Remangwana raStephanie Mills pachikuva rinogona kunge rakafanotaurwa apo, pazera ramakore mapfumbamwe, akahwina Amateur Hour paHarlem Apollo Theatre katanhatu dzakatevedzana. Nguva pfupi pashure pacho, basa rake rakatanga kufambira mberi nokukurumidza.
Izvi zvakafambiswa netarenda rake, kushingaira uye kutsungirira. Muimbi uyu ndiye akahwina Mubairo weGrammy weBest Female R&B Vocalist (1980) uye American Music Award yeBest Female R&B Vocalist (1981).
Stephanie Mills: Mumhanzi wehudiki
Mwanasikana wababa (mushandi wekanzuru) naamai (mugadziri webvudzi), Mills akaberekwa munaKurume 22, 1957 munzvimbo yeBrooklyn (New York) uye akakurira munzvimbo yeBedford-Stuyvesant. Chiitiko chake chepakutanga chekuimba chaisanganisira kuimba mukwaya paCornerstone Baptist Church muBrooklyn. Asi chido chake chekuimba chakatanga kare. Mills ndiye aive gotwe pakati pevana vatanhatu uye aive musimboti wekutariswa semwana.
Akaratidza tarenda remimhanzi kubva pakutanga - akaimba uye akatamba kumhuri paaiva nemakore matatu chete. Zvichida kupinda kwake mukwaya yeChechi yeCornerstone Baptist muBrooklyn kwakamubvumira kukwenenzvera hunyanzvi hwake semuimbi wevhangeri. Inzwi rine simba uye rakajeka romusikana wacho raiorora. Vanin'ina vake vaigara vachimuperekedza kumaratidziro etarenda muBrooklyn.
Mills akakurira pachikuva. Akanamata muimbi Diana Ross uye haana kumbokahadzika kuti aida kuve muimbi pachake. Paakanga ava nemakore 9, mhuri yakaona chiziviso mupepanhau ichipa Broadway auditions yevadiki vanoita.
Mushure mekuedza kwakati wandei, Mills akatora chikamu mumhanzi Maggie Flynn. Iyi show yaive "flop". Asi Mills akasangana nevanhu chaivo vaive vakabatana nebhizimusi rekuratidzira uye vaivimbisa vechidiki.
Akaitawo mune mimwe mitambo. Pazera ramakore gumi nerimwe, akaenda kuchikuva patemberi yakaremekedzwa yeNew York City yeAfrican-American performing arts, Harlem Apollo Theatre, makwikwi ekuimba eawa imwe chete. Imwe nguva gare gare, Mills akatamira kumusangano weboka reNegro ensembles off-Broadway. Achiri mudiki, akatamba neIsley Brothers uye maSpinners uye akarekodha dambarefu rake rekutanga, Movin 'muKurudyi Direction.
Stephanie Mills: Kukurumidza kugadzira budiriro
Kubudirira kwekugadzira kwaMills kwakauya muna 1974 apo mezzo-soprano yake inokatyamadza yevhangeri yakamupa basa rekutungamira raDorothy mufirimu reMashiripiti. Iyi ivhezheni yedariro yenganonyorwa yaL. Frank Baum yeThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Iyo showa yaive blockbuster yakatanga kubva 1974 kusvika 1979. paCarnegie Hall, iyo Metropolitan Opera uye Madison Square Garden.
Nekuda kweizvozvo, muimbi mudiki ane izwi rine simba akatanga kukurumidza kuenda kune nyeredzi Olympus kune mukurumbira wenyika. Mills agara achionekwa pamaterevhizheni ehurukuro uye akasiyana siyana, uye akaburitsa tambo yeR&B maarubhamu. Akahwina zvakare marekodhi egoridhe uye akapihwa Tony uye Grammy mibairo. Pasinei nekubudirira pazera rechidiki, muimbi aive nehunyanzvi uye nekuodzwa mwoyo kwake. Kuodzwa mwoyo kwekutanga kwehunyanzvi kwakabatana nekugara kwenguva pfupi kwemuimbi seanorekodha studio mutambi paMotown Records.
Paakanga achishanya neThe Wiz, Jermaine Jackson (Jackson Five) akakurudzira Berry Gordy (mukuru weMotown) kuti amupe kondirakiti. Mills akarekodha imwe chete yealbum Motown (1976). Yakanyorwa uye yakagadzirwa nechikwata chine mukurumbira chaBert Bacharach naHal David. Iyo album haina kutengesa zvakanyanya, uye Motown Records yakaramba kushanda naStephanie.
