U-Cliff Richard ungomunye wabaculi baseBrithani abaphumelela kakhulu abakha i-rock and roll kudala ngaphambili amaqembu AmaBeatles. Iminyaka engamashumi amahlanu ilandelana, waba nengoma eyodwa yenombolo 1. Akekho omunye umculi waseBrithani othole impumelelo enjalo.
Ngo-Okthoba 14, 2020, umakadebona we-rock and roll waseBrithani wagubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-80 ngokumamatheka okumhlophe qwa.
UCliff Richard ubengalindele ukuthi azobe enza umculo ebudaleni bakhe, aze acule njalo esiteji. “Uma ngibheka emuva, ngiyakhumbula ukuthi ngangicabanga ukuthi mancane amathuba okuthi ngiphile ngize ngifinyelele eminyakeni engu-50,” kuncokola lo mculi ku-website yakhe.
UCliff Richard usedlale esiteji iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi ayi-6. Uqophe ama-albhamu angaphezu kuka-60 futhi wathengisa amarekhodi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-250. Lokhu kumenze waba ngomunye wabaculi base-UK abaphumelele kakhulu. Ngemuva kokuthola indondo ngo-1995, uCliff wahlonishwa futhi wavunyelwa ukuzibiza ngoSir Cliff Richard. "Kuhle kakhulu," esho kwenye yezingxoxo zakhe ezingandile ne-ITV ngonyaka odlule, "kodwa asikho isidingo sokusebenzisa leso sihloko."
Ebuntwaneni Cliff Richard
UCliff Richard wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 14, 1940 eLucknow (eBritish India) emndenini wamaNgisi. Igama lakhe langempela nguHarry Roger Webb. Wachitha iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili yokuqala yokuphila kwakhe eNdiya, abazali bakhe, uRoger Oscar Webb noDorothy Marie, babuyela e-UK nendodana yabo uHarry nodadewabo abathathu.
Ikhonsathi yeqembu le-rock and roll laseMelika uBill Haley & His Comets eLondon ngo-1957 yavusa isithakazelo sakhe ku-rock and roll. Njengomfana wesikole, uCliff waba yilungu le-Quinton, eyayidume kakhulu emakhonsathini esikole nasemidlalweni yendawo. Wabe esethuthela eDick Teague Skiffle Group.
Ngobunye ubusuku, lapho bedlala i-Five Horseshoes, u-Johnny Foster wenza isiphakamiso kubafana ukuba babe umphathi wabo. KwakunguFoster owaqhamuka negama lesiteji elithi Cliff Richard likaHarry Webb. Ngo-1958, uRichard washaya ingoma yakhe yokuqala ethi, Moveit, ne-Drifters. Ngaleli rekhodi, ekuqaleni wayengomunye wabambalwa baseBrithani abazama ukugxumela ku-bandwagon ye-rock and roll. Kodwa ngemva konyaka, izingoma zakhe ezishisa izikhotha ethi, Living Doll nethi Travelin' Light zaba phezulu e-UK.
Ukuqala komsebenzi kaCliff Richard
Maphakathi no-1961, wayesethengise amarekhodi angaphezu kwesigidi, wathola amarekhodi amabili "egolide" futhi wadlala kumafilimu amathathu, kuhlanganise nomculo othi The Young Ones. “Bengifisa ukufana no-Elvis Presley,” kusho lo mculi.
UHarry Webb waba nguCliff Richard futhi ekuqaleni wathengiswa njenge "European Elvis". Eyokuqala ethi Move It yaba yingoma eshisa izikhotha futhi manje isithathwa njengengqopha-mlando emculweni we-rock waseBrithani. Kudala ngaphambi kweBeatles UCliff, ocula neqembu elimesekayo iThe Shadows, ube ngumholi we-rock and roll kuleli. "Ngaphambi kukaCliff noThe Shadows, kwakungekho lutho lokulalela emculweni waseBrithani," kusho uJohn Lennon kamuva.
UCliff Richard ukhiphe ingoma elandelanayo. Amahithi afana ne-Living Doll, Travellin' Light noma i-Please Don't Tease angena emlandweni we-rock and roll unomphela. Kancane kancane, waqala ukushintsha umculo we-pop, futhi izingoma zakhe zazwakala kamnandi. Lo mculi uphinde wazama isandla sakhe ekuqopheni ifilimu yomculo ethi Summer Holiday.
Nomaphi lapho uCliff Richard avela khona, abalandeli abasha bambingelela ngentshiseko, hhayi ezweni lakubo kuphela. Udlulele phambili kumashadi aseJalimane ngethi Redlips Should Be Kissed, inguqulo yesiJalimane ye-Lucky Lips. Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1960, waze waqopha ama-albhamu amabili olimi lwesiJalimane: Hierist Cliff kanye nethi I Dream Your Dreams. Izihloko zezingoma ezinjengokuthi O-la-la (Caesar Said to Cleopatra) noma Tender Seconds zisalokhu ziyisithonjana kuze kube namuhla.
Ukudala ngemva kweminyaka yawo-1970
Maphakathi nawo-1970, impumelelo yayisilinganisele ngandlela-thile. Kodwa ngo-1976, washaya i-US top 10 okokuqala noDeveli Woman. Futhi waba umculi wokuqala we-pop waseNtshonalanga ukuvela eSoviet Union.
Kamuva, asisakhulumi, Wired For Sound, Some People kanye nengoma kaKhisimusi ethi Mistletoe nethi Wine. Ngo-1999, lo mculi uphinde waphakamisa amashadi ngomthandazo weMillennium, umthandazo wengoma ka-Auld Lang Syne. Yayingasahlotshaniswa ne-rock and roll.
