I-Weather Girls iyiqembu laseSan Francisco. I-duo yaqala umsebenzi wabo wokudala emuva ngo-1977. Abaculi bebengabukeki njengonobuhle baseHollywood. Abacula ngabodwana be-The Weather Girls bahlukaniswa ngokugcwala kwabo, ukubukeka okumaphakathi nokuba lula komuntu.
U-Martha Wash kanye no-Isora Armstead babesemsuka weqembu. Abaculi abamnyama bathole ukuduma ngokushesha ngemuva kokucula ingoma ethi It's Raining Men ngo-1982.
Ekuqaleni, abaculi bacula ngaphansi kwegama-mbumbulu Amathani Amabili O' Fun. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngaphansi kwaleli gama, uMarta no-Isora baqophe amathrekhi amahle.
Izingoma ezilandelayo bezifanele ukunakwa kakhulu: Umhlaba Ungafana Nezulu (1980), Just Us (1980; indawo yama-29 eshadini le-R&B laseBrithani) kanye nethi I Got The Feeling (1981).
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, i-duo yethula i-albhamu yokuqala ye-Bakatcha kubalandeli. "Ikhadi le-trump" eliyinhloko lale diski kwakuyiculo elithi I Got The Feeling. Izindaba zabaculi abamnyama zaqala ukuba ngcono kancane kancane. Isihlabani esisha "sikhanyisiwe" emhlabeni womculo.
Indlela yokudala ye-The Weather Girls
I-duo yangena ku-The Weather Girls ngo-1982. Ngaphansi kokuqondisa komdidiyeli ozwelayo, abadlali bethule isiqeshana sevidiyo. Futhi ngo-1983, ngokungalindelekile kwabaningi, i-albhamu entsha, IMPUMELELO, yakhululwa.
Le albhamu yaqinisekiswa ngeplatinamu. Iqembu likwazile ukuthengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi eziyisi-6 eqoqo emhlabeni jikelele. Ngengoma ethi It's Raining Men, ibhendi yaqokelwa Umklomelo We-Grammy Wokusebenza Okungcono Kakhulu kwe-R&B yi-Duo noma Iqembu.
Laba ababili abazange badinwe ukugcwalisa ibhange labo lomculo ngamahithi aphambili amasha. Ngokushesha "abalandeli" bajabulela izingoma: Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas) nethi No One Can Love You More than Me.
Maphakathi nawo-1980s, i-discography yeqembu yaphinde yagcwaliswa ngenye i-albhamu yesitudiyo, Amantombazane Amakhulu Ungakhali. Ngemva kwesikhashana, i-duo yethula isiqeshana sevidiyo yengoma ethi Wella Wiggy. Ividiyo yomculo iqondiswe nguJim Canty noJake Sebastian. Indima enkulu kuvidiyo yayiphathiswe ukudlala umlingisi othandekayo nomdansi uJen Anthony Ray.
Ukusuka ku-The Weather Girls ngu-Martha Wash
Ekuqaleni kwemisebenzi yeqembu, u-Martha Wash wayefakwe ohlwini lwabazocula hhayi kuphela ku-The Weather Girls, kodwa naseqenjini le-Black Box. Ukusebenza eqenjini elisha kunikeze abalandeli izingoma ezifana nalezi: Wonke Umuntu Wonke, I-Strike It Up, I Don't Know Anybody Else nethi Fantasy.
Ngo-1988, i-discography yeqembu yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu entsha, i-Super Hits, ehlanganisa amathrekhi ahamba phambili e-The Weather Girls.
Lo msebenzi ubuyiqoqo lokugcina eliqoshwe ekuqanjweni kokuqala. Ngo-1990, uMartha Wash ekugcineni wayishiya i-The Weather Girls. Ngawo lowo nyaka, umculi wethula ingoma ethi Carry On, okwathi ngomqondo ongokoqobo wegama laba "ibhomu lomculo" langempela.
U-Martha uhambe phambili kumashadi nge-C+C Music Factory enesihloko esithi Gonna Make You Sweat (Wonke Umuntu Uyadansa Manje). Kuze kube manje, u-Martha Wash unesihloko esifanele sokuba yindlovukazi ye-R&B.
