UGloria Gaynor ungumculi we-disco waseMelika. Ukuze uqonde ukuthi umculi uGloria ucula ngani, kwanele ukufaka izingoma zakhe ezimbili zomculo I Will Survive nethi Never Can Say Goodbye.
Amahithi angenhla awanawo "usuku lokuphelelwa yisikhathi". Amagama abhaliwe azosebenza noma nini. U-Gloria Gaynor usakhipha amaculo amasha nanamuhla, kodwa alikho elidume njenge-I Will Survive nethi Never Can Say Goodbye.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaGloria Gaynor
UGloria Fowles wazalwa ngo-September 7, 1947. Uvela eNewark, eNew Jersey. UGloria wakhuluma ngeqiniso lokuthi wayentula ukunakekelwa nokunakwa abazali bakhe. Le ntombazane ikhuliswe ngugogo wayo, owayevame ukuvula umsakazo. U-Little Fowles wagcina efunde izingoma ezimbalwa futhi wazicula phambi kwesibuko.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi inhloko yomndeni, uQueenie Mae Proctor, ufakwe ohlwini lweqembu le-Step'n'Fetchit. Isimo sokudala esasibusa ekhaya salolonga ukunambitheka komculo ka-Gloria.
“Kukho konke ukuphila kwami ebuntwaneni nasebusheni bami, ngangiphupha ukuthi ngizocula esiteji. Izihlobo zami azizange zibone ukuthi angikwazi ukuzicabangela ngaphandle komculo kanye nephupho lokuba ngumculi ... ", kusho uGaynor encwadini yakhe ye-autobiographical.
Abazali bakaGloria babephupha ukuthi uzoba umpetha womsebenzi onzima. Kwakungekho mbuzo nganoma yisiphi isiteji nomsebenzi njengomculi. Ukuze angabangeli imizwa engemihle, intombazane yaqala ukwenza amakilabhu endawo ngasese ezihlotsheni zayo.
UFowles waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti ekuqaleni kwawo-1970. Inkanyezi okuthiwa uGloria Gaynor "yakhanya" ngo-1971. Kusukela lapho, owesifazane omnyama ube semilonyeni yawo wonke umuntu. Kwamthatha iminyaka engu-10 ukuthola isikhundla sokuba ngumdlali we-disco wodumo.
Indlela yokudala nomculo kaGloria Gaynor
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1960, intombazane emnyama yayiyingxenye yeqembu le-R'n'B i-Soul Satisfiers. Maphakathi nawo-1960, ngaphansi kwegama-mbumbulu elithi Gloria Gaynor, wakhulula iqoqo lakhe lokuqala. Sikhuluma ngecwecwe elithi She'll Sorry / Ngiyeke Ngihambe Baby.
Umculi wajabulela ukuthandwa kwangempela ngemva kweminyaka engu-10. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uGloria asayina khona inkontileka nelebula elidumile elithi Columbia Records. Ngokushesha i-discography yakhe yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yokuqala yobungcweti ethi Never Can Say Goodbye. Iqoqo laphuma ngo-1975.
Olunye uhlangothi lwenhlanganisela bekuyi-Honey Bee, i-Reach Out, I'll Be There nethi Never Can Say Goodbye. Iculo ngalinye kulawa lidlale indima ebalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwe-disco. Ngendlela, izingoma zithinta abathandi bomculo. Badlalwe into engapheli emaqenjini endawo.
Ngegagasi lokuthandwa, i-discography yomculi yaphinde yagcwaliswa ngenye i-albhamu, i-Experience Gloria Gaynor, eyakhululwa ngo-1975 ofanayo, amathrekhi amaningi avela kuwo adlula amashadi okudansa futhi aphumelela emhlabeni jikelele. Kwadlula iminyaka emithathu futhi umculi waqopha "i-immortal super hit".
Ngemva kweminyaka emithathu, uGloria wethula iqoqo elithi Love Tracks. Ingoma eyayihamba phambili kuleli qoqo bekuyiculo elithi Ngizosinda. Ingoma ayizange ikwenze ngaphandle kowesifazane onamandla owasala ngaphandle kwesithandwa sakhe, kodwa wathi uzokwenza konke ukuze azisindise futhi aqine. Ukuqanjwa kwaba iculo elingashiwongo lenkululeko yabesifazane.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ingoma ethi I Will Survive yaqoshwa ekuqaleni ohlangothini lwe-B. Lo mculi ubengalindele ukuthi ingoma izophumelela. UGloria ubheje engomeni ethi Substitute. UBoston DJ Jack King wake wathi:
“Kuyangiphatha kabi ukubona ukuthi inkampani yanquma 'ukungcwaba' lo msebenzi wobuciko ohlangothini luka-'B'. Leli culo liyibhomu nje. Ngihlala ngidlala le ngoma lapho ngidlala ... ".
