Ua wānana mua ʻia paha ʻo Stephanie Mills i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma ke kahua, i ka makahiki 9, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka Amateur Hour ma ka Harlem Apollo Theatre ʻeono manawa i ka lālani. Ma hope koke iho, ua hoʻomaka kāna ʻoihana e holomua wikiwiki.
Ua maʻalahi kēia e kāna kālena, hoʻoikaika a hoʻomanawanui. ʻO ka mea mele ka mea lanakila o ka Grammy Award no Best Female R&B Vocalist (1980) a me ka American Music Award for Best Female R&B Vocalist (1981).
Stephanie Mills: Ke mele kamaliʻi
ʻO ke kaikamahine a kahi makua kāne (limahana limahana) a me kona makuahine (hairdresser), ua hānau ʻia ʻo Mills ma Malaki 22, 1957 ma Brooklyn (New York) a ua ulu ʻo ia ma ka ʻāina ʻo Bedford-Stuyvesant. ʻO kāna ʻike mele mua loa, ʻo ia ka hīmeni ʻana ma ka papa mele ma Cornerstone Baptist Church ma Brooklyn. Akā ua hoʻomaka mua kona makemake i ka hoʻokani. ʻO Mills ka muli loa ma waena o ʻeono mau kaikunāne a ʻo ia ke kikowaena o ka nānā ʻana i kona wā kamaliʻi.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ke kālena mele mai kinohi mai - ua hīmeni ʻo ia a hulahula no ka ʻohana i kona mau makahiki 3 wale nō. Ma muli paha o kona komo ʻana i ka papa himeni o ka Cornerstone Baptist Church ma Brooklyn i hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻoikaika i kona akamai ma ke ʻano he mele euanelio. ʻO ka leo ikaika a maopopo o ke kaikamahine. Ua hele mau kona mau kaikunāne me ia i nā hōʻike talena ma Brooklyn.
Ua ulu ʻo Mills ma ke kahua. Ua hoʻokalakupua ʻo ia i ka mea mele mele ʻo Diana Ross a ʻaʻole kānalua ʻo ia i makemake e lilo i mele ponoʻī. I ka 9 o kona mau makahiki, ua ʻike ka ʻohana i kahi hoʻolaha ma ka nūpepa e hāʻawi ana i nā loiloi Broadway no nā mea hana ʻōpio.
Ma hope o kekahi mau ho'āʻo ʻana, ua pae ʻo Mills i kahi kuleana ma ka mele mele ʻo Maggie Flynn. He "flop" kēia hōʻike. Akā ua hālāwai ʻo Mills i nā poʻe kūpono i pili i ka ʻoihana hōʻikeʻike a me nā mea hoʻokani hoʻohiki ʻōpio.
Ua hana ʻo ia ma nā pāʻani ʻē aʻe. I ka makahiki 11, ua hele ʻo ia i ke kahua ma ka luakini o New York City i hoʻohanohano ʻia i nā hana hoʻokani ʻApelika-ʻAmelika, ʻo ka Harlem Apollo Theatre, kahi hoʻokūkū mele no ka hola. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, neʻe ʻo Mills i ka hale hana o ka hui o Negro ensembles ma waho o Broadway. I kona wā ʻōpio, hana ʻo ia me ka Isley Brothers a me ka Spinners a hoʻopaʻa i kāna album mua, ʻo Movin 'in the Right Direction.
ʻO Stephanie Mills: ʻO ka holomua hoʻomohala koke
Ua hiki mai ka holomua o Mills i ka makahiki 1974 i ka wā i hāʻawi ʻia ai kāna mezzo-soprano nani i ka ʻeuanelio i ke kuleana alakaʻi o Dorothy ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo The Magician. He mana kēia o ka moʻolelo moʻolelo kuʻuna a L. Frank Baum ʻo The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ʻO ka hōʻike he blockbuster i holo mai 1974 a 1979. ma Carnegie Hall, ka Metropolitan Opera a me Madison Square Garden.
ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻomaka kahi mele mele liʻiliʻi me ka leo ikaika e hele wikiwiki i ka hōkū ʻo Olympus i kaulana honua. Ua ʻike mau ʻia ʻo Mills ma nā hōʻike kamaʻilio kīwī a me nā hōʻikeʻike like ʻole, a ua hoʻokuʻu i kahi pūʻulu mele R&B kaulana. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i nā moʻolelo gula a ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana Tony a me Grammy. ʻOiai ke kūleʻa ʻana i ka wā ʻōpiopio, ua loaʻa i ka mea pena kiʻi nā ʻoihana a me nā hemahema pilikino. ʻO ka hōʻeha ʻoihana mua i pili i kahi noho pōkole o ka mea pena ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani leo leo ma Motown Records.
ʻOiai ʻo ia e mākaʻikaʻi ana me The Wiz, ua hōʻoia ʻo Jermaine Jackson (Jackson Five) iā Berry Gordy (ke poʻokela o Motown) e hāʻawi iā ia i ʻaelike. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Mills i hoʻokahi no ka album Motown (1976). Ua kākau ʻia a hana ʻia e ka hui kaulana o Bert Bacharach lāua ʻo Hal David. ʻAʻole kūʻai maikaʻi loa ka album, a hōʻole ʻo Motown Records e hui pū me Stephanie.
