U-Tommy James kanye no-Shondell yiqembu le-rock elivela e-United States elavela emhlabeni womculo ngo-1964. Inani eliphakeme lokuthandwa kwayo lalisekupheleni kwawo-1960. Izingoma ezimbili zaleli qembu zize zakwazi ukuthatha indawo yokuqala eshadini lezwe lase-US le-Billboard Hot. Sikhuluma ngamahithi anjengoHanky Panky noCrimson kanye noClover.
Futhi cishe izingoma eziyishumi nambili zebhendi ye-rock beziphezulu kwezingu-40 zaleli shadi. Phakathi kwazo: Ithi Ngi (Yini Engiyikho) Ukuhlangana, Yena, Ibhola Lomlilo. Ngokuvamile, phakathi nokuba khona kwalo, iqembu laqopha ama-albhamu alalelwayo angu-8. Umsindo wakhe ubulokhu ulula futhi unesigqi. Isitayela sebhendi sivame ukuchazwa njenge-pop-rock.
Ukuvela kwebhendi ye-rock nokuqoshwa kwengoma ethi Hanky Panky
UTommy James (igama langempela - uThomas Gregory Jackson) wazalwa ngo-Ephreli 29, 1947 e-Dayton, e-Ohio. Umsebenzi wakhe womculo waqala edolobheni laseMelika iNiles (Michigan). Emuva ngo-1959 (okungukuthi, empeleni eneminyaka engu-12), wadala iphrojekthi yakhe yokuqala yomculo, i-Echoes. Yabe isiqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Tom kanye ne-Tornadoes.
Ngo-1964, iqembu lomculo laqanjwa ngokuthi uTommy James kanye noShondell. Futhi kwakungaphansi kwaleli gama lapho athola khona impumelelo e-United States nasemhlabeni.
U-Tommy James usebenze njenge-frontman lapha. Kodwa ngaphandle kwakhe, iqembu lalihlanganisa amanye amalungu amane - uLarry Wright (oshaya ibhesi), uLarry Coverdale (umshayi wesigingci ohamba phambili), uCraig Villeneuve (oshaya ikhibhodi) noJimmy Payne (izigubhu).
NgoFebhuwari 1964, iqembu le-rock laqopha enye yezingoma zalo eziyinhloko - ingoma ethi Hanky Panky. Futhi kwakungekona ukwakheka kwasekuqaleni, kodwa inguqulo yekhava. Ababhali bezingoma bokuqala bale ngoma uJeff Barry no-Ellie Greenwich (I-Raindrops duo). Baze bayicula nasemakhonsathini abo. Kodwa-ke, kwakuyinketho ehlongozwe nguTommy James kanye ne-Shondells ekwazile ukuzuza udumo olumangalisayo.
Nokho, lokhu akuzange kwenzeke ngokushesha. Ingoma ekuqaleni yakhululwa ilebula encane, i-Snap Records, futhi yasatshalaliswa eMichigan, Indiana, nase-Illinois kuphela. Ayizange ingene kumashadi kazwelonke.
Ukuduma okungalindelekile nohlelo olusha luka-Tommy James & the Shondells
Ngo-1965, amalungu e-Shondell athola iziqu esikoleni esiphakeme, okwaholela ekuhlukaneni kwangempela kwaleli qembu. Ngo-1965, umhleli wephathi yomdanso wasePittsburgh u-Bob Mac wathola iculo elithi Hanky Panky eselikhohliwe manje futhi walidlala emicimbini yakhe. Abalaleli basePittsburgh bavele bathanda lokhu kuqamba - amakhophi alo angekho emthethweni angama-80 athengiswa ngisho nasezitolo zendawo.
Ngo-Ephreli 1966, u-DJ wasePittsburgh wabiza u-Tommy James wamcela ukuthi eze azodlala u-Hanky Panky mathupha. U-Tommy wazama ukuhlanganisa kabusha ababekanye naye beqembu le-rock. Bonke bahlukana futhi baqala ukuphila ukuphila kwabo siqu - othile washada, othile waya enkonzweni yezempi. Ngakho uJames waya ePittsburgh eyedwa. Kakade esePennsylvania, wayesakwazi ukudala iqembu elisha le-rock. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, igama lakhe lahlala lidala - Tommy James futhi The Shondells.
