Bill Withers bụ onye America na-agụ mkpụrụ obi, onye na-ede abụ na onye na-eme ihe nkiri. Ọ nwere nnukwu ewu ewu na 1970 na 1980, mgbe enwere ike ịnụ abụ ya n'ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ akụkụ niile nke ụwa. Na taa (mgbe ọnwụ nke onye na-ese ojii a ma ama nwụsịrị), a nọgidere na-ewere ya dị ka otu n'ime kpakpando ụwa. Withers ka bụ arụsị nke ọtụtụ nde ndị na-akwado egwu Africa America, ọkachasị mkpụrụ obi.
Afọ mbụ nke Bill Withers
A mụrụ akụkọ ọdịnihu nke mkpụrụ obi blues na 1938 na obere obodo Slab Fork (West Virginia). Ọ bụ nwa ikpeazụ n’ezinụlọ buru ibu, bụ́ ebe, e wezụga Bill, e nwekwara ụmụnna nwoke na ụmụnna nwanyị 5 ọzọ.
Nne nwata nwoke ahụ, Mattie Galloway, rụrụ ọrụ dị ka odibo, nna ya, William Users, na-arụkwa ọrụ n'ihu otu n'ime ebe a na-egwupụta ihe n'ógbè ahụ. Afọ atọ mgbe a mụsịrị Billy, nne na nna ya gbara alụkwaghịm, nwa nwoke ahụ nọgidere na-azụ nne ya. N'ịchọ ndụ ka mma, ha kwagara n'obodo Beckley, ebe ọ nọrọ na nwata.
N'oge ọ bụ nwata, Withers adịchaghị iche na ọtụtụ nde ndị ọgbọ ya ojii bi na United States. Naanị ihe ọ pụtara bụ nsụ siri ike, nke nwoke ahụ tara ahụhụ site na ọmụmụ. Dị ka onye ọbụ abụ ahụ chetara, ọ nọ na-echegbu onwe ya maka nsogbu ikwu okwu ya.
Mgbe ọ dị afọ 12, nna ya nwụnahụrụ ya, nke mere ka ọnọdụ ezinụlọ buru ibu ka njọ. Nna ahụ na-ezigakarị ụfọdụ n'ime ihe ndị ọ na-enweta n'ịgbapụta akụ na nwunye ya ka ọ na-elekọta ụmụ ya.
Ndị ntorobịa nke kpakpando n'ọdịnihu Bill Withers
Ntorobịa Billy dara n'oge ọgba aghara nke Negro ije (na 1950s na America) maka ikike obodo ha. Otú ọ dị, ihe omume ọha na eze na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nke na-ekpuchi obodo ya bụ Beckley adọtaghị nwa okorobịa ahụ.
N'ịbụ onye ịhụnanya n'oké osimiri nwere mmasị na ya, na 1955 ọ debanyere aha maka ọrụ agha na US Navy, ebe ọ nọrọ afọ 9. Ọ bụ ebe a ka ọ nwere mmasị na egwu, na nke mbụ ọ gbalịrị ide abụ nke ya. Otu n'ime isi ihe kpatara nkuzi ụda olu ya bụ ikike ichefu maka ịsụ nsụ ya nwa oge.
Mmalite nke ọrụ onye egwu Bill Withers
Na 1965, Withers dị afọ 26 hapụrụ ndị agha mmiri wee kpebie ịmalite ndụ nkịtị. Na mbụ, o cheghịdị ọrụ egwu dị ka ụzọ ndụ bụ isi. Na 1967, ọ kwagara ibi na West Coast, na Los Angeles. N'obodo ukwu a, dị ka onye mbụ na-akwọ ụgbọ mmiri si kwuo, ọ dịịrị ya mfe ibibi ná ndụ. Otu nwa okorobịa ojii rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye ọrụ ọkụ eletrik na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ elu nke Douglas Corporation. Ọpụrụiche enwetara n'oge ọrụ na ndị agha mmiri batara aka.
N'agbanyeghị na Billy ejighị egwu egwu egwu, ọ hapụghị ya kpamkpam. Ọzọkwa, mmasị ya maka egwu ji nke nta nke nta na-etinye oge n'efu ya n'ọrụ. Site n'ego ahụ echekwara, o dekọtara kaseti ngosi na egwu nke ihe mejupụtara ya. N'otu aka ahụ, ọ rụrụ n'ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ abalị, bụ ebe ọ na-ekesa kaseti nwere ndekọ n'efu nye onye ọ bụla.
Fortune mụmụrụ onye na-eto eto na-eme ihe ọchị na 1970. Mgbe ahụ, ka o lechara ihe nkiri Days of Wine and Roses, o dere Ain't No Sunshine. Site na hit a, nke edere n'okpuru mmetụta nke ihe nkiri dị egwu, Withers nwetara nnukwu ewu ewu. Clarence Avant, onye nwe ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ ndekọ Sussex Records, rụrụ ọrụ dị mkpa na akara aka nke onye na-eme egwuregwu novice.
Mgbe o gechara otu n'ime cassettes nke onye na-agụ ojii na-amaghị nke bịara ya na mberede, ọ ghọtara ozugbo na nke a bụ kpakpando n'ọdịnihu. N'oge na-adịghị anya, Bill na ụlọ ọrụ na-edekọ ihe bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta iji wepụta album mbụ nke onye na-ese ihe, Justas I Am. Ma ọbụlagodi na mmalite nke mmekorita ya na Sussex Records, nke kwere ya nkwa na ọ ga-enweta uru dị ukwuu, Bill anwaghị anwa ịhapụ isi ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-agbakọta na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ elu. O ji ezi uche kwenye na ọrụ egwu bụ azụmahịa na-agbanwe agbanwe na enweghị ike dochie anya "ezigbo ọrụ."
