UMichael Bolton wayengumdlali odumile ngeminyaka yawo-1990. Ujabulise abalandeli ngama-ballads othando ahlukile, futhi wenza nezinhlobo zekhava zezingoma eziningi.
Kodwa uMichael Bolton yigama lesiteji, igama lomculi nguMikhail Bolotin. Wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 26, 1956 eNew Haven (Connecticut), e-USA. Abazali bakhe babengamaJuda ngokobuzwe, basuka ezweni lakubo.
Ngaphambi komshado, unina umfana kwadingeka isibongo Gubina, umzukulu umJuda bomdabu owashiya eRussia. Kodwa abanye ogogo nomkhulu bomculi babenezimpande zaseRussia kuphela. Ngaphandle kukaMichael, umndeni wawunomfowethu nodadewabo abadala.
Umsebenzi womculo kaMichael Bolton
UBolton uqophe ukwakheka kwakhe kokuqala emuva ngo-1968, kodwa wabe esehluleka ukuzuza impumelelo ebalulekile.
UMichael wayengazimemezela ngempela ngemva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa. Wabe esethula icwecwe lakhe lokuqala, elibiza ngegama lakhe.
Iningi labalaleli nabagxeki livumile ukuthi umsebenzi walo mculi uthonywe kakhulu izingoma zikaJoe Cocker.
Eminyakeni yakhe encane, umculi, kanye namalungu eqembu lakhe, badlala ngesitayela se-rock eqinile, futhi bake bamenywa ukuba "bafudumale" ku-Ozy Osbourne njengengxenye yohambo.
UMichael Bolton waze wathola isipho sesikhundla somculi, kodwa yena ngokwakhe akathandi ukukhuluma ngalesi sihloko, ngezinye izikhathi ethi lezi yizinto ezisungulwe yi-yellow press.
Ngo-1983, lo mculi wakhipha ingoma eshisa izikhotha, waba ngumbhali-ndawonye wengoma ethi How Am I Supposed to Live Without You, eyenziwa nguLaura Branigan.
Ingoma yavele yahola kuwo wonke amashadi futhi yaba ngumholi amasonto amathathu. Lokhu kwaholela ekuqhubekeni kokubambisana, futhi eminyakeni emibili kamuva, uBolton wabhala enye ingoma kaLaura. Kodwa akazange akujabulele ukuthandwa okufanayo.
Futhi lapho uCher enza ukwakheka kwakhe eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, wathola ukuqashelwa emhlabeni wonke. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, uMichael waqala ukudala izingoma zabo bobabili abaculi.
Kodwa inani eliphakeme emsebenzini wakhe lafika lapho uMichael Bolton enquma ukwenza ama-rock ballads. Ukudalwa kokuqala kwakuyinguqulo yekhava yengoma (Sittin' On) The Dockof the Bay, eyenziwa ngu-Otis Redding.
Umfelokazi wakhe engxoxweni uthe ukudlala kukaMichael kwamlethela izinyembezi futhi kwamkhumbuza ukuthi kwakukuhle kangakanani ngomyeni wakhe owayeye kwelinye izwe.
Kamuva, umculi wakhulula ezinye izinguqulo eziningi zekhava zezingoma ezidumile, futhi cishe zonke zaziyizingoma zangempela.
Umklomelo weGrammy
Ngo-1991, kwakhululwa elinye icwecwe elithi, Time, Love & Tenderness, ngenxa yokuthi uBolton wathola indondo ye-Grammy ekade ilindelwe. Izingoma ezimbalwa ezisuka kule albhamu bezisezindaweni eziphezulu eshadini cishe inyanga yonke.
Ngakho, uMichael, owaqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuba umculi wezingoma, kancane kancane waba umculi ofunwa kakhulu. Kodwa umsebenzi wakhe awuhambanga kahle njengoba ungase ubonakale ekuqaleni.
Izinguqulo zekhava ezikhishwe nguye zombili zazidumile futhi zingaphansi kokugxekwa okumangazayo.
Lo mculi uze wamangalelwa ngokuthi umculo wengoma ethi Love is a Wonderful Thing wawubolekwe kubazalwane baka-Isley. Futhi uMichael, ngeshwa, wehlulekile ukufakazela icala lakhe.
Kwadingeka adlulisele kubazalwane ingxenye ekhangayo yenzuzo yokuthengiswa kwengoma (ngomyalelo wenkantolo), futhi anikeze u-28% wokudayiswa kwe-albhamu, lapho ifakwe khona.
Naphezu kwe-tape ebomvu esemthethweni, umculi akazange aphule futhi waqhubeka nokuzinikela ekudaleni. Ukhiphe amanye amahithi amaningi abedume ngendlela emangalisayo.
Ezinye zazo zazisetshenziselwa ngisho nokuhambisana nomculo kumafilimu, kanye nekhathuni elithi "Hercules", elithwetshulwe nguDisney ngokwakhe.
Umculi wayengesabi ukuhlolwa. Ngakho, ngo-2011, wavuma duet no-Alexei Chumakov. Bendawonye bacula ingoma ethi "Lapha Nalapha."
Ingxenye eyodwa yengoma yaculwa ngesiRashiya ngu-Alexey, futhi ingxenye yesibili ngesiNgisi nguMichael. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Bolton wakhuluma ngokuzithoba ngamazwi ka-Alexei Chumakov, futhi wabika ngezinga eliphezulu lengoma ebhalwe nguChumakov.
Impilo yomuntu siqu yeciko
Ngo-1975, umshado wenziwa noMaureen McGuire. Inkosikazi yanikeza uMichael amadodakazi amathathu amahle. Naphezu kokuba nezingane ezivamile, lo mbhangqwana wahlukanisa ngo-1990.
Abamele abezindaba bathi ngemuva kokuhlukana, umculi waqala ukuthandana noTeri Hatcher, kodwa lokhu kuseyimpicabadala.
Izinguquko eziphawulekayo zenzeka ngo-1992, lapho uMichael eqala ukuhlala noNicolette Sheridan. Ubuhlobo bathatha iminyaka emithathu, base baqala kabusha ngo-2008, futhi ngemva kweminyaka emithathu bahlukana futhi, kodwa kuze kube phakade. Namuhla inhliziyo yomculi ikhululekile.
Yiziphi izinto abaculi abazithandayo ngaphandle komculo?
UMichael Bolton ubambe iqhaza emsebenzini wokupha, wakha isisekelo sakhe, esigxile ekusizeni abesifazane nezingane abahlukunyezwa udlame lwasekhaya.
Ngo-2018, lo mculi wajabulisa izakhamizi zase-UK ngohambo lwekhonsathi futhi lwenziwa eBirmingham.
Uphinde azame isandla sakhe ekuqondiseni, usevele wethula ifilimu yokuqala nge-American Detroit. Uthe wamthanda okwangempela, wanquma ukutshela izwe ngobuhle bale ndawo kanye nesakhiwo somnotho sempilo.
Naphezu kokuphila okumatasa kakhulu, uMichael ngeke ashiye umculo futhi maduzane uhlela ukubhala enye ingoma ukuze ajabule abalandeli!
