Ua hauʻoli ka mele Pelekania ʻo Chris Norman i ka kaulana nui i ka makahiki 1970 i kona hoʻokani ʻana ma ke ʻano he leo leo o ka hui kaulana ʻo Smokie.
Nui nā haku mele a hiki i kēia lā, makemake nui ʻia i waena o ka poʻe ʻōpio a me ka hanauna kahiko. I ka makahiki 1980, ua hoʻoholo ka mea mele e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana solo.
Ke kani mau nei kāna mau mele ʻo Stumblin' In, What Can I Do and I'll Meet You At Midnigth ma nā nalu o nā lekiō kaulana.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ke ola mua o Chris Norman
Ua hānau ʻia ka mea mele e hiki mai ana ma ʻOkakopa 25, 1950 ma Northern England, ma Yorkshire.
ʻO ka ʻohana o Christopher Ward Norman he mea akamai loa - ʻo kona mau kūpuna i ko lākou wā ʻōpiopio i hana me nā hana mele ma ʻEnelani a puni, ʻo kona makuahine he mea hoʻokani pila ma nā panalāʻau, a ua hoʻokani kona makuakāne i nā hula ma ka hui mele kaulana ʻo The Four Jokers ma ʻEulopa.
I ka ʻike ʻana o nā mākua ua makemake nui kā lākou keiki i ka mele, ua hoʻomaka lākou e kōkua iā ia, ʻoiai ua hoʻomaopopo lākou i ka paʻakikī o ke ola o kahi mea hoʻokani. I ka hiki ʻana o Chris liʻiliʻi i ka makahiki 7, ua hoʻoholo kona makuakāne e kūʻai iā ia i kīkā, no ka mea i kēlā manawa ua hoʻolohe ke keikikāne i ka rock and roll.
I kēlā manawa, ua hele nui ka mea ho'okani pila me kona mau mākua māka'ika'i a ho'ā'o e pā'ani i ke mele o kāna mau ki'i - Presley a me Donegan.
Ma hope o ka hoʻololi ʻana i kekahi mau kula i kāna huakaʻi, ua hoʻopau ʻo Christopher i ke Kula Kakolika ʻo Bradford Boys ma 1962, kahi i hui ai ʻo ia me kāna mau hoa hui Smokie e hiki mai ana. ʻO lāua ʻo Alan Silson lāua ʻo Terry Uttley.
I kēia manawa, lilo ʻo Bob Dylan, nā Rolling Stones a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua lilo nā Beatles i mau kiʻi o ka ʻōpio. Ua hui mau nā kāne a hoʻokani i nā kīkā. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua hui pū ʻo Ron Kelly me lākou ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pahu, a ma hope iho ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kā lākou hui mua.
Ma hope o ʻekolu mau makahiki, ua haʻalele ʻo Chris Norman i ke kula. ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu kona makuakāne i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo a koi ʻo ia i ke kanaka ʻōpio e haku mua i kekahi ʻoihana.
E like me nā haʻawina mele, ua loaʻa iā Chris kahi manawa e hana ai ma ke ʻano he mea lawe ukana, he mea kūʻai aku, a he mea hana ma ka hale hana aniani.
ʻO ka manaʻo o ka mea pena
Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kula, hoʻomaka nā hana koʻikoʻi. Hoʻokani ka poʻe mele i nā hale pāʻani a me nā hale pō, ma Yorkshire mua, a laila ma nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina.
ʻO ka loaʻa kālā ma ka pae mua he hōʻailona wale nō, akā ʻaʻole kēia i makaʻu i ka poʻe ʻōpio. Ma mua o ka huli ʻana i ka hui Smokie, ua hoʻololi ka hui i kekahi mau inoa: The Yen, Long Side Down, The Sphynx and Essence.
Ua hōʻoia ka poʻe mele i ka inoa hope o ka hui me ka leo o ka mea leo, haʻahaʻa, e like me ka cigakeke.
I ka pae mua o ke ala hana, ua ʻoluʻolu ka lehulehu i ka hui Smokie, akā ʻaʻole kēia i hoʻōki i ka poʻe mele paʻakikī. ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā lākou mau mele a me ke komo ʻana i nā hōʻike mele like ʻole, ua hoʻokō lākou i ka huki ʻana.
Me ka liʻiliʻi, ua hele ka kaulana o ka hui ma mua o ʻEnelani. Ua ʻike ʻia ka hui ma ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika. Ma hope iki mai, ua holomua ka huakaʻi ʻaha mele a puni ʻo Australia.
I ka makahiki 1978, i ka wā o ka hui i ka piko o ko lākou kaulana, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo The Montreux Album, kahi i loaʻa ai ka kaulana kaulana.
A laila hoʻoholo ʻo Norman i kahi ʻoihana hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hana mua i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai ka hui he duet me Suzi Quatro.
I loko o ka mōʻaukala o kona ola ʻana, ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui Smokie i 24 o nā mele kaulana loa a me 9 mau moʻolelo. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Norman, ua hoʻōki ka poʻe mele i ka hana pū. I kēia manawa ʻākoakoa ka hui no nā ʻaha mele kūikawā.
I ka makahiki 1986, ua hana ka mea haku o Modern Talking, ka mea mele Kelemania ʻo Dieter Bohlen, i kahi kiʻi wikiō no ke mele Midnight Lady, nāna i hoʻoikaika i ka hana solo a Norman.
No nā makahiki he 30 o ka hana hoʻomohala, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mea mele ma mua o 20 mau album. ʻAʻole i pau ka mea pena akamai ma laila. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hana kūleʻa a hoʻokuʻu i nā disc hou.
ʻO ke ola pilikino o Chris Norman
I ka wā o ka hana hana a Chris Norman, ʻo kāna muse, ʻo Linda McKenzie, aia ma hope ona, mahalo iā ia i kūleʻa nui ʻia nā hana o ka hui Smokie a me ka mea mele. Ua hui a aloha kekahi i kekahi i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai kahi hui ʻike ʻole i kāna ala hana.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻaʻole i makaʻu nā pilikia o ka huakaʻi hele, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hui ʻana i nā kāne ʻōpio. Pono ʻo Linda (ma ke ʻano he stylist o ka hui) e hoʻolilo i kahi manawa nui i ka huakaʻi.
Ma hope mai, ua luhi ʻo ia i ke ola auwana, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻi i kona ʻāina hānau ma Elgin a loaʻa iā ia kahi hana ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo ma kekahi o nā hui kūloko. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻaʻole i pili kēia i ka pilina me Chris.
Hoʻopili mau ka mea mele me kāna hoaaloha i kona wā e hele ai, a ke kali mau nei ʻo ia i kona hoʻi ʻana mai. Ua male ʻo Linda lāua ʻo Chris i ka makahiki 1970.
Ua hui pū lāua no 40 mau makahiki, akā mau ka pilina o kēia kāne kupanaha e like me nā makahiki he nui i hala. Hāʻawi ka wahine aloha iā Chris Norman i ʻelima mau keiki.
Chris Norman i kēia lā
No nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua hoʻolimalima ka kāne i ka manawa ma kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi. Ma laila nō hoʻi kā lākou mau keiki a me nā moʻopuna. Ke hoʻomau nei ka mea hoʻokani mele kaulana i ka hana ikaika - i ka makahiki 2017, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi mea hou ʻo Don't Knock The Rock. I ka makahiki 2018, ua hele ka huakaʻi o nā kūlanakauhale ʻEulopa, ua kipa ka mea mele iā Rūsia.