Ngo-2006, uCliff Richard waqopha irekhodi lakhe elisha. NgoKhisimusi owodwa wekhulu lama-21, wafinyelela inombolo yesi-2 kumashadi ase-UK. Kusukela ngo-2010, abalandeli bomculi ungathembela ku-albhamu entsha cishe njalo ngonyaka. Ngo-Okthoba 2010, kwakhululwa iBold as Brass. Futhi ngonyaka ozayo - Soulicious (ngo-Okthoba 2011).
NgoNovemba 15, 2013, uCliff Richard, manje osevile eminyakeni engu-70 ubudala, wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yekhulu ene-The Fabulous Rock 'n' Roll Songbook futhi wabuyela ku-rock and roll.
Ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba 2020, i-albhamu yokugubha iminyaka yomculi ethi Music… The Air That I Breathe ilungiselelwa ukukhululwa. Izoqukatha izingoma ezihamba phambili neziyintandokazi zomculi. Kufanele kube inhlanganisela yomculo we-pop ne-nostalgic rock and roll.
Okomuntu siqu mayelana noCliff Richard
UCliff Richard ungumKristu ozinikele. Izingoma zakhe zihlanganisa izihloko eziningi zobuKristu. Wanyathelisa incwadi yezingane ezingu-50 zeBhayibheli. Lo mculi uphinde wadlala indima yesihloko kwifilimu yobuKristu ethi Two Penny ngo-1970. Umdwebi waqala ukuba nengxenye ekhuthele ekushumayeleni ivangeli futhi wenza nomshumayeli waseMelika uBilly Graham. Ekuphileni kwakhe siqu, wazinikela ezinhlanganweni eziningi ezisiza abantulayo, azisho lapho kuxoxwa naye ngesikhathi eklonyeliswa ngesihloko esithi "Knight of the Crusade to Jesus."
Ukuziphatha ngokocansi kanye namacala obugebengu
Sekungamashumi eminyaka abezindaba bexoxa ngobulili balo mculi. Encwadini yakhe yomlando, eyanyatheliswa ngo-2008, wabhala: “Iyangicasula indlela abezindaba abaqagela ngayo ngobulili bami. Ingabe leli yibhizinisi lomuntu? Angicabangi ukuthi abalandeli bami abanandaba. Kunoma yikuphi, ucansi aluyona into engishayelayo.
Ngo-Agasti 14, 2014, amaphoyisa aseBrithani agasela emzini ka-Cliff Richard e-Sunningdale futhi amemezela ukuthi abeka amacala "ezocansi" ekuqaleni kwawo-1980 kumfana owayengakabi neminyaka engu-16 ubudala. Lo mculi uzichithile lezi zinsolo wathi azinangqondo neze. Ngo-2016, amaphoyisa amisa uphenyo.
Ehlobo lika-2018, wawina icala lokulimaza isithunzi ngokumelene ne-BBC.
Kamuva uCliff Richard wabiza lezi zinsolo kanye nemibiko eyalandela ngokuthi "into embi kakhulu eyenzeka kimi empilweni yami yonke". Kuthathe isikhathi ukuthi alulame ekwesabeni, kodwa manje usezizwa emkhulu. “Ngingajabula ngokuthi ngineminyaka engu-80, ngizizwa ngikahle futhi ngiyakwazi ukunyakaza,” kusho uSir Cliff Richard. Mayelana nomsebenzi wakhe, uthe, "Ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyisihlabani se-pop esijabule kakhulu kwesake saphila."
Imiklomelo:
- Ngo-1964 nango-1965 umculi wathola indondo ye-Bravo Otto kumagazini wentsha i-Bravo.
- Ngo-1977 nango-1982 uwine i-Brit Awards for Best British Solo Artist.
- 1980 - ngenxa yokufaneleka kwakhe komculo wathola i-Order of OBE (Isikhulu se-Order of the British Empire);
- Ngo-1993, uthole i-RSH Gold Music Prize esigabeni sama-Classics.
- Wahlonishwa ngo-1995 ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe ye-philanthropic.
- 2006 - uthole i-Order Kazwelonke ye-Knighthood yase-Portugal (i-Ordens des Infanten Dom Henrique).
- Ngo-2011 uthole indondo ye-Honorary Award ye-German Sustainability Award.
- Ngo-2014, iGolden Compass Media Award yethulwa yiChristian Media Association.
Umculi wokuzilibazisa uCliff Richard
Ngo-2001, uCliff Richard wavuna isivuno sokuqala endaweni yakhe yewayini ePortugal. Iwayini elibomvu elivela esivinini sakhe libizwa ngokuthi i-Vida Nova. Leli wayini lithole indondo yethusi ku-International Wine Challenge eLondon njengelingcono kakhulu lamawayini angaphezu kuka-9000. Wonke amawayini ahlolwe ngobumpumputhe ngochwepheshe.
Cliff uthengisa amakha akhe ngaphansi kwegama elithi Devil Woman.
Ngenkathi ebandayo, uCliff Richard uthanda ukuhlala e-villa yakhe eBarbados. Waze wayinikeza indawo yokuphumula kowayenguNdunankulu waseBrithani uTony Blair.
Ngokwemibiko yabezindaba, usanda kuthenga indlu kanokusho eNew York.
I-The Great 80 Tour yase-United Kingdom, obekumele ibe ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa kulo Mfumfu, ihlehliswe unyaka owodwa ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus. “Ngizobe ngineminyaka engu-80 uma kuqala ukuvakasha, kodwa uma seluphelile ngizobe ngineminyaka engu-81,” kuncokola uCliff Richard ohlelweni lukamabonakude iGood Morning Britain.
