U-Leslie McKewen wazalwa ngoNovemba 12, 1955 e-Edinburgh (eScotland). Abazali bakhe bangama-Irish. Ukuphakama komculi kungu-173 cm, uphawu lwe-zodiac yi-Scorpio.
Okwamanje inamakhasi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezidumile, isaqhubeka nokwenza umculo. Ushadile, uhlala nomkakhe nendodana eLondon, inhloko-dolobha yaseGreat Britain. Izinhlobo eziyinhloko zomculi i-pop, i-glam rock, i-pop rock.
Ngesikhathi seBay City Rollers
Umculi uLeslie McKewen waqala umsebenzi wakhe kwiBay City Rollers ngo-1969-1979. Eminyakeni enezigigaba eziningi, wayengumculi weqembu.
Ngo-1975 leli qembu lase lidume kakhulu eBrithani, kodwa ukuduma okulizungezile kwaphela ngokushesha njengoba laliqala.
Ngo-1978, i-Bay City Rollers yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Roller futhi yashintsha uhlu lwayo, kodwa lokhu akuzange kushiye abaculi egagasini lodumo nokuhlonishwa; eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, leli qembu lahlukana ngaphambi kwemvuselelo eyalandela.
Leli qembu linama-albhamu angu-9 esikweletu salo, amanye awo aphinde akhishwa eNyakatho Melika nase-Japan. Ama-albhamu ayedwa e-Rollin' kanye ne-Once Upon A Star agcine ibhendi iphezulu amasonto angu-99.
Akuwona wonke umuntu owaziyo ukuthi igama lokuqala leqembu laliyi-SAXONS, ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, ngemva kwegama ledolobha laseBay, leli qembu lamukela igama elijwayelekile le-Bay City Rollers.
I-Bye Bye Baby (omunye wababhali nguMcKewen) yaba ingoma esakazeke kakhulu yeqembu, impumelelo yerekhodi ilethe abaculi ezingeni lomhlaba futhi yavumela ithimba laseScotland ukuthi lithuthele e-USA. Kusukela lapho, kwaqala ukuvakasha emhlabeni wonke kwamaciko.
Ukuvela kukaMcKewen esidlangalaleni okokuqala njengelungu leqembu kwakungoMgqibelo Night Live, umbukiso waseMelika ophethwe nguHoward Cosell.
Njengesikhumbuzo sempumelelo yabo, abaculi bakhiphe ingoma ethi Saturday Night, engene phezulu eMelika.
Okugqamile kwalaba baculi wukuthi bebegibela esiteji begqoke amakhithi - okuyizimpahla zabesilisa zesizwe saseScottish, nezikhafu zesintu.
U-Leslie wayeyilungu leqembu kwaze kwaba ngu-1978, kamuva ukwakheka kwabahlanganyeli kwashintsha, futhi abaculi bahamba ngezindlela zabo. Ngokuhamba kukaMcKewen ekugcineni, amalungu awakwazanga ngisho nokuzitholela abakhiqizi, njengoba ukwamukelwa emphakathini kwehla.
Ngaphandle kweqembu
AbakwaRoller baqhubekile nokuvakasha ngaphandle kuka-Leslie, kwathi iBreakout (amalungu asele ayihambela ngeminyaka yawo-1980s kanye nawo-1990s) icishe yabhalwa nguMcKewen ngokuphelele.
U-Leslie ubelokhu ethakazelisayo kwabobulili obuhlukile, isitayela sakhe sokucula nezici zokudlala zazisilungele isithombe sakhe.
Phakathi neminyaka edlule, wanqoba umlutha wotshwala kanye nezidakamizwa. Baqala ukubonakala ngeminyaka yokunqoba kweBay City Rollers. Manje uMcKewen usezinqobile izifo zakhe.
Uthole ugqozi lwakhe njengomholi we-Scottish National Party uNicola Sturgeon.
Ube nenkanyezi ochungechungeni lwe-TV oluyishumi nambili lapho adlala khona indima yakhe ("Time Shift", "Beyond Music", "Free Women", njll.).
Wabamba iqhaza ekukhiqizeni umdlalo othi "The Scottish Army" ngesimemo somuntu siqu somqondisi waseScotland uSen McCluskey.
NgoMashi 2007, amalungu ayisithupha angaphambili eqembu ("uhlu lwakudala") amemezela izinyathelo zomthetho ngokumelene ne-Arista Records, ngethemba lokubuyisela lokho abakubiza ngokuthi amashumi ezigidi zamadola emalini engakhokhelwanga.
NgoSepthemba 2015, u-Leslie McKewen, u-Alan Longmuir no-Stuart Wood bamemezela izinhloso zabo zokuphinde bahlangane ukuze badlale i-Glasgow Barrowlands ngoDisemba walowo nyaka.
Umsebenzi weSolezwe
Ngemva kokushiya iqembu, uLeslie waqala umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa, waqopha iculo elithi All Washed Up, elingazange likujabulele ukuthandwa. Cishe iminyaka eyi-10 ngemuva kwalokho, uMcKewen wachitha ngaphandle komculo, ehlala e-Edinburgh.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, uLeslie waphuma ekhefini futhi waqala ukusebenzisana noDieter Bohlen.
Lokhu kushintshashintsha kwesiphetho kwamvumela ukuthi aphinde angenele izingoma eziphezulu zomculo, ingoma yakhe ethi She's a Lady yafinyelela emazingeni aphezulu okuthengisa. Ingoma yakhe yaba yisihloko sochungechunge oluthi Rivalen der Rennbahn.
Ukusebenzisana noBohlen kuyisinyathelo esihle, njengoba bobabili benephimbo elifanayo lezwi nendlela yokusebenza emsebenzini. Bobabili bazama ukubeka eceleni okwedlule kuka-Leslie futhi bathathe umoya omusha wokuthandwa komculo omusha, kodwa ukucindezela kokukhuphuka okudlule akuzange kuvumele lokhu ukuba kwenziwe.
U-Bohlen ukhethekile kumahithi omdanso, obekufanelekela kahle i-timbre ka-Leslie.
Ngo-1989, kwakhululwa i-albhamu eyedwa ethi It's a game, ehlanganisa amathrekhi ayisishiyagalombili. Ingxenye yezingoma zikaLeslie yabhalwa nguye, kanti ingxenye ibhalwe ngumdidiyeli wakhe uDieter Bohlen. Ngegama elifanayo ngo-1977, i-Bay City Rollers yakhipha i-albhamu lapho u-Leslie ayecula khona yedwa.
Njengomculi oyedwa, uLeslie wazuza impumelelo yakhe enkulu kakhulu eJapane, eYurophu umculo wakhe awuzange ube nomthelela onjalo.
Lo mculi unama-albhamu angu-8 eyedwa ku-arsenal yakhe, eyokugcina ekhishwe ngo-2016.
Iqembu elisha
UMcKewen wahlanganisa iqembu elisha ngo-1991, lapho aphinda enza khona izingoma ezishisa izikhotha ezivela ku-Bay City Rollers ngemiphumela namalungiselelo engeziwe.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990 wekhulu leminyaka elidlule, ngokubambisana nabaculi baseLondon, uchungechunge olusha lwagcwaliswa ngezinto zomuntu ngamunye.
