Bill Withers ndi woyimba waku America waku America, wolemba nyimbo komanso woyimba. Anasangalala ndi kutchuka kwakukulu m’zaka za m’ma 1970 ndi m’ma 1980, pamene nyimbo zake zinkamveka pafupifupi mbali zonse za dziko lapansi. Ndipo lero (pambuyo pa imfa ya wojambula wotchuka wakuda), akupitiriza kuonedwa ngati mmodzi wa nyenyezi za dziko lapansi. Withers akadali fano la mamiliyoni ambiri okonda nyimbo zaku Africa America, makamaka moyo.
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Nthano yamtsogolo ya soul blues idabadwa mu 1938 m'tawuni yaying'ono yamigodi ya Slab Fork (West Virginia). Iye anali mwana womaliza m’banja lalikulu, kumene, kuwonjezera pa Bill, panali abale ndi alongo ena 5.
Amayi a mnyamatayo, Mattie Galloway, ankagwira ntchito ngati wantchito, ndipo bambo ake, William Users, ankagwira ntchito pamaso pa mgodi wina wapafupi. Zaka zitatu pambuyo pa kubadwa kwa Billy, makolo ake anasudzulana, ndipo mnyamatayo anakhalabe akuleredwa ndi amayi ake. Pofunafuna moyo wabwino, iwo anasamukira ku mzinda wa Beckley, kumene anakhala ubwana wake.
Paunyamata wake, Withers sanali wosiyana kwenikweni ndi mamiliyoni a anzake akuda okhala ku United States. Mbali yake yokhayo inali chibwibwi champhamvu, chomwe mnyamatayo anadwala chibadwire. Monga momwe woimbayo amakumbukira, anali ndi nkhawa kwambiri chifukwa cha vuto lake lolankhula.
Ali ndi zaka 12, bambo ake anamwalira, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti banja lalikulu likhale lopweteka kwambiri. Bamboyo nthaŵi zonse ankatumiza gawo lina la ndalama zake za m’migodi kwa mkazi wake wakale kuti azisamalira ana.
Unyamata wa nyenyezi yam'tsogolo Bill Withers
Achinyamata a Billy adagwa pa nthawi zovuta za gulu la Negro (mu 1950s ku America) chifukwa cha ufulu wawo wachibadwidwe. Komabe, mnyamatayo sanakopeke ndi zochitika za chikhalidwe ndi ndale zomwe zinakhudza mzinda wake wa Beckley.
Pochita chidwi ndi zachikondi zapamadzi, mu 1955 adalembetsa usilikali ku US Navy, komwe adakhala zaka 9. Apa ndi pamene anayamba kuchita chidwi ndi nyimbo, kwa nthawi yoyamba anayesa kulemba nyimbo zake. Chimodzi mwa zifukwa zazikulu za maphunziro ake amawu chinali kutha kuiwala za chibwibwi kwa kanthawi.
Chiyambi cha ntchito ya woimba Bill Withers
Mu 1965, Withers wazaka 26 adachoka ku Navy ndipo adaganiza zoyamba moyo wamba. Poyamba, iye sanaganizire ngakhale ntchito nyimbo monga njira yaikulu ya moyo. Mu 1967, adasamukira ku West Coast, ku Los Angeles. Mumzinda uwu, malinga ndi woyendetsa ngalawa wakale, zinali zosavuta kuti akhazikike m'moyo. Mnyamata wina wakuda ankagwira ntchito yamagetsi pafakitale ya ndege ya Douglas Corporation. Zapadera zomwe zidapezedwa panthawi yautumiki wa Navy zidabwera zothandiza.
Ngakhale kuti Billy sanatengere nyimbo mozama, sanazisiye kwathunthu. Komanso, kukonda kwake nyimbo pang'onopang'ono kunatenga nthawi yake yambiri yopuma pantchito. Ndi ndalama zomwe adasunga, adajambulitsa makaseti owonetsa ndi nyimbo zomwe adazipanga. Mogwirizana ndi izi, adachita m'makalabu ausiku, komwe adagawira makaseti okhala ndi zolemba kwaulere kwa aliyense.
Fortune adamwetulira wosewera wachinyamatayo mu 1970. Kenako, atawonera kanema wa Days of Wine and Roses, adapanga Ain't No Sunshine. Ndi nyimbo iyi, yolembedwa mokopeka ndi kanema wochititsa chidwi, Withers adatchuka kwambiri. Clarence Avant, mwiniwake wa situdiyo yojambulira ya Sussex Records, adatenga gawo lofunikira pa tsogolo la woimbayo.
Atamvetsera imodzi mwa makaseti a woimba wakuda wosadziwika yemwe adabwera kwa iye mwangozi, nthawi yomweyo anazindikira kuti iyi inali nyenyezi yamtsogolo. Posakhalitsa, Bill ndi kampani yojambula nyimbo inasainidwa kuti atulutse chimbale choyamba cha wojambulayo, Justas I Am. Koma ngakhale pambuyo chiyambi cha mgwirizano ndi Sussex Records, amene anamulonjeza phindu lalikulu, Bill sanayerekeze kusiya ntchito yake yaikulu monga osonkhanitsa pa fakitale ndege. Iye ankakhulupirira mwanzeru kuti ntchito yoimba ndi bizinesi yosasinthika ndipo sangasinthe "ntchito yeniyeni."
