Woimba wapadera wa ku America Bobbie Gentry adatchuka chifukwa cha kudzipereka kwake ku mtundu wa nyimbo za dziko, momwe akazi sankaimba kale. Makamaka ndi nyimbo zolembedwa payekha. Kayimbidwe kachilendo ka nyimbo ka nyimbo zokhala ndi zilembo za Gothic, nthawi yomweyo anasiyanitsa woyimbayo ndi oimba ena. Komanso amaloledwa kutenga udindo wotsogola pamndandanda wa nyimbo zabwino kwambiri malinga ndi magazini ya Billboard.
Ubwana wa woimba Bobbie Gentry
Dzina lenileni la woimbayo ndi Roberta Lee Streeter. Makolo ake, Ruby Lee ndi Robert Harrison Streeter, adasudzulana atangobadwa mtsikanayo. Ubwana wamng'ono Roberta unadutsa m'mikhalidwe yovuta, popanda ubwino wa chitukuko, pamodzi ndi makolo a abambo ake. Mtsikanayo anafunadi kukhala woimba, ndipo anampatsa piyano, n’kusinthanitsa ndi imodzi mwa ng’ombezo. Pamene Gentry anali ndi zaka 7, adadza ndi nyimbo yodabwitsa yokhudza galu. Bambo ake anamuthandiza kuphunzira zida zina.
Pamene Bobby anali ndi zaka 13, adatengedwa ndi amayi ake, omwe ankakhala ku California ndipo anali kale ndi banja lina. Anaimbanso limodzi ngati Ruby ndi Bobby Myers. Msungwanayo adadzitengera yekha dzina lodziwika bwino la filimuyo, Ruby Gentry, yemwe panthawiyo anali wokongola wachigawo yemwe anakwatiwa ndi munthu wolemera wamba.
Nditamaliza sukulu ya sekondale, Gentry anaganiza zopitiliza maphunziro ake ku Los Angeles ku Faculty of Philosophy. Kuti azipeza zofunika pa moyo wake, ankafunika kuimba m’makalabu ovina n’kumagwira ntchito monga chitsanzo.
Pambuyo pake, woyimbayo adasamukira ku Conservatory. Nthawi ina adapita ku konsati ya Jody Reynolds ndipo adapempha gawo lojambulira. Zotsatira zake, ntchito ziwiri zophatikizana zidaperekedwa: Stranger in the Mirror ndi Requiem for Love. Nyimbozo sizinatchuke.
Bobbie Gentry Music Ntchito
Kuyamba kwa ntchito yaukadaulo ya Gentry kumatha kuonedwa ngati mawonekedwe a nyimbo ya Ode kwa Billie Joe, mawonekedwe ake omwe adawonetsedwa ku Glendale ku Whitney Recording Studio. Woimbayo ankafuna kupereka nyimbo zake kwa oimba ena. Koma adayenera kuchita Ode kwa Billie Joe yekha, chifukwa sanathe kulipira ntchito za woimba waluso.
Kenako Gentry adasaina mgwirizano ndi Capitol Records ndikuyamba kujambula chimbale chake choyamba. Zinaphatikizapo Ode kwa Billie Joe, ngakhale wotsogolera amayenera kukhala Mississippi Delta. Ode kwa Billie Joe anakhala pa nambala 1 pa Billboard magazini kwa milungu ingapo, ndipo pofika kumapeto kwa chaka anali No. Nyimboyi inali yotchuka kwambiri moti inagulitsa makope oposa 3 miliyoni. Chifukwa cha magazini ya Rolling Stone, inaphatikizidwa pamndandanda wa nyimbo zodziwika bwino za 3.
Kuti apange chimbale cha Ode to Billie Joe, nyimbo zina 12 zidawonjezedwa, zomwe zidaphatikiza nyimbo za blues, jazi ndi zowerengeka. Kufalitsidwa kunawonjezeka mpaka makope 500 zikwi ndipo kunapambana kwambiri, kumenya ngakhale The Beatles.
Mu 1967, wojambulayo anapatsidwa mphoto zitatu za Grammy m'magulu "Best Female Performer", "Most Promising Female Vocalist" ndi "Female Vocalist". Kukhala ndi mawu opangidwa modabwitsa, kulodza ndi mawu osangalatsa komanso omveka bwino, kunakulitsa luso la ojambula.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, nyimbo ya La Città è Grande inatulutsidwa. Mu nthawi yomweyo iwo analemba chimbale The Delta Sweete, amene anali kwambiri ndi mokwanira. Gentry adajambula yekha nyimbo, akusewera piyano, gitala, banjo ndi zida zina. Ngakhale kuti kuphatikizikako sikunapambane ngati chimbale choyamba, otsutsawo ankachiona ngati chida chaluso chosasimbika. Mawu ake amphamvu, phokoso limene otsutsa ndi mafani amayerekezera ndi belu. Anali ndi mawonekedwe odabwitsa, okongola komanso achigololo.
Maulendo oyamba, gwiritsani ntchito zilembo, ma chart apamwamba ndi mphotho za Bobby Gentry
Kuchulukirachulukira kudapangitsa woimbayo kupita ku kampani yotchuka yapa kanema wawayilesi ya BBC, komwe adaitanidwa kukhala woyang'anira chiwonetsero chazosangalatsa. Mapulogalamu 6 adajambulidwa, akuwulutsidwa kamodzi pa sabata, momwe wojambulayo adachita nawonso kutsogolera. Nyimbo zatsopano ndi nyimbo zinalembedwa, zomwe zinakhala "golide", "platinamu".
Chaka chotsatira, mndandanda wachiwiri wa zoulutsa pa BBC unatuluka ndipo chimbale china cha Patchwork chinawonekera. Panali nyimbo zochepa zoyambirira, makamaka zomasulira. Kutoleredwa kwa nyimbo sikunachite bwino kwambiri, kungotenga malo a 164 mwa 200 pa Billboard. Pa nthawi yomweyo, woimbayo anachita ku Canada mu mapulogalamu anayi TV.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970, Gentry anapitiriza ntchito yake yolenga, kutulutsa ma Albums ndi kujambula kwa BBC. Kenako anasiyanitsidwa ndi kampani yojambulira ya Capitol Records chifukwa cha kusagwirizana ndi kupitiriza ntchito yake yapawailesi yakanema pa pulogalamu yomwe inali yotchuka kwambiri pawailesi yakanema.
Kodi mumamva chiyani za woyimba wotchuka Bobbie Gentry lero?
Kuwonekera komaliza kwa wojambula pagulu kunachitika mu April 1982, pamene woimbayo anali ndi zaka 40. Kuyambira pamenepo, iye sanachite, sanakumane ndi atolankhani ndipo sanalembe nyimbo. Panopa ali ndi zaka 76 ndipo amakhala m'dera lokhala ndi zipata pafupi ndi Los Angeles. Magwero ena amamutcha komwe amakhala - dziko la Tennessee.