Mofamba zvakanaka mugwagwa wezvidhinha weyero
Mushure mekusiya The Wiz, muimbi uyu akatanga kuimba semutambo wekuvhura waTeddy Pendergrass, maCommodores uye O'Jays. Nenguva isipi yakava musoro wenyaya uye yakafadza vateereri nevatsoropodzi zvakafanana. Mushure mekuburitswa kwake kubva kuMotown Record, Mills akasaina ne20th Century Records.
Akaburitsa maalbhamu matatu uye akateedzana eredhiyo-yakagadzirira R&B hits. The album What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin yakasvika panhamba 8. Pamachati eR&B muna 1979. Dambarefu rinotevera renyeredzi, Sweet Sensation, rakarova pamusoro gumi nziyo dzepop. Uye akatora chinzvimbo chechitatu paR&B chati. Muna 10, Mills akaburitsa ekupedzisira maarubhamu ake e3th Century Records. Uye rovanisa machati zvakare neMwoyo Mwoyo, duet naTeddy Pendergrass. Nekuda kwekuzivikanwa kwake, akagamuchira Mubairo weGrammy. muna 1981 uye American Music Award muna 20.
Nekudaro, nepo nyeredzi yebhizinesi rekuratidzira yaifarira mukurumbira pachikuva uye paredhiyo. Yekutanga yewanano yake mitatu naJeffrey Daniels yakanga ichikundikana. Vakaroorana vakaroorana muna 1980 uye vakarambana mushure mekubatana kusina mufaro. Mushure memabhamu matatu akabudirira ane 20th Century, Stefani akasaina neCasablanca Records. Uye mukurumbira wake wakaderera. Maalbhamu ake mana akatevera, akaburitswa pakati pa1982 na1985, akaburitsa imwe chete R&B yepamusoro gumi, The Medicine Song. Muimbi uyu akagara pachirongwa chemasikati paNBC muna 10, kunyangwe isina kutora nguva refu. Mills akabva adzokera kubudiriro yake yekutanga saDorothy murumutsiriro rwa1983 rweThe Wizard.
Stephanie Mills: Kurwira pachikuva uye muhupenyu chaihwo
Muna 1986 uye 1987 Mills akadzokera kumusoro kwemachati eR&B katatu aine nziyo "Ndakadzidza Kuremekedza Simba reRudo", "Ndinonzwa Zvakanaka Nezvese". Pasinei neizvi, Mills akawana matambudziko. Muchato wechipiri wakaguma nokurambana, uye vatarisiri vasina kutendeseka vakamubira mamiriyoni.
Muna 1992, dambarefu rekuti Something Real rakarova pamusoro makumi maviri eR&B anoimba All Day, All Night. Muimbi uyu akaroorazve Michael Saunders, mutambi wenhepfenyuro kubva kuNorth Carolina.
Anozivikanwa kune vakawanda vanoita zvemitambo semutambi mudiki, Stephanie Mills akaramba ari nyeredzi yeR&B muma1980 nekutanga 1990s. Inzwi rake rine melodic asi rine simba mezzo-soprano chiridzwa chinobva chazivikanwa ipapo. Uye kurekodha mimhanzi yemazuva ano yemudhorobha uye kushanya kwakaramba kuri kutarisisa kwesimba rake rekugadzira mumakore. Nekudaro, mukupera kwema1990s, Mills akatanga kubva pamimhanzi yepop zvishoma. Mushure mekusangana nematambudziko emari nekuda kwevasina kutendeseka bhizinesi vanobatana. Muna 1992, muimbi akamhan'arira maneja wake wezvemari, John Davimos. Sezvo mabasa ake akaita kuti afire. Mhuri yekwaMill yakatyisidzirwa nekudzingwa paMount Vernon estate. Asi mutongi weNew York-based nonprofit Housing Assistance Corporation akadzivirira dambudziko iri.
Mills akaburitsa albhamu yevhangeri Personal Inspirations muna 1995. Uye muna 2002 akadzokera kumimhanzi yenyika aine track Latin Lover. Yakabuda pachikwata cheCD Masters Kubasa Nguva Yedu Iri Kuuya.
Miedzo yehupenyu, kuodzwa mwoyo kwakawanda uye kusagadzikana kwekutya nguva dzose kwakatungamirira mukuora mwoyo. Dai zvisiri zvekuda, vanachiremba vanokwanisa uye nyanzvi dzepfungwa, pamwe nechishuwo chikuru chekuenderera mberi nekuimba pachikuva, muimbi angadai akakanganwa. Nhasi, mari yake yegore kubva mukugadzira inenge mamiriyoni maviri emadhora. Achiri kuita, anotora chikamu mumapurojekiti akasiyana-siyana uye zviratidzo zveTV uye anonakidzwa nehupenyu.
