Johnny Nash ndi munthu wachipembedzo. Anakhala wotchuka monga woimba nyimbo za reggae ndi pop. Johnny Nash adakonda kutchuka kwambiri ataimba nyimbo yosafa I Can See Momveka Tsopano. Anali m'modzi mwa akatswiri oyamba omwe sanali a Jamaican kujambula nyimbo za reggae ku Kingston.
Ubwana ndi unyamata wa Johnny Nash
Zochepa zimadziwika za ubwana ndi unyamata wa Johnny Nash. Dzina lonse: John Lester Nash Jr. tsogolo otchuka anabadwa August 19, 1940 mu Houston (Texas).
Nash anakulira m’banja losauka komanso lalikulu. Johnny anafunika kuyamba uchikulire kuti athandize amayi ake kuthana ndi mavuto azachuma.
Anayamba kuzolowera nyimbo ali wachinyamata. Mnyamatayo adapeza ndalama zake monga woimba nyimbo mumsewu. Posakhalitsa chilakolakochi chinakula kukhala chikhumbo chofuna kukhala katswiri woimba.
Njira yolenga ya Johnny Nash
Woimba wa pop Johnny Nash adayamba ntchito yake kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1950 m'zaka zapitazi. Wojambula watulutsa nyimbo zingapo za ABC-Paramount. Okonda nyimbo ankakonda ntchito ya Johnny, ndipo opanga adalemeretsa zikwama zawo pa mawu aumulungu a Nash.
Mu 1958, ulaliki wa kuwonekera koyamba kugulu chimbale unachitika. Johnny anatulutsa LP pansi pa dzina lake. Pafupifupi nyimbo 20 zinatulutsidwa pakati pa 1958 ndi 1964. pa zilembo za Groove, Chess, Argo ndi Warners.
Mwa njira, Johnny Nash nayenso adapanga kuwonekera kwake ngati wosewera panthawiyi. Anayamba kuonekera mu filimu yotengera sewero la Louis S. Peterson's Take a Giant Step. Izi zitachitika, Johnny adalandira mphotho ya siliva chifukwa chakuchita kwake pa Locarno International Film Festival.
Johnny adatenga nawo gawo ngati wopeka komanso wosewera mufilimu ya Vill Så Gärna Tro (1971). Mufilimuyi, adapatsidwa udindo wa Robert. Nyimbo ya filimuyi idapangidwa ndi Bob Marley ndikukonzedwa ndi Fred Jordan.
Kupanga kwa Joda Records
Bizinesi ya Johnny Nash idayenda bwino. Chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 1960, Johnny Nash ndi Danny Sims anakhala makolo a Joda Records ku New York. Mgwirizano wosangalatsa kwambiri udasainidwa ndi The Cowsills.
The Cowsills idadziwika chifukwa cha kumveka kwa nyimbo zosafa, Either You Do or You Don't and You Can't Go Halfway. Kuphatikiza apo, gululi lidalemba ndikujambula nyimbo yawoyawo All I Really Wanta Be Is Me. Idakhala nyimbo yoyamba ya gululi pa JODA (J-103).
Johnny Nash amagwira ntchito ku Jamaica
Johnny Nash adalemba nyimbo zingapo akuyenda ku Jamaica. Wotchukayo adayenda chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960 pomwe bwenzi lake anali ndi ubale ndi Neville Willoughby.
Zolinga za woimbayo zinaphatikizapo kupanga phokoso la rocksteady ku United States of America. Willoughby adayambitsa nyimbo zake kwa gulu lakale la Bob Marley ndi The Wailing Wailers. Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh ndi Rita Marley anadziwitsa Johnny ku zochitika za m'deralo ndi miyambo yake.
Rocksteady ndi mtundu wanyimbo womwe udalipo ku Jamaica ndi England m'ma 1960. Maziko a rocksteady ndi Caribbean rhythms pa 4/4, komanso chidwi kwambiri pa gitala ndi kiyibodi.
Johnny adasaina mapangano anayi ojambulira okha ndi dzina lake JAD komanso mgwirizano woyamba wosindikiza ndi Cayman Music. Malipirowo anali kulipidwa ngati malipiro a mlungu uliwonse.
Koma ntchito ya Marley ndi Tosh, kuchokera pamalingaliro amalonda, sinapambane. Kuphatikiza apo, sitinganene kuti chinadzutsa chidwi pakati pa okonda nyimbo. Panthawiyo, nyimbo zingapo zidawonetsedwa: Bend Down Low ndi Reggae pa Broadway. Nyimbo yomaliza idajambulidwa ku London pamagawo omwewo monga Nditha Kuwona Momveka Tsopano.
Nditha Kuwona Momveka Tsopano ndagulitsa makope oposa 1 miliyoni. Kuphatikiza apo, wosakwatiwayo adapatsidwa chimbale chagolide ndi RIAA. Mu 1972, adatenga malo a 1 pa chartboard ya Billboard Hot 100. Nyimboyi sinachoke pamalo apamwamba kwa nthawi yoposa chaka.
Ndikuwona Momveka Tsopano ili ndi nyimbo zinayi za Marley zofalitsidwa ndi Jud: Guava Jelly, Comma Comma, Munandithirira Shuga ndi Kulimbikitsa.
Kutseka kwa Jada Records
Mu 1971, dzina la Johnny Nash la Jada Records linasiya kukhalapo. Kwa mafani ambiri, kusintha kumeneku kunali kosamvetsetseka, chifukwa kampani yojambulira ikuchita bwino kwambiri.
Pambuyo pa zaka 26, zolembazo zidatsitsimutsidwanso mu 1997 ndi katswiri waku America Marley Roger Steffens ndi woimba waku France Bruno Bloom pagulu la ma Album khumi a Complete Bob Marley & The Wailers 1967-1972.
M'zaka zomaliza za moyo wake, pamodzi ndi mwana wake wamwamuna, Nash adayendetsa studio yojambulira ku Houston yotchedwa Nashco Music.
Zosangalatsa za woyimbayo
- Johnny Nash anali ndi mawu apamwamba oimba.
- M'mafunso ake, woimbayo adanena kuti chinthu chamtengo wapatali kwambiri padziko lapansi ndi banja lake. Iye ankakonda mwana wake.
- Ntchito ya Johnny Nash inali yotchuka ku Jamaica. Ambiri amati uyu ndiye "woyimba wotchuka wa ku Jamaica yemwe si wa Jamaican."
- Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1970, Johnny, pamodzi ndi Bob Marley, anatenga nawo mbali paulendo waukulu wa ku UK.
- M’zaka zomalizira za moyo wake, woimbayo anasinthanso moyo wake. Anakwanitsa pafupifupi kusiya zizolowezi zoipa.
Imfa ya Johnny Nash
Woimba wotchuka anamwalira ali ndi zaka 80. Malinga ndi mwana wa woimbayo, abambo ake adamwalira Lachiwiri Okutobala 6, 2020 chifukwa chachilengedwe.
