Shahararriyar mawakiyar nan ta Amurka Bobbie Gentry ta samu farin jini sakamakon jajircewarta a fannin wakokin kasar, wanda kusan a baya mata ba sa yin kida. Musamman tare da abubuwan da aka rubuta na sirri. Salon ballad da ba a saba gani ba na rera waƙa tare da rubutun gothic nan da nan ya bambanta mawaƙin daga sauran masu yin wasan kwaikwayo. Haka kuma an ba da izinin ɗaukar matsayi na jagora a cikin jerin mafi kyawun mawaƙa a cewar mujallar Billboard.
Yarinta na mawaki Bobbie Gentry
Sunan ainihin mai wasan kwaikwayo shine Roberta Lee Streeter. Iyayenta, Ruby Lee da Robert Harrison Streeter, sun sake saki kusan nan da nan bayan haihuwar yarinyar. Yarinyar Roberta ya wuce cikin yanayi mai wahala, ba tare da jin daɗin wayewa ba, a cikin ƙungiyar iyayen mahaifinta. Yarinyar tana son zama mawaƙin gaske, kuma an ba ta piano, ta musanya shi da ɗaya daga cikin shanu. Lokacin da Gentry ke da shekaru 7, ta fito da waƙa mai ban mamaki game da kare. Mahaifinta ya taimaka mata ta koyi wasu kayan kida.
Lokacin da Bobby ke da shekaru 13, mahaifiyarta, wacce ke zaune a California, kuma ta riga ta sami wani dangi. Har ma sun yi waƙa tare kamar Ruby da Bobby Myers. Yarinyar ta dauki wani sunan bogi da sunan babban jarumar fim din, Ruby Gentry, wacce a lokacin ta kasance wata kyakkyawar lardi ce ta auri wani hamshakin attajiri.
Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, Gentry ta yanke shawarar ci gaba da karatunta a Los Angeles a Faculty of Philosophy. Don ta tallafa wa kanta, dole ne ta rera waƙa a gidajen rawa kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin abin koyi.
Daga baya, mai sha'awar mawaƙa ya koma gidan ajiyar kaya. Ta taɓa halartar wasan kwaikwayo na Jody Reynolds kuma ta nemi zaman rikodi. A sakamakon haka, an gabatar da ayyukan haɗin gwiwa guda biyu: Baƙo a cikin Mirror da Requiem for Love. Wakokin ba su shahara ba.
Bobbie Gentry Aikin Kiɗa
Farkon ƙwararrun sana'ar Gentry za a iya la'akari da bayyanar waƙar Ode zuwa Billie Joe, sigar demo wacce aka gabatar a Glendale a Whitney Recording Studio. Mawakin yana so ya ba da wakokinta ga sauran masu yin wasan kwaikwayo. Amma dole ne ta yi Ode ga Billie Joe kanta, saboda ba ta iya biyan kuɗin sabis na ƙwararrun mawaƙa.
Gentry sannan ta sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Capitol Records kuma ta fara yin rikodin kundi na farko. Ya haɗa da Ode zuwa Billie Joe, kodayake jagorar jagorar yakamata ya zama Mississippi Delta. Ode to Billie Joe ya zauna a No. 1 akan mujallar Billboard na makonni da yawa, kuma a ƙarshen shekara ya kasance na 3. Waƙar ya shahara sosai har ya sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 3. Godiya ga mujallar Rolling Stone, an haɗa ta cikin jerin shahararrun waƙoƙi 500.
Don ƙirƙirar kundi na Ode zuwa Billie Joe, an ƙara ƙarin waƙoƙi 12, waɗanda suka haɗa da blues, jazz da ƙungiyoyin jama'a. An ƙara yawan wurare dabam dabam zuwa kwafi dubu 500 kuma ya yi nasara sosai, har ma da Beatles.
A shekara ta 1967, an ba da lambar yabo ta Grammy guda uku a cikin nau'ikan "Mafi kyawun Mace", "Mafi Alƙawarin Mawaƙin Mata" da "Mace Mace". Mallakar murya mai ban sha'awa, mai sihirtacce tare da kyakykyawan karin waƙa da ƙwaƙƙwaran motsin rai, ya faɗaɗa damar ƙirƙirar mai zane.
Bayan shekara guda, an saki La Città è Grande guda ɗaya. A daidai wannan lokacin sun yi rikodin faifan The Delta Sweete, wanda yake da mahimmanci kuma cikakke. Gentry ta yi rikodin kidan da kanta, tana kunna piano, guitar, banjo da sauran kayan kida. Kodayake harhadawa bai yi nasara ba kamar albam na farko, masu suka sun yi la’akari da shi a matsayin ƙwararren da ba a rera waƙa ba. Muryarta mai ƙarfi, sautin da masu suka da magoya baya suka kwatanta da kararrawa. Ta kasance mai ban mamaki, kyakkyawa da kamanni.
Yawon shakatawa na farko, aiki tare da tambura, manyan sigogi da lambobin yabo na Bobby Gentry
Karuwar shaharar ta sa mawakiyar ta je shahararren kamfanin talabijin na BBC, inda aka gayyace ta a matsayin mai shirya wasan kwaikwayo. An yi fim din shirye-shirye 6, ana watsawa sau daya a mako, wanda mawaƙin ya kasance yana ba da umarni. An yi rikodin sabbin kundi da ƙididdiga, waɗanda suka zama "zinariya", "platinum".
A shekara mai zuwa, jerin shirye-shiryen watsa shirye-shirye na biyu a kan BBC sun fito kuma wani kundi na Patchwork ya fito. Akwai kaɗan na asali waƙoƙi, galibi nau'ikan rufewa. Tarin waƙoƙin bai sami gagarumar nasara ba, yana ɗaukar matsayi na 164 kawai cikin 200 akan Billboard. A lokaci guda kuma, mawaƙin ya yi wasa a Kanada a cikin shirye-shiryen talabijin guda huɗu.
A ƙarshen 1960s da farkon 1970s, Gentry ta ci gaba da aikinta na kirkire-kirkire, tana fitar da kundi da yin fim ga BBC. Daga nan sai ta rabu da kamfanin rikodi na Capitol Records saboda rashin jituwa kuma ta ci gaba da aikinta na talabijin kan shirin da ya shahara a talabijin.
Me kuke ji game da shahararren mawakin nan Bobbie Gentry a yau?
A karshe bayyanar da artist a cikin jama'a ya faru a watan Afrilu 1982, lokacin da singer yana da shekaru 40 da haihuwa. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ba ta yi wasa ba, ba ta gana da ’yan jarida ba kuma ba ta rubuta wakoki ba. A halin yanzu tana da shekaru 76 kuma tana zaune a cikin gated al'umma kusa da Los Angeles. Wasu kafofin suna kiran wurin zama - jihar Tennessee.
