Umculi waseMelika oyingqayizivele uBobbie Gentry uthole ukuthandwa kwakhe ngenxa yokuzinikela kwakhe ohlotsheni lomculo wezwe, lapho abesifazane bengazange badlale ngaphambili. Ikakhulukazi ngezingoma ezibhalwe mathupha. Isitayela se-ballad esingavamile sokucula esinemibhalo ye-gothic ngokushesha sahlukanisa umculi kwabanye abadlali. Futhi uvunyelwe ukuthatha isikhundla esiphambili ohlwini lwezingoma ezihamba phambili ngokusho kukamagazini weBillboard.
Ubuntwana bomculi uBobbie Gentry
Igama langempela lomdlali nguRoberta Lee Streeter. Abazali bakhe, uRuby Lee noRobert Harrison Streeter, bahlukanisa cishe ngokushesha ngemva kokuzalwa kwentombazane. Ukukhula kukaRoberta omncane kwadlula ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima, ngaphandle kokunethezeka kwempucuko, ekanye nabazali bakayise. Intombazane yayifuna ngempela ukuba umculi, futhi yanikezwa upiyano, ishintshisana ngenkomo eyodwa. Lapho u-Gentry eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, weza nengoma emangalisayo ngenja. Uyise wamsiza wafunda ezinye izinsimbi.
Lapho uBobby eneminyaka engu-13 ubudala, wathathwa unina, owayehlala eCalifornia futhi kakade enomunye umndeni. Baze bacula ndawonye njengoRuby noBobby Myers. Le ntombazane yazithathela igama elingelona iqiniso eliqanjwe ngumlingisi oqavile wefilimu, uRuby Gentry, ngaleso sikhathi owayengunobuhle wesifundazwe owagcina eshade nesicebi sasendaweni.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, uGentry wanquma ukuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe e-Los Angeles e-Faculty of Philosophy. Ukuze azisekele, kwakudingeka acule emaqenjini okudansa futhi asebenze njengomodela.
Kamuva, lo mculi owayesafuna ukucula wathuthela e-conservatory. Wake waya ekhonsathini kaJody Reynolds futhi wacela isikhathi sokuqopha. Ngenxa yalokho, kwethulwe imisebenzi emibili ehlanganyelwe: I-Stranger in the Mirror kanye ne-Requiem for Love. Izingoma azizange zidume.
I-Bobbie Gentry Music Career
Ukuqala komsebenzi wobungcweti ka-Gentry kungabhekwa njengokuvela kwengoma ethi Ode to Billie Joe, inguqulo yedemo eyethulwa e-Glendale eWhitney Recording Studio. Umculi wayefuna ukunikeza izingoma zakhe kwabanye abadlali. Kodwa kwadingeka enze i-Ode kuBillie Joe ngokwakhe, njengoba engakwazi ukukhokhela izinsizakalo zomculi okhokhelwayo.
UGentry wabe esesayina inkontileka neCapitol Records futhi waqala ukuqopha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala. Ifake u-Ode kuBillie Joe, nakuba ohamba phambili bekufanele kube yiMississippi Delta. U-Ode kuBillie Joe wahlala ku-No. 1 kumagazini we-Billboard amasonto ambalwa, futhi ekupheleni konyaka kwase kuyi-No. Le single yayidume kakhulu kangangokuthi yadayisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-3. Ngenxa yephephabhuku i-Rolling Stone, yafakwa ohlwini lwezingoma ezidumile ezingu-3.
Ukuze udale i-albhamu ethi Ode to Billie Joe, kwengezwe ezinye izingoma ezingu-12, ezihlanganisa amaculo aluhlaza, i-jazz nezingoma zesintu. Ukusakazwa kwandiswe kwaba amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingu-500 futhi kwaphumelela kakhulu, kwahlula ngisho namaBeatles.
Ngo-1967, umculi waklonyeliswa ezintathu Grammy imiklomelo emkhakheni "Best Female Performer", "Most Promising Female Vocalist" kanye "Female Vocalist". Ukuba nezwi eliklanywe ngendlela emangalisayo, elithakatha ngomculo omnandi kanye nomuzwa ocacile, kwandise amathuba eciko okudala.
Ngemva konyaka, kwakhululwa ingoma eyodwa ethi La Città è Grande. Ngaso leso sikhathi baqopha i-disc ethi The Delta Sweete, eyayinzima futhi iphelele. U-Gentry uziqophe yena amaphuzu omculo, edlala upiyano, isiginci, i-banjo nezinye izinsimbi. Nakuba ukudidiyelwa kungaphumelelanga njenge-albhamu yokuqala, abagxeki bekubhekwa njengobuciko obungaculwa. Izwi lakhe eliqinile, umsindo abagxeki nabalandeli abawuqhathanisa nensimbi. Wayenokubukeka okungavamile, okukhangayo nokukhangayo.
Ukuvakasha kokuqala, sebenza ngamalebula, amashadi aphezulu kanye nemiklomelo ka-Bobby Gentry
Ukwanda kokuthandwa kwaholela umculi enkampanini yethelevishini ye-BBC edumile, lapho amenywe khona njengomphathi wohlelo lokuzijabulisa. Kwaqoshwa izinhlelo eziyisi-6, zidlala kanye ngesonto, lapho nomculi ebambe iqhaza ekuqondiseni. Ama-albhamu amasha nezingoma zarekhodwa, okwaba "igolide", "platinum".
Ngonyaka olandelayo, kwaphuma uchungechunge lwesibili lokusakazwa kwe-BBC futhi kwavela enye i-albhamu ye-Patchwork. Bezimbalwa izingoma zoqobo, ikakhulukazi izinguqulo zekhava. Iqoqo lezingoma alizange libe nempumelelo ebalulekile, lithathe kuphela indawo ye-164 kwezingu-200 ku-Billboard. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, umculi wenza eCanada ezinhlelweni ezine zethelevishini.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1970, uGentry waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe wokudala, ekhipha ama-albhamu futhi eqopha i-BBC. Ngemuva kwalokho kudingeke ukuthi ahlukane nenkampani yokuqopha iCapitol Records ngenxa yokungaboni ngaso linye, aqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe wethelevishini ohlelweni olwaludume kakhulu kumabonakude.
Yini oyizwayo ngomculi odumile uBobbie Gentry namuhla?
Ukubonakala kokugcina komculi esidlangalaleni kwenzeka ngo-April 1982, lapho umculi eneminyaka engu-40 ubudala. Kusukela lapho, akakaze adlale, akakaze ahlangane nezintatheli futhi akakaze abhale izingoma. Njengamanje uneminyaka engu-76 ubudala futhi uhlala emphakathini ongenamasango eduze kwase-Los Angeles. Eminye imithombo imbiza ngendawo ahlala kuyo - isimo saseTennessee.
