I-Ronettes bekungelinye lamaqembu aseMelika aziwa kakhulu ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1970. Leli qembu lalinamantombazane amathathu: odadewabo u-Estelle noVeronica Bennett, umzala wabo uNedra Talley.
Emhlabeni wanamuhla, kunenani elikhulu labalingisi, abaculi, amabhendi nosaziwayo abahlukahlukene. Ngenxa yobungcweti nethalente labo, bathandwa kakhulu phakathi “kwabalandeli” babo. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi abantu bayawathanda amakhono ezinkanyezi, futhi banesithakazelo ngenkuthalo ekuphileni kwabo siqu kanye kwansuku zonke. Ngaphezu kwalokho, "abalandeli" babe nesithakazelo endleleni abantu abadumile abazuza ngayo impumelelo.
Ukwakhiwa kwe-trio enhle kakhulu kwavela eNew York ngo-1959. Amantombazane amancane nakhuthele anquma ukuzizama emqhudelwaneni womculo, lapho awina khona. Ngaleso sikhathi babezibiza ngokuthi The Darling Sisters. Iqembu laba khona iminyaka engu-7 futhi lazuza izinhliziyo zababukeli abaningi.
Intsha yamalungu e-Ronettes: konke kwaqala kanjani?
Kusukela besebancane, odade babecula ngamaholidi nogogo nezihlobo zabo. Nalapho kwakukhona isithakazelo esiphawulekayo ekuculeni nasekuthandeni umculo - amantombazane ayenobuciko kakhulu. Namazwi abo ayezwakala kakhulu, njengezinsimbi. Lapho amantombazane esekhulile, anquma ukuthuthukisa amakhono awo omculo nokucula.
Ngo-1957, u-Estelle wangena esikoleni sobuciko esasidume ngaleso sikhathi se-Star Time, lapho afunda khona ukudansa ngokomsebenzi. UVeronica wayethanda iqembu lomculo elidumile elithi The Teenagers. NguVeronica owasungula leli qembu ngo-1959 waliqamba ngokuthi iThe Ronettes. I-debut yabo yokuqala ehlangene eyimpumelelo yenzeke ngo-1957 emqhudelwaneni wamathalenta.
Biography of soloists
U-Veronica no-Estelle Bennett
U-Veronica wazalwa ngo-1943, udadewabo u-Estelle wazalwa eminyakeni emibili ngaphambili. Umehluko phakathi kodade wawucishe ungawuboni. Babehlala bengabangane njalo bexoxelana ngazo zonke izehlakalo ezenzeka empilweni. Ubaba wakhe wayengum-Irish-American, kanti umama wakhe wayengu-African-American kanye noCherokee.
Babenomzala wase-Afrika waseMelika uTully, amantombazane ayezwana naye. Emndenini wakwaBennet, ukhokho omkhulu kwakunguShayina. U-Veronica no-Estelle babethanda umculo nokucula kusukela ebuntwaneni, ngakho bathuthuka kule ndawo ngempumelelo enkulu. Futhi, odade baye bahlela ngempumelelo ukuphila kwabo siqu, futhi ngamunye wabo unezingane.
Nedra Talley
Intombazane yisihlobo esiseduze somndeni wakwaBennett. U-Nedra wazalwa ngo-January 27, 1946 emndenini ovamile waseMelika. Ungowokuzalwa ePuerto Rican kanye nase-Afrika yaseMelika. Le ntombazane yayimncane ngeminyaka emithathu kunodadewabo (uVeronica no-Estelle). Kodwa lokho akuzange kuphazamise ubudlelwano babo obukhulu.
Umculi uhlele ngempumelelo impilo yakhe yomuntu siqu. Washada noScott Ross futhi banezingane ezine. UTalley wadlala esiteji iminyaka engu-46 (kusukela ngo-1959 kuya ku-2005). Manje umculi uneminyaka engu-74 ubudala.
Impumelelo ye-Ronettes nezingoma zokuqala
Ngo-1961 i-Colpix Records yaba nesithakazelo ebhendini. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, amantombazane aphumelele ukulingisa, enza ingoma ethi What's So Cute About Sweet Sixteen?. Lokhu kwaba ukunqoba kweqembu, ngoba istudiyo sasibhekwa njengethandwa kakhulu futhi kwakungelula ukufika lapho.
Amaculo amane adumile aqoshwa estudiyo: I Want a Boy, What's So Sweet About Sweet Sixteen?, Ngizohamba Ngisahamba kanye nethi My Angel Guide. Izingoma zibhekwa njengezingoma zokuqala. Bakhishwe ngaphansi kwegama elidala leqembu elithi The Darling Sisters. Lesi situdiyo sibe sesikhulula ezinye izingoma ezimbili ze-Silhouettes kanye nokukhishwa kabusha kwethi I'm Going to Quit While I'm A Head.
Khona-ke amantombazane aphule inkontileka ne-studio futhi aqala ukusebenzisana no-Phil Spector kanye ne-studio yakhe i-Philles Records. By the way, omunye wabaculi beqembu, uVeronica, washada noPhil Spector. Ngenxa yokubambisana nalesi studio, amantombazane nawo ayethandwa kakhulu. Izingoma ezirekhodiwe zihlanganisa ethi Why Don't They Letus Fallin Love?, The Twist, The Wah-Watusi, Mashed Potato Time kanye ne-Hot Pastrami.
Ukuhlukana kwe-Ronettes
Ukuvakasha okuningi emazweni nasemazwenikazi ahlukene ngengoma ethi I Can Hear Music akwenzanga kusasenele. Ukuduma kwaba nzima nakakhulu ukunqoba. Ekugcineni, amantombazane anquma ukuhlakazeka futhi ashiye imisebenzi yawo. Nokho, ngo-1979 leli qembu laphinde lavuswa, kodwa hhayi isikhathi eside. Abaculi abebecula ngabodwa kuleli qembu abasakwazi futhi bengasafuni ukucula esiteji ngenxa yezinkinga zabo.
Ngakho-ke, leli qembu lahlukana futhi kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1980 alizange liphinde livele esiteji. Intombazane ngayinye yaqhubeka nokuphila kwayo, inakekela umndeni wayo nezingane, ikhohlwa ukuthandwa kwayo.
U-Veronica Bennett, umholi we-The Ronettes, ushone ngoJanuwari 12, 2021. Walwa nomdlavuza iminyaka eminingi.
