An haifi Bertie Higgins ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1944 a Tarpon Springs, Florida, Amurka.
Sunan haihuwa: Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins.
Kamar kakan kakansa Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Bertie Higgins mawaƙi ne mai hazaka, haifaffen mai ba da labari, mawaki kuma mawaƙa.
Yaro Bertie Higgins
An haifi Yusufu “Bertie” Higgins kuma ya girma a cikin kyakkyawan al'ummar Girka ta Tarpon Springs. Mai hankali romantic Yusufu tun yana yaro ya kasance mai fasaha sosai kuma a lokaci guda yaro mai zaman kansa.
Don kuɗin aljihunsa, ya yi aiki a matsayin mai nutsar da lu'u-lu'u, wanda ba irin wannan sana'a ba ce ga Florida. Mamaki ne kawai da shekarun matashin nutsewa.
A karo na farko a kan mataki, 12 mai shekaru Yusufu ya bayyana a cikin hanyar "ventriloquist". Ya lashe babbar kyauta a wasan kwaikwayo na gwanintar gida kuma ya zama wanda aka fi so a bukukuwan makaranta da kulake.
Amma bayan shekaru biyu ya zama mai sha'awar kiɗa kuma ya ƙirƙiri ƙungiyar makarantarsa, yana buga rock da rolls na zamani.
Wakokinsa na kade-kade, dutsen nasa da nadi shine soyayya a cikin aljanna mai zafi, mai zafi da soyayya kamar sararin sama akan Florida.
Jarumin wakokinsa a kullum yana kokarin fahimtar ma'anar rayuwa, da zurfafa tunani cikin sirri, da bayyana sirrin sirrin matar da yake so.
Waƙoƙin cike da ma'ana - wannan shine yadda zaku iya siffanta waƙoƙin da Higgins ya rubuta. Ƙungiyar ta zama sananne, suna wasa a makaranta, bukukuwa da raye-raye.
Matasan Bertie Higgins
Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, Bertie ya tafi kwaleji a St. Petersburg, yana nazarin aikin jarida da fasaha, amma kiɗa yana cikin zuciyarsa. Ya bar waje kuma ya zama mai ganga a ƙungiyar Tommy Rowe.
Ƙungiya ta zagaya, masu sauraro kafin wasan kwaikwayon sun kasance "dumi-dumi" daga masu fasaha kamar: The Rollings Stones, Tom Jones, Roy Orbison, Manfred Mann da sauransu.
Ayyukan solo a matsayin mai zane
Gajiya daga dogon tafiye-tafiye da sha'awar yin aikin kiɗan nasa ya haifar da gaskiyar cewa Bertie ya bar ƙungiyar kuma ya koma gida zuwa Florida.
Ya sanya ganguna a kan shiryayye, ya ɗauki guitar kuma ya fara ƙirƙirar kiɗa, waƙoƙi. Lokaci ne mai yawa na gamsuwa da ’yancin kai.
Shahararrun furodusa irin su Bob Crew (The Four Seasons), Phil Gernhard (Lobo) da Felton Jarvis (Elvis) suna nuna sha'awar wakokinsa. Wannan ya ba da gudummawa ga shaharar marubucin da kansa da ingancin rubutunsa. Bertie ya shahara a Amurka.
A lokaci guda kuma, ya sadu da Burt Reynolds (wani mashahurin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da darekta), wanda ya ga Higgins da yuwuwar marubucin allo kuma ya zama mashawarcinsa.
Atlanta
A cikin 1980, Bertie ya ƙaura zuwa Atlanta kuma ya sadu da Sonny Limbaugh, wanda shi ne furodusan ƙungiyar Alabama kuma ya kasance kayan aiki a cikin ayyukan wasu ƙungiyoyin kiɗa da yawa.
Limbaugh ya shirya ganawa tsakanin Bertie da mawallafin kiɗa Bill Lowry, wanda Higgins ya san shi tun zamaninsa tare da ƙungiyar Tommy Rowe. Haɗuwa da wannan Triniti ya kasance kaddara, dole ne ya faru.
Bertie a wannan lokacin yana aiki akan waƙa game da soyayyar da ta kasa cin nasara. Ya nuna daftarin ga Bill da Sonny. Sun taimaka masa ya gyara waƙoƙin, wanda ya haifar da ballad Key Largo.
Ba abin mamaki ba ne, amma Kat Family Records ya ƙi rikodin wannan waƙa sau da yawa, kuma kawai dagewar Bertie, Bill da Sonny sun taimaka wajen saki guda a cikin 1981.
Shahararren mawakin duniya
Maɓalli Largo ya "busa" sigogin Amurka, ya kai saman ginshiƙi cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci. Ɗaukar matsayi na 8 a faretin bugu na ƙasa, wannan waƙa ta shahara a duk faɗin duniya. Babban nasara ce! Bertie ya shahara sosai.
Waɗanda mawaƙa masu zuwa su ma sun zama hits, kamar: Kawai Wata Rana a Aljanna, Casablanca da Pirates da Poets. Casablanca ita ce waƙar da ta yi nasara a bikin Waƙoƙin Asiya-Pacific (mai kama da Gasar Waƙar Eurovision) kuma kundin ya sami bokan platinum.
Bertie Higgins ya yi fice a duniya cikin dare kuma ya ci gaba da rike matsayinsa na tauraro har yau.
Gabatarwa
A cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, Bertie yana yawon shakatawa a duniya. An sayar da duk kide kide da wake-wake nasa, sun sami bita na yabo daga masu sukar kiɗan.
An rubuta sunansa a cikin haruffan zinariya a cikin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a Cleveland da kuma a cikin Dandalin Kiɗa na Fame a Jojiya.
ƙwararren ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, marubucin waƙa da mawaƙa, shi ma ƙwararren marubucin allo ne kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. Bertie ya mallaki gidan cin abinci mai nasara a cikin Maɓallan Florida kuma ya rubuta kiɗa da waƙoƙi.
Ya ƙirƙira shirye-shiryen talabijin da yawa, shirye-shirye iri-iri a duk faɗin duniya kuma, duk da shekarunsa masu daraja, ana ci gaba da gayyatarsa don yawon buɗe ido a duk faɗin duniya.
Higgins babban mai goyan bayan ƙungiyoyin agaji na ƙasa da yawa - asibiti, VFW, Ƙungiyar Ciwon Kankara ta Amirka, Ƙungiyoyin Samari da 'Yan Mata na Amirka kaɗan ne daga cikin shahararrun ayyukan taimakonsa.
A kai a kai yana yin da kuma shiga cikin kide-kide na sadaka kuma yana daukar wannan fanni na rayuwarsa da muhimmanci. Wani aiki da ke gudana a jiharsa ta Florida shine kiyaye nau'in tsuntsayen da ke cikin hadari, musamman ma launin ruwan kasa.
Ya kuma kasance mai himma wajen adana fitilun Florida masu saurin tabarbarewa. Ya ba da gudummawa ga maido da ɗayansu kusa da garinsu na Tarpon Springs.
Wannan mawaƙan mawaƙan mawaƙa ya ci gaba da rubutawa da rera waƙa game da lagos na turquoise, yashi na zinare da tsibiran rana a cikin salon da yake kira da "trope rock."
