Ua loaʻa i ka mea mele ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ʻo Bobbie Gentry kona kaulana ma muli o kāna kūpaʻa ʻana i ke ʻano mele ʻāina, kahi i hana ʻole ai nā wahine ma mua. ʻOi aku me nā haku mele pilikino. ʻO ke ʻano mele mele maʻamau me nā kikokikona gothic i hoʻokaʻawale koke i ka mea mele mai nā mea hana ʻē aʻe. A ua ʻae ʻia e lawe i kahi kūlana alakaʻi i nā papa inoa o nā mele maikaʻi loa e like me ka makasina Billboard.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi o ka mea mele ʻo Bobbie Gentry
ʻO Roberta Lee Streeter ka inoa maoli o ka mea hoʻokani. ʻO kona mau mākua, ʻo Ruby Lee lāua ʻo Robert Harrison Streeter, ua hemo koke ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o ke kaikamahine. Ua hala ka wā kamaliʻi o Roberta liʻiliʻi i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi, me ka ʻole o ka ʻoluʻolu o ka civilization, i ka hui ʻana o nā mākua o kona makuakāne. Ua makemake maoli ke kaikamahine e lilo i mea hoʻokani pila, a ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i kahi piano, e hoʻololi ana i kekahi o nā bipi. I ka piha ʻana o Gentry i 7 mau makahiki, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi mele kupaianaha e pili ana i kahi ʻīlio. Ua kōkua kona makuakāne iā ia e aʻo i nā mea kani ʻē aʻe.
I ka makahiki 13 o Bobby, ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia e kona makuahine, i noho ma Kaleponi a ua loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻohana ʻē aʻe. Ua hīmeni pū lāua e like me Ruby lāua ʻo Bobby Myers. Ua lawe ke kaikamahine i kahi pseudonym nona ka inoa o ka mea nui o ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ʻo Ruby Gentry, i kēlā manawa he nani panalāʻau i hoʻopau i ka male ʻana i kahi kanaka waiwai kūloko.
Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke kula ki'eki'e, ua ho'oholo 'o Gentry e ho'omau i kāna a'o 'ana ma Los Angeles ma ke Kula Nui o Philosophy. No ke kākoʻo iā ia iho, pono ʻo ia e hīmeni i nā hui hula a hana ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike.
Ma hope mai, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka mea mele mele i ka conservatory. Ua hele ʻo ia i kahi ʻaha mele ʻo Jody Reynolds a noi i kahi hālāwai hoʻopaʻa leo. ʻO ka hopena, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻelua mau hana hui: Stranger in the Mirror and Requiem for Love. ʻAʻole i kaulana nā mele.
ʻO Bobbie Gentry Music Career
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo Gentry hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia ke ʻano o ka mele Ode to Billie Joe, kahi hōʻike demo i hōʻike ʻia ma Glendale ma ka Whitney Recording Studio. Ua makemake ka mea mele e hāʻawi i kāna mau mele i nā mea hoʻokani ʻē aʻe. Akā, pono ʻo ia e hoʻokani i ka Ode iā Billie Joe iā ia iho, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke uku i nā lawelawe a kahi mele ʻoihana.
Ua kau inoa ʻo Gentry i kahi ʻaelike me Capitol Records a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kāna album mua. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Ode iā Billie Joe, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea alakaʻi i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Mississippi Delta. Ua noho ʻo Ode iā Billie Joe ma ka helu 1 ma ka nūpepa Billboard no kekahi mau pule ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ka No. Ua kaulana loa ka mea hoʻokahi a ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia ma luna o 3 miliona mau kope. Mahalo iā Rolling Stone magazine, ua hoʻokomo ʻia i ka papa inoa o nā mele kaulana 3.
No ka hana ʻana i ka album ʻOde to Billie Joe, ua hoʻohui ʻia he 12 mau mele hou, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mele blues, jazz a me nā haku mele. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻolaha ʻana i 500 tausani kope a ua kūleʻa maikaʻi ʻia, a lanakila ʻo The Beatles.
Ma 1967, ua loaʻa i ka mea pena i ʻekolu mau makana Grammy ma nā ʻāpana "Best Female Performer", "Most Promising Female Vocalist" a me "Female Vocalist". ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi leo kāhāhā kamahaʻo, hoʻohiwahiwa me ke mele nani a me ke ʻano o ka naʻau, hoʻonui i nā mea hiki ke hana.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka La Città è Grande. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻopaʻa lākou i ka disc The Delta Sweete, he koʻikoʻi a paʻa. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Gentry iā ia iho i ka helu mele, hoʻokani piano, kīkā, banjo a me nā mea kani ʻē aʻe. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i kūleʻa ka hui ʻana e like me ka album mua, ua manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻohewa he mea haku mele ʻole. ʻO kona leo ikaika, ka leo o ka poʻe hoʻohewa a me nā mea pā e hoʻohālikelike ai i ka bele. He hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa, uʻi a uʻi kona helehelena.
ʻO nā huakaʻi mua, e hana me nā lepili, nā palapala kiʻekiʻe a me nā makana Bobby Gentry
ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka kaulana i alakaʻi i ka mea mele i ka hui televise BBC kaulana, kahi i kono ʻia ai ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokipa o kahi hōʻike leʻaleʻa. Ua paʻi ʻia nā papahana 6, hoʻolele ʻia i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule, kahi i komo pū ai ka mea pena kiʻi i ke alakaʻi. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā album hou a me nā haku mele, i lilo i "gula", "platinum".
I ka makahiki aʻe, ua puka mai ka lua o nā hoʻolaha ma ka BBC a ua puka mai kekahi album Patchwork. He liʻiliʻi nā mele kumu, ka hapa nui o nā mana uhi. ʻAʻole lanakila nui ka hōʻiliʻili o nā mele, ʻo ia wale nō ka 164th kūlana mai 200 ma Billboard. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻokani ka mea mele ma Kanada i nā papahana kīwī ʻehā.
I ka hopena o nā makahiki 1960 a me nā makahiki 1970, ua hoʻomau ʻo Gentry i kāna hana hana, hoʻokuʻu i nā album a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni no ka BBC. A laila pono ʻo ia e hoʻokaʻawale i nā ala me ka hui mele ʻo Capitol Records ma muli o nā kuʻikahi a hoʻomau i kāna hana kīwī ma kahi papahana kaulana loa ma ke kīwī.
He aha kāu e lohe ai e pili ana i ka mea mele kaulana ʻo Bobbie Gentry i kēia lā?
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona hope loa o ka mea pena i ka lehulehu i mālama ʻia i ʻApelila 1982, i ka manawa he 40 mau makahiki o ka mea mele. Mai ia manawa, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana, ʻaʻole i hui me nā mea nūpepa a ʻaʻole i kākau i nā mele. He 76 makahiki ʻo ia i kēia manawa a ke noho nei ʻo ia ma kahi kaiāulu gated kokoke i Los Angeles. Ua kapa kekahi mau kumu i kona wahi i noho ai - ka moku'āina o Tennessee.
