Iqembu lamantombazane e-Blues American I-Shirelles yayidume kakhulu ngeminyaka yawo-1960 yekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Yayinabafundi abane ekilasini: uShirley Owens, uDoris Coley, u-Eddie Harris noBeverly Lee. Amantombazane ahlangane ukuze abambe iqhaza emcimbini wokubonisa amakhono obubanjelwe esikoleni sabo. Kamuva baqhubekile benza ngempumelelo, besebenzisa isithombe esingajwayelekile, esichazwa njengomehluko phakathi kokubonakala kwesikole samabanga aphezulu okungazi lutho nezindikimba zocansi ezingenasizotha zemidlalo yabo.
Babhekwa njengabasunguli bohlobo lwamaqembu omculo wesifazane. Zihlukene ngokuthi zibonwa ngabamhlophe nabamnyama. I-Shirelles ibe yimpumelelo kusukela ekuqaleni komsebenzi wayo womculo, ibambe iqhaza ngentshiseko emikhankasweni eyahlukene yokulwa nokucwaswa ngokobuhlanga nokuwina imiklomelo eminingi.
Iqembu langeniswa ku-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ufakwe ohlwini lwabaculi abadumile abayi-100 bango-2004 ngenxa yephephabhuku iRolling Stone. Uhlelo olufanayo lwaluhlanganisa izingoma ezithi Will You Love Me Tomorrow kanye nethi Tonight's the Night ohlwini lwezingoma ezihamba phambili.
Umsebenzi wokuqala we-The Shirelles
Unyaka wokuzalwa kweqembu uthathwa njengowe-1957. Kungalesi sikhathi lapho abafundi ekilasini uShirley, uDoris, u-Eddie noBeverly banquma khona ukubamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni wamathalente wesikole ePassaic, eNew Jersey. Ukusebenza okuphumelelayo kwaholela eqinisweni lokuthi i-Tiara Records yaba nesithakazelo kubo. Ekuqaleni, amantombazane awazange acabange ngomsebenzi womculo futhi ayengajahi ukuphendula isimemo. Kamuva bavumelana ngomhlangano baqala ukusebenza, bebiza iqembu elithi The Shirelles.
Ingoma yokuqala eyakhishwa, ethi, I Met Himon ngeSonto, yaba yimpumelelo ngokushesha futhi yasuka ekusakazweni kwendawo yaya ezingeni likazwelonke, yashaya inombolo yama-50. Kusuka ku-Tiara Records, amantombazane athuthela eDecca Records enenkontileka. Ukubambisana akuzange kuphumelele ngokuphelele, futhi iDecca Records yenqaba ukuqhubeka nokusebenza neqembu.
Ukuqashelwa nempumelelo
Ukubuyela kumdidiyeli wangaphambili, abaculi abancane baqhubekile nokukhipha izingoma ezindala futhi basebenzela ezintsha. Umqambi wamaculo odumile uLuther Dixon usize ukukhiqiza ingoma eyodwa ethi Tonight's the Night, eyafinyelela kunombolo-1960 ngo-39. Ingoma elandelayo yabhalwa abashadile uJerry Goffin noCarol King. Ingoma yayibizwa ngokuthi Will You Love Me Tomorrow futhi yaqanjwa njenge-#1 eshaywe ngumagazini weBillboard.
Ngo-1961, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Tonight's the Night, ehlanganisa izingoma ezirekhodiwe ngaphambilini. Amantombazane abe eseqala ukusebenza eduze nomsakazi odumile uMurray Kaufman emsakazweni iWINS eNew York. Izingoma zabo zizwakala kaningi futhi zithatha izikhundla eziholayo eshadini labadlali. Nabaculi abasebasha bazama ukubalingisa.
Eminyakeni emibili eyalandela, abaculi baqhubeka benza futhi baqopha izingoma ezintsha, naphezu kokuthi uShirley Owens noDoris Coley bathatha ikhefu ngenxa yokuhlelwa kwezimpilo zabo. U-1963 kwaba unyaka omatasa kakhulu eqenjini. Ingoma ethi Foolish Little Girl ingene kubaculi abangu-10 abahamba phambili be-R&B futhi yaba nendima encane emdlalweni wamahlaya i-It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, bahlukana nenkampani yabo yokuqopha, njengoba bezwa ukuthi i-akhawunti okwakufanele bagcinwe kuyo kuze kube yilapho sebekhulile yayingekho. Bese kuba nezinkantolo, ezaphela ngemva kweminyaka emibili kuphela.
Iminyaka Ye-Shirelles
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960, i-Shirelles yaqala ukwehla ekudumeni. Lokhu kwakungenxa yokuphumelela kwabadlali baseBrithani: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, njll Futhi, amaqembu amaningi abesifazane avela okwenza amantombazane afanele ukuncintisana.
Kwakungelula ukuthi amantombazane asebenze, njengoba ayeqhubeka eboshelwe isivumelwano nestudiyo sawo sokuqopha, futhi ayengakwazi ukusebenzelana nabanye. Inkontileka nenkampani yaphela ngo-1966 kuphela. Ngemva kwalokho, kwaqoshwa ingoma ethi Last Minute Miracle, eyathatha indawo yama-99 kumashadi.
Ukwehluleka kwezohwebo kwaholela ekuhlukaneni kwebhendi ngo-1968. Okokuqala, uKolya wahamba, enquma ukuchitha isikhathi sakhe nomndeni wakhe. Amalungu amathathu asele aqhubeka nokusebenza futhi aqopha izingoma ezimbalwa. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1970, bahlela izinkambo ezimbalwa lapho benza khona izingoma ezindala. U-Coley wabuya ngo-1975 ezothatha izintambo ku-Owens njengomculi ocula yedwa, njengoba enqume ukucula yedwa.
Ngo-1982, ngemva kokucula kwelinye lamakhonsathi, u-Eddie Harris washona. Ukufa kwenzeka ngenxa yokuhlaselwa yinhliziyo e-Atlanta, ehhotela i-Hyatt Regency.
AbakwaShirelle manje
Njengamanje, ukwakheka kwangaphambili kweqembu akukho, njengoba amalungu alo enza ngokwehlukana. Umkhiqizo ngokwawo watholwa nguBeverly Lee. Uqashe amalungu amasha futhi ujikeleza ngaphansi kwegama lakhe elidala. U-Shirley Owens uyadlala ohlelweni kanye nokuvakasha ngaphansi kwegama elisha lika-Shirley Alston Reeves kanye ne-The Shirelles. U-Doris Coley washona ngoFebhuwari 2000 eSacramento. Imbangela yokufa kwaba umdlavuza webele.
AbakwaShirelle bashiye uphawu olugqamile emhlabeni womculo. Usewine izindondo nemiklomelo eminingi. Edolobheni lakubo, ingxenye yomgwaqo nesikole abafunda kuso isiqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi iShirelles Boulevard. Umlando waleli qembu uxoxwa enguqulweni yomculo ethi "Baby, nguwe!".
