UJohnny Burnette wayengumculi waseMelika odumile wama-1950s kanye nama-1960s, owaduma kakhulu njengombhali nomculi wezingoma ze-rock and roll kanye ne-rockabilly. Uthathwa njengomunye wabasunguli nabadumile balo mkhuba emasikweni omculo aseMelika, kanye nezwe lakubo elidumile u-Elvis Presley. Umsebenzi wokudala kaBurnett waphela endaweni ephakeme ngenxa yengozi edabukisayo.
Iminyaka emincane uJohnny Burnette
UJohnny Joseph Burnett wazalwa ngo-1934 eMemphis, eTennessee, eU.SA. Ngaphandle kukaJohnny, umndeni uphinde wakhulisa umfowabo omncane uDorsey, kamuva owaba ngomunye wabasunguli beqembu le-rockabilly The Rock & Roll Trio.
Ebusheni bakhe, uBurnett wayehlala esakhiweni esifanayo esisezingeni eliphezulu no-Elvis Presley osemncane, umndeni wakhe owathuthela eMemphis usuka eMissouri. Kodwa-ke, ngaleyo minyaka, kwakungekho ubungane bokudala phakathi kwezinkanyezi zesikhathi esizayo ze-rock and roll.
Umculi esizayo wafunda esikoleni samaKatolika "Isidlo Esingcwele". Futhi ekuqaleni akazange abonise isithakazelo esiphawulekayo emculweni. Insizwa enomdlandla, ekhule ngokomzimba yayiyithanda kakhulu imidlalo. Ubengomunye wabadlali abaphambili eqenjini le-baseball lesikole kanye namaqembu ebhola laseMelika. Kamuva, yena, kanye nomfowabo uDorsey, baba nesithakazelo esijulile esibhakeleni, baze bawina ubuqhawe bombuso wentsha oyimfundamakhwela. Ngemva kokuqeda isikole, uBurnett wazama ukuzithola esesibhakeleni esikhokhelwayo, kodwa akazange aphumelele ngokuphelele.
Ngemva kokunye ukulwa okungaphumelelanga, ngenxa yokuthi wazuza u-$ 60 futhi waphuka nekhala lakhe, wanquma ukushiya imidlalo yobuchwepheshe. UJohnny oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala wathola umsebenzi wokuba itilosi esikebheni esizihambelayo, lapho umfowabo ayengene khona njengomsizi womkhuzi. Ngemva kolunye uhambo, yena noDorsey basebenza isikhathi esithile eMemphis yangakubo. Babedlala ezindaweni zokucima ukoma ebusuku nasezindaweni zokudansa.
Ukubukeka kweThe Rock & Roll Trio
Kancane kancane, uthando lomculo lwabathakazelisa nakakhulu abazalwane. Kwathi ekupheleni kuka-1952 banquma ukusungula ibhendi yokuqala yeRhythm Rangers. Okwesithathu, bamema umngane wabo uP. Barlison.
Bobathathu badlale isiginci ngaphandle kwamazwi: uJimmy kwi-acoustic, uBarlison ku-lead guitar, noDorsey ku-bass. Ithimba liphinde lathatha isinqumo ngokuqondisa kwalo kwezomculo. Kwakuyi-rockabilly esanda kuzalwa, eyinhlanganisela ye-rock and roll, izwe, ne-boogie-woogie.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, uZiqu-zintathu osemusha kodwa onesifiso sokuvelela wasuka eMemphis yesifundazwe ukuze anqobe iNew York. Lapha, ngemva kochungechunge lwemizamo engaphumelelanga “yokweqa” ukuya esigabeni esikhulu, inhlanhla ekugcineni yamoyizela kubo. Ngo-1956, abaculi bakwazi ukungena kuphrojekthi ye-Ted Mack futhi bawine lo mncintiswano wabadlali abasha.
Lokhu kunqoba okuncane bekubaluleke kakhulu kuBurnett nabangane bakhe. Bathola inkontileka nenkampani yokuqopha yaseNew York iCoral Records. Leli qembu, elaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi iThe Rock & Roll Trio, laliphethwe nguHenry Jerome. Futhi, uTony Austin wamenywa eqenjini njengomshayi wesigubhu.
Ukuduma okungakaze kubonwe kweqembu
Amakhonsathi okuqala eqembu elisanda kwakhiwa abanjwe ngempumelelo ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene eNew York naseHholo Lomculo. Futhi ehlobo, iThe Rock & Roll Trio yavakashela eMelika kanye nabadlali abanjengoHarry Perkins noGene Vincent. Ekwindla ka-1956, bawina omunye umncintiswano womculo, owawuseMadison Square Garden. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iqembu laqopha futhi lakhulula izingoma ezintathu zokuqala.
Ukuze bahlangabezane nezindleko zokuqoshwa okusha nokuhlala eNew York, abaculi ababesafufusa kwakudingeka basebenze ngokuphithizela kokucula nokuvakasha njalo. Lokhu kwasithinta nakanjani isimo somzwelo samalungu eqembu. Izingxabano nokunganeliseki komunye nomunye kwakuvame ukuvela phakathi kwabo. Ngasekupheleni kuka-1956, ngemuva komdlalo weThe Rock & Roll Trio eNiagara Falls, uDorsey wamemezela ukuthi uzothatha umhlalaphansi ngemuva kwenye ingxabano nomfowabo.
