ʻO Tommy James a me nā Shondells he hui pōhaku mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kū ʻia ma ka honua mele i ka makahiki 1964. ʻO ka piko o kona kaulana i ka hopena o 1960s. ʻElua mau mele o kēia pūʻulu i hoʻokō i ke kūlana 1st ma ka palapala kiʻi Billboard Hot US. Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i nā hits e like me Hanky Panky a me Crimson a me Clover.
A ma kahi o ʻumi mau mele hou aʻe o ka hui pōhaku i loko o ka 40 kiʻekiʻe o kēia pakuhi. Ma waena o lākou: E ʻōlelo wau ʻO wau (What I Am) Getting' Together, She, Ball of Fire. Ma keʻano laulā, i kona wā e noho nei, ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i 8 mau mele leo. He māmā loa kona leo i nā manawa a pau. Hoʻomaopopo pinepine ʻia ke ʻano o ka hui he pop-rock.
ʻO ka puka ʻana mai o kahi hui pōhaku a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke mele Hanky Panky
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Tommy James (inoa maoli - ʻo Thomas Gregory Jackson) i ka lā 29 ʻApelila 1947 ma Dayton, Ohio. Ua hoʻomaka kāna hana mele ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻAmelika ʻo Niles (Michigan). I ka makahiki 1959 (ʻo ia hoʻi, i ka makahiki 12), ua hana ʻo ia i kāna papahana mele mua, ʻo The Echoes. A laila ua kapa hou ʻia ʻo ia iā Tom and the Tornadoes.
I ka makahiki 1964, ua kapa ʻia ka hui mele ʻo Tommy James a me nā Shondells. A ma lalo o kēia inoa i lanakila ai ʻo ia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma ka honua.
Ua lawelawe ʻo Tommy James i mua ma ʻaneʻi. Ma waho aʻe o ia, ua hui pū ka hui i ʻehā mau lālā - ʻo Larry Wright (bassist), Larry Coverdale (lead guitarist), Craig Villeneuve (keyboardist) a me Jimmy Payne (drums).
I Pepeluali 1964, ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui pōhaku i kekahi o kā lākou mele nui - ʻo ke mele Hanky Panky. A ʻaʻole ia ka haku mele mua, akā he mana uhi. ʻO Jeff Barry lāua ʻo Ellie Greenwich (The Raidrops duo) nā mea haku mele mua o kēia mele. Ua ho'okani 'ia ma kā lākou mau 'aha mele. Eia naʻe, ʻo ia ke koho i hāʻawi ʻia e Tommy James a me The Shondells i hiki ke loaʻa i ka kaulana kaulana.
ʻAʻole naʻe i hiki koke kēia. Ua hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia ke mele ma kahi lepili liʻiliʻi, ʻo Snap Records, a loaʻa iā ia kekahi mahele ma Michigan, Indiana, a me Illinois wale nō. ʻAʻole ia i hiki i ka papa palapala ʻāina.
Kaulana kaulana ʻole a me ka laina hou o Tommy James & the Shondells
I ka makahiki 1965, ua puka nā lālā o The Shondells mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe, a ua alakaʻi i ka haʻihaʻi maoli o ka hui. I ka makahiki 1965, ua loaʻa iā Bob Mac ka mea hoʻonohonoho hula ʻo Pittsburgh i ka mele Hanky Panky i poina a hoʻokani ʻia i kāna mau hanana. Ua makemake koke ka poʻe hoʻolohe ʻo Pittsburgh i kēia haku mele - 80 mau kope hewa ʻole i kūʻai ʻia ma nā hale kūʻai kūloko.
I ʻApelila 1966, ua kāhea kahi DJ Pittsburgh iā Tommy James a noi iā ia e hele mai a pāʻani kino iā Hanky Panky. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Tommy e hōʻuluʻulu hou i kāna mau hoa hui pōhaku kahiko. Ua hoʻokaʻawale lākou a pau a hoʻomaka e ola i ko lākou ola ponoʻī - ua mare kekahi, hele kekahi i ka ʻoihana koa. No laila hele ʻo James i Pittsburgh i kahi kaʻawale nani. Aia ma Pennsylvania, ua hiki iā ia ke hana i kahi hui pōhaku hou. I ka manawa like, noho kahiko kona inoa - ʻo Tommy James lāua ʻo The Shondells.
