Enwere ike buru amụma ọdịnihu Stephanie Mills na ogbo mgbe, mgbe ọ dị afọ 9, ọ meriri asọmpi Amateur Hour na Harlem's Apollo Theatre ugboro isii n'usoro. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke a gasịrị, ọrụ ya malitere ọganihu ngwa ngwa.
Emere nke a site na nka, ịrụsi ọrụ ike na nnọgidesi ike ya. Onye na-abụ abụ bụ onye mmeri nke Grammy Award maka "Best Female R & B Vocal" (1980) na American Music Award maka "Best Female R & B Vocal" (1981).
Stephanie Mills: Ọ bụ nwata egwu
Ada nke nna onye ọrụ obodo na nne na-edozi isi, Mills mụrụ na March 22, 1957 na Brooklyn, New York, ma tolite na mpaghara Bedford-Stuyvesant. Ahụmahụ egwu mbụ ya gụnyere ịbụ abụ na ukwe nke Cornerstone Baptist Church na Brooklyn. Mana mmasị ya maka ịme ihe malitere na mbụ. Mills bụ nwa agbọghọ nke ọdụdụ n'etiti ụmụnne isii ma bụrụ ebe a na-elebara anya mgbe ọ bụ nwata.
O gosipụtara nkà egwu site na mmalite, na-abụ abụ na ịgba egwu maka ezinụlọ ya mgbe ọ dị nanị afọ 3. Ikekwe ikere òkè ya na ukwe na Cornerstone Baptist Church dị na Brooklyn nyere ya ohere ime ka nkà ya dị ka onye na-abụ abụ ozioma. Olu nwa agbọghọ ahụ dị ike na nke doro anya na-adọrọ mmasị. Ụmụnne ya na-esokarị ya aga ihe ngosi nkà na Brooklyn.
Mills na-etolite na ogbo. Ọ kpọrọ onye na-abụ abụ Diana Ross arụsị, ọ dịghịkwa mgbe ọ ga-enwe obi abụọ na ya chọrọ ịghọ onye na-agụ egwú n'onwe ya. Mgbe ọ dị afọ 9, ezinụlọ ahụ hụrụ mgbasa ozi na akwụkwọ akụkọ na-enye ihe ngosi Broadway maka ndị na-eto eto.
Mgbe ọtụtụ mgbalị gasịrị, Mills nwetara ọrụ na egwu egwu Maggie Flynn. Ihe ngosi a bụ flop. Ma Mills zutere ndị ziri ezi bụ ndị na-etinye aka na azụmahịa ngosi na ndị na-eto eto na-ekwe nkwa.
Ọ rụrụ n'egwuregwu egwuregwu ndị ọzọ. Na mgbe ọ dị afọ 11, o weere ọnọdụ na ụlọ nsọ New York City nke a na-asọpụrụ oge nke nkà na-eme ihe nkiri nke African-American-Harlem's Apollo Theatre maka asọmpi ịgụ egwú na-ewe awa awa. Mgbe oge ụfọdụ gachara, Mills kwagara na ogbako nke otu ìgwè ojii na-apụ apụ-Broadway. Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na ụma, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na ndị Isley Brothers na ndị Spinners wee dekọọ ọba mbụ ha, Movin' na Right Direction.
Stephanie Mills: Ọganihu ngwa ngwa na imepụta ihe
Ọganihu Mills bịara na 1974 mgbe ọmarịcha ozi ọma ya nwere mezzo-soprano olu mere ka ọ bụrụ onye ndu Dorothy na The Wiz. Nke a bụ ụdị ogbo nke akụkọ mara mma nke L. Frank Baum, Ọkachamara mara mma nke Oz. Ihe ngosi a bụ ihe mgbochi nke sitere na 1974 ruo 1979. na Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera na Madison Square Garden.
N'ihi ya, obere onye na-agụ egwú nwere olu dị ike malitere ngwa ngwa gaa n'ihu kpakpando Olympus na ama ama n'ụwa nile. Mills na-apụta mgbe niile na okwu telivishọn yana ihe ngosi dị iche iche wee wepụta usoro ọbaakwụkwọ R&B ama ama. Ọ nwetakwara ihe ndekọ ọla edo ma nyekwa ya ihe nrite Tony na Grammy. N'agbanyeghị ihe ịga nke ọma n'oge ọ bụ nwata, onye na-ese ihe nwere nkụda mmụọ ọkachamara na nke onwe ya. Ihe ndakpọ olileanya mbụ nke ọkachamara jikọtara ya na obere oge onye na-ese ihe dị ka onye na-ese ihe na Motown Records.
Mgbe ya na Wiz na-eme njem, Jermaine Jackson (Jackson Five) kwenye Berry Gordy (Motown executive) inye ya nkwekọrịta. Mills dekọtara otu maka album Motown (1976). Ndị otu ama ama Burt Bacharach na Hal David dere ma mepụta ya. Album ahụ ereghị nke ọma, na Motown Records jụrụ imekọrịta na Stefani.