Lokhu kwenzeke emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba iqembu leqembu liqophe i-Rock, Rock, Rock kaFrida. Umqondisi webhendi kwadingeka afune ngokushesha ozongena esikhundleni sikaDorsey ohambile - umculi webhesi uJohn Black waba yibona. Kodwa, naphezu kokuvela kwefilimu ethi "Frida" nokukhululwa kwezinye izingoma ezintathu ngo-1957, leli qembu lahluleka ukuthola ukuthandwa okukhulu. Amarekhodi akhe athengiswa kabi, futhi izingoma zakhe azibange zisafika kumashadi kazwelonke. Ngenxa yalokho, iCoral Records yanquma ukungasivuseleli inkontileka nabaculi.
UJohnny Burnett's California Triumph
Ngemva kokuwa kweqembu, uJohnny Burnett wabuyela eMemphis yakubo, lapho ahlangana khona nomngane wobusha bakhe, uJoe Campbell. Kanye naye, wanquma ukwenza umzamo wesibili wokunqoba i-Olympus yomculo yaseMelika. Baphinde bajoyinwa uDosi noBurlinson, futhi wonke umkhankaso wagibela waya eCalifornia.
Lapho befika eLos Angeles, uJohnny noDorsey bathola ikheli lesithixo sabo sasebuntwaneni, uRicky Nelson. Belindele lo mculi, abazalwane bahlala usuku lonke kuvulandi wendlu, besamlindile. Ukuphikelela kwabakwaBurnet kwaba nemiphumela emihle. UNelson, naphezu kokuba matasa futhi ekhathele, wavuma ukujwayelana ne-repertoire yabo, futhi ngesizathu esihle. Izingoma zamhlabe umxhwele kangangokuthi wavuma ukuqopha izingoma ezimbalwa nazo.
Ukuphumelela komsebenzi ohlangene wabazalwane bakaBurnett noRocky Nelson kwavumela abaculi ukuba baqedele inkontileka yokuqopha ne-Imperial Records. Kuphrojekthi entsha yomculo, abazalwane uJohnny noDorsey badlala njenge-duet. Futhi uDoyle Holly wamenywa njengomdlali wesigingci. Kusukela ngo-1958, ukunqoba kwangempela kukaJohn Burnett kwaqala kokubili njengombhali wengoma nanjengomdlali. Ngo-1961, abazalwane bakhulula ingoma yabo yokugcina ababeyihlanganise. Base benquma ukuzihambela njengabaculi ababodwa.
I-Solo Way kaJohnny Burnette
UJohn wathola izimemo ezivela ezinkampanini ezihlukahlukene zokuqopha. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1960, waqopha amathrekhi amaphrojekthi amaningana ngesikhathi esisodwa. Phakathi kwazo, ama-albhamu kufanele agqanyiswe: I-Green Grass yaseTexas (1961, iphinde yakhishwa ngo-1965) kanye ne-Bloody River (1961). I-Dreamin' eyodwa yafinyelela kunombolo-11 kumashadi kazwelonke ngo-1960. Yathengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esi-1. Kule hit, uBurnett uthole i-RIAA Golden Disc.
Ingoma eshisa izikhotha ethi You are Sixteen, eyaphuma ngonyaka olandelayo, yaba yimpumelelo kakhulu. Ingunombolo 8 ku-US Hot 100 kanye nenombolo 5 ku-UK National Chart. Kule ngoma, uJohnny waphinde waklonyeliswa nge-"golden disc", kodwa akakwazanga ukuhambela isethulo sakhe. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi komkhosi, wangeniswa esibhedlela ngenxa ye-appendicitis ephukile. Ngemva kokuphuma esibhedlela, uBurnett waqala ubuciko ngamandla aphindwe kabili, waya e-USA, Australia naseGreat Britain.
Ukufa okudabukisayo kukaJohnny Burnette
Maphakathi nawo-1960, umculi wayesesezingeni eliphezulu lomsebenzi wakhe. Izinhlelo zalo mculi oneminyaka engu-30 ubudala bekuwukushicilela amaqoqo amasha nezingoma zomuntu ngamunye abesebenza kuzo. Kodwa kwenzeka ingozi ebuhlungu. Ngo-August 1964, waya kodoba e-California's Clear Lake. Lapha waqasha isikebhe esincane esinenjini, wahamba yedwa ukuze ayodoba ebusuku.
Ngemva kokumisa isikebhe sakhe, uJohnny wenza iphutha elingenakuthethelelwa - wacisha izibani eziseceleni. Mhlawumbe ukuze bangesabi izinhlanzi. Kodwa akazange acabange ukuthi echibini ebusuku ehlobo kukhona ukunyakaza okujabulisayo. Ngenxa yalokho, isikebhe sakhe, simi ebumnyameni, savinjwa omunye umkhumbi owawuhamba ngesivinini esikhulu.
Ngenxa yokushaywa kanzima, uBurnet waphonswa emanzini equlekile, futhi kwakungenakwenzeka ukumsindisa. Emcimbini wokuvalelisa nomculi, iqoqo lonke leqembu, aqala nalo uhambo lwakhe lokuya endaweni ephakeme ye-rock and roll, laphinde lahlangana: umfowethu uDorsey, uPaul Berlinson nabanye. UJohn Burnett wangcwatshwa eMemorial Park endaweni Amadolobha aseLos Angeles, eGlendale.
