Umculi odumile, umqambi kanye nomdidiyeli wase-United States of America, u-Lionel Richie, wayengowesibili ngokuduma kuphela ku-Michael Jackson kanye no-Prince maphakathi nawo-80s.
Indima yakhe eyinhloko yayihlotshaniswa nokusebenza kwama-ballads amahle, othando, ashukumisayo. Wanqoba ngokuphindaphindiwe phezulu kwe-TOP-10 "hot" hits hhayi eMelika kuphela, kodwa nakwamanye amazwe amaningi.
Umsebenzi wakhe uxhumene ngendlela engenakuhlukaniswa nezitayela zomculo ezifana nesigqi ne-blues ne-soft rock. U-Lionel Richie ungumnikazi wemiklomelo eminingi yaseMelika neyamazwe ngamazwe. Igama lakhe liyathakazelisa ochwepheshe abaningi bomculo, ngakho-ke kufanelekile ukutshela okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka mayelana ne-biography, indlela yomsebenzi kanye nempilo yomuntu siqu yalo mculi nomqambi.
Ulwazi mayelana ne-biography ka-Lionel Richie
U-Lionel Richie wazalwa ngoJuni 20, 1949 eTuskegee, Alabama. Abazali bakaRichie Jr. bafundisa esikhungweni sendawo.
Njengoba babengama-Afrika aseMelika, kwakudingeka bahlale ekhempasini yabafundi, ngenxa yokuthi ubuntwana nobusha bekusasa eliluhlaza kanye nenkanyezi ye-rock ethambile kwakungenafu futhi kuphephile.
Esikoleni, wayebambe iqhaza emdlalweni wethenisi futhi waphumelela kulo mdlalo, okwathi lapho esemusha wamvumela ukuba athole umfundaze futhi aphumelele izivivinyo zokwamukelwa eyunivesithi yendawo.
Ekuqaleni, uLionel wayefuna ukubhalisa izifundo zeTheology, kodwa kamuva washintsha umqondo.
Isikhathi sothando lomculo
Ngesikhathi sokuqhakaza kwenhlangano yama-hippie (maphakathi nawo-60s ekhulwini lama-XX), u-Richie Jr. waba nesithakazelo emculweni futhi wafunda ukudlala i-saxophone.
Wamukelwa eqenjini lasenyuvesi i-Commondores, elalicula ngendlela yesigqi ne-blues, futhi waba umculi ophambili kulo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, waqamba izingoma nomculo ukuze azidlalele yena.
Izingoma zakhe ezimbili (Easy, Three Times a Lady) ziyizingoma ezidume kakhulu zeqembu labafundi. Ngo-1968, wasayina inkontileka enenzuzo nestudiyo somculo we-Motown Records, futhi ibhizinisi leqembu laqala "ukukhuphuka".
Ekuqaleni 80s ekhulwini elidlule Lionel Richie waqonda ukuthi wayekulungele ukusebenza solo futhi wayeshiya iqembu, eyasungulwa enyuvesi.
I-albhamu eyedwa kaRichie Jr., eyakhululwa ngo-1981, yathengiswa ngabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-4. Ngemva kokubhala nokukhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesibili eyedwa (Awukwazi Ukwehlisa Ijubane), uLionel uhlonishwa njengomdlali ongcono kakhulu wama-ballads othando futhi uklonyeliswa ngezindondo ezimbili ze-Grammy.
Irekhodi likaRichie elaphumelela kakhulu kwaba yiDancing on the Ceiling. Yiqiniso, ngemva kokukhululwa nempumelelo emangalisayo, umculi waqala ukucubungula izinto eziqoqiwe futhi isitudiyo aqopha kuso izingoma saqala ukukhipha amaqoqo amahithi amakhulu kakhulu kaLionel Richie.
Umsebenzi oqhubekayo kaLionel Richie
U-Lionel wabuyela ekuhlanganiseni izingoma ezintsha nezingoma kuphela ngo-1996. Ukhiphe i-albhamu ngesitayela sesigqi kanye ne-blues Louder Than Words, kodwa akazange abangele injabulo yangaphambilini phakathi kwabalandeli.
Khona-ke umculi wabuyela ezingomeni zothando futhi indalo yakhe elandelayo yangena ezingomeni ezingu-40 ezihamba phambili e-United States of America nase-England.
Ekuqaleni kwekhulu leminyaka elisha, u-Richie wayesebuyele estudiyo futhi evakasha. Wavakashela imikhosi eminingi, wahlela ikhonsathi e-Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, wabe esethatha ikhefu emsebenzini wakhe isikhathi esifushane.
Ngemva kwalokho, uLionel Richie wavakashela e-United States, wakhulula ukukhululwa kweTuskegee, wabamba iqhaza emkhosini odumile, owawuse-UK "Glanstonbury".
Ngokuzayo, umsebenzi wakhe waqala ukwehla, futhi isitudiyo sokuqopha sasizuza kakhulu ekukhululweni kwamaqoqo anezingoma ezidume kakhulu nezithandwayo zomculi nomqambi.
Mayelana nempilo yomuntu siqu
Unkosikazi wokuqala kaLionel Richie kwakunguBrenda Harvey, owayeyintombi yakhe yasekolishi isikhathi eside. Ngemva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili yokuphila komshado okujabulisayo ndawonye, lo mbhangqwana wanquma ukuthatha ingane engaphelele - intombazane, uCamilla Escovedo.
URichie wenze lesi sinqumo ngemuva kokumbona kweminye yemidlalo yakhe. Ngokusemthethweni, lo mbhangqwana wathola izincwadi zokutholwa ngo-1989.
Enomkakhe wokuqala, uLionel Richie bahlukanisa ngo-1993, lapho ethola umyeni wakhe nenkosikazi yakhe kwelinye lamakamelo eBeverly Hills Hotel. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, u-Diana Alexander, umklami odumile, uye waba uthando lwakhe olusha. Umshado wabo waba ngemva kweminyaka emibili.
Ukushada kabusha kwathatha iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili. Emndenini omusha, kwazalwa izingane, abazali bazo okuthiwa uSophia noMiles. Yiqiniso, ngemva kokuba umculi eqale kabusha umsebenzi wakhe wokudala, lo mbhangqwana waxabana futhi wahlukana.
Nokho, kamuva lowo owayengumyeni nenkosikazi babuyisana futhi basalondoloza ubuhlobo bobungane. Engosini yokuxhumana ye-Instagram u-Diana Alexander, ungabona njalo izithombe zezingane zabo ezivamile ezichitha isikhathi noyise.
Ekupheleni kuka-2018, uLionel Richie waya eziqhingini zaseHawaii futhi wathola imali ngokudlala emaqenjini endawo. Wabe wamenywa kuhlelo lwethelevishini i-American Idol. Ngokungangabazeki, uLionel Richie ungumculi onethalente obambe iqhaza elikhulu kwezobuciko bomculo.