Ukuqala komsebenzi we-solo we-Isora Armstead
Ngemuva kokuthi uMartha Wash eshiye iqembu, u-Isora waphoqeleka ukuthi aqale njengomculi oyedwa. Kakade ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, kanye ne-Snap! iculo elithi The Power likhishwe, lapho umculi ecula khona amazwi amakhulu, futhi i-rap yafundwa ngumrepha waseMelika uTurbo B.
Ngokushesha isiqeshana sevidiyo sashuthelwa ithrekhi, lapho umculi uPenny Ford avela ngaphansi kwezwi lika-Izora (kamuva uPenny wabhala izingoma eziningi zeqembu ngezwi lakhe).
Le ngoma ifike kwabayishumi abahamba phambili. Ingoma yaba yingoma eshisa izikhotha ngo-1990. Ukuqamba kube phezulu kumashadi omculo e-United States of America, Great Britain naseJalimane (#1 US Billbord Hot 100, #1 UK Hot Dance Club Play, #2 Germany Hot Chart). EYurophu, ukuthandwa kwethrekhi kwakukhulu kangangokuthi kwaba nomthelela ekuthuthukisweni kwesitayela somculo we-Eurodance.
Ngo-1991, u-Izora wethula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Miss Izora kubalandeli. Ingoma eshisa izikhotha ye-albhamu bekuyingoma ethi Don't Let Love Slip Away. Irekhodi likhishwe kuhlelo olulinganiselwe e-United States of America. Iqoqo alikwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi lidumile, ngoba alizange lithole impumelelo yezohwebo. Le albhamu bekuwukuphela komsebenzi ka-Isora eyedwa.
Amantombazane Wesimo Sezulu kanye ne-Isora Armstead
Ngo-1991, u-Isora wanquma ukuhlanganisa Amantombazane Wesimo Sezulu, njengoba ukusebenza yedwa akuzange kunikeze umphumela oyifunayo. Indawo yalowo owayecula yedwa u-Martha Wash yathathwa yindodakazi ka-Isora uDaynell Rhodes.
Kodwa hhayi kuphela ukwakheka okushintshile. Kusukela manje, iqembu lidlale njengefeat The Weather Girls. I-Isora Armstead. Ngalesi sikhathi, i-duo ikhiphe ama-albhamu amabili kanye neqoqo elilodwa.
Ngo-1993, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu ethi Double Tons of Fun. Amaculo aphezulu e-albhamu bekungamaculo: Can You Feel It nethi Oh What a Night.
Ngo-1995, kwethulwa i-albhamu yesibili ethi Think Big. Izingoma esithi Sizokwenza Iphathi kanye Nemisindo Yocansi zibe "imihlobiso yomculo" yeqoqo elisha. Ividiyo yomculo yaqoshwa yengoma ethi We Shall All Be Free.
Ngo-1998, abadlali bethula iqoqo le-Putin' on the Hits kubalandeli, elihlanganisa izinguqulo zekhava zamathrekhi adumile. Izingoma ethi I'm So Excited ka-The Pointer Sisters, We are Family ka-Sister Sledge bezifanele ukunakwa kakhulu.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, ngokubamba iqhaza kwe-Disco Brothers, iqembu labamba iqhaza ekukhethweni kwe-Eurovision Song Contest 2002 ngengoma yomculo ethi Vuka eJalimane. Naphezu kwemizamo yalaba ababili, bahlulekile ukunqoba. Ngawo lowo nyaka, kwakhululwa isiqeshana sevidiyo sengoma. Ingoma ifakwe ku-albhamu ethi Big Brown Girl, eyabonwa abathandi bomculo ngo-2004.
Ukusuka eqenjini leDynell Rhodes
Ekupheleni kuka-2003, uDinell Rhodes wamemezela kubalandeli ukuthi uzongena "ekubhukudeni kwamahhala". U-Ingrid Arthur wangena esikhundleni somculi. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi u-Ingrid ungenye indodakazi ka-Isora Armstead.
