ʻO Ruth Brown - kekahi o nā mele nui o nā makahiki 50, e hoʻokani ana i nā haku mele ma ke ʻano o Rhythm & Blues. ʻO ka mea mele ʻeleʻele ka hiʻohiʻona o ka jazz kahiko a me nā blue pupule. He diva akamai ʻo ia i pale ʻole i nā kuleana o nā mea hoʻokani pila.
ʻO nā makahiki mua a me ka hana mua o Ruth Brown
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Ruth Alston Weston ma Ianuali 12, 1928 i loko o kahi ʻohana nui o nā limahana maʻamau. Noho nā mākua a me nā keiki ʻehiku ma ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Portsmouth, Virginia. Ua hoʻohui ka makuakāne o ka hōkū e hiki mai ana i ka hana a ka mea lawe awa me ka hīmeni ʻana ma ka papa mele ma ka hale pule.
ʻOiai ka manaʻolana o kona makuakāne, ʻaʻole i hahai ka hōkū o ka wā e hiki mai ana i kona mau wāwae, akā, ma ke ʻano ʻē aʻe, ua lawe ʻo ia i nā hana ma nā hale pō. Ua komo pū ʻo ia i nā ʻahamele no nā koa. I ka ʻumikūmāhiku, ua holo ke kaikamahine mai kona mau mākua me kāna keikikāne, a ua hoʻomaka koke ʻo ia i kahi ʻohana.
Ma hope o ka male ʻana, ua hui nā male hou i kahi duet a hoʻomau i ka hana ma nā kaola. No ka manawa pōkole, ua hui pū ka mea hoʻokani leo ʻōpio me ka orchestra, akā ua hoʻopau koke ʻia. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Blanche Calloway i kahi haʻawina i ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana o ka mea mele ʻōpio, nāna i kōkua i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hana a ka mea hoʻokani ma kahi hale pō kaulana i ke kapikala.
Ma kēia ʻaha mele i ʻike ʻia ai ka mea hoʻokani mele e kahi ʻelele o ka lekiō Leo o ʻAmelika a hāʻawi iā ia i ka hui ʻōpio ʻo Atlantic Records. Ma muli o kahi ulia kaʻa i loaʻa ai i ke kaikamahine, ua hoʻokō ʻia ka loiloi ma hope o ʻeiwa mahina. ʻOiai ʻo ka maʻi a me ka kali lōʻihi no ka hālāwai, ua hauʻoli nui ka ʻikepili mele a ke kaikamahine i nā ʻelele o ka hui.
ʻO ka lanakila mua a me nā hits nui o Ruth Brown
I ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo mua, hīmeni ka mea leo i ka ballad "So Long", i lilo koke i kāna paʻi mua ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka studio. ʻO Ruth Brown kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi mua i hoʻopaʻa inoa me nā mea hoʻokumu o Atlantic. No 10 mau makahiki, ua paʻi ʻo ia i ka papa palapala Billboard R&B me nā mele a pau āna i hoʻopaʻa ai no Atlantic.
ʻO ke mele, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Teardrops from My Eyes," i noho ma ka piko o nā papa palapala āpau no 11 pule i ka lālani. Ua loaʻa iā ia nā inoa inoa ʻo "Little Miss Rhythm" a me "The Girl with a Tear in Her Voice."
Ma muli o ka holomua o ka mea mele, ua kapa ʻia ka hale hoʻopaʻa leo "ka hale a Ruta i kūkulu ai". ʻAʻole ia he ʻōlelo hoʻohiwahiwa, no ka mea, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe kāna mau mele i kahi hui ʻōpio liʻiliʻi i luna. Ua lilo ʻo Atlantic Records i ka inoa kūʻokoʻa kūleʻa loa o nā makahiki 1950.
