Billie Davis mawaƙa ce kuma marubuciyar waƙa ta Ingilishi shahararriya a tsakiyar ƙarni na 1963. Babban abin da ta yi fice har yanzu ana kiranta da waƙar Tell Him, wadda ta fito a 1968. Wakar Ina Son Ka Zama Babyna (XNUMX) ita ma ta shahara.
Farkon aikin kiɗa na Billie Davis
Ainihin sunan mawaƙin shine Carol Hedges (mai suna Billy Davis wanda furodusa Robert Stigwood ya ba da shawarar). An haife ta a ranar 22 ga Disamba, 1944 a garin Woking na Ingila. An ƙirƙiri sunan sa ne daga sunaye biyu - Billie Holiday (shahararriyar mawaƙin jazz na Amurka) da Sammy Davis Jr. (Shahararren mawakin Amurka, ɗan rawa da ɗan wasan barkwanci).
Kafin fara aikin kiɗan ta, Carol ta yi aiki a matsayin injiniya kuma kawai ta yi mafarkin fara aikin kiɗa. Godiya ga gasar baiwa, ta sa burinta ya zama gaskiya. Kungiyar Rebel Rousers, wacce Cliff Bennett ya kafa, ta taimaka mata lashe gasar.
Bayan haka, Billy ya sadu da ƙungiyar Tornados da mai gabatarwa Joe Meek. Tornados rukuni ne na kayan aiki wanda ya ƙware wajen ƙirƙirar shirye-shirye. Saboda haka, ta rubuta waƙar, kuma Davis ya yi sassan murya. Koyaya, waɗannan ƴan demos ne kawai waɗanda basu haɓaka zuwa wani abu ba.
Aikin farko na Billie Davis
Daga nan aka fara haɗin gwiwa tare da furodusa Robert Stigwood, wanda ya haifar da sakin kundi na Will I What (1962). Ba a fitar da faifan solo ba, amma tare da Mike Sarn ne suka rubuta shi. Daga baya, ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin kundi ɗin shahararriyar 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Wendy Richard ce ta rera tare da Mike kuma an sake shi azaman Kuzo Waje guda ɗaya. Waƙar ta kai kololuwa a lamba 1 akan Chart Singles na Burtaniya. Koyaya, wannan bai ƙara shahara ga Billy ba.
Makon farawa a cikin aikinta shine a cikin Fabrairu 1963, lokacin da Davis ya yi fasalin murfin ƙungiyar The Exciters akan waƙar Gaya Shi. Abin sha'awa shine, taurarin Ingilishi da na Amurka da yawa sun rera wannan wasan a cikin shekaru daban-daban. An yi abun da ke ciki a cikin 1960s da kuma a cikin 1990s na karni na karshe. A lokaci guda kuma, sigar da Billy ya rubuta ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi shahara kuma ya zama abin bugawa na gaske.
Ta buga babban ginshiƙi na Burtaniya kuma ta ɗauki matsayi na 10 a can. Abin sha'awa shine, Davis yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasan kwaikwayo na farko waɗanda suka yi fassarar fassarar (an fito da asali a cikin 1962, kuma a cikin Janairu da Fabrairu 1963 ya riga ya kasance a cikin ginshiƙi na kiɗa na duniya). Don haka, a wasu ginshiƙi, ainihin asali da sigar murfin sun kasance kusan lokaci guda.
A cikin wannan shekarar, a zahiri bayan wata ɗaya, an sake saki na biyu He's Te One. A cikin bazara, waƙar kuma ta buga ginshiƙi na Burtaniya kuma ta shiga saman 40. Don haka, farkon aikin waƙar Davis ya zama mafi nasara. Ana jujjuya wakokinta sosai a gidajen rediyo, kuma masu sauraro da masu suka sun ɗauki ayyukanta na farko da kyau sosai.
Billie Davis mummunan sa'a
Koyaya, ya kasance mafi wahala don ci gaba da aiki bayan irin wannan ƙarfin farawa. 1963 ita ce shekarar da aikin Beatles ya fara tasiri sosai ga kiɗa. Wannan rukunin ne ya tsara yanayin kiɗan. Waƙar Billy ta bambanta da abin da Beatles suka yi.
Sakamakon ya kasance rikici tsakanin lakabin da mawaƙa. Yawancin rashin jituwa da suka shafi kudi sun tilasta wa mai yin wasan barin Decca Records.
Tambaya mai wuyar gaske ta taso - ta wace hanya ya kamata ku ci gaba da aikinku? Duk da haka, kafin mawaƙin ya sami lokaci don amsa masa, wani abu mara dadi ya faru. A cikin Satumba 1963, Billie ta shiga cikin wani hatsarin limousine tare da mai buga jet Harris. Bayan haka, sakamakon hatsarin, mawakin ya samu karyewar muƙamuƙi, kuma mawaƙin ya sami rauni mai tsanani a kai, wanda ya dagula masa aiki.
Mawaƙi a yau
A wannan lokacin, Carol ta sami matsaloli biyu lokaci guda. Na farko, tsawon watanni hudu an hana ta gaba daya damar yin rikodin wakoki. Kuma wannan duk da cewa watanni na farko bayan fitowar shahararrun mawaƙa suna ɗaya daga cikin mafi mahimmanci a cikin aikin kowane mai zane.
Maimakon samun kafa a cikin ginshiƙi tare da sababbin hits, an tilasta Billy ya jira wannan lokacin. Matsala ta biyu da ta yi mummunar illa ga samuwar matsalar ita ce jita-jita da yawa game da soyayyarta da Jet Harris. Harris mutum ne mai misali na iyali, kuma Carol ’yar shekara 17 matashi ce. Irin waɗannan jita-jita sun haifar da ra'ayi mara kyau game da yarinyar.
A cikin 2007, a cikin hira, Hedges ya yarda cewa waɗannan jita-jita sun dakatar da aikinta sosai. Hedges ya fito da jerin waƙoƙi tare da Keith Powell a cikin 1966. Ba su buga jadawalin ba, kodayake jama'a sun karɓe su sosai. A ƙarshen shekarun 1960, mawaƙin ya koma Decca Records, amma babu sauran nasara.
Shigar da ta ƙarshe zuwa ginshiƙi ita ce Ina so ku zama Babyna (1968). Har zuwa 1980s, Billy ta rubuta kuma ta fitar da sababbin waƙoƙi, amma magoya bayanta sun ragu. Mawaƙin ya zama sananne sosai a cikin masu sauraron Mutanen Espanya, don haka na ɗan lokaci ta ci gaba da fitar da bayanai da yawon shakatawa.
Wasan kwaikwayo na ƙarshe ya faru a cikin 2006, lokacin da ta sake haɗa kai tare da mai yin ganga Jet Harris don kide-kide na haɗin gwiwa.
