I-Dion kanye neBelmonts - elinye lamaqembu omculo ayinhloko ngasekupheleni kwawo-1950 ekhulwini lama-XX. Phakathi naso sonke isikhathi sokuba khona kwalo, leli qembu lalihlanganisa abaculi abane: uDion DiMucci, u-Angelo D'Aleo, uCarlo Mastrangelo noFred Milano. Iqembu ladalwa kusukela ku-trio The Belmonts, ngemuva kokuthi uDiMucci engene kulo futhi alethe imibono yakhe.
I-biography ye-Dion kanye ne-Belmonts
I-Belmont - igama le-Belmont Avenue eBronx (eNew York) - umgwaqo lapho cishe wonke amalungu e-quartet ahlala khona. Lavela kanjalo igama. Ekuqaleni, i-Belmonts noma i-DiMucci ayikwazanga ukufeza noma iyiphi impumelelo ngabanye. Ikakhulukazi, ingoma yesibili eqoshiwe futhi ikhishwe ngokubambisana nelebula le-Mohawk Records (ngo-1957).
Engatholi ukubuyiselwa ekudaleni, wathuthela eJubilee Records, lapho adala khona uchungechunge lwezingoma ezintsha, kodwa ezingakaphumeleli. Ngenhlanhla, ngalesi sikhathi wahlangana no-D'Aleo, uMastrangelo noMilano, ababezama "ukubhoboza" esiteji esikhulu. Abafana banquma ukujoyina amabutho futhi ngemva kwamathrekhi amaningana aqoshiwe afika kuLaurie Records. Ngo-1958, basayina inkontileka nelebula futhi baqala ukukhulula izinto.
I Wonder Kungani ngibe ngowokuqala futhi "impumelelo" eyodwa ukushadi e-US naseYurophu. Ikakhulukazi, wangena ku-Billboard Top 100, futhi abafana baqala ukumenywa ngenkuthalo emidlalweni ehlukahlukene ye-TV. U-Dion kamuva waveza impumelelo ye-debut yokuthi ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa, ilungu ngalinye laletha okuthile okwalo. Kwakungokokuqala futhi kungajwayelekile ngaleso sikhathi. Iqembu lidale esalo isitayela esiyingqayizivele.
Kulandela ingoma yokuqala ephumelele, kwakhululwa ababili abasha ngesikhathi esisodwa - No One Knows kanye no Don't Pity Me. Lezi zingoma (ezifana nedlule) zishadiwe futhi zadlalwa "bukhoma" ohlelweni lwe-TV. Udumo lwebhendi luyenyuka ngengoma entsha kanye nokusebenza kwayo. Ngaphandle kokukhipha i-albhamu, iqembu, ngenxa yamathrekhi amaningana aphumelele, lakwazi ukuhlela uhambo olugcwele ekupheleni konyaka wabo wokuqala. Uhambo luhambe kahle kakhulu, abalandeli abaningi bakhula ngokushesha emazwenikazi ambalwa.
Ingozi
Ekuqaleni kuka-1959, kwenzeka isigameko esibuhlungu. Ngaleso sikhathi, iqembu lazungeza amadolobha ngohambo lwe-Winter Dance Party, oluhlanganisa abaculi abafana no-Buddy Holly, i-Big Bopper, njll. Indiza ka-Holly eqashiwe ukuze indizele edolobheni elilandelayo yaphahlazeka ngomhla ka-2 Februwari.
Ngenxa yalokho, abaculi abathathu nomshayeli wendiza baphahlazeka. Ngaphambi kwendiza, uDion wenqaba ukundiza ngendiza ngenxa yezindleko eziphakeme - kwadingeka akhokhe u-$ 36, ngokombono wakhe, kwakuyinani elibalulekile (njengoba asho kamuva, abazali bakhe bakhokha u-$ 36 njalo ngenyanga). Lesi sifiso sokulondoloza imali sasindisa impilo yomculi. Lolu hambo aluzange luphazamiseke, kwaqashwa abashadayo abazovala izikhala zabaculi abangasekho - uJimmy Clanton, uFrankie Avalon noFabiano Forte.
Ekupheleni kwawo-1950, leli qembu laqala ukuqinisa isikhundla salo. Osemusha Osothandweni ushaye phezulu kwabayi-10 eshadini eliyinhloko lase-US, kamuva wathatha indawo yesi-5 lapho. Ingoma iphinde yafinyelela kunombolo 28 ku-UK National Chart. Bekungekubi eqenjini elisuka kwelinye izwekazi.