Aloha ala pōhaku melemele
Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana iā The Wiz, ua hoʻomaka ka mea mele ma ke ʻano he hana wehe no Teddy Pendergrass, nā Commodores a me nā O'Jays. Ua lilo koke ia i poʻo poʻo a mahalo i nā poʻe a me nā mea hoʻohewa like. Ma hope o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana mai Motown Records, ua kau inoa ʻo Mills me 20th Century Records.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ʻekolu album a me kahi pūʻulu o ka radio-ready R&B hits. Ua hōʻea ka album What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin i ka helu 8. Ma ka papa palapala R&B i ka makahiki 1979. ʻO ka album aʻe a ka hōkū, Sweet Sensation, i paʻi i ka 10 pop hits. A lawe ʻo ia i ke kūlana 3 ma ka pakuhi R&B. I ka makahiki 1981, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Mills i kāna mau mele hope loa no 20th Century Records. A paʻi hou i nā pakuhi me Two Hearts, he duet me Teddy Pendergrass. Mahalo i kona kaulana, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi makana Grammy. i ka makahiki 1980 a me ka American Music Award i ka makahiki 1981.
Eia naʻe, ʻoiai ua hauʻoli ka hōkū pāʻoihana hōʻike i ka kaulana ma ke kahua a ma ka lekiō. ʻO ka mua o kāna mau male ʻekolu iā Jeffrey Daniels ua hāʻule. Ua male lāua i ka makahiki 1980 a ua male ma hope o kahi hui hauʻoli. Ma hope o ʻekolu mau mele kūleʻa me 20th Century, ua kau inoa ʻo Stefani me Casablanca Records. A ua emi kona kaulana. ʻO kāna mau album hope ʻehā, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma waena o 1982 a me 1985, hoʻokahi wale nō R&B top 10 single, The Medicine Song. Ua pae ka mea mele ma kahi hōʻike kīwī o ke ao ma NBC i ka makahiki 1983, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i lōʻihi. Ua hoʻi hou ʻo Mills i kāna kūleʻa mua ʻo Dorothy i ka 1984 revival o The Wizard.
Stephanie Mills: Ka paio ma ke kahua a ma ke ola maoli
I ka makahiki 1986 a me 1987 Ua hoʻi hou ʻo Mills i ka papa kiʻekiʻe o nā palapala R&B i ʻekolu mau manawa me nā mele "I Learned to Respect the Power of Love", "I Feel Good About Everything". ʻOiai naʻe, ua pilikia ʻo Mills. ʻO ka lua o ka male ʻana i pau i ka hemo ʻana, a ua ʻaihue nā curators pono ʻole iā ia.
I ka makahiki 1992, ua paʻi ka album Something Real i nā mele 20 R&B kiʻekiʻe loa i ka lā a pau, i ka pō a pau. Ua male hou ka mea mele iā Michael Saunders, he mea hoʻolaha lekiō mai North Carolina.
ʻIke ʻia e ka poʻe hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni he mea hana keaka liʻiliʻi, ua noho ʻo Stephanie Mills i hōkū R&B i nā makahiki 1980 a me nā makahiki 1990. ʻO kāna leo mezzo-soprano mezzo-soprano melodic me ka ikaika i hiki ke ʻike koke ʻia. A ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā mele kūlanakauhale a me ka huakaʻi i kēia manawa ua hoʻomau ʻia ka manaʻo nui o kāna ikehu hana i nā makahiki. Eia naʻe, i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1990, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Mills e neʻe iki mai nā mele pop. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilikia kālā ma muli o nā hoa ʻoihana pono ʻole. I ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻopiʻi ka mea mele i kāna luna kālā, ʻo John Davimos. No kāna mau hana i alakaʻi iā ia i ka banekorupa. Ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ka ʻohana Mills e kipaku ʻia mai ko lākou ʻāina ʻo Mount Vernon. Akā ua pale aku kahi luna kānāwai ma New York nonprofit Housing Assistance Corporation i kēlā pilikia.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Mills i ka album ʻeuanelio Personal Inspirations ma 1995. A i ka makahiki 2002 ua hoʻi ʻo ia i ke mele honua me ke mele Latin Lover. Ua ʻike ʻia ma ka CD Masters at Work Our Time Is Coming.
ʻO nā hoʻāʻo o ke ola, nā hōʻeha he nui a me nā ʻehaʻeha mau i alakaʻi i ke kaumaha. Inā ʻaʻole no ka makemake, nā kauka kūpono a me nā psychologists, a me ka makemake nui e hoʻomau i ke mele ma ke kahua, ua poina ka mea mele. I kēia lā, ʻo kāna loaʻa kālā makahiki ma kahi o $ 2 miliona. Hoʻokani mau ʻo ia, komo i nā papahana like ʻole a me nā hōʻike TV a hauʻoli i ke ola.
