Mawaƙin Biritaniya Chris Norman ya ji daɗin shahara sosai a cikin 1970s lokacin da ya yi rawa a matsayin mawaƙin mashahurin ƙungiyar Smokie.
Yawancin abubuwan ƙirƙira suna ci gaba da yin sauti har zuwa yau, ana buƙata a tsakanin matasa da tsofaffi. A cikin 1980s, singer ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da sana'ar solo.
Waƙoƙinsa Stumblin' In, Me Zan Iya Yi kuma Zan Haɗu da ku A Tsakar rana har yanzu suna sauti akan raƙuman raƙuman ruwa na shahararrun gidajen rediyo.
Yarantaka da farkon rayuwar Chris Norman
An haifi mawaki na gaba a ranar 25 ga Oktoba, 1950 a Arewacin Ingila, a Yorkshire.
Iyalin Christopher Ward Norman sun kasance masu fasaha sosai - kakanninsa a lokacin ƙuruciyarsu suna yin wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa a duk faɗin Ingila, mahaifiyarsa ta kasance mai wasan kwaikwayo ta kiɗa a larduna, kuma mahaifinsa ya yi raye-raye a cikin shahararrun rukunin wasan kwaikwayo na The Four Jokers a Turai.
Lokacin da iyayen suka gane cewa ɗansu yana sha'awar kiɗa sosai, sai suka fara taimaka masa, ko da yake sun fahimci yadda rayuwar mawaƙa ke da wuyar gaske. Lokacin da karamin Chris ya kai shekaru 7, mahaifinsa ya yanke shawarar saya masa guitar, tun da a lokacin yaron ya mai da hankali ga rock da roll.
A wannan lokacin, mawaƙin mai son yin tafiye-tafiye da yawa tare da iyayensa masu yawon shakatawa kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya kunna kiɗan gumakansa - Presley da Donegan.
Bayan ya canza makarantu da yawa yayin tafiyarsa, Christopher ya ƙare a Makarantar Katolika ta Bradford Boys a 1962, inda ya sadu da abokan wasan Smokie na gaba. Su ne Alan Silson da Terry Uttley.
A wannan lokacin, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones da, ba shakka, The Beatles sun zama gumaka na matasa. Mutanen ko da yaushe suna taruwa suna buga gita. Bayan wani lokaci, Ron Kelly ya shiga su a matsayin mai ganga, kuma bayan haka an shirya rukunin farko na su.
Bayan shekaru uku, matashi Chris Norman, wanda kiɗa ya ɗauke shi, ya bar makaranta. Mahaifinsa bai gamsu da wannan batu ba kuma ya bukaci saurayin da ya fara koyon sana'a.
Daidai da darussan kiɗa, Chris ya sami damar yin aiki a matsayin mai ɗaukar kaya, wakilin tallace-tallace, da ma'aikaci a masana'antar gilashi.
Ƙirƙirar mai zane
Bayan an tashi daga makaranta, an fara wasannin motsa jiki. Mawakan sun yi wasa a mashaya da gidajen rawa, na farko a Yorkshire, sannan a wasu biranen kasar.
Kudaden shiga a farkon matakin alama ne kawai, amma wannan bai tsoratar da matasa ba. Kafin komawa cikin ƙungiyar Smokie, ƙungiyar ta canza sunaye da yawa: Yen, Long Side Down, The Sphynx and Essence.
Mawakan sun ba da tabbacin cewa sunan ƙarshe na ƙungiyar yana da alaƙa da muryar mawaƙin, mai ƙarfi, kamar daga sigari.
A farkon mataki na m hanya jama'a mayar da martani ga Smokie kungiyar maimakon sanyi, amma wannan bai hana m mawaƙa. Inganta waƙoƙin su da kuma shiga cikin shirye-shiryen kiɗa daban-daban, sun sami damar jawo hankali.
Sannu a hankali, shaharar kungiyar ta wuce Ingila. An san ƙungiyar a Turai da Amurka. Ba da daɗewa ba, mawaƙa sun sami nasara yawon shakatawa a kusa da Ostiraliya.
A cikin 1978, lokacin da ƙungiyar ke kan kololuwar shahararsu, an fitar da Album ɗin Montreux, wanda ya sami karɓuwa mai ban mamaki.
Sa'an nan Norman ya yanke shawarar yin aiki guda ɗaya. Wasan farko daban da ƙungiyar shine duet tare da Suzi Quatro.
A lokacin tarihin wanzuwarsa, ƙungiyar Smokie ta rubuta 24 daga cikin shahararrun mawaƙa da kuma rikodin 9. Bayan Norman ya tafi, kusan mawakan sun daina yin wasa tare. Yanzu da wuya ƙungiyar takan taru don shirya kide-kide na musamman.
A cikin 1986, mahaliccin Modern Talking, mawaƙin Jamus Dieter Bohlen, ya samar da shirin bidiyo don waƙar Midnight Lady, wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga aikin solo na Norman.
Domin fiye da shekaru 30 na m aiki, singer ya fito da fiye da 20 Albums. hazikin mawakin bai tsaya nan ba. Ya ci gaba da yin nasara tare da sakin sabbin fayafai.
Chris Norman na sirri rayuwa
A lokacin aikin kirkire-kirkire na Chris Norman, gidan kayan gargajiya, Linda McKenzie, yana kusa da shi, godiya ga wanda ayyukan kungiyar Smokie da mawaƙan kansa suka yi nasara sosai. Sun hadu kuma suka yi soyayya da juna a daidai lokacin da wata kungiya da ba a san ta ke fara hanyar kirkire-kirkire ba.
Abin mamaki, matsalolin yawon shakatawa ba su firgita ba, amma har ma ya kara tayar da matasan ma'aurata. Linda (a matsayin mai salo na band) dole ne ta ciyar da lokaci mai yawa akan yawon shakatawa.
Daga baya, kadan gaji da yawo rayuwa, ta yanke shawarar komawa zuwa mahaifarsa a Elgin da kuma samun aiki a matsayin sakatare a daya daga cikin gida kungiyoyin. Abin mamaki, wannan bai shafi dangantakar da Chris ba.
Mawakin ya kasance yana tuntubar budurwar sa idan baya nan, kuma ta kasance tana jiran dawowar sa. Linda da Chris sun yi aure a 1970.
Sun kasance tare har tsawon shekaru 40, amma dangantakar wannan ma'aurata mai ban mamaki ya ci gaba da kasancewa kamar yadda yake a shekaru da yawa da suka wuce. Matar ƙaunatacciya ta ba Chris Norman 'ya'ya biyar.
Chris Norman a yau
Shekaru ashirin da suka shige, ma’auratan suna yin lokaci a wani ƙaramin tsibiri. 'Ya'yansu da jikokinsu ma suna zaune a wurin. Shahararren mawaƙin ya ci gaba da aiki tuƙuru - a cikin 2017, an sake sake wani sabon abu Kada ku Knock The Rock. A cikin 2018, yawon shakatawa na biranen Turai ya faru, mawaƙin ya ziyarci Rasha.
