Yini oyihlobanisa ne-funk ne-soul? Yebo, ngamazwi kaJames Brown, uRay Charles noma uGeorge Clinton. Okungaziwa kangako ngemuva kwalaba saziwayo be-pop kungase kubonakale igama elithi Wilson Pickett. Ngaleso sikhathi, uthathwa njengomunye wabantu ababaluleke kakhulu emlandweni we-soul kanye ne-funk ngawo-1960.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaWilson Pickett
Isithixo esizayo sezigidi zabantu baseMelika sazalwa ngoMashi 18, 1941 ePrattville (Alabama). UWilson wayenguthunjana ezinganeni eziyi-11 emndenini. Kodwa akazange athole uthando olukhulu kubazali bakhe futhi wakhumbula ebuntwaneni njengenkathi enzima yokuphila. Ngemva kokuxabana njalo nomama onolaka, umfana wahamba nenja yakhe ethembekile, wahamba ekhaya wayolala ehlathini. Lapho eneminyaka engu-14, u-Pickett wahamba noyise e-Detroit, lapho impilo yakhe entsha yaqala khona.
Ukuthuthuka kukaWilson njengomculi kwaqala emuva ePrattville. Lapho, wangena ekwayeni yesonto lendawo lamaBaptisti, lapho kwakhiwa khona indlela yakhe yokucula evuthayo nenomdlandla. E-Detroit, u-Pickett waphefumulelwa umsebenzi ka-Little Richard, kamuva owambiza ngokuthi "umqambi we-rock and roll."
Impumelelo yokuqala kaWilson Pickett
UWilson ngo-1957 wakwazi ukujoyina iqembu levangeli elithi The Violinaries, ngaleso sikhathi elalicishe libe phezulu ekudumeni kwalo. Ukuqoshwa kokuqala kukaPickett kwakuyiSibonakaliso Sokwahlulela esisodwa. Umculo nenkolo kwahlala kungahlukaniseki kulo mculi cishe iminyaka emine, waze wajoyina iThe Falcons.
Ithimba le-Falcons liphinde lasebenza ohlotsheni lwevangeli futhi laba nomthelela omkhulu ekudumeni kwalo ezweni. Waba ngelinye lamaqembu okuqala ukwakha inhlabathi evundile yokuthuthukiswa komculo womphefumulo. Phakathi kwababengamalungu eqembu ungabona amagama afana noMac Rice no-Eddie Floyd.
Ngo-1962, kwakhululwa iculo elithi, I Found a Love, elithi The Falcons. Ifinyelele inani eliphakeme kunombolo 6 kumashadi aphezulu e-R&B ase-US kanye nenombolo 75 kumashadi omculo we-pop. Ukuqanjwa okunomdlandla nokugqamile kwakhazimulisa amagama abaculi, kwandise kakhulu izethameli zabo.
Ngemva konyaka, uWilson wayelindele impumelelo emsebenzini wakhe eyedwa. Ngo-1963, kwakhululwa ingoma yakhe ethi, It's Too Late, nayo eyafinyelela inombolo yesi-6 eshadini le-R&B futhi yafinyelela kwabangu-50 abaphezulu eshadini le-pop lase-US.
Inkontileka kaWilson Pickett ne-Atlantic
Impumelelo ye-It's Too Late idonse ukunaka kwezinkampani ezinkulu zomculo kumculi osemusha nothembisayo. Ngemuva kwe-premiere enomsindo, umdidiyeli we-Atlantic uJerry Wexler uthole uWilson futhi wanikeza lo mculi inkontileka enenzuzo.
Noma kunjalo, u-Pickett wehlulekile “ukugqobhoza” waze waduma kakhulu noma esekelwa umdidiyeli. Ingoma yakhe ethi I'm Gonna Cry ayizange izithande izethameli (indawo ye-124 emashadini). Umzamo wesibili awuzange uphumelele, naphezu kokubandakanyeka kwethimba lochwepheshe ukuze basebenze kuwo: umkhiqizi uBert Burns, izimbongi uCynthia Well noBarry Mann, umculi uTammy Lynn. Ingoma edidiyelwe ehlangene ethi Come Home Baby yancishwa ukunaka kwababukeli ngendlela engafanele.
UWilson akazange adikibale futhi waqhubeka nokusebenza ngobuciko. Umzamo wesithathu wokubuyela emashadini uphumelele kumculi. Ingoma ethi In the Midnight Hour, eyaqoshwa e-Stax Records, yathatha indawo yesithathu eshadini le-R&B futhi yashaya indawo yama-3 eshadini le-pop. Umsebenzi omusha wemukelwa ngemfudumalo izilaleli zakwamanye amazwe. E-UK, Phakathi Kwamabili Hour yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-21 e-UK Singles Chart. I-disc ithole isimo "segolide", njengoba iqoqe ukuthengiswa okungaphezu kwesigidi esingu-12 ezweni nasemhlabeni.
Ngemva kokuthandwa, u-Pickett akazange ajabulele udumo futhi wasebenza kuphela ekudaleni okusha. Ngemva Kwehora Laphakathi Kwamabili, Ungalwi Nalo, Kwakhululwa Amashumi Ayisishiyagalolunye Nesishiyagalolunye Nesigamu kanye ne-634-5789 (Soulsville, USA). Wonke lawa mahithi athathwa njengezakudala ze-soul namuhla, futhi wonke ashaya amashadi e-R&B ezwe.
Ilebula yenqabela u-Pickett ekurekhodeni izingoma kwezinye izindawo, kodwa inikeze enye indlela enhle kakhulu - i-Fame Studios. Ubebhekwa phakathi kwabathandi bomphefumulo njengomqambi wangempela wamahithi. Abagxeki baphawula ukuthi ukusebenza kulesi situdiyo esisha kube nomthelela omuhle emsebenzini walo mculi.
Hambisa ku-RCA Records nokuqoshwa kokugcina kukaWilson Pickett
Ngo-1972, uPickett waqeda inkontileka yakhe ne-Atlantic futhi wathuthela eRCA Records. Umculi uqophe izingoma ezimbalwa eziphumelele kakhulu (uMnu. Magic Man, International Playboy, njll.). Kodwa-ke, lezi zingoma azikwazanga ukungena phezulu kwamashadi. Izingoma azizange zibe ngaphezu kwesikhundla sama-90 ku-Billboard Hot 100.
U-Pickett uqophe okokugcina ngo-1999. Kodwa lokhu kwakungesona isiphetho somsebenzi wakhe. Umculi wanikeza izinkambo zekhonsathi kanye nemidlalo kuze kube ngu-2004. Futhi ngo-1998, waze wabamba iqhaza ekuqopheni ifilimu "The Blues Brothers 2000".
Ngo-2004 ofanayo, impilo yahluleka okokuqala ngqa umculi. Ngenxa yezinkinga zenhliziyo, uphoqeleke ukuthi aphazamise lolu hambo aye kokwelashwa. Ngaphambi nje kokufa kwakhe, u-Pickett wabelane nomndeni wakhe ngezinhlelo zokuqopha i-albhamu entsha yevangeli. Ngeshwa, lo mbono awuzange ugcwaliseke - ngoJanuwari 19, 2006, umculi oneminyaka engu-64 ubudala wafa. UPickett wangcwatshwa eLouisville, eKentucky, e-USA.
