ufakwe unomphela ohlwini "lwegolide" lwase-United States. Ngaphezu kwalokho, waphula irekhodi lekhulu lama-XNUMX - inani lamarekhodi ezingoma zakhe athengisiwe lalingaphezu kwesigamu sebhiliyoni.
Ubuntwana nobusha be-Bing Crosby
Igama langempela likaCrosby Bing nguHarry Lillis Crosby wazalwa ngoMeyi 3, 1903 eTacoma, eWashington, e-USA. Umthandi omncane weziqeshana ezivela emaphephandabeni nakomagazini wathola isidlaliso sakhe eneminyaka engu-6 ("Bingo" uhlobo lweloto). Umndeni wakhulela izingane eziyisikhombisa, owesine kubo kwakunguHarry.
Umculi wesikhathi esizayo waqala ukucula esikoleni se-jazz. Khona-ke eyunivesithi, uHarry wahlangana no-Al Rinker. Udadewabo womngane wakhe wayengumculi futhi wayesiza abantu abasha ukuba bathole imisebenzi kuma-nightclub. Laba ababili bathole udumo oluthile.
Phumela esiteji esikhulu
Ngodadewabo ongumculi, abafana bahlangana noPaul Whiteman, umculi owaziwayo eMelika. UPaul uhlongoze ukudala iqembu elithi The Rhythm Boys, elalihlanganisa abantu abathathu (ngaphandle kukaHarry no-Al, lalihlanganisa noGary Barris).
UBing Crosby waduma kakhulu ngesikhathi esifushane kangangokuthi ingoma yakhe ye-jazz ethi Ol' Man River yaba wuphawu lwe-Whiteman Orchestra. Ngaleso sikhathi, uCrosby waqala ukuthatheka kakhulu ngeziphuzo ezidakayo, futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, waxabana noPaul.
Ngenxa yalokho, washiya iRhythm Boys futhi wamukela isimemo esivela kuGus Arnheim Orchestra. Kanye naye, amanye amalungu amabili amathathu aya lapho. Kodwa njengoba uCrosby "edonsele" yonke inkazimulo kuye, ukuhlukana kwenzeka phakathi kwabangane bangaphambili, futhi u-Bing wanquma ukuphishekela umsebenzi wakhe yedwa.
Ukukhuphuka kwe-Bing Crosby
NgoSepthemba 1931, uCrosby waqala ukuvela emsakazweni eyedwa, kwathi ekupheleni konyaka kwasayinwa inkontileka yokusingatha uhlelo lwamasonto onke olwaduma kakhulu. Ngalesi sikhathi, izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ethi Out of Nowhere, Just One More Chance, At Your Command zaba ngabaholi kwezokuthengisa.
Ngawo-1930, u-Bing Crisby waba umculi ongunombolo 1 e-US. Wabuye waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe wefilimu futhi wavela kumafilimu amafushane omculo ahlekisayo kaMack Sennett. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukubambisana nenkampani yokurekhoda ye-Decca kwaqala futhi ukudubula kwenzeka kwifilimu yobude obugcwele ethi "Big Transfer". Lesi sithombe sasingesokuqala kwezingu-78 ezalandela. UCrosby waqhubeka nokusebenza emsakazweni.
Lapho kuqala iMpi Yezwe II, u-Bing Crosby wenza okuningi "bukhoma" phambi kwamasosha ebutho laseMelika. Ngemva kokufunda kahle indlela yokubiza isiJalimane, waqhuba inkulumo-ze yezempi yaseJalimane emsakazweni.
AmaJalimane ambiza ngokuthi uDer Bingle, futhi ngesandla sabo "esilula", lesi siteketiso sasakazeka phakathi kwamaMelika. Lapho, ekupheleni kwempi, kwenziwa ucwaningo phakathi kwamasosha aseMelika, kwavela ukuthi nguye, u-Bing Crosby, owaba ngumholi ekukhuphuleni umoya wamasosha, eshiya ngisho noMongameli Roosevelt ngemuva kwakhe.
"Ingoma yempilo yonke" kaCrosby kwaba iculo elithi White Christmas elingafi, eladlalwa emsakazweni ngobusuku obandulela uKhisimusi wango-1941, ngokushesha yathatha indawo yokuqala emashadini futhi yahlala lapho unyaka wonke. Le ngoma futhi yaba ngumholi ngo-1 no-1945, ishaya i-Guinness Book of Records. Amarekhodi ayizigidi eziyi-1947 adayiswe emhlabeni wonke!
UCrosby waklonyeliswa ngesihloko somdlali ongcono kakhulu emhlabeni ngemva kwempi, kwathi izikhathi ezingu-11 wangena kwabayishumi abahamba phambili. Iqoqo likaCrosby lezimpumelelo lihlanganisa amarekhodi angama-10 egolide neplatinamu. UBing Crosby wawina iGrammy ngo-23.
UCrosby waba umsunguli wesitayela esibizwa ngokuthi "crooner" sokucula, kamuva okwaba ingxenye ebalulekile ye-jazz.
Iminyaka yokugcina yempilo ka-Bing Crosby
Ngawo-1970, umculi waqala ukuba nezinkinga ezimbi kakhulu ngamaphaphu akhe, kodwa, njengoba esethuthukise impilo yakhe, wangena esigabeni esisha emsebenzini wakhe wokudala.
Kwanikezwa amakhonsathi amaningi futhi kwaqoshwa inani lama-albhamu. Ngo-1977, uCrosby walimala kanzima umgogodla ngemuva kokuwela ngephutha emgodini we-orchestra ngesikhathi sokudlala.
Ikhonsathi yokugcina ka-Bing Crosby e-US yenzeka ngo-Agasti 1977, kwathi ngoSepthemba wayovakasha e-UK. E-England, lo mculi uqophe i-albhamu ethi Izinkathi, eyaba ngeyokugcina empilweni yakhe.
Futhi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kwekhonsathi yokugcina, umculi odumile washona emaphethelweni aseMadrid, lapho endiza khona ukuzingela nokudlala igalofu. Ukuxilongwa kwezokwelapha kwaba isifo senhliziyo.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Bing Crosby
Unkosikazi wokuqala ka-Bing Crosby kwakungumculi uDixie Lee, ahlala naye iminyaka engama-22. Wabulawa umdlavuza, uCrosby wasala namadodana amane. Ngemuva kokuthandana okuningana nabalingisi, uCrosby waphinde washada eminyakeni emi-5 kamuva noCatherine Grant. Kulo mshado, lo mbhangqwana unendodana namadodakazi amabili.
Ubuthakathaka bukaCrosby botshwala nensangu buyaziwa. Wayeka ukubhema okokugcina ngemva kokuhlinzwa ngo-1974.
I-Bing yayinezinto ezimbili zokuzilibazisa eziyinhloko - amahhashi nezemidlalo, okuyibhola. Wayengumlandeli oshisekayo wegalofu. Akazange aphuthelwe imiqhudelwano ye-amateur, lapho ayevame ukunqoba khona.
Indodana endala uHarry yabhala inkumbulo ngoyise, lapho yambonisa khona njengomuntu obandayo futhi ongajabulisi. Kodwa ezinye izingane zaseCrosby azizange zivume. Noma ngabe kunjalo, igalelo lomculi esikweni laseMelika nelomhlaba ngeke lilinganiswe ngokweqile.
