UGlyn Jeffrey Ellis, owaziwa umphakathi ngegama lesiteji sakhe u-Wayne Fontana, ungumculi odumile waseBrithani we-pop ne-rock obambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni komculo wesimanje.
Abaningi babiza uWayne ngomculi oyedwa. Lo mculi uthole ukuduma emhlabeni wonke maphakathi nawo-1960, ngemuva kokucula ingoma yothando. UWayne udlale ingoma yakhe neThe Mindbenders.
Iminyaka Yokuqala KaClay Geoffrey Ellis
UGlyn Geoffrey Ellis wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 28, 1945 eManchester. Umculo wawumphelezela ebuntwaneni bakhe bonke - wayephikisa imibono yomphakathi ngokudlala emgwaqweni.
Cishe akukho lutho olwaziwa mayelana nobungane nobusha. UGlyn uveze ukuthi umndeni wakhe ubumpofu. Ngakho kwadingeka akhule ngokushesha ukuze azibeke ezinyaweni zakhe.
Umculi "waboleka" igama lakhe lesiteji ku-Dominic Fontana, owayesebenza njengomshayi wesigubhu sika-Elvis Presley iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-14.
NgoJuni 1963, uWayne Fountain wadlala neqembu laseBrithani iThe Mindbenders. Imidlalo yamaciko asemancane yavusa isasasa langempela emphakathini. Kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, abafana baqaphele amalebula amaningana. Ngokushesha uWayne wasayina inkontileka enenzuzo neFontana Records. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, umsebenzi wokucula womculi waqala ukukhula.
Ukwethulwa kwengoma ethi Umdlalo Wothando
Ehlangene ne-The Mindbenders, u-Wayne wethule ingoma eshisa izikhotha eyaziwa kakhulu emlandweni wakhe. Kunjalo, sikhuluma ngokwakhiwa komculo kweThe Game of Love. Ingoma ekhishiwe iphezulu kumashadi omculo we-Billboard.
Lo mculi uqophe amathrekhi amaningana ne-The Mindbenders, okuthe, ngeshwa, abathandi bomculo banganakwa. Umculi wanquma ukulishiya iqembu. Ngo-1965 wahamba yedwa.
Umsebenzi we-solo kaWayne Fontana
Kusukela ngo-1965, uFontana uzibeke njengomculi oyedwa. Akuvamile ukuthi ahlanganyele nabaculi beqembu elidumile elithi Opposition, ikakhulukazi noFrank Renshaw kanye noBernie Burns.
UWayne Fontana ubenesifiso sokubhala amathrekhi anjalo azothatha indawo yokuqala yamashadi. Ngokushesha umculi wethula ingoma ethi Pamela, Pamela, eyayibhalelwe iFontana nguGraham Gouldman. Indalo entsha yamukelwe ngokufudumele abalandeli, kodwa, maye, ukuduma kwe-Game of Love akukwazanga ukudlulwa ithrekhi.
Ekuqaleni kuka-1967, ukuqanjwa komculo kwafinyelela inombolo yesi-5 ku-Australian Kent Music Report kanye nenombolo 11 ku-UK Singles Chart. U-Pamela, u-Pamela uyingoma yokugcina ukuba namashadi.
UWayne uzame ukuziba ukuhlulwa kobuciko. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1970, wakhulula amanye amarekhodi amaningana. Nokho, kwavela ukuthi "behlulekile", futhi umculi kwakusadingeka athathe ikhefu.
Umculi waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokudala kuphela ngo-1973. Akabuyanga elambatha. UWayne uqophe ingoma entsha yabalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe. Sikhuluma ngengoma Sisonke. Obekulindelwe yilo mculi akwenzekanga. Ingoma ayizange ifake amashadi.
Uma sikhuluma ngomsebenzi kaWayne Fontana ngezinombolo, i-repertoire iqukethe:
- 5 ama-albhamu e-studio;
- 16 abangashadile;
- 1 iqoqo lekhonsathi.
Izinkinga zikaWayne Fontana ngomthetho
Ngo-2005, kwavela ukuthi umculi wayengenamali. Ngesikhathi izikhonzi zenkantolo zifika kubo kasaziwayo, uWayne akazange ame nabo emcimbini. Wayithela ngophethiloli imoto yomunye wezikhonzi zenkantolo maqede wayishisa.
Okubuhlungu kakhulu wukuthi ngesikhathi kushiswa omunye wesikhonzi senkantolo ubesemotweni. Ngemuva kwesenzo, uFontan waboshwa, kodwa kamuva wabonakala egula ngengqondo futhi wathunyelwa emtholampilo ukuze ahlunyeleliswe.
NgoMeyi 25, 2007, umculi waboshwa. Kamuva wenza umbukiso emhlanganweni, ebonakala egqoke ubulungiswa, unkulunkulukazi wobulungisa, futhi waxosha abameli. Ngawo lowo nyaka, inkantolo yakhipha isinqumo sokugcina - izinyanga ezingu-11 ejele. Ekugcineni wadedelwa ngemuva kokusebenza isikhathi ngaphansi koMthetho Wezempilo Yengqondo ka-1983.
Nokho, lena akuyona yodwa indaba enokwephulwa komthetho. Ngo-2011, waphinde waboshwa. Iphutha lonke - ukuhamba ngesivinini esiphezulu kanye nokwehluleka ukuvela ezinkantolo.
Mayelana nomsebenzi wakhe wokudala, ngemuva kwazo zonke izinkinga ngomthetho, umculi waqhubeka enza ku-Solid Silver 60s Shows.
UWayne waduma njengeciko elinekhono. Ngesikhathi sokugcina edlala ifilimu ethi "Toxic Apocalypse" ngo-2016, wadlala ochungechungeni oludumile oluthi "Mike Douglas Show" (1961-1982), "Forget Punk Rock" (1996-2015).
Ukufa kukaWayne Fontana
Umculi waseBrithani uWayne Fontana ushone eneminyaka engu-75 ngo-Agasti 6 esibhedlela eGreater Manchester. “Sesidlulisele umculi wethu esimthandayo u-Wayne Fontana ku-rock and roll heaven,” kuphawula umngane oseduze uPeter Noon. Ngokweminye imithombo, uWayne wabulawa umdlavuza.