Ma hope o kēlā, ua hoʻomaka ka kaulana o ka hui. I hoʻokahi mahina ma hope mai, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia e kau inoa i kahi kuʻikahi me ka New York National Label Roulette Records. Mahalo i ka hoʻolaha ikaika ʻana i Iulai 1966, ua lilo ka Hanky Panky hoʻokahi i mea helu 1 ma United States.
Eia kekahi, mai ke kūlana 1, ua lanakila ʻo ia ma luna o ke mele Paperback Writer o ka hui ʻO ka Beatles. Ua hoʻohui ʻia kēia kūleʻa e ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album piha piha o ka inoa hoʻokahi, kahi i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ai he 12 uhi uhi o nā hits a nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻOi aku ma mua o 500 tausani kope o kēia disc i kūʻai ʻia, a loaʻa iā ia ke kūlana o "gula".
I kēia manawa ʻo Tommy James (vocals), Ron Rosman (keyboards), Mike Vail (bass), Eddie Gray (lead guitar), Pete Lucia (drums).
ʻO ka moʻolelo o Tommy James a me nā Shondells ma mua o ka haki ʻana i ka makahiki 1970
I nā makahiki ʻehā e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻokuʻu mau ka hui i nā mele i lilo i mau mele. A hiki i ka makahiki 1968, ua kōkua nā mea hana ʻo Bo Gentry lāua ʻo Richard Cordell i nā mea hoʻokani pila. Me ko lākou kākoʻo ʻana i hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā album Something Special a me Mony Mony, a ma hope i lilo i "platinum".
Ma hope o 1968, hana ka hui e hana a hana i nā mea. Ua lilo ia i mea ʻike nui loa i ka pōhaku psychedelic. Akā naʻe, ua liʻiliʻi kēia i ka kaulana o ka hui. Ua kūʻai ʻia nā album a me nā mele o kēia wā, e like me ka wā ma mua, maikaʻi loa.
Ma ke ala, ʻo kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o kēia kuhikuhi ka haku mele Crimson a me Clover. He mea hoihoi nō hoʻi no ka mea ua hoʻohana ʻia kahi leo synthesizer ma ʻaneʻi ma kahi ala hou loa no kona manawa. Ua kono ʻia ʻo Tommy James lāua ʻo The Shondells e hoʻokani i ka ʻaha kaulana ʻo Woodstock. Akā, hōʻole ka poʻe mele i kēia kono.
Ua kapa ʻia ka album hope loa o ka hui ʻo Travelin, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma Malaki 1970. Ma hope o kēlā, ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hui. Ua hoʻoholo pololei ka mea leo e hana i ka hana solo.
ʻO ka hopena hou aʻe o Tommy James a me kāna hui
I nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana, ua hoʻokuʻu pū ʻo James, ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi solo. Akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia ka manaʻo nui mai ka lehulehu ma mua o ka wā e ola ana kāna hui pōhaku kaʻao.
I ka waena waena o 1980s, hele ʻo Tommy James i ka huakaʻi me nā hōkū ʻē aʻe o ka makahiki i hala. I kekahi manawa ua hana ʻia ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Tommy James a me nā Shondells. ʻOiai ʻo ia wale nō ka mea i hui pū me kēia hui pōhaku.
I ka hapalua ʻelua o nā makahiki 1980, ua uhi ʻia ʻelua mau mele kaulana ʻo Tommy James a me nā Shondells Think We're Alone Now a me Mony Mony i uhi ʻia e nā mea pena kaulana ʻo Tiffany Renee Darwish a me Billy Idol. A mahalo i kēia, me ke kānalua ʻole, ua ala mai kahi nalu hoihoi i ka hana a ka hui.
Ma 2008, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka hui pōhaku i loko o ka Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hui ʻo Tommy James a me kekahi mau mea hoʻokani pila me ka hui e hoʻopaʻa i ka leo kani no ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Me, the Mob, and the Music. Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ka puke autobiographical na James. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2010.
Mai ka makahiki 2010, ua hui ka hui i kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻokani i nā ʻaha mele nostalgic a me nā hōʻike TV. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ka poʻe mele i nā mele hou a me nā album.
