Al Bowlly ana daukarsa na biyu mafi mashahurin mawaƙin Burtaniya a cikin 30s na karni na XX. A lokacin aikinsa, ya yi rikodin waƙoƙi sama da 1000. An haife shi kuma ya sami ƙwarewar kiɗan nesa da London. Amma, da ya iso nan, nan take ya sami suna.
Bama-bamai da aka kashe a yakin duniya na biyu ya katse aikinsa. Mawakin ya bar wata babbar gadar kida, wanda zuriyarsa ke yabawa har yau.
Asalin sunan mahaifi Bowlly
An haifi Albert Allick Bowly a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 1898. Hakan ya faru ne a birnin Lourenco Marches na kasar Mozambique. A lokacin mulkin mallaka ne na Portugal. Iyayen sanannen mawaƙi na gaba suna da tushen Girkanci da Lebanon. Iyalin Bowlly sun ƙaura zuwa Afirka ta Kudu jim kaɗan bayan haihuwar ɗansu. Yarancin da matasa na mai fasaha na gaba sun wuce a Johannesburg. Rayuwar wani yaro talaka ne daga gidan talakawa.
Rikicin farko na mawaƙin nan gaba Al Bowly
Tare da girma na saurayi ya zo da buƙatar ma'anar ƙwararru. Albert bai je don samun sana'a ba, amma nan da nan ya tafi ya fara samun kudin shiga. Ya gwada kansa a matsayin aiki daban-daban. Mutumin ya sami damar yin aiki a matsayin mai gyaran gashi da ɗan wasa. Yana da kyakkyawar murya, wanda hakan ya sa ya yi tunanin samun aiki a matsayin mawaƙa a cikin ƙungiyar.
Wannan aikin ya ja hankalin matashin da yanayinsa. Albert cikin sauƙi ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar Edgar Adeler. Tawagar ta yi tafiya mai nisa ne kawai. A lokacin yawon shakatawa, matashin mawaƙin ya yi tafiya ba kawai a cikin Afirka ta Kudu ba, har ma ya ziyarci ƙasashen Asiya: Indiya, Indonesia.
Ayyuka a Asiya
Don rashin cancanta, an kori Albert daga ƙungiyar mawaƙa. Hakan ya faru ne yayin wani rangadi. Mawakin mai burin ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da zama a Asiya. Da sauri ya leko lamarin, ya sami sabon aiki.
A matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar ta gaba, Albert ya zagaya sosai a Indiya da Singapore. A lokacin wannan aikin, ya sami gogewa, haɓaka murya, ya fahimci hanyoyin nuna kasuwancin wancan lokacin.
Ƙaddamarwa zuwa Turai, farkon babban aiki mai mahimmanci
A shekara ta 1927, wani ƙwararren ƙwararren mai fasaha ya yanke shawarar cewa yana shirye ya tafi a kan "tafiya mai zaman kanta". Ya koma Jamus. A Berlin, mai zane ya yi rikodin kundin sa na farko "Idan Ina da ku". Wannan ya faru godiya ga taimakon Adeler. Shahararriyar waƙar ita ce "Blue Skies", wadda Irving Berling ta fara yi.
Ƙafar Al Bowlly ta gaba: Biritaniya
A 1928 Albert ya tafi Birtaniya. A nan ya sami aiki a ƙungiyar makaɗa ta Fred Elizalde.
Matsayin mawaƙa a hankali ya inganta, amma yanayin ya canza sosai a 1929. Wannan shi ne mafarin matsalar tattalin arziki da ta addabi mawakin. Al Bowly ya rasa aikinsa. Dole ne in fita daga cikin mawuyacin hali ta hanyar yin aiki a kan titi. Ya iya rayuwa ba tare da canza fagen aiki ba.
A cikin farkon 30s, mai zanen ya sami damar sanya hannu kan wasu kwangiloli masu fa'ida. Na farko, ya shiga haɗin gwiwa tare da Ray Noble. Shiga cikin ƙungiyar makaɗarsa ya buɗe sabon dama ga Al Bowly. Abu na biyu, mawaƙin ya sami gayyatar yin aiki a shahararren Monseigneur Grill. Ya rera waka a cikin raye-rayen kungiyar makada karkashin jagorancin Roy Fox.