Goodbye yellow brick road
Mgbe ọ hapụsịrị Wiz, onye na-agụ egwú malitere ịrụ ọrụ dị ka ihe mmeghe maka Teddy Pendergrass, Commodores na O'Jays. N'oge na-adịghị anya, ọ ghọrọ onye isi akụkọ na-amasị ma ndị na-ege ntị na ndị nkatọ. Mgbe a tọhapụrụ ya na Motown Records, Mills bịanyere aka na ndekọ ndekọ na 20th Century Records.
Ọ wepụtara ọba atọ na eriri R&B dị njikere redio. Album Ihe Cha Gonna Ime My Lovin were ọnọdụ nke asatọ. Na eserese R&B na 8. Ndekọ egwu kpakpando na-esote, Sweet Sensation, ghọrọ ihe kacha ewu ewu 1979 pop. Ma rute nọmba 10 na eserese R&B. Na 3, Mills wepụtara album ikpeazụ ya maka 1981th Century Records. O were obi abụọ tie eserese ahụ ọzọ, duet na Teddy Pendergrass. N'ihi ewu ewu ya, ọ nwetara onyinye Grammy. na 20 na ihe nrite egwu America na 1980.
Otú ọ dị, ka ọ dị ugbu a kpakpando azụmahịa ihe ngosi enwewo mmasị na ama na ogbo na na redio. Nke mbụ n'ime alụmdi na nwunye atọ ya na Jeffrey Daniels dara ada. Di na nwunye ahụ lụrụ na 1980 wee gbaa alụkwaghịm mgbe ha nwesịrị njikọ na-enweghị obi ụtọ. Mgbe album atọ gara nke ọma na akara narị afọ nke 20, Stefani bịanyere aka na Casablanca Records. Ma ewu ewu ya ebelatala. Album ya anọ sochirinụ, nke ewepụtara n'etiti 1982 na 1985, mepụtara naanị otu R&B kacha elu 10, The Medicine Song. Onye na-abụ abụ rutere ihe ngosi TV ehihie na NBC na 1983, n'agbanyeghị na ọ naghị adịte aka. Mills laghachiri na mmeri mbụ ya dị ka Dorothy na 1984 revival nke Wiz.
Stephanie Mills: mgba na ogbo na ndụ
Na 1986 na 1987 Mills laghachiri n'elu chaatị R & B ugboro atọ na ndị otu "Amụtala m ịkwanyere ike nke ịhụnanya ùgwù" na "Enwere m obi ụtọ maka ihe niile." N'agbanyeghị nke a, Mills gbara mgba. Alụmdi na nwunye nke abụọ biri n'ịgba alụkwaghịm, ndị na-eme ihe n'eziokwu na-ezukwaara ya ọtụtụ nde mmadụ.
Ihe dị adị nke 1992 mepụtara Top 20 R&B otu ụbọchị niile, abalị niile. Onye na-abụ abụ lụgharịrị Michael Saunders, onye mmemme redio si North Carolina.
Ọtụtụ ndị na-ekiri ihe nkiri mara dị ka onye na-eme ihe nkiri pere mpe, Stephanie Mills nọgidere bụrụ kpakpando R&B n'ime 1980s na mmalite 1990s. Olu mezzo-soprano dị egwu ma dị ike bụ ngwa a na-amata ozugbo. Na ndekọ na njem nlegharị anya egwu obodo mepere emepe bụ ebe etiti ike okike ya ruo ọtụtụ afọ. Otú ọ dị, na njedebe 1990s, Mills malitere ịpụ na egwu pop. Mgbe enwechara nsogbu ego n'ihi ndị mmekọ azụmahịa na-adịghị mma. Na 1992, onye ọbụ abụ gbara akwụkwọ megide onye njikwa ego ya, John Davimos. Ebe ọ bụ na ihe omume ya dugara ya na odida ego. A tụrụ ezinụlọ Mills egwu ịchụpụ ha n'ụlọ elu ugwu Vernon. Mana onye ọka ikpe na ụlọ ọrụ enyemaka ụlọ anaghị akwụ ụgwọ na New York kwụsịrị nsogbu ahụ.
N'afọ 1995, Mills wepụtara ọba ozi ọma nke Personal Inspirations. Na 2002 ọ laghachiri na egwu ụwa na egwu Latin Lover. Ọ pụtara na CD Masters nke band ahụ na Ọrụ Oge Anyị Na-abịa.
Ọnwụnwa nke ndụ, ọtụtụ ndakpọ olileanya na ndakpọ ụjọ mgbe niile butere ịda mbà n'obi. Ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị maka ikike, ndị dọkịta ruru eru na ndị ọkà n'akparamàgwà mmadụ, yana nnukwu ọchịchọ ịnọgide na-abụ abụ na ogbo, a gaara echefu onye na-agụ egwú. Taa ego ọ na-enweta kwa afọ site na imepụta ihe dị ihe dị ka nde $2. Ọ ka na-arụ ọrụ, na-ekere òkè na ọrụ dị iche iche na ihe ngosi TV ma na-anụ ụtọ ndụ.
