The Weather Girls ndi gulu lochokera ku San Francisco. Awiriwo anayamba ntchito yawo yolenga kumbuyo mu 1977. Oimbawo sankawoneka ngati okongola a Hollywood. Oimba a The Weather Girls adasiyanitsidwa ndi kudzaza kwawo, mawonekedwe apakati komanso kuphweka kwaumunthu.
Martha Wash ndi Isora Armstead anali pa chiyambi cha gulu. Osewera akuda adatchuka atangoimba nyimbo ya It's Raning Men mu 1982.
Poyamba, oimba ankaimba pansi pa pseudonym Two Tons O' Fun. Chochititsa chidwi, pansi pa dzinali, Marta ndi Isora adalemba nyimbo zabwino.
Zolemba zotsatirazi zidayenera kusamalidwa kwambiri: Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven (1980), Just Us (1980; malo a 29th mu British R&B chart) ndi I Got The Feeling (1981).
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, awiriwa adapereka chimbale cha Bakatcha kwa mafani. "Khadi la lipenga" lalikulu la diski iyi linali nyimbo I Got The Feeling. Nkhani za oimba akuda zinayamba kusintha pang'onopang'ono. Nyenyezi yatsopano "yawala" mu dziko la nyimbo.
Njira yopangira ya The Weather Girls
Awiriwa adalowa mu The Weather Girls pofika 1982. Motsogozedwa ndi wopanga tcheru, oimbawo adawonetsa kanema. Ndipo mu 1983, mosayembekezereka kwa ambiri, chimbale chatsopano, SUCCESS, chinatulutsidwa.
Album iyi idatsimikiziridwa ndi platinamu. Gululi lidakwanitsa kugulitsa makope opitilira 6 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi. Ndi nyimbo ya It's Raning Men, gululi lidasankhidwa kukhala Mphotho ya Grammy ya Best R&B Performance ndi a Duo kapena Gulu.
Awiriwa sanatope ndikubwezeretsanso banki yawo yoyimba ndi zida zatsopano zapamwamba. Posakhalitsa "mafani" anasangalala ndi nyimbo: Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas) ndi No One Can Love You More Than Me.
Chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980, zojambula za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi chimbale china, Big Girls Musalire. Patapita nthawi, awiriwa adawonetsa kanema wa nyimbo ya Wella Wiggy. Kanema wanyimboyo adatsogozedwa ndi Jim Canty ndi Jake Sebastian. Udindo waukulu muvidiyoyi udaperekedwa kuti azisewera wosewera wokongola komanso wovina Jen Anthony Ray.
Kunyamuka kuchokera ku The Weather Girls lolemba Martha Wash
Kumayambiriro kwa ntchito za gululi, Martha Wash adalembedwa ngati woyimba osati mu The Weather Girls, komanso gulu la Black Box. Kugwira ntchito mugulu latsopanolo kunapatsa okonda nyimbo monga: Aliyense Aliyense, Strike It Up, I don't know Anybody Wina and Fantasy.
Mu 1988, zojambula za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi chimbale chatsopano, Super Hits, chomwe chinali ndi nyimbo zabwino kwambiri za The Weather Girls.
Ntchito imeneyi inali yomaliza yolembedwa m’kalembedwe koyambirira. Mu 1990, Martha Wash pomalizira pake adasiya The Weather Girls. M'chaka chomwecho, woimbayo anapereka nyimbo ya Pitirizani, yomwe m'lingaliro lenileni la mawuwo inakhala "bomba loimba" lenileni.
Marta adapambana ma chart ndi C + C Music Factory ndi Gonna Make You Sweat (Aliyense Dance Tsopano). Mpaka pano, Martha Wash ali ndi udindo wa mfumukazi ya R&B.
Chiyambi cha ntchito payekha Isora Armstead
Martha Wash atasiya gululi, Isora adakakamizika kuyamba ngati wojambula yekha. Kale kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, pamodzi ndi Snap! nyimbo The Power inatulutsidwa, kumene woimbayo adayimba nyimbo zazikulu, ndipo rap inawerengedwa ndi rapper waku America Turbo B.
Posakhalitsa adajambula kanema wanyimbo, pomwe woimba Penny Ford adawonekera pansi pa mawu a Izora (kenako Penny adalemba nyimbo zambiri za gululo ndi mawu ake).
Nyimboyi idafika pa top ten. Nyimboyi idakhala yotchuka kwambiri mu 1990. Zolembazi zidaposa ma chart a nyimbo ku United States of America, Great Britain ndi Germany (#1 US Billbord Hot 100, #1 UK Hot Dance Club Play, #2 Germany Hot Chart). Ku Ulaya, kutchuka kwa njanjiyi kunali kwakukulu kwambiri kotero kuti kunathandizira chitukuko cha nyimbo za Eurodance.
Mu 1991, Izora adapereka kwa mafani chimbale chake chokhacho "Abiti Izora". Chimbale chomwe chinagunda kwambiri chinali nyimbo ya Don't Let Love Slip Away. Nkhaniyi inatulutsidwa m’makope ochepa ku United States of America. Zosonkhanitsa sizingatchulidwe kuti ndizotchuka, chifukwa sizinapeze kupambana kwamalonda. Album iyi inali ntchito yokhayokha ya Isora.
The Weather Girls ndi Isora Armstead
Mu 1991, Isora adaganiza zogwirizanitsa The Weather Girls, chifukwa kugwira ntchito payekha sikunapereke zotsatira zomwe ankafuna. Malo a yemwe kale anali woyimba payekha a Martha Wash adatengedwa ndi mwana wamkazi wa Isora Daynell Rhodes.
