Muimbi-munyori wenziyo Teddy Pendergrass aive mumwe wemahofori eAmerican soul neR&B. Akakwira mukurumbira semuimbi wepop pop muma1970 nema1980s. Mukurumbira uye rombo rakanaka raPendergrass rinobva pamitambo yake inomutsa uye hukama hwepedyo hwaakagadzira nevateereri vake. Mafeni aiwanzo swooned kana kukanda chipfeko chavo chemukati pachikuva mukupindura kune yake yepasi baritone uye pabonde zvakanyanya.
Mumwe "fani" akatopfura mumwe mukurwira sikavha iyo muimbi akapukuta nayo chiso chake. Mazhinji enyeredzi hits akanyorwa nechikwata chevanyori nevagadziri Kenny Gamble naLeon Huff. Wekupedzisira akarangarira muimbi ari ega debut muLos Angeles nightclub se "kuuya kwemukurumbira". Akabatanidza kudzika pasi, kukurumidza kukurumidza nezwi rakapfava uye rakasviba iro zvishoma nezvishoma rakazadza nemhepo, yakagadziridzwa uye yemitambo kuputika.
Teddy Pendergrass akanga ari pakakwirira pakuzivikanwa kwake apo tsaona yemotokari yakamusiya aremara. Aisagona kudya kana kupfeka, ndoda kuita mashamhu echikuva.
Zvisinei, aikwanisa kuimba uye akaburitsa album yekudzoka makore maviri mushure menjodzi. Vateveri vake vakaramba vakazvipira. Vatsoropodzi vazhinji vakati njodzi yaPendergrass yakapa mimhanzi yake kudzika kutsva.
Ubwana uye huduku
Akazvarwa muPhiladelphia, iyo yakava musimboti wemimhanzi yemweya muma1970s. Mushure mokunge baba vake vasiya mhuri (akaurayiwa muna 1962), mukomana akarerwa naamai vake Ida. Ndiye akaona kuda kwaiita mwanakomana wake mimhanzi nekuimba. Pendergrass akatanga kuimba muchechi achiri mwana.
Aigara achiperekedza amai vake kushanda paSciolla Dinner Club muPhiladelphia (akashanda ikoko semubiki). Ikoko akatarisa Bobby Darin nevaimbi vakakurumbira vemazuva iwayo. Achidzidza mukwaya yechechi, mukomana wacho akafunga nezvokuva mupristi mune ramangwana. Asi zviroto zvehudiki ndezvekare.
Pendergrass akawana kudanwa kwake kwemumhanzi paakaona muimbi wemweya Jackie Wilson achiridza paUptown Theatre. Nekunyadzisa, mukomana uyu akasiya chikoro chaThomas Edison mugiredhi rechi11 kuti aite zvakanyanya mubhizinesi remimhanzi.
Achinzwa rhythm zvisingaite, akatanga kudzidza mimhanzi sedhiramu nebhendi rekuyaruka Cadillacs. Muna 1968, akabatana neLittle Royal neThe Swingmasters, vakaongorora kukirabhu kwaishanda Pendergrass seweta. Achikurumidza kuva nemukurumbira nekugona kwake kuridza mutinhimira chero upi zvawo, gore rakatevera akatora basa rekuridza ngoma yaHarold Melvin (nhengo yekupedzisira yebhendi reko rema1950 reBlue Notes).
Teddy Pendergrass: Kutanga kweRwendo rweKusika
Teddy Pendergrass akatanga basa rake muna 1968 kwete semuimbi, asi sedhiramu raHarold Melvin neBlue Notes. Asi gare gare mukomana akatanga kutsiva soloist, mumakore maviri akazova muimbi mukuru. Uye inzwi rake pachake rakatanga kutsanangura bhendi. MuEncyclopedia of Rock, Dave Hardy naPhil Laing vakatsanangura kuimba kwaPendergrass pamhando dzeBlue Notes dzakadai se "Rudo Rwandakarasika", "Ini Ndakusuwa" uye "Kana Usingandizive" semusanganiswa wakaoma wevhangeri uye. blues screamer styles. . Kutaura kwavo kwakasimba kwaisanganisira hushingi uye kuteterera kwerudo.