Onye omenkà a ma ama n'ụwa bụ Bill Withers
N'otu oge na mmekorita ya na Sussex Records, Bill chọtara onye mmekọ maka mmemme na ndekọ dị iche iche. Ha ghọrọ T John Booker, onye so Bill na kiiboodu na guitar mgbe ọ na-edekọ ọba mbụ ya.
N'afọ 1971, e wepụtara abụ abụọ ọzọ dị ka ndị otu - Ain't No Sunshine and Grandma's Hands. Ma ndị nkatọ egwu na ndị na-ege ntị nwere ekele nke ukwuu nke mbụ n'ime egwu ndị a. Otu ahụ erela ihe karịrị nde 1 na US naanị. Ọ natara ihe nrite Grammy a ma ama maka R'n'B Hit kacha mma nke afọ.
Ihe ịga nke ọma maka Billy Withers bụ otu Lean On Me from Still Bill (1972). Ire ndekọ ahụ karịrị nde 3 nde, ihe ọkụkụ ahụ toro na chaatị Billboard ruo ọtụtụ izu. Ihe ọzọ na-egosi ewu ewu nke abụ "Lean on Me" - ọ dara na nraranye nke ndị isi America abụọ - B. Clinton na B. Obama.
N'oge ịdị elu nke coronavirus, ndị America nọpụrụ iche weputara igwe mmadụ ebe ha mere Lean On Me na ntanetị. Ada President Trump, Ivanka, dere na ibe Twitter ya n'oge ahụ: "Taa bụ oge kachasị mma iji ghọta nke ọma ike nke egwu a."
Mmezu ndị nka
Na 1974, Withers, tinyere J. Brown na BB King, nyere a concert na isi obodo nke Zaire, oge na-adaba na akụkọ ihe mere eme nzukọ na mgbanaka nke ụwa abụọ ọkpọ ọkpọ, Mohammed Ali na J. Foreman. E tinyere ndekọ nke arụmọrụ a na ihe nkiri Mgbe Anyị bụ Eze, nke meriri Oscar na 1996.
Otu afọ ka e mesịrị, akara Sussex Records dara na mberede, na-akwụ ụgwọ nke Withers maka ire ndekọ. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, a na-amanye onye na-agụ egwú ịkwaga n'okpuru nku nke akara ndekọ ọzọ, Columbia Records.
Na studio a na 1978, e dekọrọ album ọzọ nke kpakpando mkpụrụ obi Menagerie. N'ime egwu Lovely Day sitere na ọba egwu a, Bill debere ndekọ maka ndị na-agụ ụda. O jidere otu ndetu maka sekọnd iri na asatọ. Edere ndekọ a naanị na 18 site n'aka onye soloist nke otu a-ha.
Na 1980, Withers nwere ihe ọzọ rụzuru. Ụlọ ihe nkiri Elektra Records wepụtara otu Just the Two nke Anyị, n'ihi nke e nyere onye egwu egwu Grammy Award nke abụọ. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, mmekọrịta ya na Columbia Records nọ na-akawanye njọ.
Onye na-agụ egwú boro ya ebubo na ọ na-egbu oge ọrụ na ọba ọhụrụ. E wepụtara nchịkọta na-esote naanị na 1985 ma bụrụ akara "ọdịda" dị ukwuu, na-enweta nyocha na-adịghị mma site n'aka ndị nkatọ. Mgbe ahụ, onye na-egwu egwu dị afọ 47 kpebiri ịhapụ ọrụ pop ya.
Ndụ Bill Withers mgbe nnukwu ogbo
Withers debere okwu ya, ọ dịghịkwa alaghachi na nnukwu ogbo. Ma a pụghị ikwu otu ihe ahụ banyere ihe ndị o kere. Abụ nke onye na-agụ mkpụrụ obi a ma ama na-aga n'ihu na-eme taa. A na-etinye ha na repertoire nke kpakpando ụwa na-eme jazz, mkpụrụ obi, na ọbụna egwu pop, na-enye ubi kachasị maka mmepụta ihe.
E wepụtara akwụkwọ akụkọ banyere Withers na 2009. N'ime ya, ọ pụtara n'ihu ndị na-ege ntị dị ka onye nwere obi ụtọ. Dị ka ya si kwuo, ọ dịghị akwa ụta ịhapụ ogbo ahụ. Na 2015, na nsọpụrụ nke 30th ncheta nke ọpụpụ ya na ogbo, Withers e webatara n'ime Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Bill alụọla nwaanyị ugboro abụọ ná ndụ ya. Alụmdi na nwunye mbụ dị mkpụmkpụ bụ na 1973 ya na onye na-eme ihe nkiri sitcom. Ma n'ihe na-erughị otu afọ ka e mesịrị, di na nwunye ahụ gbasasịrị, mgbe nwunye na-eto eto boro Withers ebubo ime ihe ike n'ụlọ. Onye na-agụ egwú lụrụ ọzọ na 1976. Nwunye ọhụrụ ya, Marcia, mụrụ ya ụmụ abụọ, otu nwoke, Todd, na otu nwanyị, Corey. N'ọdịnihu, ọ, dị ka ụmụaka, ghọrọ onye na-enyere aka na Withers, na-eweghara nlekọta nke ụlọ obibi akwụkwọ na Los Angeles.
Onye egwu America ama ama nwụrụ na Machị 2020 site na nkụchi obi. A mara ọkwa ọnwụ ya nye ọha na eze ụbọchị anọ ka e mesịrị. E liri Withers na Hollywood Hills Memorial Cemetery, na nso Los Angeles.