Koma sikuti zolembazo zasintha. Kuyambira pano, gululi lidachita ngati The Weather Girls feat. Isora Armstead. Panthawi imeneyi, awiriwa adatulutsa ma Albums awiri ndi gulu limodzi.
Mu 1993, zojambula za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi nyimbo ya Double Tons of Fun. Nyimbo zapamwamba za chimbalezo zinali nyimbo: Can You Feel It ndi Oh What a Night.
Mu 1995, ulalo wa chimbale chachiwiri Think Big unachitika. Nyimbo za Tidzachita Phwando ndi Zomveka za Kugonana zidakhala "zokongoletsa zanyimbo" zagulu latsopanoli. Kanema wanyimbo adajambulidwa wanyimbo yakuti We Shall All Be Free.
Mu 1998, ochita sewero adapereka nyimbo za Puttin' pa Hits kwa mafani, zomwe zidaphatikizanso nyimbo zodziwika bwino. Nyimbo I'm So Excited ya The Pointer Sisters, We are Family yolembedwa ndi Mlongo Sledge zinali zofunika kuziganizira kwambiri.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000, ndi gulu la Disco Brothers, gululi linatenga nawo mbali pa chisankho cha Eurovision Song Contest 2002 ndi nyimbo ya Get Up ku Germany. Ngakhale kuti awiriwa adayesetsa, adalephera kupambana. M’chaka chomwecho, kanema wanyimboyo adatulutsidwa. Nyimboyi idaphatikizidwa mu chimbale cha Big Brown Girl, chomwe okonda nyimbo adachiwona mu 2004.
Kuchoka ku timu ya Dynell Rhodes
Kumapeto kwa 2003, Dinell Rhodes adalengeza kwa mafani kuti apita "kusambira kwaulere". Ingrid Arthur anatenga malo a woimba. Chochititsa chidwi, Ingrid ndi mwana wamkazi wa Isora Armstead.
Mu December 2004, ndi mndandanda watsopano, gululi linapereka chimbale cha Big Brown Girl. Kusintha kwa mzerewu kudakopa chidwi cha atolankhani komanso okonda nyimbo. Mafani adakonda chimbale chatsopanocho. Ndemanga zokopa za nyimbozi zidasiyidwa ndi mafani komanso otsutsa nyimbo.
Chaka chino gululi linatayika. Isora, yemwe adayima pa chiyambi cha kulengedwa kwa gululi, anamwalira. Mayiyo anamwalira ali ndi zaka 62. Anaikidwa m'manda ku Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park. Kuyambira tsopano, gululo linadutsa m'manja mwa mwana wamkazi.
Mu 2005, zojambula za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi gulu latsopano, Totally Wild. Kuphatikiza apo, chaka chino gululi lidaperekanso kanema wanyimboyo Wild Thang.
Chaka chotsatira, zinadziwika kuti Ingrid Arthur anaganiza zosiya gululo kuti azikachita yekha ntchito yake. Posakhalitsa adakhala nyenyezi yodziwika ya jazi yapadziko lonse. Chifukwa cha woimbayo panali mayina atatu a Grammy Award.
Malo a Ingrid adatengedwa ndi wokongola Joan Faulkner, yemwe kale anali membala wa timu ya New-York City Voices. Posakhalitsa gululo linatsogoleredwa ndi ana aakazi a Izora wakufayo. Mu 2006, mu zikuchokera, gulu loyamba anabwera ku dera la Russian Federation kukaona International Chikondwerero "Autoradio" "Disco 80s".
Paphwando lanyimboli, awiriwa adachita khadi lawo loyimbira foni - nyimbo ya Kugwa Kwa Amuna. Pambuyo pakuchita bwino, anthu aku Russia kwa nthawi yayitali sanalole oimbawo kuti abwerere kumbuyo.
Zolemba za gululi zidawonjezeredwanso ndi chimbale cha The Woman I Am mu 2009. Nyimbo yomwe inali pamwamba pagululi inali ya Break you. Nyimboyi ili ndi Mark ndi Fanky Green Dogs.
Nyimboyi idatenga malo oyamba mu US Dance-chat. Chochitika ichi chinachitika mu 1. Mu May 2008, mgwirizano wa Joan Faulkner ndi gululo unatha, sanafune kuti apitirize, chifukwa zolinga zake zinali zomanga ntchito payekha. Kale mu 2012, woimba anapereka yekha Album pamodzi.
Mu June 2012, membala watsopano adalowa m'gululi. Malo a soloist watsopano adatengedwa ndi Dorrey Lyn Liles, yemwe wakhala akukhazikitsidwa ngati woimba moyo.
2013, gulu anayamba ndi mfundo yakuti mu mzere kusinthidwa anapita ulendo waukulu. Monga gawo la ulendo, oimba anapita North America, Europe ndi Australia.
The Weather Girls lero
Mu 2015, gululi linapereka nyimbo yatsopano ya Star. Gululi lidajambula ndi mtsogoleri wakale wa Bronski Beat Jimmy Somerville. Mu 2018, oimbawo adatulutsanso nyimbo ina yabwino kwambiri - nyimbo yakuti Tikufunika Kukhala. Nyimboyi idapangidwa ndi Torsten Abrolat.
Zatsopano zanyimbo zidatulutsidwanso mu 2019. Gululi linapatsa mafani nyimbo yatsopano ya Cheek to Cheek. Nyimboyi idajambulidwa ku studio yojambulira Carrillo Music (USA).
Kuphatikiza apo, zidadziwika kuti oimbawo akujambulitsa LP yatsopano, yomwe idzatulutsidwa mu 2020. Daynell akugwira ntchito yofotokoza mbiri ya moyo wake wokhudza cholowa cha amayi ake. Amaperekanso buku lophika, lomwe lili ndi maphikidwe achikhalidwe ophikira kunyumba a banja la nyenyezi.
