UTerry Uttley ungumculi waseBrithani, umculi, umzwilili kanye nenhliziyo eshayayo yeqembu. I-Smokie. Ubuntu ezithakazelisayo, umculi onekhono, ubaba onothando nomyeni - yile ndlela rocker wakhumbula izihlobo nabalandeli.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaTerry Uttley
Wazalwa ekuqaleni kukaJuni 1951 eBradford. Abazali balo mfana babengahlangene nokusungula izinto, ngakho bamangala ngobuqotho lapho uTerry eqala ukuhileleka emculweni.
Inhloko yomndeni yaphupha ukuthi indodana yakhe izolandela ezinyathelweni zakhe futhi izikhethele umsebenzi womshicileli. Maye, uTerry akazange enze lokho okwakulindelwe ubaba wakhe. Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, ethatha isiginci, akazange ahlukane nensimbi yomculo kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwezinsuku zakhe.
Lapho esemusha, lo mfana waqala ukufunda izinsimbi. Nokho, ukufunda esikoleni somculo kwabonakala kuyisicefe kakhulu kuye. UTerry wayeka isikole futhi waqala ukuzifundela isiginci.
Maphakathi nawo-60s, uTerry Uttley, kanye nabantu abanomqondo ofanayo, "wahlanganisa" iphrojekthi yakhe. Umqondo wabaculi wawubizwa nge-Yen. Abafana babejatshuliswa ukuthi babambe amakhonsathi esiteji se-gymnasium yamaKatolika lapho befunda khona.
Izilaleli zendawo "zawujabulela" umsebenzi weqembu le-rock. Ukudlalwa kwamathalente asemancane kwamukelwe kahle kakhulu ngabathandi bomculo. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, amalungu eqembu ayengafuni kuphela umsindo, kodwa futhi negama eliphelele lenzalo yabo. Isikhathi esithile bacula ngaphansi kwe-banner ye-The Sphynx.
Ngokushesha abadayisi baqala ukucula ezindaweni ezincane zamakhonsathi edolobheni lakubo. Kancane kancane bazuza ukuthandwa. Ngo-1966, u-Uttley walishiya leli qembu ngoba egxile ekutholeni imfundo. Ekupheleni kwe-60s, umculi wabuyela eqenjini, futhi abafana baqala ukudlala ngaphansi kwe-Elizabethans.
Indlela yokudala kaTerry Uttley
Cishe ngokushesha ngemva kokubuya kukaTerry Uttley eqenjini, iqembu laqala ukuvela kuthelevishini. Ngemuva kwalokho bahlonishwe ukukhuluma ku-BBC High Jinx. Lapho, abaculi bahlangana nomnikazi welebula le-RCA Records.
Iqembu lashintsha igama lalo laba ngu-Kindness futhi lethula ingoma yalo yokuqala ngaphansi kwegama elisha. Sikhuluma ngomculo othi Light of Love. Abafana babheje kakhulu ithrekhi, kodwa kwavela ukuthi kwaba ukubheja okukhulu. Ngokombono wezohwebo, i-single ayizange ifinyelele kulokho okwakulindelwe ngabaculi. Lokhu kuphoqe abaculi ukuthi bayinqamule inkontileka nale lebuli.
Ngo-1973, amalungu eqembu, eholwa nguTerry Uttley, aba nenhlanhla. U-Nikki Chinna noMike Chapman banqume ukunikeza iqembu elincane elaziwayo ithuba lokugqama. Ngemva kokuwela ngaphansi kwethonya lama-glam rockers, abakhiqizi banquma "ukuphuphuthekisa" abaculi "nabaculi abangcolile". Kodwa-ke, ekugcineni, kwanqunywa ukuthi kumiswe kuma-stils jeans.
Akuyona nje isithombe, kodwa futhi i-pseudonym yokudala iye yashintsha. I-LP yokuqala yaqalwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi Smokey. Yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Pass It Around. I-albhamu yakhululwa phakathi nawo-70s. Ngegagasi lokuthandwa, i-premiere ye-albhamu yesibili yenzeke. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo elithi Changing All the Time.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uSmokey kwadingeka ashintshe igama lenzalo yabo. Iqiniso liwukuthi uSmokey Robinson (umkhiqizi waseMelika, umculi-umbhali wezingoma) waqala ukusongela abaculi ngenhlawulo enkulu kanye nokumangalelwa. Ngokushesha abaculi banquma ukucula ngaphansi kwesitebele se-Smokie. Ngaphansi kwaleli gama, uTerry Uttley, kanye namalungu eqembu, bathole ukuthandwa emhlabeni wonke nokuqashelwa izigidi zabalandeli emhlabeni jikelele.
