Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Bertie Higgins i ka lā 8 o Dekemaba, 1944 ma Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA.
Ka inoa hānau: Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins.
E like me kona kupunakane nui ʻo Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, ʻo Bertie Higgins he haku mele, hānau moʻolelo, leo a me ka mea hoʻokani pila.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi ʻo Bertie Higgins
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Joseph "Bertie" Higgins a hānai ʻia i ke kaiāulu Helene nani o Tarpon Springs. ʻO Joseph ke aloha noʻonoʻo mai ka wā kamaliʻi he mea akamai loa a ma ka manawa like he keiki kūʻokoʻa.
No kāna ʻeke kālā, ua hana ʻo ia i ka hapa manawa ma ke ʻano he mea luʻu momi, ʻaʻole ia he hana maʻamau no Florida. Pīhoihoi wale i ka makahiki o ka luʻu ʻōpio.
No ka manawa mua ma ke kahua, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Joseph 12 makahiki ma ke ʻano he "ventriloquist". Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka makana kiʻekiʻe ma kahi hōʻikeʻike kālena kūloko a lilo i mea punahele ma nā pāʻina kula a me nā hui.
Akā, ʻelua makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoihoi ʻo ia i ka mele a ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kāna hui kula ponoʻī, e pāʻani ana i ka pōhaku a me ka ʻōwili.
ʻO kāna mau mele mele, kāna pōhaku a me kāna ʻōwili he aloha ia i loko o ka paradaiso wela, e like me ka wela a me ke aloha e like me ka lani ma luna o Florida.
Ke ho'āʻo mau nei ka meʻe o kāna mau mele e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o ke ola, e ʻimi i nā manaʻo huna, e wehe i ke ʻano pohihihi o ka wahine āna i aloha ai.
Nā mele i piha i ka manaʻo - ʻo ia ke ʻano e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā mele i kākau ʻia e Higgins. Ua kaulana ka bana, e hoʻokani ana i nā proms kula, nā pāʻina a me nā hula.
ʻOpio o Bertie Higgins
Ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua hele ʻo Bertie i ke kulanui ma St. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia a lilo i mea hoʻokani pahu ma ka hui a Tommy Rowe.
Ua huakaʻi ka hui, ua "hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia" ka lehulehu ma mua o ka hana e nā mea pena e like me: The Rollings Stones, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Manfred Mann a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hana hoʻokahi ma ke ʻano he mea pena
ʻO ka luhi mai nā huakaʻi lōʻihi a me ka makemake e hana i kāna papahana mele ponoʻī i alakaʻi i ka haʻalele ʻana o Bertie i ka hui a hoʻi i ka home i Florida.
Kau ʻo ia i nā pahu pahu ma ka papa, lawe ʻo ia i ke kīkā a hoʻomaka i ka hana ʻana i nā mele, nā mele. He manawa ia o ka ʻoluʻolu a me ke kūʻokoʻa pilikino.
ʻO nā mea hana kaulana e like me Bob Crew (The Four Seasons), Phil Gernhard (Lobo) a me Felton Jarvis (Elvis) hōʻike i ka hoihoi i kāna mau mele. Ua kōkua kēia i ka kaulana o ka mea kākau ponoʻī a me ka maikaʻi o kāna mau kikokikona. Ua kaulana ʻo Bertie ma ʻAmelika.
I ka manawa like, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me Burt Reynolds (he mea hoʻokani kaulana a me ke alakaʻi), nāna i ʻike iā Higgins i ka hiki o kahi mea kākau kiʻi a lilo i kumu aʻoaʻo nona.
ʻO Atlanta
Ma 1980, neʻe ʻo Bertie i Atlanta a hui me Sonny Limbaugh, ʻo ia ka mea hana no ka hui ʻāina ʻo Alabama a he mea nui i ka mālama ʻana i nā hui mele ʻē aʻe.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Limbaugh i kahi hālāwai ma waena o Bertie a me ka mea hoʻopuka mele ʻo Bill Lowry, ka mea a Higgins i ʻike ai mai kona mau lā me ka hui o Tommy Rowe. ʻO ka hui ʻana o kēia trinity he mea pōʻino, pono e hana.
ʻO Bertie i kēia manawa e hana ana i kahi mele e pili ana i kahi aloha pilikino. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ke kiʻi kiʻi iā Bill lāua ʻo Sonny. Ua kōkua lākou iā ia e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā mele, i hopena i ka ballad aloha ʻo Key Largo.
He mea hiki ʻole ke manaʻoʻiʻo, akā ua hōʻole pinepine ʻia ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o kēia mele e Kat Family Records, a ʻo ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana o Bertie, Bill a me Sonny i kōkua i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka mea hoʻokahi i ka makahiki 1981.
Kiʻi kaulana honua
Ua "huhū" ʻo Key Largo i nā palapala ʻAmelika, a hiki i ka piko o nā pakuhi i ka manawa pōkole. Ma ke kūlana 8 o ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū aupuni, ua kaulana kēia mele a puni ka honua. He lanakila nui ia! Ua kaulana loa ʻo Bertie.
Ua lilo hoʻi nā mele ma lalo nei i mau hits, e like me: Just Another Day in Paradise, Casablanca and Pirates and Poets. ʻO Casablanca ka mele lanakila ma Asia-Pacific Song Festival (e like me ka Eurovision Song Contest) a ua hōʻoia ʻia ka album platinum.
Ua kū ʻo Bertie Higgins i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka honua i ka pō a ua paʻa i kona kūlana hōkū a hiki i kēia lā.
E hōʻike nei i ka manaʻo
No nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Bertie a puni ka honua. Ua kū'ai'ia kāna mau'ahamele a pau, ua loa'a iā ia nā loiloi laudatory mai nā mea ho'okani mele.
Ua kākau ʻia kona inoa ma nā leka gula ma ka Hale Hoʻohanohano Rock and Roll ma Cleveland a ma ka Hale Hoʻohanohano Music ma Georgia.
He mea hoʻokani maikaʻi, haku mele a me ka leo, ʻo ia hoʻi he mea kākau kiʻi / kākau moʻolelo a me ka mea keaka. He hale ʻaina kūleʻa ʻo Bertie ma Florida Keys a kākau i nā mele a me nā mele.
Ua hana ʻo ia i nā hōʻike ʻōlelo televise, nā hōʻikeʻike like ʻole a puni ka honua a, ʻoiai kona mau makahiki hanohano, hoʻomau ʻia ʻo ia e kono ʻia e mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka honua.
He kākoʻo nui ʻo Higgins i nā hui aloha aupuni - hospice, ka VFW, ka American Cancer Society, nā Boys' and Girls' Clubs o ʻAmelika he mau mea liʻiliʻi o kāna mau papahana philanthropic kaulana loa.
Hana mau ʻo ia a komo i nā ʻaha mele aloha a lawe koʻikoʻi i kēia wahi o kona ola. ʻO kahi papahana e hoʻomau nei ma kona mokuʻāina ʻo Florida ʻo ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻano manu e hoʻopau ʻia, ʻoi aku ka pelican brown.
Ua hana pū ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā hale kukui wikiwiki o Florida. Hāʻawi ʻia i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o kekahi o lākou ma kahi kokoke i kona kūlanakauhale ʻo Tarpon Springs.
Ke hoʻomau nei kēia mele mele a me ka hīmeni ʻana e pili ana i nā loko turquoise, ke one gula a me nā mokupuni lā ma kahi ʻano i kapa ʻia ʻo "trope rock."