NgoDisemba 2004, ngohlelo oluvuselelwe, ibhendi yethula i-albhamu ethi Big Brown Girl. Ukushintshwa kohlu lwabadlali kudonse amehlo abezindaba nabathandi bomculo. Abalandeli bayithandile i-albhamu entsha. Izibuyekezo ezithophayo zamathrekhi zishiywe yibo bobabili abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo.
Kulo nyaka kulahlekelwe iqembu. U-Isora, owama emsuka wokusungulwa kweqembu, udlule emhlabeni. Owesifazane ushone eneminyaka engu-62. Wangcwatshwa eCypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park. Kusukela manje, leli qembu ladlulela esandleni sendodakazi.
Ngo-2005, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa ngeqoqo elisha, i-Tolly Wild. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kulo nyaka ibhendi iphinde yethula isiqeshana sevidiyo yengoma ethi Wild Thang.
Ngonyaka olandelayo kwaziwa ukuthi u-Ingrid Arthur wanquma ukulishiya leli qembu ukuze ayozidlalela yedwa. Ngokushesha waba isihlabani esihlonishwayo se-jazz yomhlaba. Ngenxa yomculi kube nokuqokwa kathathu kwe-Grammy Award.
Indawo ka-Ingrid ithathwe uJoan Faulkner obukekayo, owayeyilungu leqembu leNew-York City Voices. Ngokushesha leli qembu laholwa amadodakazi kamufi u-Izora. Ngo-2006, kulesi sakhiwo, ithimba lafika okokuqala endaweni yeRussian Federation ukuvakashela uMkhosi Wamazwe Ngamazwe "Autoradio" "Disco of the 80s".
Kulo mkhosi womculo, laba ababili badlale ikhadi labo eliyinhloko lokushaya - ingoma ethi It's Raining Men. Ngemva kokudlala okukhazimulayo, umphakathi waseRussia isikhathi eside awukwazanga ukuvumela abaculi ukuba babuyele emuva.
I-discography yeqembu yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu ethi The Woman I Am ngo-2009. Ingoma ephezulu yeqoqo bekuyingoma ethi Break you. Ingoma ihlanganisa uMark noFanky Green Dogs.
Ukuqanjwa komculo kuthathe indawo yokuqala kungxoxo yokudansa yase-US. Lo mcimbi wenzeka ngo-1. Ngo-May 2008, inkontileka kaJoan Faulkner neqembu yaphela, wayengafuni ukuyivuselela, ngoba izinhlelo zakhe zaziwukwakha umsebenzi wedwa. Kakade ngo-2012, umculi wethula i-albhamu yakhe eyedwa Ndawonye.
NgoJuni 2012, ilungu elisha lajoyina iqembu. Indawo ye-soloist entsha yathathwa nguDorrey Lyn Liles, osekunesikhathi eside asungulwa njengomculi womphefumulo.
Ngo-2013, ithimba laqala ngeqiniso lokuthi ohlwini olusha lahamba uhambo olukhulu. Njengengxenye yohambo, abaculi bavakashele eNyakatho Melika, eYurophu nase-Australia.
Amantombazane Wesimo Sezulu namuhla
Ngo-2015, ibhendi yethula ingoma entsha yomculo ethi Star. Ibhendi yayiqopha nowayephambili kwiBronski Beat uJimmy Somerville. Ngo-2018, abaculi bakhipha omunye ubuciko bomculo - ingoma ethi We Need Be. Ingoma ikhiqizwe nguTorsten Abrolat.
Amanoveli omculo nawo akhululwa ngo-2019. Iqembu linikeze abalandeli iculo elisha elithi Cheek to Cheek. Ingoma iqoshwe endaweni yokuqopha iCarrillo Music (USA).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwaziwa ukuthi abaculi baqopha izinto ze-LP entsha, ezophuma ngo-2020. U-Daynell usebenza kumlando wokuphila kwakhe mayelana nefa likamama wakhe. Uphinde wethule incwadi yokupheka, equkethe izindlela zokupheka zendabuko zomndeni wezihlabani.