Rana mai ƙirƙira ta Al Bowlly
Bayan gyara yanayin tattalin arziki mai girgiza, Al Bowly ya fara aiki mai amfani. A farkon 30s, a cikin shekaru 4 kawai, ya rubuta fiye da 500 songs. Tuni a wannan lokacin an dauke shi daya daga cikin shahararrun mawaƙa a Birtaniya. A shekara ta 1933, shugaban kungiyar makada wanda Bowly ya rera waka ya canza. An maye gurbin Fox da Lui Stone. Singer ya fara rayayye "raba", ya tsage tsakanin Bowly da Stone. Bowlly sau da yawa yakan tafi yawon shakatawa tare da makada na Stone, kuma a cikin ɗakin studio ya yi aiki tare da Bowly.
Ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta kansa
A tsakiyar 30s, Al Bowly ya kafa ƙungiyarsa. Tare da Rediyo City Rhythm Makers, mawaƙin ya zagaya cikin ƙasa sosai. Ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar ta kasance cikin buƙata, babu ƙarshen gayyata don yin. Al Bowlly yayi ƙoƙari ya haɗa kowane nau'in aikin kiɗa: kide kide da wake-wake a cikin ƙasa, wasan kwaikwayo na rayuwa a London, yin rikodi a cikin ɗakin studio, da haɓakawa akan rediyo. A tsakiyar shekarun 30s, shaharar mawakiyar ta wuce iyakokin kasar. An buga bayanansa a Amurka, mai zane, ba tare da zuwa kasashen waje ba, ya shahara kuma yana bukatar a can.
Matsalar Lafiya
A shekara ta 1937, Al Bowly yana da matsalolin lafiya wanda ke da mummunan tasiri a kan aikinsa. Wani polyp ya tashi a cikin makogwaron mawakin, wanda ya kai ga rasa muryarsa. Mai zane ya yanke shawarar wargaza kungiyar, ya tara kudi, ya tafi New York don magani. Ya cire girma, muryarsa ta dawo.
Matsaloli tare da aiki
Rashin hutu a cikin aikin ya yi mummunar tasiri ga shaharar mawaƙa. Ba zan iya komawa zuwa rhythm ɗina na baya ba. Ayyukansa kuma sun tabarbare, mawaƙin ba zai iya yin karatu ba kuma ya daɗe a cikin ɗakin studio.
Mai zane ya gwada kansa a matsayin mai wasan kwaikwayo, amma an ba shi kawai ƙananan ayyuka. Sau da yawa an yanke su kara a cikin yanke fim na ƙarshe. Al Bowly yayi ƙoƙari ya shiga Hollywood, amma ya tafi Amurka a banza, ba a yarda da shi ba. Mawaƙin ya ɗauki ayyuka daban-daban, yana ƙoƙarin samun kuɗi. Ya yi wasa da makada daban-daban, ya tafi yawon shakatawa har zuwa garuruwan lardi.
Farfado da sha'awa a cikin aikin Al Bowly
A cikin 1940 Al Bowly ya haɗu tare da Jimmy Messene. Ƙungiyoyin kirkire-kirkire da aka yi a cikin ƙungiyar tauraruwar Rediyo. Wannan aikin ya zama mafi wahala a rayuwar mawaƙin. Ya yi ƙoƙari da dukkan ƙarfinsa don ya ci gaba da sha'awar aikinsa, amma rabo ya hana shi. Al Bowly sau da yawa ya yi aiki na biyu, ya maye gurbin abokin tarayya tare da matsaloli tare da barasa.
Rayuwar Singer ta sirri
An yi aure sau biyu. Mawaƙin ya shiga auren farko tare da Constance Freda Roberts a 1931. Ma'auratan sun zauna tare tsawon makonni 2 kawai, bayan haka sun gabatar da takardar saki. A 1934, singer ya sake yin aure. Ma'auratan tare da Margie Fairless sun dade har mutuwar mutumin.
Tashi na Al Bowlly
A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 1941, Al Bowly ya buga kide-kide tare da Tauraruwar Rediyo. An bai wa mawakin da abokan aikinsa masauki a kusa da wurin taron, amma Al Bowly ya yanke shawarar komawa gida. Wannan ya zama babban kuskure.
A wannan daren ne aka kai harin bam, wata nakiya ta afkawa gidan mawakin, wata kofa da ta fado daga magininta ta kashe shi. Wani bugu da aka yi a kai nan take ya lashe rayukan mawakin. An binne Al Bowly a cikin wani babban kabari, kuma a cikin 2013, an sanya alamar tunawa a kan gidan da ya rayu a lokacin da ya fi shahara.
