UShirley Bassey ungumculi odumile waseBrithani. Ukuduma kwalo mdlali kudlulele ngaphesheya kwemingcele yezwe lakubo ngemuva kokuthi izingoma eziqanjwe nguye zizwakala ochungechungeni lwamafilimu akhuluma ngoJames Bond: Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971) kanye noMoonraker (1979).
Lona ukuphela kwenkanyezi eqophe ithrekhi engaphezu kweyodwa yefilimu kaJames Bond. UShirley Bassey waklonyeliswa ngesihloko esithi Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Lo mculi uphuma esigabeni sosaziwayo esihlale silalele izintatheli nabalandeli. Ngemva kweminyaka engu-40 kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe wokudala, u-Shirley waziwa njengeciko eliphumelele kakhulu e-UK.
Ubuntwana nobusha uShirley Bassey
UShirley Bassey onethalente wachitha ubuntwana bakhe enhliziyweni yaseWales, eCardiff. Iqiniso lokuthi ngoJanuwari 8, 1937 kwazalwa inkanyezi, izihlobo zazingazi, ngoba umndeni wabo wawuphila kabi kakhulu. Le ntombazane ibiyingane yesikhombisa kulandelana emndenini wowesifazane oyiNgisi kanye netilosi laseNigeria. Lapho intombazane eneminyaka engu-2 ubudala, abazali bakhe bahlukana.
U-Shirley ube nesithakazelo kwezobuciko kusukela ebuntwaneni. Esakhula, wavuma ukuthi ukunambitheka kwakhe emculweni kwakhiwe izingoma zika-Al Jolson. Imibukiso yakhe nezingoma zomculo zazigqama kakhulu ku-Broadway kuma-1920s akude. UBassey omncane wazama ukulingisa isithixo sakhe kukho konke.
Lapho inhloko yomndeni ishiya umndeni, zonke izinkathazo zawela emahlombe kamama nezingane. Lapho uShirley esemusha, kwadingeka ayeke isikole ukuze athole umsebenzi efektri. Kusihlwa, uBassey osemncane naye wayengalali - wayecula ezindaweni zokucima ukoma nezindawo zokudlela. Intombazane yaletha imali kunina.
Cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo, umculi osemusha wenza i-debut yakhe embukisweni othi "Memories of Jolson". Ukuhlanganyela kulo mbukiso kwaba udumo olukhulu kuBassey, njengoba umculi wayeyisithixo sakhe sasebuntwaneni.
Wabe esedlala kwenye iphrojekthi. Sikhuluma ngohlelo olushisayo oluvela eHarlem. Kuyo, uShirley waqala njengengcweti yokucula. Naphezu kokwanda kokuthandwa, udumo lukhathele kakhulu ngentombazane esemusha.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-16, uShirley wakhulelwa. Intombazane yanquma ukushiya ingane, ngakho yahamba ekhaya. Ngo-1955, lapho ebeletha indodakazi yakhe uSharon, kwadingeka athathe umsebenzi wokuba uweta. Icala lasiza i-ejenti uMichael Sullivan ukuthi athole intombazane.
UMichael, ethuswa izwi lale ntombazane, wasikisela ukuba akhe umsebenzi wokucula. UShirley Bassey wayengenayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokwamukela lesi sicelo.
Indlela yokudala ka-Shirley Bassey
UShirley Bassey waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokudala emidlalweni yeshashalazi. Embukisweni we-Al Read, umdidiyeli uJoni Franz wabona entombazaneni amakhono amahle kakhulu okukhuluma nawobuciko.
I-debut single yomculi wokuqala yakhululwa ngoFebhuwari 1956. Ingoma yaqoshwa ngenxa kaPhilips. Abagxeki babone ukungenzi lutho ekusebenzeni kwengoma. Ingoma ibingavunyelwe ukuba idlale.
Kumthathe uSchilli unyaka owodwa impela ukulungisa lesi simo. Ithrekhi yakhe iqale kunombolo 8 eshadini lase-UK Singles. Ekugcineni, baqala ukukhuluma ngoBassey njengomculi oqinile futhi onamandla. Ngo-1958, amathrekhi amabili omculi aba hits kanyekanye. Ngemva konyaka, wethula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala kubalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe.
I-LP yokuqala ka-Shilly yayibizwa ngokuthi, The Bewitching Miss Bassey. Iqoqo lihlanganisa amathrekhi akhishwe ekuqaleni kwenkontileka ne-Philips.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, umculi wathola isipho esivela ku-EMI Columbia. Ngokushesha, u-Shilly wasayina inkontileka nelebula, eyaphawula isigaba esisha kumlando wakhe wokudala.
I-Peak of popularity ka-Shirley Bassey
Ngawo-1960, umculi waqopha izingoma ezimbalwa zomculo. Baphezulu kumashadi ase-UK. Ithrekhi yokuqala ka-Bassey selokhu asayina ne-EMI yayithi As Long As He Needs Me. Ngo-1960, leli culo lathatha isikhundla sesibili samashadi aseBrithani futhi lahlala lapho amasonto angama-2.
