U-Arnold George Dorsey, kamuva owaziwa ngokuthi u-Engelbert Humperdinck, wazalwa ngoMeyi 2, 1936 endaweni manje ebizwa ngokuthi iChennai, eNdiya. Umndeni wawumkhulu, umfana wayenabafowabo ababili nodadewabo abayisikhombisa. Ubuhlobo emndenini babufudumele futhi buthembana, izingane zakhula ngokuzwana nokuthula.
Ubaba wakhe wayesebenza njengesikhulu saseBrithani, umama wakhe wadlala i-cello kahle. Ngalokhu, wagxilisa uthando lwendodana yakhe ngomculo. Kuphela u-Arnold wanquma ukwakha umsebenzi emkhakheni wobuciko bomculo kanye nebhizinisi lokubonisa. Abafowabo nodadewabo bazibonakalisa kwezinye izindawo.
Ngo-1946 umkhaya wathuthela eNgilandi eduze kwaseLeicestershire. Abazali bathola umsebenzi ofanelekayo futhi baqala ukuzinza. Esikoleni, umfana waqala ukutadisha notation zomculo ngokuningiliziwe kanye insimbi yakhe yokuqala, saxophone.
Umculi osemusha wayenekhono futhi kakade ngawo-1950 wakwazi ukwenza amakilabhu ahlukahlukene, ecula izingoma ezidumile, kuhlanganise noJerry Lee Lewis. Wabamba iqhaza ngenkuthalo emidlalweni yesikole eyimfundamakhwela, imibuthano yokudala kanye nemincintiswano. Konke lokhu kube nomthelela ekuthuthukisweni kwakhe kokudala.
Ngemva kokuqeda isikole, u-Arnold wasebenza isikhathi esifushane enkampanini yobunjiniyela, wabe esebuthelwa ebuthweni lezempi. Njengoba eshilo lo mculi, lapho wafundiswa ukuziphatha, ukuzithiba nokufeza izinhloso zakhe. Phakathi nenkonzo, umculi wawela ogibeni neqembu lakhe. Akekho noyedwa ozakwabo owasinda, kodwa waba nenhlanhla, futhi wafika endaweni yakhe ngemoto.
Umsebenzi wokuqala ka-Engelbert Humperdinck
Ngemva kokuphela kwenkonzo, umculi wanikela wonke amandla akhe ekudaleni nasekudlaleni amakilabhu, imigoqo kanye nezindawo zokudlela. Wabe esecula ngaphansi kwegama elithi Jerry Dorsey. Waqopha ingoma eyodwa, kodwa ayizange idume futhi iphumelele kwezohwebo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, wangenwa isifo sofuba. Kodwa wakwazi ukunqoba lesi sifo futhi ngamandla avuselelwe waqala ukuqamba izingoma ezintsha.
Umdidiyeli wokuqala womculi kwakunguGordon Mills, owazama ukudonsela ukunaka kwento entsha emkhakheni womculo. Bazama izitayela ezahlukene zokusebenza futhi bashintsha igama-mbumbulu laba eliyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Yile ndlela u-Engelbert Humperdinck azalwa ngayo. Basayina inkontileka nenkampani iParrot kwathi ngo-1966 baqopha inguqulo yengoma edume umhlaba wonke ethi Release Me.
Ukuthuthukiswa Kwezobuciko u-Engelbert Humperdinck
Le single ithathe indawo yokuqala kumashadi ase-UK, yahlula ngisho nebhendi edume kabi The Beatles. Ukusakazwa kwaleli rekhodi kudlule izigidi ezi-2, okukhulise inkanyezi entsha phezulu ekudumeni eYurophu. Wabe esekhipha izingoma ezimbalwa ezaba yizingoma ezishisa izikhotha.
Ngenxa yezingoma, umculi waduma. Phakathi kwazo bekukhona: The Last Waltz, Winter World of Love kanye nethi Am I That Easy To Forget. Ngakho, i-albhamu yokuqala ka-Engelbert yaba yimpumelelo. Ngenxa yokubukeka kwakhe okuhle, charisma kanye ne-baritone ekhangayo, wagqama phakathi kwabaculi abaningi.
Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1970, umculi wahamba uhambo lwakhe lokuqala e-United States. Lapho, wathenga indlu eLos Angeles futhi wasayina inkontileka yokuqopha ne-MGM Grand. Lokhu kwaqinisekisa ukuthi umculi uzothola u-$200 ngomdlalo wakhe ngamunye obukhoma.