Mai ka makahiki 1950-1960, ua lilo ka nui o na haku mele a Ruth Brown. ʻO nā mele kaulana loa a hiki i kēia lā:
- "E kali au iā ʻoe";
- "5-10-15 hola";
- "Maopopo iaʻu";
- "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean";
- "Oh What a Dream";
- "Mambo Baby";
- "ʻO kaʻu pēpē maikaʻi";
- Mai hoopunipuni ia'u.
ʻO ke ola hou ʻana o ka hoihoi iā Ruth Brown
I ka makahiki 1960, hele ka mea ho'okani i ka malu a lawe i ka ho'ona'auao 'ana i kāna keiki kamakahi. I ka pau ʻana o nā makahiki 1960, aia ka hōkū kaulana i ka ʻilihune. No ke kākoʻo ʻana i kona ʻohana, ua hana ka wahine ma ke ʻano he kaʻa kaʻa kula a hana ma ke ʻano he kauā.
Ua hoʻomaka kona ola a me kāna ʻoihana e hoʻololi no ka maikaʻi wale nō ma ka waena o 1970s. Ua kono ʻo Redd Foxx i kona hoa aloha lōʻihi e komo i kāna hōʻikeʻike like ʻole. Ma mua o 20 mau makahiki i hala, ua hāʻawi ka mea mele i ke kōkua kālā i ke kāne. A i kēia manawa ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kū ʻokoʻa a kōkua i ka hōkū e loaʻa hou ka kaulana a me ke kūpaʻa kālā.
Nā kuleana ma nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā mele ʻo Ruth Brown
Ma hope o 4 mau makahiki, ua hoʻokani ka mea hoʻokani i ka moʻolelo comedy Hello Larry. I ka makahiki 1983, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka wahine i ke kuleana ma ka mele Broadway At the Corner of Amen. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hana ma kahi pāʻani a ka mea kākau kaulana ʻAmelika ʻo James Baldwin.
ʻAʻole makehewa ke komo ʻana i ka mele, a i ka makahiki 1988, ua kono ke alakaʻi ʻo John Samuel i ka mea mele i kāna kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Hairspray. Ma laila ʻo ia i hoʻokani maikaʻi ai i ke kuleana o ka mea nona kahi hale kūʻai mele, e hakakā ikaika ana no nā kuleana o nā ʻeleʻele.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻāʻo hou ʻo Ruth Brown ma ke ʻano he mea hana keaka ma Broadway ma ke mele mele ʻeleʻele a me Blue. ʻO ke komo ʻana i kēia mele mele i lanakila ai ka mea mele i ka makana keaka hanohano "Tony". Eia kekahi, ʻo ka album "Blues on Broadway", nā mele i hoʻokani ʻia i ke mele, ua hāʻawi ʻia i ka makana mele Grammy hanohano.
Ma waho aʻe o kona ola ʻana, ua lilo ʻo Ruth Brown i mea kākoʻo ikaika no nā pono o ka poʻe mele. ʻO kēia ka mea i alakaʻi iā ia e hoʻokumu i kahi kahua kūʻokoʻa i ʻimi e mālama i ka mōʻaukala o R&B. Ua kōkua ka Foundation i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kōkua kālā i nā mea pena kiʻi, a me ka pale ʻana i kā lākou mau kuleana ma mua o nā ʻoihana hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo hewa ʻole.
ʻO Ruth Brown mau makahiki hope
I ka makahiki 1990, ua loaʻa hou i ka mea mele no kāna autobiography Miss Rhythm. Ma hope o 3 mau makahiki, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i ka Rock and Roll Hall of Fame me ka palapala hanohano "The Queen Mother of the Blues." A hiki i ka makahiki 2005, hele mau ka mea mele.
I Nowemapa 2006 wale nō, i ka makahiki 78, ua make ka hōkū ma kahi haukapila Las Vegas. ʻO ke kumu o ka make, ʻo ia ka hopena o ka maʻi puʻuwai mua. Ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka mea mele, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā ʻaha mele he nui no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana iā Ruth Brown, kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani R&B maikaʻi loa.
