Ruth Brown - mmodzi mwa oimba akuluakulu a zaka za m'ma 50, akuimba nyimbo za Rhythm & Blues. Woyimba wa khungu lakuda anali chithunzithunzi cha jazi choyambirira chapamwamba komanso zopenga zopenga. Iye anali diva waluso amene mosatopa kuteteza ufulu wa oimba.
Zaka zoyambirira komanso ntchito yoyambirira ya Ruth Brown
Ruth Alston Weston anabadwa pa January 12, 1928 m’banja lalikulu la antchito wamba. Makolowo ndi ana XNUMX ankakhala m’tauni yaing’ono ya Portsmouth, ku Virginia. Bambo wa nyenyezi yam'tsogolo anaphatikiza ntchito ya port loader ndi kuyimba mu kwaya ku tchalitchi.
Ngakhale ziyembekezo za abambo ake, nyenyezi yamtsogolo sinatsatire mapazi ake, koma, m'malo mwake, idayamba kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi. Analinso nawo m’makonsati a asilikali. Ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri, mtsikanayo anathawa makolo ake ndi chibwenzi chake, amene posakhalitsa anayamba banja.
Pambuyo paukwatiwo, okwatirana kumenewo adagwirizana mu duet ndipo anapitiriza kuchita m'mabala. Kwa nthawi yochepa, woyimba wachinyamatayo adagwirizana ndi gulu la oimba, koma posakhalitsa adathamangitsidwa. Blanche Calloway adathandizira kupititsa patsogolo ntchito ya woimba wamng'ono, yemwe adathandizira kukonza machitidwe a wojambula mu kalabu yotchuka yausiku ku likulu.
Munali pa konsatiyi pomwe woyimbayo adawonedwa ndi woimira wailesi ya Voice of America ndipo adamulimbikitsa ku kampani yachichepere ya Atlantic Record. Chifukwa cha ngozi ya galimoto yomwe mtsikanayo adapeza, kufufuza kunachitika patatha miyezi isanu ndi inayi. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi matenda komanso kuyembekezera kwa nthawi yaitali pamsonkhano, deta ya nyimbo ya mtsikanayo inakondweretsa kwambiri oimira kampaniyo.
Kupambana koyamba komanso kumenyedwa kwakukulu kwa Ruth Brown
Pa kafukufuku woyamba, woimbayo adayimba nyimbo ya "So Long", yomwe nthawi yomweyo inakhala kugunda kwake koyamba pambuyo pojambula. Ruth Brown anali m'modzi mwa ojambula oyamba kusaina ndi omwe adayambitsa Atlantic. Kwa zaka 10, adagunda ma chart a Billboard R&B ndi nyimbo zonse zomwe adajambulira ku Atlantic.
Nyimbo yotchedwa "Teardrops from My Eyes" idakhala pamwamba pa ma chart onse kwa milungu 11 motsatizana. Kuchita bwino kwa woimbayo monga m'modzi mwa ochita bwino kwambiri mu R&B adamupatsa mayina "Little Miss Rhythm" komanso "Mtsikana Wokhala ndi Misozi M'mawu Ake".
Chifukwa cha kupambana kodabwitsa kwa woimbayo, situdiyo yojambulira idatchedwa "nyumba yomwe Rute adamanga" konse. Mawu okoma oterowo sanali omveka, chifukwa nyimbo zake zidakweza kampani yachichepere yodziwika bwino pamwamba. Atlantic Records idakhala chizindikiro chodziyimira bwino kwambiri chazaka za m'ma 1950.
Kuyambira 1950-1960, nyimbo zambiri za Ruth Brown zinakhala zovuta. Nyimbo zotchuka kwambiri mpaka lero ndi:
- "Ndidzakudikirani";
- "Maola 5-10-15";
- "Ndikudziwa";
- "Amayi Amachitira Mwana Wanu Wamkazi Mowawa";
- "O Loto Lotani";
- "Mambo Baby";
- "Mwana Wokoma Wanga";
- Osandinyenga Ine.
Chitsitsimutso cha chidwi cha Ruth Brown
Mu 1960, wosewera anapita mu mithunzi ndi kutenga maphunziro a mwana wake yekhayo. Pofika kumapeto kwa zaka za m’ma 1960, nyenyezi imene poyamba inali yotchuka inali pa umphaŵi. Pofuna kusamalira banja lake, mayiyo ankagwira ntchito yoyendetsa basi ya sukulu ndipo ankagwira ntchito ngati wantchito.
Moyo wake ndi ntchito yake zinayamba kusintha kukhala bwino pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1970. Mnzake wanthawi yayitali, wanthabwala Redd Foxx adamuyitana kuti atenge nawo gawo pazowonetsa zake zosiyanasiyana. Zaka zoposa 20 zapitazo, woimbayo anapereka thandizo la ndalama kwa mwamunayo. Ndipo tsopano nayenso sanayime pambali ndikuthandiza nyenyeziyo kuti iyambenso kutchuka komanso kukhazikika kwachuma.
Udindo mu mafilimu ndi nyimbo Ruth Brown
Patapita zaka 4, wosewera nyenyezi mu sewero lanthabwala mndandanda Hello Larry. Mu 1983, mayiyo adapatsidwa gawo mu nyimbo ya Broadway Pa Corner of Amen. Seweroli linachokera pa sewero la wolemba wotchuka wa ku America James Baldwin.
Kuchita nawo nyimbo sikunapite pachabe, ndipo mu 1988 wotsogolera John Samuel adayitana woimbayo ku filimu yake yachipembedzo Hairspray. Kumeneko iye mwanzeru ankaimba udindo wa mwini sitolo nyimbo, mwakhama kumenyera ufulu wa anthu akuda.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, Ruth Brown anayesanso ngati wojambula pa Broadway mu nyimbo za Black ndi Blue. Kuchita nawo nyimboyi kunabweretsa woimbayo chigonjetso mu "Tony". Komanso, chimbale "Blues pa Broadway", nyimbo imene ankaimba nyimbo, anali kupereka ulemu waukulu Grammy Music Award.
Kunja kwa moyo wake wa siteji, Ruth Brown wakhala akuyimira ufulu wa oimba. Izi zinamupangitsa kuti apange maziko odziyimira pawokha omwe ankafuna kusunga mbiri ya R&B. Maziko adathandizira kukonza thandizo lazachuma kwa ojambula, komanso kuteteza ufulu wawo pamaso pa makampani ojambulira osakhulupirika.
Zaka zamtsogolo za Ruth Brown
Pofika 1990, woimbayo adalandiranso mphotho ina chifukwa cha mbiri yake ya Miss Rhythm. Pambuyo pa zaka 3, adalowetsedwa mu Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ndi zolemba zaulemu "The Queen Mother of the Blues." Mpaka 2005, woimba nthawi zonse ankayendera.
Pokhapokha mu November 2006, ali ndi zaka 78, nyenyeziyo inamwalira m'chipatala cha Las Vegas. Chifukwa cha imfa chinali zotsatira za matenda oyambirira a mtima. Pambuyo pa imfa ya woimbayo, makonsati ambiri adakonzedwa kukumbukira Ruth Brown, mmodzi mwa oimba kwambiri a R & B.