Ngesikhathi abasunguli benkampani yokuqopha bezwa umbono ka-DJ, banquma ukumlalela. Love Tracks ohlwini Ngizosinda ohlangothini "A". UJack King kusukela ngo-1979 kuya ku-1981 waklonyeliswa ngendondo ehlonishwayo ye-Disco Masters ngokuqaphela ukubaluleka kwakhe "ekuphromothweni" kokwakhiwa komculo ka-Gloria Gaynor.
Ngenxa yengoma ethi I Will Survive, imiklomelo yamaGrammy ize yethula nokuqokwa okuhlukile kwe-Best Disco Recording. Kwakungemva kokukhululwa kwale ngoma lapho uGloria Gaynor athola khona ukuqashelwa nothando oluthandwayo.
Kuthiwa lesi sihlabani sithole ukuqashelwa ngemuva kokuthi kuqale ukuqoshwa izingoma zaso. I Will Survive ihlanganiswe izikhathi eziyinkulungwane. Futhi lokhu akulona ihaba. Kufanele kuqashelwe kakhulu "rehashings" iqembu Cake, abadlali Diana Ross, Robbie Williams, Shantay Savage futhi Larisa Dolina. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-Valley ikhiphe isiqeshana sevidiyo esino-Gloria.
Ukuphumelela kwengoma ethi Ngizosinda kuyiphindaphinde ingoma ethi I Am What I Am. Ingoma yakhululwa ngo-1983. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ingoma isiyiculo elingakhulunywa lomphakathi we-LGBT.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaGloria Gaynor
Akunakwenzeka ukusho ngqo ukuthi impilo yomuntu siqu kaGloria Gaynor yathuthuka kanjani. Phansi endleleni, inkanyezi yahamba kanye kuphela. U-Linwood Simon waba ngokhethiwe wakhe. Abathandi bashada ngokusemthethweni ngo-1979.
Le nyunyana yayifana "nesiphepho". Ubuhlobo babathandi abukwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi "bushelelezi" - bahlukana, base bebuyisana, base besolana ngokuvukela umbuso. Ngokushesha uGaynor noLinwood banquma ukudivosa. Umshado wabo waphela ngo-2005.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi kusukela lapho umculi akakaze aqale amanoveli. Isizathu sokuntuleka kobumfihlo sifihliwe enkolweni.
Ngo-1982, usaziwayo wabuyekeza umbono wakhe ngempilo, wanquma ukwengeza ingokomoya elincane kukho.
Umculo akuwona wodwa wokuzilibazisa onikeza umculi injabulo. NgokukaGloria ngokwakhe, uthanda ukuchitha isikhathi efunda izincwadi. Akakushayi indiva nokuhamba ibanga elide.
Ngokungafani nosaziwayo abaningi, akakhathali ukupheka. UGloria uthanda ukuqoqa izivakashi emzini wakhe, aziphakele izitsha ezimnandi aziphekele yena.
UGloria Gaynor namuhla
Ngo-2018, umculi wahlinzwa kanzima, lapho umgogodla wakhe waphuka futhi waphinde wahlanganiswa. Lokhu kuhlinzwa kwabangelwa ukulimala uGloria akuthola ngo-1978.
Ukungenelela kokuhlinzwa akuzange kuphazamise umsebenzi womculi. Ngo-2019, uGloria Gaynor wakhipha i-albhamu entsha, Ubufakazi, i-albhamu ye-18 ku-discography yomculi.
Naphezu kweminyaka yakhe (umculi osanda kuhlanganisa iminyaka engu-72), usesimweni esihle kakhulu somzimba. U-Gloria akaziba izinkundla zokuxhumana, yilapho ungabona khona izindaba zakamuva ngempilo yesihlabani sakho osithandayo.
Ngo-2020, kwaziwa ukuthi uGloria Gaynor wajoyina isixuku se-"Safe Hands", esimenyezelwe yi-WHO futhi wethula ukukhuthaza ukuzivikela mayelana nobhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, umculi ulayishe ividiyo lapho egeza khona izandla ngaphansi kwengoma enesihloko esingokomfanekiso Ngizosinda (“Ngizosinda”).