Umsebenzi womculi weqembu elithi Smokie
Imisebenzi yamarockers yathola umfutho. Izigidi zabathandi bomculo emhlabeni wonke zajabula ngomsebenzi wazo. Ukwamukela okushisayo kugqugquzele abafana ukuthi baqophe isitudiyo sabo sesithathu i-LP. I-Midnight Café - yenza i-splash. I-albhamu yaqoshwa e-United States of America. Ukukhululwa kwenzeka ngo-1976.
Ngingathanda ukunaka ngokukhethekile ingoma eyodwa ethi Living Next Door to Alice. Umsebenzi awugcinanga nje ngokuba uphawu lwabaculi, kodwa futhi wabaholela phezulu kwe-Olympus yomculo.
Amarekhodi e-rocker athengiswa ngezigidi zamakhophi. Bageza ngemisebe yenkazimulo, futhi babengeke bagcine lapho. Kodwa, izinhlelo zabaculi zinyakaze kancane. Baqala "ukuchoboza" izimbangi. Umsebenzi wokugcina oyimpumelelo weqembu kwaba inhlanganisela ethi The Other Side of the Road. Ekupheleni kweminyaka yama-70s, ukuthandwa kweqembu kwehle kakhulu.
Ukwehla kokuduma kweqembu le-Smokey
Abaculi bachotshozwa. Abafana banquma ukuthatha ikhefu elifushane lokudala. Ekuqaleni kwawo-80, ukuthula kwagqashuka. Amalungu eqembu ethule icwecwe elithi Solid Ground. Amarokhethi enze ukubheja okukhulu ekuhlanganisweni. Maye, ngokombono wezohwebo, umsebenzi wawungaphumeleli.
Khona-ke i-tape ebomvu enokwakheka yaqala. Abantu abaningi abadala banquma ukushiya "umkhumbi ocwilayo", futhi uTerry kuphela wahlala ethembekile enzalweni yakhe. Ekupheleni kweminyaka yama-80s, iqembu lethule iqoqo elithi All Fired Up ngohlu oluvuselelwe.
Ukukhishwa kwaleli cwecwe namanye akuzange kusithuthukise isimo. Ukuthengiswa kwamarekhodi bekuphansi kakhulu. Isimo seqembu sasishiye singathandeki.
Maphakathi nawo-90s, sibuya ohambweni, amalungu ebhendi abe sengozini embi kakhulu. Imoto abebehamba ngayo yandiza yaphuma emzileni wabaculi. U-Alan Barton (oyilungu lebhendi) ushonele endaweni yengozi. UTerry ulimele kanzima.
Ngemva kokuvuselelwa, ukwakheka kwashintsha futhi. Ngabaculi abasha, i-rocker yethule ama-LP ambalwa. Ama-albhamu angu-2 ayinguqulo yekhava yezingoma eziphezulu ze-rock band.
Ngo-2010, abafana bethula i-albhamu eyathuthukisa isimo. Rekhoda Thatha Umzuzu, uthathe indawo yesithathu kumashadi omculo wesiDanishi.
U-Terry Uttley: imininingwane yempilo yomuntu siqu yomculi
U-Terry Uttley akazange abukeke "njenge-rocker evamile". Engxoxweni lesi sihlabani sivume kaningi ukuthi singumuntu oyedwa. Esiqongweni sokuthandwa kwakhe, i-rocker yabhalisa ubuhlobo nentombazane okuthiwa uShirley. Unkosikazi wanika umculi izingane ezimbili. Wahlala ethembekile kowesifazane kwaze kwaba sekugcineni. Washona ngoNovemba 2021. UShirley wabulawa umdlavuza.
Ukufa kukaTerry Uttley
Washona ngoDisemba 16, 2021. Imbangela yokushona kwalo mculi wukugula isikhashana. Kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeqembu, kufakwe isitatimende:
“Sikhungathekile futhi sidabuke kakhulu ngokushona kungazelelwe kukaTerry. Ubengumngane othandekayo, ubaba onothando, umuntu omangalisayo nomculi. "
