Fuska bude, murmushi tare da raye-raye, idanu masu haske - wannan shine ainihin abin da magoya baya ke tunawa game da mawaƙin Amurka, mawaki kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Del Shannon. Shekaru 30 na ƙirƙira, mawaƙin ya shahara a duniya kuma ya ɗanɗana zafin mantuwa.
Wakar Runaway da aka rubuta kusan bisa kuskure, ta sa ya shahara. Kuma bayan kwata karni, jim kadan kafin mutuwar mahaliccinta, ta sami rayuwa ta biyu.
Yarancin da matasa na Shannon Case a Babban Tekuna
An haifi Charles Whiston Westover a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 1934 a Grand Rapids, birni na biyu mafi girma a Michigan. Tun yana karami ya fara sha’awar waka, waka kuma ta rika soyayya da shi. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 7, yaron da kansa ya koyi wasa ukulele - guitar kirtani hudu, wanda ake kira a cikin tsibirin Hawaii.
Yana da shekaru 14 ya buga gita na gargajiya kuma ba tare da taimako ba. A lokacin da yake hidimar soja a Jamus, shi ne mawaƙin kiɗa na The Cool Flames.
Bayan sojojin, Westover ya tafi birnin Battle Creek a jiharsa ta Michigan. A nan ne ya fara samun aiki a masana’antar kayan daki a matsayin direban manyan motoci, sannan ya sayar da kafet. Bai bar waka ba. A wannan lokacin, gumakansa sune: "Uban ƙasar zamani" Hank Williams, ɗan wasan Kanada-Amurke Hank Snow.
Lokacin da ya koyi cewa ƙungiyar ƙasa da ke wasa a kulob din Hi-Lo na gida yana buƙatar ma'aikacin kaɗa, Charles ya sami aiki a can. Da yake godiya da muryar da ba a saba ba tare da sa hannu falsetto, shugaban kungiyar Doug DeMott ya gayyace shi ya zama mawaƙa. A cikin 1958, an kori DeMott kuma Westover ya karbi ragamar mulki. Ya canza sunan ƙungiyar zuwa The Big Little Show Band, kuma ya ɗauki sunan sa na Charlie Johnson don kansa.
Haihuwar almara Del Shannon
Juya batu a cikin rayuwar mawaki ya kasance 1959, lokacin da Max Kruk aka yarda a cikin tawagar. Shekaru da yawa, wannan mutumin ya zama abokin aikin Shannon kuma babban abokinsa. Ƙari ga haka, ya kasance ƙwararren ƙwararren ƙwararren maɓalli kuma wanda ya koyar da kansa. Max Kruk ya zo da muzitron, wanda aka gyara. A cikin rock and roll, ba a yi amfani da wannan kayan kida a lokacin ba.
Mawallafin madannai mai ƙirƙira ya ɗauki “promotion” na ƙungiyar. Bayan ya nada wakoki da yawa, ya rinjayi Ollie McLaughlin ya saurare su. Ya aika abubuwan kidan zuwa kamfanin Embee Production na Detroit. A lokacin rani na 1960, abokai sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Big Top. A lokacin ne Harry Balk ya ba da shawarar cewa Charles Westover ya ɗauki wani suna daban. Wannan shi ne yadda Del Shannon ya bayyana - hade da sunan fitaccen samfurin Cadillac Coupede Ville da sunan kokawa Mark Shannon.
Da farko, ba a lura da wasan kwaikwayo a New York ba. Sannan Ollie McLaughlin ya shawo kan mawakan su sake rubuta Little Runaway, tare da dogaro da wani mawaƙi na musamman.
Bin Runaway
Abin mamaki, waƙar da ta zama abin mamaki ta zo ne bisa ga kuskure. A daya daga cikin karatun da aka yi a kulob din Hi-Lo, Max Crook ya fara buga wakoki biyu, wanda ya ja hankalin Shannon. Ya kasance daga al'ada, "Blue Moon jituwa", kamar yadda Del Shannon ya kira shi, cewa duk membobin ƙungiyar sun karɓi waƙar.