Le ngoma namuhla ibhekwa njengenye yezingoma eziphawuleka kakhulu ohlotsheni lwe-rock ne-roll. Ukhulise igagasi elinamandla lokuthandwa kweqembu. Lokhu kwavumela ukukhululwa kokukhululwa kwe-LP egcwele ngokugcwele ngonyaka ofanayo.
Ingoma edume kakhulu ephuma ku-albhamu yokuqala ithi Kuphi noma Nini. NgoNovemba, akagcinanga nje ngokuhlala eshadini le-Billboard Hot 100, kodwa futhi wafinyelela kwabathathu abaphambili, okwenza u-Dionand the Belmonts waba inkanyezi yangempela. U-Angelo D'Aleo ubengekho ezinhlelweni ze-TV ezivelele nezithombe ezikhangisayo phakathi nalesi sikhathi ngenxa yokuba seButhweni Lezempi Lase-United States ngaleso sikhathi. Noma kunjalo, wabamba iqhaza elibonakalayo ekuqoshweni kwazo zonke izingoma ezikwi-albhamu.
Kuqala ukuqhekeka eDiona naseBelmonts
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1960, izindaba zeqembu zaqala ukuwohloka kakhulu. Konke kwaqala ngokuthi izingoma ezintsha zazingadumile. Nakuba beqhubeka nokushaya amashadi ngokungaguquki. Noma kunjalo, abafana babelindele ukwanda, hhayi ukwehla kokuthengisa. Okwengeza uphethiloli emlilweni yiqiniso lokuthi uDion wavele waba nezinkinga ngezidakamizwa.
Kodwa bafinyelele umvuthwandaba wabo ngesikhathi sokudlondlobala kokuduma kweqembu. Kuphinde kwaba nezingxabano phakathi kwamalungu eqembu. Lokhu kwakuxhunywe kokubili nenkinga yokusabalalisa izimali, kanye nengxenye yemibono yokudala. Umculi ngamunye ngendlela yakhe wabona isiqondiso sentuthuko eyengeziwe.
Ekupheleni kuka-1960, uDion wanquma ukulishiya iqembu. Washukumisela lokhu ngokuthi ilebula izama ukumphoqa ukuba abhale umculo "ojwayelekile", oqondakalayo kubalaleli abaningi, kuyilapho umculi ngokwakhe efuna ukuzama. I-Dionand the Belmonts idlale ngokuhlukana unyaka wonke. Eyokuqala ikwazile ukuzuza impumelelo ehlobene futhi yakhulula izingoma ezimbalwa.
UDion kanye neBelmonts bahlangana
Ekupheleni kuka-1966, abaculi banquma ukuhlangana futhi baqopha Ndawonye Futhi ku-ABC Records. I-albhamu ayizange iphumelele e-US, kodwa yayithandwa yinani elanele labalaleli e-United Kingdom.
Lokhu kube wumfutho wokuqoshwa kukaMovin Man, icwecwe elisha elingabonwa nangokhalo ezwenikazi laseMelika, kodwa lathandwa abathandi bomculo base-Europe. Lezi zingoma zazihamba phambili kuRadio London maphakathi no-1967. Ngeshwa, leli zinga lokuduma alizange lenze kube nokwenzeka ukuhlela izinkambo ezinkulu. Ngakho-ke, iqembu lahlela ukusebenza okuncane kumaqembu aseBrithani. Ekupheleni kuka-1967, abafana baphinde bahamba ngezindlela zabo ezihlukene.
Okunye ukuhlangana kabusha kwenzeka ngo-June 1972, lapho ibhendi imenywa ukuba izocula ekhonsathini yodumo eMadison Square Garden. Lokhu kudlala manje sekubhekwa njengehlelo. Iphinde yaqoshwa kuvidiyo futhi yakhululwa njengediski ehlukile "yabalandeli". Okurekhodiwe kuphinde kwafakwa ku-albhamu ye-Warner Brothers, iqoqo lemidlalo ebukhoma yeqembu.
Ngemva konyaka, kwenziwa umdlalo wesibili eNew York. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, leli qembu labutha ihholo eligcwele futhi lamukelwa ngemfudumalo umphakathi. Abalandeli bebelindele ukuphuma kwe-albhamu entsha. Nokho, lokhu kwakungeke kube njalo. UDiMucci ubuyele ekuculeni yedwa, waze wakhipha izingoma ezimbalwa ezishisa izikhotha, ngokungafani neThe Belmonts.