Muna 1977, Pendergrass akasiya Blue Notes kuti aite basa rake ega. Munzira dzakawanda, muimbi wekutanga akabatsirwa nerudo rwake uye chitarisiko chakajeka. Mukuwedzera, vakadzi vaimufarira zvakanyanya pachikuva semuimbi, uye kwete sedhiramu. Vakaungana muuzhinji pashoo dzepakati pehusiku dzeMadzimai Chete. Kuti unzwe Pendergrass achiimba Close the Door, Dzima Mwenje nezvimwe. Semuimbi ari ega, Pendergrass akawedzera mahorizoni ake kuti asvike vateereri vatsva.
Mumwe munyori weStereo Ongororo akacherechedza kuti achiri kun'un'una zvikumbiro zverudo zvinovhundutsa nehurume mbishi hunoita kuti vakadzi vazhinji vadedere, akadzidzawo kuimba zvakapfava. Nokudaro, kuwana mukurumbira pakati pevaya vanoda kutapira. Ndizvo zvakaitawo vaya vanoda kuomesa musoro. Anenge ese maalbum ake akaenda platinum.
Uye Pendergrass yakazivikanwa sechiratidzo chikuru chepabonde nhema yekupera kwema1970. Semuimbi ari ega, Pendergrass akave muimbi wekutanga mutema kurekodha maarubhamu mashanu akateedzana akawanda-eplatinamu: Teddy Pendergrass (1977), Upenyu Irwo Rumbo Rwakakodzera Kuimba (1978), Teddy (1979), Rarama! Coast to Coast (1980) uye TP (1980), kuburitswa kwake kwekutanga shanu, pamwe nemazita eGrammy uye nzendo dzakatengeswa.
Teddy Pendergrass: Tsaona
Mamiriro acho ezvinhu akachinja zvinoshamisa musi waMarch 18, 1982. Sezvo Pendergrass aityaira Rolls-Royce yake nepakati peGermantown chikamu chePhiladelphia, mota yakangoerekana yarovera mumuti. Sokuyeuka kwakaita muimbi wacho, pashure pokurova, akavhura maziso ake uye akanga achiripo. “Ndakanga ndichiziva kwekanguva. Ndinoziva kuti ndakatyoka mutsipa. Zvaiva pachena.
Ndakaedza kusimuka ndikatadza,” akadaro. Pendergrass aitofunga kuti ainge atyoka mutsipa. Muzongoza wake wakatyokawo, uye zvidimbu zvemapfupa zvakagura dzimwe tsinga dzake dzinokosha. Kufamba kwaingogumira kumusoro, mapendekete uye biceps. Apo kukura kwekukuvara kwakava pachena uye vanachiremba vakaudza munyori wemifananidzo kuti kuoma mitezo kwaizova kwechigarire, Pendergrass akachema kusvikira ava nekutya kukuru. Akaudzwawo kuti kukuvara kwakafanana kwaakaita kunokanganisa tsandanyama dzekufema.
Somugumisiro - kukwanisa kuimba. Mazuva mashoma mutsaona yacho yaitika, Pendergrass akanyatsoedza inzwi rake nokuimba pamwe chete nekutengesa kofi paterevhizheni. “Ndaigona kuimba,” anoyeuka kudaro, “uye ndaiziva kuti chipi kana chipi chandaifanira kuita, ndaigona.”
Runyerekupe uye kurwira mufananidzo
Pendergrass basa rekutanga raive rekubvisa makuhwa aive akatarisana nenhamo yake. Aive mutyairi akamiswa basa. Uye yakakurumidza kupararira mumatabhu kuti akanga akadhakwa kana pasi pesimba rezvinodhaka pazvakaitika. Mushure mekuongorora chiitiko ichi, mapurisa ePhiladelphia akazivisa kuti havana kuwana humbowo hwekushandisa zvinodhaka.
Kunyangwe iye akataura kuti zvaive zvekutyaira zvisina hanya uye kumhanya kwakanyanya. Zvakabva zvaratidzwa kuti Tenika Watson (Pendergrass passenger), asina kukuvara zvakanyanya mutsaona iyi, aive transgender artist. Aimbova John F. Watson akareurura kusungwa 37 nemhosva dzechipfambi uye dzimwe mhosva dzakanangana nadzo mukati memakore gumi. Nhau idzi dzaigona kukanganisa zvakanyanya kumufananidzo wePendergrass semurume ane njere. Asi vateveri vake vakakurumidza kugamuchira chirevo chake chekuti akangopa kukwira kune munhu waanoziva uye hapana chaaiziva nezve hunyanzvi hwaWatson kana nhoroondo.