Ngemva kokubuya ohambweni, waqopha ama-albhamu amathathu, athola isimo "seplatinamu" kanye "negolide", futhi wathola indondo ye-Grammy.
U-Engelbert Humperdinck wayevame ukuvela emicimbini ehlukahlukene futhi enenkanyezi ochungechungeni lwe-TV oludumile. Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, uthole indondo yeGolden Globe kanye nendawo yakhe yokuhlonishwa eHollywood ku-Walk of Fame.
Ngo-2012, umculi waba ummeleli we-Great Britain e-Eurovision Song Contest edume umhlaba wonke. Ushaye ingoma ethi Love Will Set You Free wathatha indawo ka-25. Ehlobo lika-2013, wavakashela eSt. Petersburg ukuze abe yijaji lomncintiswano we-White Nights.
Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe, u-Humperdinck wathola imiklomelo eminingi ehlonishwayo, efana namarekhodi angu-68 "yegolide" kanye namarekhodi angu-18 "platinum". Imiklomelo eminingana ye-Grammy, kuhlanganise nengoma edlalwa kakhulu ku-jukebox.
Ngo-2000, isimo sezezimali somculi sasilinganiselwa ku-$ 100 million, futhi wayesendaweni yesi-5 phakathi kwezinkanyezi ezicebile kakhulu. Uyaziwa nangemisebenzi yakhe yokupha ebanzi - umculi uxhasa ngezimali imisebenzi yezibhedlela ezimbalwa kanye ne-ambulensi yomoya edolobheni laseLeicester, lapho ehlala khona.
Impumelelo ebhayisikobho
Lo mlingisi ulingise emafilimini angu-11 nochungechunge lwe-TV. Ezaziwa kakhulu yilezi: "Igumbi Ohlangothini", "Ali Baba kanye Amasela Angamashumi amane" kanye "noSherlock Holmes kanye Nenkanyezi ye-Operetta". Efilimu ethi "Ali Baba ..." umlingisi wadlala uSultan ngesimemo esikhethekile somqondisi wefilimu waseGeorgia uZaal Kakabadze.
U-Engelbert useshade nomkakhe iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-15. UBriton Patricia Healy wazala umculi izingane ezine. Umculi futhi waba uyise wezingane eziningi, njengabazali bakhe. Indodana eyodwa kuphela kulawa amathathu ewuthanda umculo futhi yakha umsebenzi wokuba umculi. Amadodana nendodakazi esele basebenza kwezinye izindawo. Kodwa ubaba akazange agcizelele ukubahlanganisa ekudaleni. Wavumela izingane ukuba zizikhethele indlela yazo yokuphila.
Phakathi nenkonzo yakhe yezempi, umculi wathenga isithuthuthu sakhe sokuqala enkampanini edumile ye-Harley-Davidson. Phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe, wengeze ezinye izingcezu ezintathu ezivela kumkhiqizi ofanayo eqoqweni lakhe. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umculi waqala ukuqoqa izimoto "Rolls-Royce".
Engelbert Humperdinck manje
Nakuba lo mculi engasadumile kangako futhi engahlali esikhundleni esiphambili kumashadi, usaqhubeka nendlela yakhe yokudala. Uma kubhekwa iminyaka yakhe, akasahambi kangako emhlabeni ngokuvakasha nokuvakasha. Noma kunjalo, uma ikhonsathi yaba neqhaza lakhe, khona-ke kwakukhona abalandeli abaningi bomculi waseBrithani ehholo. Ngo-2010, uthole i-Musical Legend Award evela ku-Young Musicians Society yase-United States of America.
Lo mculi uyaqhubeka nokuzibandakanya kwezemidlalo ezifana nokushushuluza entabeni namanzi, ithenisi negalofu. Yena, njengomHindu wangempela, uyaqiniseka ukuthi yonke into kufanele yenziwe ngenjabulo, ngenhlonipho nangokunaka umzimba wakhe. Bese-ke kuzoba sesimweni esinempilo futhi sibonga ukunakekelwa ngomsebenzi wayo ofanele.
Ngo-2019, umculi wagubha usuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-83, ehlonishwa ngalo ngekhonsathi. Eyodwa yakamuva eyokuthi Wena, enikezelwe kuSuku Lomama. Futhi abalandeli bokusungula bayakujabulela ukulalela izingoma ezishisayo zakudala nezingoma ezintsha ezinomsindo oyingqayizivele kanye nokukhangayo.
