The Ronettes anali amodzi mwa magulu otchuka kwambiri aku America chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960 ndi koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Gululi linali ndi atsikana atatu: alongo Estelle ndi Veronica Bennett, ndi msuweni wawo Nedra Talley.
M'dziko lamakono pali chiwerengero chachikulu cha zisudzo, oimba, magulu ndi otchuka osiyanasiyana. Chifukwa cha ntchito yawo ndi luso lawo, ndi otchuka kwambiri pakati pa "mafani" awo. Ngakhale kuti anthu amasirira luso la nyenyezi, amakhalanso ndi chidwi ndi moyo wawo wa tsiku ndi tsiku. Kuphatikiza apo, "mafani" anali ndi chidwi ndi momwe anthu otchuka amachitira bwino.
Kulengedwa kwa atatu ochititsa chidwi kunayambira ku New York mu 1959. Atsikana achichepere ndi okangalika adaganiza zodziyesa okha pampikisano wanyimbo, komwe adapambana. Kalelo ankadzitcha kuti The Darling Sisters. Gululo linakhalapo kwa zaka 7 ndipo linagonjetsa mitima ya omvera ambiri.
Unyamata wa mamembala a The Ronettes: zonsezi zinayamba kuti?
Kuyambira ali aang’ono, alongowo ankaimba patchuthi limodzi ndi agogo awo aakazi komanso achibale awo. Ngakhale pamenepo panali chidwi chodziwika pakuyimba komanso kukonda nyimbo - atsikanawo anali aluso kwambiri. Ndipo mawu awo ankamveka mokweza ngati mabelu. Atsikanawo atakula, anaganiza zokulitsa luso lawo loimba ndi kuimba.
Mu 1957, Estelle adalowa m'gulu lodziwika bwino la Star Time School of the Arts, komwe adaphunzira kuvina mwaukadaulo. Veronica ankakonda kwambiri gulu lodziwika bwino la rock la The Teenagers. Ndi Veronica yemwe adayambitsa gululi mu 1959 ndipo adalitcha kuti The Ronettes. Kupambana kwawo koyamba kophatikizana kunachitika mu 1957 pa mpikisano wa talente.
Wambiri ya soloists
Veronica ndi Estelle Bennett
Veronica anabadwa mu 1943, mlongo wake Estelle anabadwa zaka ziwiri zapitazo. Kusiyana kwa alongowo kunali kosaoneka bwino. Nthawi zonse anali mabwenzi ndipo ankagawana zochitika zonse zomwe zinkachitika pamoyo wawo. Abambo ake anali a ku America omwe ali ndi mizu yaku Ireland, ndipo amayi ake anali African American ndi Cherokee.
Analinso ndi msuweni wa ku America, Tully, amene atsikanawo ankagwirizananso bwino. M’banja la Bennett, agogo aamuna anali a ku China. Veronica ndi Estelle ankakonda nyimbo ndi kuimba kuyambira ali mwana, choncho anakula bwino m'dera limeneli. Alongowo analinganizanso bwino moyo wawo waumwini, ndipo aliyense wa iwo ali ndi ana.
Bowels Talley
Mtsikanayo ndi wachibale wapamtima wa banja la Bennett. Nedra anabadwa January 27, 1946 m'banja wamba American. Ndi wochokera ku Puerto Rican komanso ku Africa America. Mtsikanayo anali wamng'ono zaka zitatu kuposa alongo ake (Veronica ndi Estelle). Koma izi sizinasokoneze ubale wawo wodabwitsa.
Woimbayo adakonza bwino moyo wake. Anakwatira Scott Ross ndipo alinso ndi ana anayi. Talley anachita pa siteji kwa zaka 46 (kuyambira 1959 mpaka 2005). Tsopano wojambulayo ali ndi zaka 74.
Kupambana kwa The Ronettes ndi nyimbo zawo zoyamba
Mu 1961, situdiyo ya Colpix Records idachita chidwi ndi gululi. Nthawi yomweyo, atsikanawo adapambana kusewera, akuimba nyimbo ya What's So Cute About Sweet Sixteen?. Ichi chinali chigonjetso kwa gululo, chifukwa situdiyoyo inkaonedwa kuti ndi yotchuka kwambiri ndipo zinali zovuta kufika kumeneko.
Nyimbo zinayi zodziwika bwino zidajambulidwa mu studio: I Want a Boy, What's So Sweet About Sweet Sixteen?, Ndichoka Ndili Patsogolo ndi My Angel Guide. Nyimbozi zimaonedwa kuti ndizoyamba. Iwo anamasulidwa pansi pa dzina lakale la gulu The Darling Sisters. Situdiyoyo idatulutsanso nyimbo zina ziwiri za Silhouettes komanso kutulutsanso kwa I'm Going To Quit While I'm A Head.
Kenako atsikanawo adaswa mgwirizano wawo ndi studioyi ndikuyamba kugwirizana ndi Phil Spector ndi studio yake ya Philles Records. Mwa njira, anali Phil Spector amene anakwatira mmodzi wa oimba otsogolera gulu, Veronica. Chifukwa cha mgwirizano ndi situdiyo iyi, atsikanawo adakondanso kutchuka kwambiri. Nyimbo zojambulidwa zikuphatikizapo Why Don't They Letus Fallin Love?, The Twist, The Wah-Watusi, Mashed Potato Time ndi Hot Pastrami.
A Ronettes amasweka
Maulendo ambiri m'maiko ndi makontinenti osiyanasiyana ndi nyimbo ya I Can Hear Music sanapange chidwi chokwanira. Zinali zovuta kwambiri kutchuka. Pamapeto pake, atsikanawo anaganiza zopatukana ndi kusiya ntchito zawo. Komabe, mu 1979 gululo linatsitsimutsidwanso, koma osati kwa nthaŵi yaitali. The soloists akale a gulu sakanatha ndipo sanafune kuchita pa siteji chifukwa cha mavuto awo.
Chifukwa chake, gululo linasweka ndipo silinawonekere pa siteji kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980. Mtsikana aliyense anapitiriza moyo wake, kusamalira banja lake ndi ana, kuiwala za kutchuka kwake.
Pa Januware 12, 2021, mtsogoleri wa The Ronettes Veronica Bennett anamwalira. Kwa zaka zambiri ankavutika ndi khansa.
