U-Ruth Brown - omunye wabaculi abakhulu bama-50s, enza izingoma ngesitayela se-Rhythm & Blues. Lo mculi onesikhumba esinsundu wayeyisibonelo se-jazz yakuqala eyinkimbinkimbi kanye neblues ehlanyayo. Ubeyi-diva enethalente elwela amalungelo abaculi ngokungakhathali.
Iminyaka yokuqala kanye nomsebenzi wokuqala kaRuth Brown
URuth Alston Weston wazalwa ngo-January 12, 1928 emndenini omkhulu wezisebenzi ezivamile. Abazali nezingane eziyisikhombisa babehlala edolobheni elincane lasePortsmouth, eVirginia. Ubaba wesihlabani sakusasa wahlanganisa umsebenzi wokulayisha ethekwini nokucula ekwayeni yesonto.
Naphezu kwamathemba kayise, inkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo ayizange ilandele ezinyathelweni zakhe, kodwa, ngokuphambene nalokho, yaqala ukudlala kuma-nightclub. Wayephinde abe yingxenye yamakhonsathi amasosha. Ineminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa, intombazane yabalekela abazali bayo nesoka layo, aqala nalo umndeni ngokushesha.
Ngemva komshado, abasanda kushada babumbene ku-duet futhi baqhubeka benza imigoqo. Isikhathi esifushane, umculi osemusha wabambisana ne-orchestra, kodwa ngokushesha waxoshwa. UBlanche Calloway waba negalelo ekuthuthukisweni okuqhubekayo komsebenzi womculi osemusha, owasiza ukuhlela ukusebenza komculi e-nightclub edumile enhloko-dolobha.
Kukule khonsathi lapho lo mculi owayesafuna ukucula wabonwa ngummeleli wesiteshi somsakazo iVoice of America wamncoma enkampanini encane i-Atlantic Records. Ngenxa yengozi yemoto lapho intombazane yathola khona, ukuhlolwa kwenzeka kuphela ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye. Naphezu kokugula nokulinda isikhathi eside komhlangano, idatha yomculo wentombazane yabajabulisa kakhulu abamele inkampani.
Impumelelo yokuqala namahithi amakhulu ka-Ruth Brown
Phakathi nenhlolokhono yokuqala, umculi wacula ingoma ethi "So Long", eyaba yingoma yakhe yokuqala ngemva kokuqoshwa kwe-studio. URuth Brown wayengomunye wabaculi bokuqala ukusayina nabasunguli be-Atlantic. Iminyaka engu-10, washaya amashadi e-Billboard R&B ngazo zonke izingoma aziqophela i-Atlantic.
Ingoma enesihloko esithi "Teardrops from My Eyes" yahlala phezulu kuwo wonke amashadi amasonto angu-11 elandelana. Ukuphumelela kwalo mculi njengomunye wabaculi be-R&B abanekhono kwenze waqanjwa ngokuthi "Little Miss Rhythm" nethi "The Girl With a Tear in Her Voice".
Ngenxa yempumelelo edabukisayo yomculi, isitudiyo sokuqopha sabizwa ngokuthi "indlu eyakhiwa nguRuth" nhlobo. Isitatimende esinjalo esithophayo sasingenangqondo, ngoba izingoma zakhe zaphakamisa inkampani encane eyaziwayo phezulu. I-Atlantic Records yaba ilebula elizimele eliphumelele kakhulu lama-1950s.
Kusukela ngo-1950-1960, izingoma eziningi zikaRuth Brown zaba amahithi. Izingoma ezidume kakhulu kuze kube namuhla yilezi:
- "Ngizokulinda";
- "Amahora angu-5-10-15";
- "Ngiyazi";
- "Mama Uphatha Indodakazi Yakho Ngezwi";
- "Oh Yeka Iphupho";
- "Mambo Baby";
- "Ingane Yami Emnandi";
- Ungangikhohlisi.
Ukuvuselelwa kwentshisekelo ku-Ruth Brown
Ngo-1960, umculi wangena emthunzini futhi wathatha imfundo yendodana yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo. Ekupheleni kwawo-1960, inkanyezi eyake yathandwa yayisisonqenqemeni lobumpofu. Ukuze ondle umkhaya wakhe, lona wesifazane wayesebenza njengomshayeli webhasi lesikole futhi eyinceku.
Impilo yakhe nomsebenzi kwaqala ukushintsha kwaba ngcono kuphela maphakathi nawo-1970. Umngani wesikhathi eside, usomahlaya u-Redd Foxx ummemile ukuthi abambe iqhaza ohlelweni lwakhe oluhlukahlukene. Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 edlule, lo mculi wanikeza le ndoda usizo lwezimali. Futhi manje naye akazange ame eceleni futhi wasiza inkanyezi ukuba iphinde idume kanye nokuzinza kwezezimali.
Izindima kumafilimu nasemculweni u-Ruth Brown
Ngemva kweminyaka engu-4, umculi inkanyezi ochungechungeni lwamahlaya Hello Larry. Ngo-1983, lo wesifazane wanikezwa indima emculweni we-Broadway At the Corner of Amen. Umdlalo wawusekelwe emdlalweni wombhali odumile waseMelika uJames Baldwin.
Ukubamba iqhaza emculweni akuzange kube yize, futhi ngo-1988 umqondisi uJohn Samuel wamemela umculi efilimu yakhe yehlelo i-Hairspray. Lapho, wadlala indima yomnikazi wesitolo somculo ngentshiseko, elwela amalungelo abantu abamnyama.
Ngemva konyaka, uRuth Brown waphinda wazama isandla sakhe njengomdlali we-actress ku-Broadway emculweni we-Black and Blue. Ukubamba iqhaza kulo mculo kwaletha umculi ukunqoba endondo yeshashalazi ehlonishwayo "Tony". Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-albhamu ethi "Blues on Broadway", izingoma ezidlalwa kuzo zomculo, yaklonyeliswa ngendondo yomculo we-Grammy.
Ngaphandle kwempilo yakhe yasesiteji, u-Ruth Brown ubengumkhulumeli okhuthele wamalungelo abaculi. Lokhu kwagcina kuholele ekutheni akhe isisekelo esizimele esasifuna ukulondoloza umlando we-R&B. I-Foundation yasiza ukuhlela usizo lwezezimali kumaciko, futhi yavikela amalungelo abo phambi kwezinkampani zokuqopha ezingathembekile.
Eminyakeni yakamuva kaRuth Brown
Ngo-1990, umculi wathola enye indondo nge-autobiography yakhe u-Miss Rhythm. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-3, wangeniswa e-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ngombhalo ohloniphekile othi "The Queen Mother of the Blues." Kuze kube ngu-2005, umculi wayevame ukuvakasha.
Kuphela ngoNovemba 2006, eneminyaka engu-78 ubudala, inkanyezi yashonela esibhedlela saseLas Vegas. Imbangela yokufa kwaba yimiphumela yesifo senhliziyo esakhula. Ngemva kokushona komculi, kwahlelwa amakhonsathi amaningi okukhumbula uRuth Brown, omunye wabaculi be-R&B abagqama kakhulu.