Pashure pokunge abudiswa muchipatara, Pendergrass akatarisana nenguva yakaoma yokuchinjira kuganhuriro dzake itsva. Kubva pakutanga chaipo, aiva nechokwadi chokuti kuremara kwaisazomisa basa rake. "Ini ndinokunda pane chero dambudziko randinosangana naro," akaudza Charles L. Sanders kuEbony. “Uzivi hwangu hwagara huri hwokuti, ‘Ndiunzire mudhuri wezvidhinha. Uye kana ndikasakwanisa kusvetuka pamusoro payo, ndichapfuura nayo. "
Mushure memwedzi yakati wandei yekupedza kurapa kwakakosha. Kusanganisira maekisesaizi ane mutoro unorema padumbu kuvaka diaphragm isina simba, Pendergrass, ichiita zvese zvinofungwa uye zvisingafungidzirwe kuedza, yakanyora iyo album "Love Language".
Platinum Album
Yakava album yake yechitanhatu yeplatinamu, ichisimbisa kugona kwake mumhanzi uye kuzvipira kune vateveri vake. Imwe nhanho mukupora kwemuimbi yakaitika paLive Aid konzati muna 1985. Paakatamba pachikuva ari pawiricheya kekutanga kubva pakaitika tsaona. Kuita Reach Out uye Bata neAshford naSimpson. Ipapo mubvunzurudzo akati: “Ndakava nehero mhenyu, marudzi ose efunganyo uye ndaitya zvikuru pamusoro pechinhu chiri chose.
Pakutanga ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti vanhu vaizondigamuchira sei, uye ndakanga ndisingadi kuti mumwe munhu andione. Ndaida kuita chimwe chinhu neni. Ndaisada kugara nepfungwa idzi. Asi…Ndaive nesarudzo. Ndaigona kuzviramba ndorega zvachose kana kuti ndoenderera mberi. Ndafunga kuenderera mberi."
Kumutsidzira uye kubudirira kutsva kwaTeddy Pendergrass
Kunyange paaiva muwiricheya, Teddy aidiwa zvikuru nevakadzi. Akaroora Karen Still muna 1987. Akazoyeuka kuti aizova murume wake akamutumira rozi dzvuku kwemazuva 12 akatevedzana asati akumbira.
Akaita basa mumumhanzi Wako Arms Too Short to Box naMwari muna 1996 uye akadzokera kumitambo yake ega. Zvichakadaro, Usandisiye Iyi Nzira yakave yakarova mumakumi maviri emakore akasiyana eThelma Houston (1977) uye The Kommunards (1986). Nziyo dzake ega dzakatorwa nechizvarwa chitsva cheR&B artists kubva kuD'Angelo kuenda kuMobb Deep.
Muhupenyu hwazotevera, akazvipira nguva yakawanda kune Teddy Pendergrass mubatanidzwa. Yakagadzirwa muna 1998 kubatsira vanhu vakakuvara musana. Teddy naKaren vakarambana muna 2002. Uye akaroorazve kechipiri muna 2008. Upenyu hwake hwakanga huriwo musoro wemutambo wetiyeri Ndini Ndiri Ani. Uye muna 1991, Chokwadi Blessed's autobiography yakabudiswa.
Mukonzati muna 2007, tichicherechedza makore makumi maviri nemashanu etsaona. Pendergrass akapa rukudzo kune "magamba asina kusimba" akazvipira kune hupenyu hwake, achiti, "Panzvimbo yekushungurudzika nenguva iyi, ndinoonda zvikuru."
Muna 2009, Pendergrass akavhiyiwa kenza yekoloni. Asi, zvinosuruvarisa, hazvina kupa chigumisiro chakanaka. Muimbi akafa musi waJanuary 13, 2010. Asiya amai vake Ida, mudzimai Joan, mwanakomana, vanasikana vaviri nevazukuru vapfumbamwe.