Esinye isenzakalo esibalulekile emlandweni wokudala womculi waseBrithani kwaba ukusebenzisana phakathi nawo-1960 noGeorge Martin, umdidiyeli weqembu elidumile elithi The Beatles.
Ngo-1964, uBassey wanqoba amashadi aphezulu aseMelika ngengoma yefilimu kaJames Bond ethi "Goldfinger". Ukuduma kwengoma kukhuphule izinga lomculi e-United States of America. Waqala ukumenywa ukuba alinganisele izinhlelo zethelevishini zaseMelika nemibukiso.
Ngo-February 1964, wenza i-debut yakhe ephumelelayo eMelika esiteji sehholo lekhonsathi elidumile laseCarnegie Hall. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ukuqoshwa kwekhonsathi kaBassey ekuqaleni kwakubhekwa njengesisekelo. Ukurekhoda kwabuye kwabuyiselwa futhi kwakhululwa kuphela maphakathi nawo-1990.
Isayina ne-United Artists
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960, umculi waseBrithani wasayina inkontileka nelebula edumile yaseMelika i-United Artists. Lapho, u-Bassey ukwazile ukuqopha ama-albhamu amane anobude obugcwele. Kodwa ukukhuluma iqiniso, amarekhodi ahlaba umxhwele kuphela abalandeli abaqotho be-diva yaseBrithani.
Nokho, lesi simo sashintsha kakhulu ngokuvela kwe-albhamu ethi Something, umphakathi owayibona ngo-1970. Leli qoqo libonise isitayela somculo esivuselelwe sika-Bassey. Abagxeki bomculo babike ukuthi okuthi Something icwecwe eliphumelela kakhulu ku-discography kaShirley Bassey.
Ithrekhi yegama elifanayo elivela kurekhodi elisha lidume kakhulu kumashadi aseBrithani kunokwakheka kwama-Beatles okuqala. Impumelelo yengoma eyodwa kanye nokuhlanganiswa kube nomthelela ekufuneni nasekusungulweni komculo okwalandela kwe-Bassey. Umculi waseBrithani uyakhumbula:
“Ukuqopha i-disc Kukhona into eyinguquko kumlando wami wokuphila. Ngingasho ngokuphepha ukuthi iqoqo lingenze inkanyezi ye-pop, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo kwaba ukuthuthukiswa kwemvelo kwesitayela somculo. Ngisanda kungena esitudiyo sokuqopha nezinto ezithile okwakuyi-Something ka-George Harrison. Ngiyavuma ukuthi ngangingazi nokuthi le ngoma yeBeatles futhi yaqanjwa nguGeorge Harrison ... Kodwa kwangihlaba umxhwele lokho engakuzwa ... ".
Ngemva konyaka, uBassey uphinde waqopha iculo lesihloko sefilimu elandelayo ye-Bond, Diamonds Are Forever. Ngo-1978, i-VFG "Melody" ngaphansi kwelayisensi ye-United Artists Records yakhipha iqoqo lezinombolo eziyi-12 nguShirley Bassey.
Abathandi bomculo baseSoviet, abangonakaliswanga izingoma zakwamanye amazwe, bathokozela izingoma zikaBassey. Kusukela ohlwini lwezingoma, bathande ikakhulukazi amathrekhi: Amadayimane athi Forever, Something, The Fool on the Hill, Never, Never, Never.
Kusukela ngo-1970 kuya ku-1979. I-discography yomculi waseBrithani ikhuphuke ngama-albhamu we-studio angu-18. Izingoma zomuntu ngamunye zika-Bassey zaba izingoma ezidumile eBrithani nase-United States of America. Ukuphela kweminyaka yawo-1970 kwaphawulwa ukuqoshwa kukasaziwayo ochungechungeni lwethelevishini olusezingeni eliphezulu.
UShirley Bassey ngeminyaka yawo-1980
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, umculi wanikeza inani lamakhonsathi eYurophu nase-United States of America. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uBassey waphawulwa njengomphathi wezobuciko.
Maphakathi nawo-1980s, wacula njengesivakashi kuMkhosi Wengoma Wamazwe Ngamazwe WasePoland eSopot. Ukudlala okubukhoma komculi waseBrithani bekulokhu kugqama. Izilaleli zazimthanda ngenxa yokushukuma komzimba okuvezayo, ukwethula izingoma zomculo ngokungacabangi nobuqotho.
Iminyaka yawo-1980 ayicebile ngama-albhamu amasha. Imvamisa yokukhishwa kokuhlanganiswa kwehliswe ngokuphawulekayo, futhi lokhu akukwazanga ukuzitshwa abalandeli abathembekile.
