Sam Cooke ndi munthu wachipembedzo. Woyimbayo adayima pa chiyambi cha nyimbo za mzimu. Woimbayo angatchedwe m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa mzimu. Anayamba ntchito yake yolenga ndi zolemba zachipembedzo.
Papita zaka 40 kuchokera imfa ya woimba. Ngakhale izi, iye akadali mmodzi wa oimba akuluakulu a United States of America.
Ubwana ndi unyamata wa Samuel Cook
Samuel Cook anabadwa pa January 22, 1931 ku Clarksdale. Mnyamatayo anakulira m’banja lalikulu. Kuwonjezera pa iye, makolo ake analera ana ena asanu ndi atatu. Mtsogoleri wa banja anali wopembedza kwambiri. Iye ankagwira ntchito ngati wansembe.
Monga ana ambiri m'bwalo lake, Sam ankayimba mu kwaya ya tchalitchi. N'zosadabwitsa kuti adaganiza zogwirizanitsa moyo wake wamtsogolo ndi siteji. Ataimba m’kachisi, Sam Cook anapita kubwalo la tauni. Kumeneko, pamodzi ndi The Singing Children, anaimba nyimbo zosayembekezereka.
Njira yolenga ya Sam Cooke
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1950, Sam Cooke anakhala m’gulu la anthu oyambitsa uthenga wabwino la The Soul Stirrers. M'magulu a okonda nyimbo za uthenga wabwino, gululi linali lodziwika kwambiri.
Ndipo ngakhale kuti Sam anali kuchita bwino, ankalakalaka zinthu zinanso. Mnyamatayo ankafuna kuzindikirika pakati pa "azungu" ndi "akuda". Gawo loyamba lomwe linatsegulira anthu wojambula watsopano wa pop mwa munthu wa Sam Cooke anali kuwonetsa nyimbo za Loveable.
Pofuna kuti asawopsyeze "mafani" okhulupirika a The Soul Stirrers, chimbalecho chinatulutsidwa pansi pa pseudonym "Dale Cook". Komabe, kusadziwika kwa wojambulayo sikunathe kusungidwa, ndipo mgwirizano ndi chizindikiro cha uthenga wabwino uyenera kuthetsedwa.
Sam Cooke sanatseke mphuno yake. Iye sanatengere vuto loyambalo mopepuka. Wosewera wamng'ono amapita kumalo otchedwa "kusambira" odziimira. Anayesa kamvekedwe ka nyimbo, ndikupereka nyimbo zomwe zimaphatikiza nyimbo za pop, uthenga wabwino ndi rhythm ndi blues.
Otsutsa nyimbo adakondwera kwambiri ndi kubwereza koyambirira kwa mizere yamutu yokhala ndi mawu omveka bwino.
Kuzindikirika kwenikweni kwa talente ya Sam Cook kumalumikizidwa ndi kuwonetsedwa kwa nyimbo zomwe Inu Munditumize. Wojambulayo adapereka nyimboyi mu 1957.
Idafika pachimake pa Billboard Hot 1, ndikugulitsa makope opitilira 100 miliyoni ku United States.
Pamwamba pa Kutchuka kwa Sam Cooke
Sam Cook sanayembekeze kubwereza kupambana kwa nyimbo ya You Send Me. Mbiriyo idapitilira kukhala nyimbo yazaka khumi. Komabe, woimbayo, njanji ndi njanji, adapanga kalembedwe kake ka nyimbo.
Pafupifupi mwezi uliwonse, Sam Cooke amadzazitsanso banki yake yoimba ndi ma balla achikondi komanso okhudza mtima. Pa nthawiyo, achinyamata ankakonda kwambiri ntchito ya woimbayo. Nyimbo zowala kwambiri za wojambulayo ndi:
- Pazifukwa Zamalingaliro;
- Aliyense Amakonda Cha Cha Cha;
- Makumi ndi asanu ndi limodzi okha;
- (What A) Dziko Lodabwitsa.
Atajambula nyimbo yophatikiza ndi Billie Holiday, Tribute to the Lady Sam Cooke adasamukira ku RCA Record. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, anayamba kumasula zosonkhanitsira zomwe zimasiyanitsidwa ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana.
Mopepuka komanso mozama, nyimbozo zidakhala chizindikiro cha Sam Cooke komanso nyimbo zomwe zidatuluka. Kodi nyimbo za Bring It on Home to Me ndi Cupid ndizofunika bwanji? Mwa njira, nyimbo izi anamasuliridwa Tina Turner, Amy Winehouse ndi zisudzo ena ambiri.
