Carol Joan Kline shine ainihin sunan shahararren mawakin Amurka, wanda kowa a duniya a yau ya sani da Carol King. A cikin shekarun 1960 na karnin da ya gabata, ita da mijinta sun tsara fitattun wakoki da wasu ’yan wasa suka rera. Amma wannan bai ishe ta ba. A cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, yarinyar ta zama sananne ba kawai a matsayin marubuci ba, har ma a matsayin mai fasaha.
A farkon shekaru, farkon aikin Carol King
A nan gaba star na Amurka scene aka haife Fabrairu 9, 1942. Wurin haifuwar shine sanannen babbar gundumar Manhattan. Ƙwararrun iyawarta sun bayyana a cikinta tun daga ƙuruciyarta. Lokacin da yarinyar ta kasance kawai 4 shekaru, ta riga ta koyi yin piano kuma ta yi kyau. A lokacin makaranta, ta rubuta wakoki da waƙoƙi na farko, don haka ta yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar kiɗa mai cikakken ƙarfi.
An kira ƙungiyar The Co-Sines kuma ta ƙware musamman a aikin murya. Ƙungiyar ta rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa, har ma sun fara yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin cibiyoyin gida. Mawakin ya san yadda ake tsara dandalin. Rock da Roll zo a cikin fashion, a cikin thematic concerts wanda Carol kuma gudanar ya shiga.
A lokacin karatunta, mawaƙin ya sadu da muhimman mutane don aikinta na gaba, alal misali, Jerry Goffin. Ya haɗu tare da Carol don ƙirƙirar duo na murya. Tare da shi a cikin 1960s, ta rubuta sanannun waƙoƙi kuma ta aure shi.
Neil Sedaka ya sadaukar da waƙarsa ga mai yin wasan a ƙarshen 1950s. An kira waƙar Oh! Carol kuma ya zama sananne sosai, yana bugawa da dama na faretin faretin a cikin 1950-1960. Wannan shine farkon ambaton mai zane a cikin ginshiƙi. Ta yanke shawarar amsa wa mai wasan kwaikwayon haka kuma ta nadi waƙar amsawa. Waƙar, abin takaici, ba ta shahara sosai ba. Kusan lokaci guda, an halicci duet tare da mata na gaba.
Wani abin sha’awa shi ne, wurin da suka fara aiki tare shi ne ɗaya daga cikin kamfanonin buga littattafai. Anan sun rubuta wakoki da waƙoƙi na dogon lokaci don shahararrun ƴan wasan kwaikwayo waɗanda suka yi rikodin abubuwan ƙirƙira kuma sun kasance baƙi akai-akai a cikin ginin da Goffin da Kline suka yi aiki.
Nasara Carol King
Shahararriyar waƙa ta farko da aka nuna mawallafin wannan tandem ita ce ƙunshin shirin The Shirelles Will You Love Me Gobe. Nasarar waƙar ta kasance abin mamaki. A cikin kwanaki da fitowar ta, waƙar ta mamaye ginshiƙi na Amurka da yawa, gami da shahararren Billboard Hot 100.
Da yawa daga cikin abubuwan da suka biyo baya, waɗanda shahararrun marubuta suka rubuta, su ma sun zama hits. Ma'auratan nan da nan sun sami farin jini da kuma iko a matsayin mawallafan waƙa. Yanzu za a kira su ainihin hitmakers.
Gabaɗaya, yayin aikin wannan tandem a matsayin marubuta, sun rubuta sama da 100 hits (wato waɗancan waƙoƙin da suka mamaye manyan matsayi a cikin ginshiƙi kuma sun shahara sosai). Idan muka ɗauki duk abubuwan da aka rubuta a rubuce, za mu iya ƙidaya fiye da 200.
A cikin layi daya, Carol ya yi mafarkin zama sanannen mawaƙa da kanta. Abin ban mamaki, waɗancan waƙoƙin da ta rubuta wa kanta ba su shahara a wurin masu sauraro ba. Sai dai kawai waƙa guda ɗaya, da aka yi rikodin a cikin 1960s, wanda ya sami damar shiga cikin manyan 30 mafi kyau bisa ga Billboard Hot 100.
Hakan ya zaburar da mawakin bayan an dade ana kokarinsa ba tare da gaggawa ba. A cikin 1965, ta shiga cikin haɗin gwiwa mai ƙarfi tare da Al Aronowitz. A haka ne kamfanin nasu mai suna Tomorrow Records ya fara aiki. Ɗaya daga cikin mawaƙan da suka yi rikodin waƙoƙi a wannan ɗakin studio, bayan wani lokaci ya zama mijin Sarki (bayan ya ƙare dangantakarsa da Griff).
Mambobin Birnin
Tare da shi, a ƙarshen 1960s, an ƙirƙiri ƙungiyar The City. Gabaɗaya, ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi mutane uku, ciki har da Carol. Mawakan sun yi rikodin kundi na Yanzu Cewa Komai Ya Kasance, wanda zai iya ba su damar zagayawa. Saboda tsananin tsoron Carol na jama'a, ƙungiyar ba ta taɓa iya yin kide-kide don tallafawa kundin ba. A zahiri, wannan ya shafi tallace-tallace sosai.
Kundin ya zama ainihin "kasa" kuma a zahiri bai sayar ba. Duk da haka, bayan ɗan lokaci an rarraba shi daidai. Kuma an fara sauraren wakoki da dama daga jama'a masu yawa (amma hakan ya faru ne bayan karuwar shaharar Sarki).
Bayan gwaji tare da ƙungiyar The City, mawaƙin ya fara yin aikin solo. Rikodin solo na farko shine Marubuci. Waƙoƙin daga cikin kundin sun shahara a wasu da'irori. Duk da haka, babu buƙatar yin magana game da karuwa a cikin shahararrun. Sai mai yin wasan ya rubuta fayafai na biyu.
A cikin 1971, an fitar da kundi na Tapestry, wanda ya zama nasara ga Sarki. An sayar da kwafin miliyan da yawa, waƙoƙin sun shiga saman 100 mafi kyau (a cewar Billboard), mawaƙin ya fara sauraron ƙasashen waje. Fiye da makonni 60 a jere, kundin yana cikin kowane nau'i na sama. Wannan kundin ya kasance babban farawa a cikin aikinsa na solo kuma ya yi tasiri ga nasarar rikodin masu zuwa.
Rhymes & Reasons and Wrap Around Joy (1974) duka sun sayar da kyau kuma jama'a sun karbe su da kyau. A karshe sana’ar King ta zama mawakin solo ta tashi. Ta ba da kide kide da wake-wake, ta nadi sabbin wakoki. A tsakiyar 1970s, Carol da tsohon mijinta sun sake haɗa kai don ƙirƙira kuma sun yi rikodin kundi, wanda kuma ya shahara. Wannan ya tabbatar da nasarar mai zane.
Shekarun marigayi Carol King
A cikin 1980, King ta yi gaggawar sakinta ta ƙarshe (kasuwanci). Lu'u-lu'u ba kundi ba ne, amma tarin rikodi kai tsaye da ke nuna Carol tana yin waƙoƙin da ita da Goffin suka rubuta tare. Bayan haka, mawakin bai bar waƙar ba.
Amma sababbin sakewa sun fara fitowa da yawa a ƙasa akai-akai. Ta fara ba da kulawa sosai ga al'amuran muhalli, ta shiga cikin ƙungiyoyin kariya daban-daban. Sabuwar sakin ita ce Tarin Tattalin Arziki na Gidan Rayuwa, rikodin yawon shakatawa da ya gudana a tsakiyar 2000s.