Maphakathi nawo-1980, i-discography ka-Bassey yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu, ehlanganisa izingoma eziphezulu ze-repertoire yakhe. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi Ngiyilokhu engiyikho. Irekhodi lamukelwe ngezandla ezifudumele abathandi bomculo nabagxeki bomculo.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, umculi wethula ingoma yomculo ethi There's No Place Like London, eyabhalwa nguLynsey de Paul noGerard Kenny. Umsebenzi wathakaselwa ngabalandeli. Ingoma yayivame ukudlalwa eziteshini zomsakazo zaseBrithani nezaseMelika.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1980, u-Bassey wethula i-albhamu ethi La Mujer. Okugqamile okuyinqaba kweqoqo ukuthi amathrekhi ediski aqoshwa ngeSpanishi.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaShirley Bassey
Ukuphila komuntu siqu komculi waseBrithani kusalokhu kuyimfihlakalo kwabaningi. U-Bassey akathandi ukukhumbula imininingwane yokuphila nabayeni bakhe, ngakho-ke lesi sihloko esivaliwe sezintatheli.
Umyeni wokuqala - umdidiyeli uKenneth Hume waphenduka ubungqingili. U-Bassey noKenneth bashade iminyaka engu-4 kuphela. Le ndoda yadlula emhlabeni ngokuzithandela. Kumculi, lezi zindaba zaba inhlekelele enkulu yomuntu siqu, ngoba ngemva kwesehlukaniso, ababeshade nabo bagcina ubuhlobo bobungane.
Umlingani wesibili usaziwayo wayengumkhiqizi wase-Italy uSergio Novak. Ubuhlobo bomndeni bathatha iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-11. Ezingxoxweni ezingavamile, u-Bassey ukhuluma ngokufudumele ngomyeni wakhe wesibili.
Izindaba ezimbi zokushona kwendodakazi yakhe uSamantha ngo-1984 zahlukanisa impilo yomculi waseBrithani ngaphambi nangemuva. Uma ukholelwa isiphetho samaphoyisa, indodakazi kasaziwayo yazibulala.
UShirley Bassey wayecasuke kakhulu ngokulahlekelwa izwi lakhe okwesikhashana. Emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, lo mculi wathola amandla okuya esiteji. Izilaleli zabingelela uShirley ngokuphakamisa ihlombe. Inkanyezi iyakhumbula:
“Ngangigqoke ingubo emnyama ejwayelekile. Lapho ngingena esiteji, izethameli zasukuma zangihlaba umkhosi imizuzu emihlanu ngimile. Abalandeli bami bangeseke kakhulu. Konke lokhu kunikeza i-adrenaline rush engavamile. Ingaqhathaniswa nesenzo somuthi ... ".
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngoShirley Bassey
- Ebuzwa ukuthi indlela lo mculi acula ngayo iyafana yini neka-Edith Piaf noJudy Garland, uBassey uphendule: “Anginankinga nokuqhathaniswa okunjalo ngoba ngicabanga ukuthi laba baculi bangcono kakhulu ... futhi ukuqhathaniswa nabangcono kakhulu kuhle kakhulu.
- Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, umculi waseBrithani wayenezimbangi ezimbili. Isithombe se-wax sika-Shirley sibukisa ku-Madame Tussauds edumile.
- Lo mculi wazibonakalisa engumethuli we-TV. Ngo-1979, ubambe owakhe uhlelo esiteshini esidumile se-BBC. Uhlelo oluqukethe u-Bassey lube nezilinganiso eziphezulu.
- Maphakathi nawo-1960, uShirley Bassey waqopha iculo elithi Mnu. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Ingoma bekufanele izwakale ku-movie elandelayo mayelana noJames Bond. Ngokushesha igama lokubhaliwe lashintshwa laba i-Thunderball. Abathandi bomculo bezwa ukuqamba kuphela ngemuva kweminyaka engama-27. Ifakwe ku-albhamu, enikezelwe emculweni ovela kuBond.
- Ngawo-1980, lo mlingisi wavela esiqeshini seminyaka eyi-100 sochungechunge lwethelevishini i-Muppet Show. U-Bassey wenze amathrekhi amathathu: Fire Down Below, Pennies from Heaven, Goldfinger.
UShirley Bassey namuhla
UShirley Bassey uyaqhubeka nokujabulisa abalandeli. Lo mculi waseBrithani usesimweni esimangalisayo somzimba yize ebehlanganisa iminyaka engama-2020 ngo-83.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi u-Shirley usenesihloko esingashiwongo sesithonjana sesitabane. Abalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe, abangabancane ngokocansi, baveza umsebenzi kaShirley Bassey njengophawu lobungqabavu.
U-Bassey uyavuma ukuthi uthanda ukunaka "kwabalandeli". Umculi ukhuluma ngenjabulo nezilaleli futhi uzinikeze ama-autographs. Ngo-2020, wagubha iminyaka engama-70 eqala umsebenzi wakhe wokudala.
Umculi oneminyaka engu-83 ubudala u-Shirley Bassey umemezele ukuthi maduze i-discography yakhe izogcwaliswa nge-albhamu entsha. Ngaleli qoqo, u-Bassey uzogubha iminyaka engama-70 esebenza ebhizinisini lokubonisa futhi awushiye umsebenzi wakhe.
Ngokusho kwalo mculi, icwecwe elisha lizobe lihlanganisa izingoma ezinomculo nezisondelene kakhulu. UBassey uwaqophe kuma-studio eLondon, ePrague, eMonaco naseningizimu yeFrance. I-albhamu izophuma ku-Decca Records. Nokho, usuku lugcinwa luyimfihlo.