M'zaka za m'ma 1960, panali "pause waulesi". Wosewerayo adasankha kupereka chiwongolerocho kwa wopanga wake. M’chenicheni, iye sasamala kuti aziimba zotani, kuti aziimba pati, ndiponso mmene aziimba. Kukayikira koteroko "kunaphimba" Sam Cooke. Zoona zake n’zakuti anakumana ndi vuto linalake.
Sam Cooke anamwalira mwana wamng'ono. Komabe, Cook adathandizira gulu lakuda la kufanana, motsogozedwa ndi nyimbo ya Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind, mtundu wanyimbo ya bungwe ili - ballad A Change Is Gonna Come.
Mu 1963, kujambula kwa woimbayo kunawonjezeredwa ndi album "yowutsa mudyo". Nyimboyi idatchedwa Night Beat. Patatha chaka chimodzi, gulu limodzi lodziwika bwino kwambiri, lakuti Is not That Good News, linatulutsidwa.
Zosangalatsa za Sam Cooke
- Magazini ya Rolling Stones inatcha wojambulayo mmodzi mwa oimba akuluakulu a zaka zapitazo. Analowa m'gulu la oimba 100 apamwamba kwambiri. Magaziniyi inamuika pampando wachinayi.
- Mu 2008, Purezidenti wakale waku America, Barack Obama, atamva za kupambana kwake pachisankho, adalankhula ndi nzika za United States, zomwe chiyambi chake chidafotokozedwa m'nyimbo ya A Change Is Gonna Come.
- Pambuyo pa imfa ya Sam Cooke, protégé wake Bobby Womack anakwatira mkazi wamasiye woimbayo Barbara. Mwana wamkazi wa Cook anakwatiwa ndi mchimwene wake wa Womack. Panopa amakhala ku Africa ndi ana asanu ndi atatu.
Imfa ya Sam Cooke
The King of Soul anamwalira pa December 11, 1964. Iye sanasiye moyo umenewu mwa kufuna kwake. Moyo wa woimbayo unafupikitsidwa ndi kuwombera mfuti. Imfa ya woimbayo wazaka 33 inachitika mwachilendo kwambiri, zomwe mpaka lero zimayambitsa "miseche".
Thupi la Sam Cooke linapezeka mu motelo yotsika mtengo ya Los Angeles. Anali atavala chovala pamwamba pa maliseche ndi nsapato. Posakhalitsa dzina la wakuphayo linadziwika. Woimbayo adawomberedwa ndi mwini hotelo Bertha Franklin, yemwe adanena kuti woimbayo adalowa m'chipinda chake ataledzera ndikuyesa kumugwiririra.
Mtundu wovomerezeka wa imfa ya munthu wotchuka ndi kupha komwe kuli koyenera. Komabe, achibalewo anakana kuvomereza “choonadi” chimenechi. Panali mphekesera m’nyuzipepala kuti Sam anaphedwa chifukwa cha tsankho. Kotero, mnzake wa Cook, ndi mnzake wa nthawi yochepa pa siteji, Etta James, yemwe adawona mtembo wa Sam, adanena kuti adawona zilonda zambiri ndi zotupa pa thupi lake, zomwe sizinasonyeze kuti "anawomberedwa".
Zokumbukira za Sam Cooke
Pambuyo pa imfa ya fano la mamiliyoni Otis Redding anayamba kuphimba nyimbo za repertoire yake. Okonda nyimbo adawona mwa woyimba wachinyamatayo wolowa nyumba wa Sam Cooke.
Zina mwazolemba za Sam zidapangidwa ndi Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, The Animals ndi The Rolling Stones, protégé Bobby Womack.
Pamene Rock and Roll Hall of Fame idapangidwa chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980, zidalengezedwa kuti anthu atatu otchuka adzakhala pagulu laulemu, omwe ndi Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly ndi Sam Cooke. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, woimbayo adamwalira atamwalira mphoto ya Grammy chifukwa cha chitukuko cha moyo.
Nyimbo za woimbayo nthawi zambiri zinkamveka pazochitika zazikulu za anthu a ku Africa America. M'mbiri, Sam Cooke akadali m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa kalembedwe ka moyo. Dzina lake limadutsana ndi mayina odziwika bwino monga Ray Charles ndi James Brown. Nyenyezi za rock monga Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Otis Redding, Al Green amalankhula za chikoka cha oimba pa ntchito yawo.
