U-Leslie Sue Gore igama eliphelele lomculi-umbhali wamaculo odumile waseMelika. Lapho bekhuluma ngezindawo zomsebenzi kaLesley Gore, bangeza namagama: umlingisi, isishoshovu kanye nomuntu odumile womphakathi.
Njengombhali wezingoma ezithi It's My Party, Judy’s Turn to Cry namanye, uLeslie wahileleka ekulweleni amalungelo abesifazane, nawo okwaduma kakhulu kuwo. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi womculi, amarekhodi ayi-7 ashaye ishadi le-Billboard 200 (ubuningi buthathe indawo yama-24).
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaLesley Gore
Umdabu waseMelika uLesley Gore wazalwa ngoMeyi 2, 1946 eBrooklyn, eNew York. Ubaba wakhe nguLeo Gore, wayengumkhiqizi wezingubo zezingane ezaziwayo. Ngakho-ke, umndeni wawucebe kakhulu. Kakade lapho esemusha, le ntombazane yaqala ukuphupha ngomsebenzi wokuba umculi futhi yaqala ukuzama ukubhala izingoma zayo zokuqala.
Imizamo yakhe yaba yimpumelelo kakade ngo-1963 (ngaleso sikhathi intombazane yayineminyaka engu-16 kuphela ubudala), lapho kuqoshwa ingoma yokuqala ethi It's My Party. Ingoma yaduma cishe ngaso leso sikhathi. NgoJuni, wabe esehamba phambili eshadini eliyinhloko le-American Billboard Hot 100. Kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa, okwakuwumphumela omangalisayo kumculi oneminyaka engu-1 ubudala. Kamuva, ukuqanjwa kwaqokwa komunye wemiklomelo yomculo ehlonishwa kakhulu ye-Grammy.
Ingoma ethi It's My Party yaqoshwa nomdidiyeli odumile u-Quincy Jones (owaziwa nangokuthi umdidiyeli omkhulu we-albhamu kaMichael Jackson ethi Thriller edayisa kakhulu), ama-Oscar amaningi, u-Emmy, uGrammy kanye nabanye abawinile.
Le ntombazane ayizange igcine lapho futhi yaqopha ezinye izingoma ezimbalwa, ngayinye eyashaya ishadi. Kulezi zingoma bekukhona nethi: You Don't Own Me, She's a Fool, Judy's Turn To Cry nezinye izingoma okungenani ezi-5. Abanye babo baphinde baqokelwa Indondo Ye-Grammy futhi cishe bonke bashaya i-top 10 yeshadi le-Billboard Hot 100. Ngo-1965, kwakhululwa umdlalo wamahlaya waseMelika owaziwayo, i-Girls on the Beach, lapho u-Leslie ahlanganyela khona. Lapha wenza izingoma ezintathu, ezandisa kakhulu ukuthandwa kwakhe esikweni le-pop yase-US.
Impilo ngemuva kwenani eliphakeme lokuduma u-Lesley Gore
Isikhathi esiphezulu somsebenzi sasingeminyaka yawo-1960. Kurekhodwe inani elibalulekile lezingoma ezingashadile, ezamukelwa kahle ngabalaleli nabagxeki. U-Gore uvele ezinhlelweni ze-TV, amafilimu futhi unikeze izingxoxo eziningi. Ngawo-1970, umsebenzi womculi wehla. Phakathi kuka-1970 no-1989 uqophe amarekhodi amathathu kuphela. Kodwa-ke, ukuthandwa kwakhe "kwakusantanta". Ngalesi sikhathi, umculi iqhaza ngenkuthalo ezinhlelweni zethelevishini, iziteshi zomsakazo futhi wanika amakhonsathi emadolobheni ahlukene.
Maphakathi nawo-1980 nawo-1990, uGore wahlaba ikhefu emculweni. Njengoba yaziwa ngo-2005, kusukela ngo-1982, u-Leslie wayehlala nentombi yakhe, umklami wobucwebe uLoise Sasson. Abanye ababukeli bathi ukuphumula emsebenzini wabo womculo ngenxa yokuba matasa empilweni yabo.
Ukubuyiswa kuka-Leslie Gore kanye nokuvikelwa kwamalungelo emiphakathi ye-LGBT
Noma kunjalo, ngo-2005, u-Leslie wabuyela enkundleni yebhizinisi lombukiso futhi wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala eminyakeni engu-30, Ever Since. Abagxeki bancome i-disc, kanye nabalaleli, abajabule ngokubuya komculi odumile. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Leslie wavuma ukuthi ungowesifazane othandana nabanye futhi walandisa ngokuningiliziwe ngobudlelwano nomlingani wakhe.
Ngo-2004, u-Gore waba ummeli osebenzayo wamalungelo omphakathi we-LGBT. Umsebenzi wakhe wobushoshovu uzinikele endikimbeni ethi feminism. Ingoma ethi You Don't Own Me yagcina isiyingoma eyashisa izikhotha futhi yaba yiculo labantu besifazane emhlabeni wonke. Ingoma, eyaqoshwa maphakathi nawo-1960, ngokusho kombhali, ayikalahlekelwa ukubaluleka kwayo ngemva kweminyaka eminingi.
UGore washo kweminye yemiyalezo yakhe yevidiyo ukuthi "sisaqhubeka nokulwela amalungelo ethu" (lokhu kubhekiselwa kumagama eculo, elisho ukuthi owesifazane akayona impahla yendoda futhi unelungelo. ukulahla umzimba wakhe ngokuzimela).
U-Leslie ukhiphe imiyalezo eminingi yevidiyo. Kuzo, wavusa abalandeli bakhe ukuba bavotele "i" noma "ngokumelene" nemithetho ethile eyamukelwa ezweni. Ucele ukuthi kuvotwe ngokumelene nokuqedwa kwezinguquko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nokuvikelwa kweziguli zezwe. Phakathi kwezinguquko aziphikisile lo mculi wukuqedwa koxhaso lwezinhlelo zokuhlela izingane. Lokhu kwakuhlanganisa ukuqedwa kokufakwa kwemithi yokuvimbela inzalo kumshwalense kanye nemisebenzi yokufundisa ngalesi sihloko.
Iminyaka yokugcina ka-Leslie Gore
Eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe, uGore wahlushwa umdlavuza wamaphaphu. Waqhubeka nokuhlala nentombi yakhe uLoise Sasson. Sekukonke, bahlala ndawonye iminyaka engu-33 - kwaze kwaba sekufeni kukaLeslie. Awekho amarekhodi amasha kusukela Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Ngokuyisisekelo, u-Leslie wayebambe iqhaza ekusekeleni amalungelo e-LGBT "nokukhuthaza" isihloko sobufazi. NgoFebhuwari 16, 2015, lo mculi washona ngemuva kokugula. Kwenzeke eNew York Medical Center eLangon University (Manhattan).
Ngemuva kwalesi sigameko, umlingani wakhe wabhala incwadi yezidumbu enikezelwe kuGore. Kuyo, waphawula ithalente lomculi, futhi wambiza ngokuthi i-feminist enethonya nesibonelo esikhuthazayo kubantu abaningi.
