UCarol Joan Kline yigama langempela lomculi odumile waseMelika, wonke umuntu emhlabeni namuhla omazi njengoCarol King. Ngawo-1960 wekhulu leminyaka elidlule, yena nomyeni wakhe baqamba izingoma eziningi ezishisa izikhotha ezaziculwa abanye abadlali. Kodwa lokhu kwakunganele kuye. Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela, le ntombazane yaduma hhayi nje njengombhali, kodwa futhi njengomdlali onekhono.
Eminyakeni yokuqala, ukuqala komsebenzi kaCarol King
Inkanyezi esizayo yesehlakalo American wazalwa ngo-February 9, 1942. Indawo okwazalelwa kuyo kwakuyisifunda esidumile saseManhattan. Amakhono akhe okudala abonakala kuye kusukela ebuntwaneni. Lapho intombazanyana ineminyaka engu-4 kuphela ubudala, yayisivele yafunda ukudlala upiyano futhi yenza kahle. Esikoleni, wabhala izinkondlo nezingoma zokuqala, ngakho wanquma ukwakha iqembu lomculo eligcwele.
Ithimba lalibizwa ngokuthi i-Co-Sines futhi lalikhethekile kakhulu emsebenzini wezwi. Ithimba labhala izingoma ezimbalwa, laze laqala ukwenza ezikhungweni zendawo. Lo mculi wajwayelana nendlela isiteji esihlelwa ngayo. I-Rock and roll yangena emfashini, kumakhonsathi anezihloko lapho uCarol wakwazi khona ukubamba iqhaza.
Phakathi neminyaka yakhe yokufunda, umculi wahlangana nobuntu obubalulekile emsebenzini wakhe wesikhathi esizayo, isibonelo, uJerry Goffin. Wahlangana noCarol ukuze bakhe i-vocal duo. Naye ngeminyaka yawo-1960, wabhala izingoma eziningi ezaziwayo futhi washada naye.
U-Neil Sedaka wanikezela ingoma yakhe kumculi ngasekupheleni kwawo-1950. Ingoma yayithi Oh! Carol futhi waduma kakhulu, eshaya inqwaba yama-hit parade ekuqaleni kuka-1950-1960. Lesi bekungokokuqala ngqa kukhulunywa ngomculi emashadini. Uthathe isinqumo sokuphendula umculi ngendlela efanayo futhi waqopha ingoma yokuphendula. Ingoma, ngeshwa, ayizange idume kakhulu. Ngaso leso sikhathi, kwadalwa i-duet nomuntu oshade naye wesikhathi esizayo.
Ngokuthakazelisayo, indawo yokuqala abasebenze ndawonye kwakungenye yezinkampani ezinyathelisayo. Lapha babhala izinkondlo nezingoma isikhathi eside zabaculi abadumile ababeqopha izingoma futhi babevame ukuvakashelwa esakhiweni esisodwa lapho kwakusebenza khona uGoffin noKline.
Impumelelo Carol King
Ingoma yokuqala edumile okukhonjiswa kuyo ubunikazi bale tandem bekuyingoma ethi The Shirelles Will You Love Me Tomorrow. Impumelelo yengoma ibe yinhle kakhulu. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ikhishiwe, le ngoma yaba phezulu kumashadi amaningi ase-US, okuhlanganisa neBillboard Hot 100 edumile.
Izingoma ezimbalwa ezilandelayo, ezibhalwe ngababhali abadumile, nazo zaba yizingoma ezishisa izikhotha. Ngokushesha lo mbhangqwana wathola ukuthandwa okubanzi negunya njengababhali bezingoma. Manje sebezobizwa ngama-hitmaker angempela.
Sekukonke, ngesikhathi somsebenzi wale tandem njengababhali, babhala izingoma ezingaphezu kwe-100 (okungukuthi, lezo zingoma ezazithatha izikhundla ezihola phambili kumashadi futhi zazithandwa kakhulu). Uma sithatha zonke izingoma ezibhaliwe, singabala ngaphezu kwama-200.