Wojambula wodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi a Bill Withers
Nthawi yomweyo ndi mgwirizano ndi Sussex Records, Bill adapeza mnzake pazosewerera zosiyanasiyana komanso kujambula. Adakhala T John Booker, yemwe adatsagana ndi Bill pa kiyibodi ndi gitala pojambula nyimbo yake yoyamba.
Mu 1971, nyimbo zina ziwiri zidatulutsidwa ngati nyimbo zosiyana - Ain't No Sunlight and Grandma's Hands. Yoyamba mwa nyimboyi idayamikiridwa kwambiri ndi otsutsa komanso omvera. Nyimboyi yagulitsa makope oposa 1 miliyoni ku US kokha. Analandira Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best R'n'B Hit of the Year.
Kupambana kwina kwa Billy Withers kunali single Lean On Me kuchokera ku Still Bill (1972). Kugulitsa kwa mbiriyi kudapitilira makope 3 miliyoni, kugunda kwake kudakwera tchati cha Billboard kwa milungu ingapo. Chizindikiro china cha kutchuka kwa nyimbo ya "Lean on Me" - idamveka potsegulira apurezidenti awiri aku America - B. Clinton ndi B. Obama.
M'nthawi ya mliri wa coronavirus, anthu aku America podzipatula adayambitsa gulu la anthu omwe adachita Lean On Me pa intaneti. Mwana wamkazi wa Pulezidenti Trump, Ivanka, analemba pa tsamba lake la Twitter panthawiyo: "Lero ndi nthawi yabwino kwambiri yoyamikira mphamvu ya nyimboyi."
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Mu 1974, Withers, pamodzi ndi J. Brown ndi BB King, adachita konsati ku likulu la Zaire, yomwe idakonzedweratu kuti igwirizane ndi msonkhano wa mbiri yakale wa nthano ziwiri za nkhonya padziko lonse, Mohammed Ali ndi J. Foreman. Kujambula kwa seweroli kudaphatikizidwa mu kanema wa When We Were Kings, yomwe idapambana Oscar mu 1996.
Chaka chotsatira, chizindikiro cha Sussex Records chinasowa mwadzidzidzi, kukhalabe ndi ngongole kwa Withers chifukwa chogulitsa ma rekodi. Pambuyo pake, woimbayo amakakamizika kusuntha pansi pa mapiko a zolemba zina, Columbia Records.
Mu studio iyi mu 1978, nyimbo yotsatira ya soul Star Menagerie inalembedwa. Mu nyimbo ya Lovely Day kuchokera mu chimbale ichi, Bill adalemba mbiri ya oimba. Anagwira cholemba chimodzi kwa masekondi 18. Mbiri iyi idakhazikitsidwa mu 2000 kokha ndi woyimba payekha wa gulu la a-ha.
Mu 1980, Withers adachitanso zina. Chojambulira chojambulira Elektra Records chinatulutsa imodzi yokha Awiri a Ife, chifukwa chomwe woimbayo adalandira mphoto yachiwiri ya Grammy. Panthawiyi, ubale ndi Columbia Records unali kuipiraipira.
Woimbayo adamuimba mlandu wochedwetsa ntchito pama Albums atsopano. Chotsatira chotsatira chinatulutsidwa mu 1985 ndipo chinadziwika ndi "kulephera" kwakukulu, atalandira ndemanga zoipa kuchokera kwa otsutsa. Kenako woimba wazaka 47 adaganiza zosiya ntchito yake ya pop.
Moyo wa Bill Withers pambuyo pa gawo lalikulu
Withers adasunga mawu ake, ndipo sanabwererenso ku siteji yayikulu. Koma zimenezi sizinganenedwenso ponena za chilengedwe chake. Nyimbo za woimba wotchuka wa soul zikupitiriza kuchitidwa lero. Iwo akuphatikizidwa m'gulu la nyenyezi zapadziko lonse zomwe zimayimba jazi, mzimu, ngakhalenso nyimbo za pop, zomwe zimapereka gawo lalikulu kwambiri pakuwongolera luso.
Zolemba za Withers zidatulutsidwa mu 2009. Mmenemo, anaonekera pamaso pa omvera monga munthu wachimwemwe. Malinga ndi iye, sananong'oneze bondo kusiya sitejiyi. Mu 2015, polemekeza zaka 30 atachoka pa siteji, Withers adalowetsedwa mu Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Bill wakhala wokwatiwa kawiri m'moyo wake. Ukwati woyamba waufupi unali mu 1973 ndi wojambula wa sitcom. Koma pasanathe chaka, banjali linatha, mkazi wachichepereyo ataimba mlandu Withers wa nkhanza zapakhomo. Woimbayo anakwatiranso mu 1976. Mkazi wake watsopano, Marcia, anamuberekera ana awiri, mnyamata, Todd, ndi mtsikana, Corey. M'tsogolomu, iye, monga ana, adakhala wothandizira pafupi ndi Withers, kutenga udindo woyang'anira nyumba zosindikizira ku Los Angeles.
Wosewera wotchuka waku America adamwalira mu Marichi 2020 ndi matenda amtima. Imfa yake idalengezedwa kwa anthu wamba patatha masiku anayi. Withers anaikidwa m'manda ku Hollywood Hills Memorial Cemetery, pafupi ndi Los Angeles.