Duk da cewa mai kulob din bai ji dadin dalilin ba, amma mawakan sun kammala wakar. Washegari, Shannon ta rubuta rubutu mai sauƙi game da wata yarinya da ta gudu daga wurin wani saurayi. An kira waƙar Little Runaway ("Little Runaway"), amma sai aka gajarta zuwa Runaway.
Da farko, masu rikodin kamfanin Bell Sound Studios ba su yi imani da nasarar abun da ke ciki ba. Ya yi kama da ba a saba gani ba, "kamar an dauki waƙoƙi daban-daban guda uku an haɗa su." Amma McLaughlin ya sami damar shawo kan akasin haka.
Kuma a ranar 21 ga Janairu, 1961, an rubuta waƙar. A cikin Fabrairu na wannan shekarar, an saki Gunaway guda ɗaya. Tuni a watan Afrilu, ya lashe ginshiƙi na Amurka, kuma bayan watanni biyu, na Ingilishi, ya kasance a saman na tsawon makonni hudu.
Wannan abun da ke ciki ya juya ya zama mai ƙarfi sosai har Ratt Bonnie ya rera waƙoƙin murfinsa a cikin salon hippie, ƙungiyar dutsen Dogma a cikin nau'in ƙarfe, da sauransu. Kuma mafi shaharar ɗayan shine. Elvis Presley.
Me yasa irin wannan shaharar? Rubutun mai sauƙi haɗe tare da kyakkyawan waƙa, ainihin sautin kiɗan kiɗan, ƙaramin ɗan ƙaramin abu don dutsen da nadi kuma, ba shakka, aikin sifa mai haske ta Del Shannon.
Ci gaba da tafiya ta kere-kere...
Wasu hits sun bayyana akan fitaccen mashahuri: Hats Off To Larry, Hey! Yarinya karama, wacce ta daina tada sha'awar mutuntawa kamar Gunaway. Bayan jerin gazawa a cikin 1962, mai zane ya saki Little Town Flirt kuma ya sake buga saman.
A cikin 1963, mawaƙin ya sadu da farkon, amma ya riga ya shahara na Burtaniya huɗu The Beatles kuma ya rubuta murfin murfin waƙar su Daga Ni zuwa gare ku.
A cikin shekaru da yawa, Shannon ya rubuta wasu ƙarin waƙoƙi masu kyau: Handy Man, Strangerin Town, Keep Searchin. Amma ba su kasance kamar waƙar Gudu ba. A ƙarshen 1960s, ya zama mai samarwa mai kyau, yana kawo Brian Hyland da Smith zuwa wurin.
Matukar Del Shannon
1970s lokaci ne na rikicin ƙirƙira ga shari'ar Shannon. Abubuwan da aka sake fitar da Runaway bai ma sanya shi cikin manyan 100 ba, sabbin sunaye sun bayyana a Amurka. Yawon shakatawa na Turai ne, inda har yanzu ana tunawa da shi, ya jajanta masa. Barasa kuma ya taimaka.
Komawa
Sai a ƙarshen 1970s Del ya daina shan giya. Babban rawa a cikin wannan Tom Petty ne ya taka rawa, wanda ya taimaka wajen fitar da kundin Drop Down and Get Me. A farkon shekarun 1980, Del Shannon ya zagaya duniya tare da kide kide da wake-wake, inda ya tara manyan dakuna.
A cikin 1986, waƙar Runaway ta dawo, wanda aka sake yin rikodin don jerin Laifukan TV. An shirya album ɗin Rock On don fitarwa. Amma mawaƙin ya kasa jurewa baƙin ciki. A ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, 1990, ya harbe kansa da bindigar farauta.
An shigar da sunan ɗan ƙaramin ɗan Michigan mai sauƙi wanda ya zama tsafi ga tsararraki a cikin Hall of Fame Rock and Roll. Kuma waƙar Runaway za ta yi sauti fiye da shekaru goma.