Ngemva kwalokho, ukuthandwa kweqembu kwaqala ukwanda. Ngemva kwenyanga, wakwazi ukusayina inkontileka nelebula lesizwe laseNew York iRoulette Records. Ngenxa yokukhushulwa okuqinile ngoJulayi 1966, ingoma engashadile ye-Hanky Panky yaba ingoma engunombolo 1 e-United States.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusukela esikhundleni soku-1, wanqoba ingoma ethi Paperback Writer yeqembu The Beatles. Le mpumelelo ihlanganiswe ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yobude obugcwele yegama elifanayo, lapho kwaqoqwa khona izinguqulo eziyi-12 zamahithi angaphandle. Kwathengiswa amakhophi angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-500 ale disc, futhi yathola isimo "segolide".
Kuleli qophelo iqembu kwakunguTommy James (amazwi), uRon Rosman (amakhibhodi), uMike Vail (ibhesi), u-Eddie Gray (isigingci esiphambili), uPete Lucia (izigubhu).
Umlando kaTommy James kanye nabakwaShondell ngaphambi kokuhlukana ngo-1970
Eminyakeni emine eyalandela, ibhendi ikhiphe izingoma ezishisa izikhotha. Futhi kuze kube ngo-1968, abakhiqizi Bo Gentry noRichard Cordell basiza abaculi. Kwakungenxa yokwesekwa kwabo lapho kwakhululwa ama-albhamu okuthi Something Special neMony Mony, kamuva abizwa ngokuthi “iplatinum”.
Ngemuva kuka-1968, iqembu lasebenza ukudala nokukhiqiza izinto ezibonakalayo. Kwajika kwaba ukuchema okuphawuleka kakhulu edwaleni le-psychedelic. Nokho, lokhu kwaba nomthelela omncane ekudumeni kweqembu. Ama-albhamu nezingoma ezingashadile zalesi sikhathi zithengisiwe, njengangaphambili, kahle kakhulu.
Ngendlela, esinye sezibonelo ezimangalisa kakhulu zalesi siqondiso yi-Crimson ne-Clover. Kuyathakazelisa futhi ngoba i-synthesizer yezwi isetshenziswa lapha ngendlela emisha kakhulu ngesikhathi sayo. U-Tommy James kanye no-The Shondell bamenywe ukuzocula emcimbini we-Woodstock odumile. Kodwa abaculi basenqaba lesi simemo.
I-albhamu yokugcina yeqembu yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Travelin, eyakhululwa ngo-March 1970. Ngemva kwalokho, leli qembu lahlakazwa. Ngokuqondile umculi ngokwakhe wanquma ukwenza umsebenzi oyedwa.
Isiphetho esengeziwe sikaTommy James neqembu lakhe
Eminyakeni eyishumi eyalandela, uJames, njengomculi ohamba yedwa, naye wakhulula amathrekhi ekhwalithi. Kodwa wathola ukunakwa okuncane kakhulu okuvela emphakathini kunangesikhathi sokuba khona kweqembu lakhe elidumile le-rock.
Maphakathi nawo-1980, u-Tommy James wahamba nokuvakasha nezinye izinkanyezi zakudala. Ngezinye izikhathi kwenzeka ngisho ngaphansi kwegama elithi Tommy James kanye namaShondell. Yize empeleni bekunguyena yedwa obemataniswa naleli qembu le-rock.
Engxenyeni yesibili yawo-1980s, amahithi akudala amabili u-Tommy James kanye ne-Shondells Think We're Alone Now kanye no-Mony Mony bembozwe abaculi abadumile u-Tiffany Renee Darwish no-Billy Idol. Futhi ngenxa yalokhu, ngokungangabazeki, kwavela igagasi elisha lesithakazelo emsebenzini weqembu.
Ngo-2008, ibhendi ye-rock yangeniswa ngokusemthethweni e-Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
Ngemva konyaka, u-Tommy James nabanye abaculi abahlangene nebhendi bahlangana ukuze baqophe ingoma yefilimu ethi Me, the Mob, and the Music. Le filimu isuselwe encwadini ye-autobiographical kaJames. Ikhishwe e-United States ekuqaleni kuka-2010.
Kusukela ngo-2010, ibhendi ibihlangana ngezikhathi ezithile ukuze inandise kumakhonsathi omculo angaziwa kanye nezinhlelo ze-TV. Nokho, abaculi abazange bakhiphe izingoma ezintsha nama-albhamu.