Ngokufanayo, uCarol wayefisa ukuba umculi odumile ngokwakhe. Okuxakayo ukuthi lezo zingoma azibhalele zona zazingathandwa ngabalaleli. Okuwukuphela kwento ehlukile kwaba yingoma eyodwa, eyaqoshwa ngeminyaka yawo-1960, ekwazile ukungena kwezingu-30 ezihamba phambili ngokweBillboard Hot 100.
Lokhu kugqugquzele umculi ngemuva kokuzama isikhathi eside, engaxhamazeli. Ngo-1965, wangena ebudlelwaneni obuqinile no-Al Aronwitz. Yaqala kanjalo ukusebenza inkampani yabo yokuqopha iTomorrow Records. Omunye wabaculi abaqopha izingoma kulesi situdiyo, ngemuva kwesikhathi waba umyeni weNkosi (ngemuva kokuqeda ubuhlobo bakhe noGriff).
Amalungu Edolobha
Naye, ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960, kwasungulwa iqembu elithi The City. Sebebonke, ithimba lalihlanganisa abantu abathathu, kuhlanganise noCarol. Laba baculi baqophe i-albhamu ethi Now That Everything's Been Said, ebingabavumela ukuthi bavakashele. Ngenxa yokwesaba okukhulu kukaCarol ngomphakathi, ibhendi ayizange ikwazi ukwenza amakhonsathi esekela i-albhamu. Ngokwemvelo, lokhu kuthinte kakhulu ukuthengisa.
I-albhamu yaba "ukwehluleka" kwangempela futhi ayizange ithengise. Nokho, ngemva kwesikhashana yasakazwa ngokwanele. Nezingoma eziningi zaze zaqala ukulalelwa abantu abaningi (kodwa lokhu kwenzeka ngemuva kokwanda kodumo lweNkosi).
Ngemva kokuvivinya iqembu elithi The City, umculi waqala ukuphishekela umsebenzi ohamba yedwa. Irekhodi lokuqala eyedwa kwaba uMlobi. Izingoma eziphuma kuma-albhamu bezidumile emibuthanweni ethile. Nokho, sasingekho isidingo sokukhuluma ngokwanda kokuthandwa. Umculi wabe esebhala icwecwe lesibili.
Ngo-1971, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Tapestry, eyaba ukunqoba kweNkosi. Kwathengiswa amakhophi ayizigidi eziningana, izingoma zangena kwabangu-100 abahamba phambili (ngokusho kweBillboard), umculi waqala ukulalela phesheya. Kwaphela amasonto angaphezu kuka-60 elandelana, i-albhamu ibikuzo zonke izinhlobo zeziqongo. Le albhamu yaba yisiqalo esihle emsebenzini wakhe eyedwa futhi yaba nomthelela empumelelweni yamarekhodi alandelayo.
I-Rhymes & Reasons ne-Wrap Around Joy (1974) zombili zidayiswe kahle futhi zamukelwa ngemfudumalo umphakathi. Umsebenzi kaKing njengomculi oyedwa ekugcineni usuqalile. Wanikeza amakhonsathi, waqopha izingoma ezintsha. Maphakathi nawo-1970, uCarol kanye nomyeni wakhe wangaphambili baphinde bahlangana ukuze baqambe futhi baqopha i-albhamu, nayo eyayidumile. Lokhu kuqinise impumelelo yalo mculi.
Iminyaka Emuva KaCarol King
Ngo-1980, uKing wamkhulula okokugcina (ngokuthengisa). I-Pearls akuyona i-albhamu, kodwa iqoqo lokuqoshwa bukhoma okuhambisana no-Carol enza izingoma ezibhalwe nguye no-Goffin. Ngemva kwalokho, umculi akazange awushiye umculo.
Kodwa ukukhishwa okusha kwaqala ukuphuma kancane kakhulu. Waqala ukunaka kakhulu izindaba zemvelo, wabamba iqhaza ezenzweni ezihlukahlukene zokuzivikela. Ukukhishwa kwakamuva kuyinhlanganisela ye-The Living Room Tour, okurekhodiwe kokuvakasha okwenzeka maphakathi nawo-2000s.
