Ua kaulana loa ka hui kaikamahine Blues American The Shirelles i nā makahiki 1960 o ke kenekulia i hala. He ʻehā mau hoa papa: Shirley Owens, Doris Coley, Eddie Harris a me Beverly Lee. Ua hui pū nā kaikamāhine e komo i kahi hōʻikeʻike kālena i mālama ʻia ma ko lākou kula. Ma hope mai ua hoʻomau lākou i ka hana maikaʻi ʻana, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi kiʻi ʻokoʻa, i wehewehe ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻokoʻa ma waena o ke ʻano o ke kula kiʻekiʻe naive a me nā kumuhana moe kolohe ʻole o kā lākou hana.
Manaʻo ʻia lākou nā mea hoʻokumu i ke ʻano o nā hui mele wahine. ʻOkoʻa lākou i ka ʻike ʻia e ka poʻe keʻokeʻo a me ka ʻeleʻele. Ua kūleʻa nā Shirelles mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā lākou ʻoihana mele, e komo pū ana i nā ʻano hana like ʻole e kūʻē i ka hoʻokae lāhui a lanakila i nā makana he nui.
Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka hui i ka Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i ka papa inoa o 100 mau mea pena kiʻi kaulana o 2004 mahalo iā Rolling Stone magazine. Ua hoʻokomo pū ʻia nā mele ʻo Will You Love Me Tomorrow a me Tonight's the Night i ka papa inoa o nā mele maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka hana mua o The Shirelles
Manaʻo ʻia ka makahiki hānau o ka hui ʻo 1957. ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai nā hoa papa ʻo Shirley, Doris, Eddie a me Beverly e komo i ka hoʻokūkū kālena kula ma Passaic, New Jersey. ʻO ka hana kūleʻa i alakaʻi ʻia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua lilo ʻo Tiara Records i mea hoihoi iā lākou. I ka wā mua,ʻaʻole i noʻonoʻo nā kaikamāhine i kahiʻoihana mele aʻaʻole wikiwiki lākou e pane i ka kono. Ma hope mai ua ʻae lākou i kahi hālāwai a hoʻomaka lākou e hana, e kāhea ana i ka hui ʻo The Shirelles.
ʻO ka mele mua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia, ʻo I Met Himon a Sunday, ua lanakila koke a hele mai ka hoʻolaha kūloko a hiki i ka pae ʻāina, ka helu ma ka helu 50 ma ka pakuhi. Mai Tiara Records, ua neʻe nā kaikamahine, me ka ʻaelike, i ka lepili Decca Records. ʻAʻole i kūleʻa loa ka hui ʻana, a hōʻole ʻo Decca Records e hoʻomau i ka hana pū me ka hui.
ʻO ka ʻike a me ka holomua
Ke hoʻi nei i ka mea hana mua, ua hoʻomau ka poʻe mele mele e hoʻokuʻu hou i nā mele kahiko a hana i nā mea hou. Ua kōkua ka mea kākau mele kaulana ʻo Luther Dixon i ka hana ʻana i ka Tonight's the Night hoʻokahi, i piʻi i ka helu 1960 i ka makahiki 39. Ua kākau ʻia ke mele aʻe e nā kāne ʻo Jerry Goffin lāua ʻo Carol King. Ua kapa ʻia ke mele ʻo Will You Love Me Tomorrow a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he #1 hit e Billboard magazine.
I ka makahiki 1961, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ʻO Tonight's the Night, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma mua. Ua hoʻomaka nā kaikamāhine e hana pili me ka mea hoʻokele lekiō kaulana ʻo Murray Kaufman ma ka lekiō WINS ma New York. Ua kani pinepine kā lākou mau mele a ua noho i nā kūlana alakaʻi ma ka pakuhi o nā mea hoʻokani. A ua hoʻāʻo nā mea pena ʻōpio e hoʻohālike iā lākou.
I nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻomau ka poʻe mele i ka hana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā haku mele hou, ʻoiai ʻo Shirley Owens lāua ʻo Doris Coley i hoʻomaha ma muli o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ko lākou ola pilikino. ʻO 1963 kahi makahiki paʻa loa no ka bana. ʻO Foolish Little Girl he Top 10 R&B Artist a he wahi liʻiliʻi kona i ka comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokaʻawale lākou i kā lākou hui hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo, no ka mea, ua ʻike lākou ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka waihona kahi e mālama ʻia ai kā lākou uku a hiki i ka wā makua. A laila aia nā ʻaha hoʻokolokolo, i pau wale ma hope o ʻelua makahiki.
Na Makahiki Shirelles
I ka hopena o nā makahiki 1960, ua hoʻomaka ka Shirelles e emi i ka kaulana. Ma muli o ka holomua o nā mea pena kiʻi Pelekāne: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, etc. He nui nō hoʻi nā hui wahine i hoʻokūkū me nā kaikamahine.
ʻAʻole i maʻalahi ka hana ʻana o nā kaikamahine, ʻoiai ua hoʻomau lākou i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana e kahi ʻaelike me kā lākou keena hoʻopaʻa leo, a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana pū me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ua pau ka ʻaelike me ka hui i ka makahiki 1966. Ma hope o kēlā, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke mele ʻo Last Minute Miracle, kahi i loaʻa i ke kūlana 99 ma nā palapala.
ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻoihana i alakaʻi ʻia i ka haki ʻana o ka hui i ka makahiki 1968. ʻO ka mea mua, haʻaleleʻo Kolya, e hoʻoholo ana e hāʻawi i kona manawa i konaʻohana. Ua hoʻomau nā lālā ʻekolu i ka hana a hoʻopaʻa i kekahi mau mele. I nā makahiki 1970 mua, ua hoʻonohonoho lākou i kekahi mau huakaʻi kahi i hana ai lākou i nā haku mele kahiko. Ua hoʻi mai ʻo Coley i ka makahiki 1975 e lawe iā Owens ma ke ʻano he soloist, ʻoiai ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻokani solo.
I ka makahiki 1982, ma hope o ka hana ʻana ma kekahi o nā ʻahamele, ua hala ʻo Eddie Harris. Ua make ma muli o ka hōʻeha puʻuwai ma Atlanta, ma ka hōkele ʻo Hyatt Regency.
ʻO nā Shirelles i kēia manawa
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka haku mua o ka hui, no ka mea, hana kaʻawale kāna mau lālā. Ua loaʻa iā Beverly Lee ka brand ponoʻī. Ua kiʻi ʻo ia i nā lālā hou a ke kaʻapuni nei ma lalo o kona inoa kahiko. Hoʻokani ʻo Shirley Owens i ka hōʻike a me nā huakaʻi ma lalo o ka inoa hou ʻo Shirley Alston Reeves a me The Shirelles. Ua hala ʻo Doris Coley i Pepeluali 2000 ma Sacramento. ʻO ke kumu o ka make ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi umauma.
Ua haʻalele nā Shirelles i kahi hōʻailona mālamalama ma ke ao mele. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i nā makana he nui a me nā makana. Ma ko lākou ʻāina hānau, ua kapa hou ʻia ka ʻāpana o ke alanui me ke kula a lākou i aʻo ai iā Shirelles Boulevard. Hōʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo o ka hui ma ka revue mele "Baby, ʻo ʻoe!".
