Jim Croce yana daya daga cikin shahararrun mawakan jama'a da blues na Amurka. A lokacin gajeriyar aikinsa na kere-kere, wanda aka gajarta a cikin 1973, ya yi nasarar fitar da albam guda 5 da wakoki daban daban sama da 10.
Matashi Jim Croce
An haifi mawaki na gaba a 1943 a daya daga cikin yankunan kudancin Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Iyayensa, James Alberto da Flora Croce, sun kasance baƙi 'yan Italiya daga yankin Abruzzo da kuma daga tsibirin Sicily. Yaron yaro ya wuce a birnin Upper Darby, inda ya kammala karatun sakandare.
Tun daga ƙuruciya, yaron bai damu da kiɗa ba. Tuni yana da shekaru 5 ya koyi waƙar "Lady of Spain" a kan accordion. A lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, ya koyi yin kaɗa da kyau, wanda daga baya ya zama kayan aikin da ya fi so. A 17, Jim ya yi nasarar sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare kuma ya shiga Kwalejin Malvern. Kuma a sa'an nan - zuwa Villanova University, inda ya yi nazarin ilimin halin dan Adam da kuma Jamus a zurfin.
A matsayinsa na ɗalibi, Croce ya keɓe kusan duk lokacinsa na kyauta ga kiɗa. Ya rera waka a kungiyar mawakan jami’a, ya yi a matsayin DJ a discos na gida, kuma ya dauki nauyin shirin waka a gidan rediyon WKVU. Sannan ya kirkiro tawagarsa ta farko, Spiers of Villanova, wanda ya hada da abokansa daga kungiyar mawakan jami'a. A 1965, Jim ya sauke karatu tare da digiri na farko a fannin zamantakewa.
Farkon Aikin Kiɗa na Jim Croce
A cewar tarihin Croce, ba kawai lokacin da yake karatu a jami'a ba, har ma bayan kammala karatunsa, bai yi tunani sosai game da sana'ar kiɗa ba. Duk da haka, bisa ga singer, godiya ga sa hannu a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa da kuma Villanova Spiers kungiyar, ya sami invaluable kwarewa a cikin jama'a wasanni.
Musamman ma, Jim ya yaba da rangadin agaji na Afirka da Gabas ta Tsakiya, wanda ya hada da kungiyar dalibansa a shekarun 1960. A yayin rangadin, mahalarta taron sun yi cudanya da jama'ar yankin. Sun ziyarci gidajensu suna rera wakoki tare da su.
Amma ko da bayan samun difloma, Croce bai bar sha'awarsa ba, ya ci gaba da zama DJ a discos. Ya kuma buga kida kai tsaye a wuraren shaye-shaye da gidajen cin abinci a Philadelphia. Anan a cikin waƙarsa akwai waƙoƙi daban-daban - daga dutse zuwa blues, duk abin da baƙi suka yi oda.
A cikin waɗannan shekarun, ya sadu da matarsa ta gaba Ingrid, wadda ta zama mataimakiyarsa mai aminci kuma mafi yawan abin sha'awa. Domin samun izinin daurin auren daga iyayen yarinyar, waɗanda Yahudawan Orthodox ne, Jim ma ya tuba daga Kiristanci zuwa Yahudanci.
An yi bikin aure a shekara ta 1966, kuma Croce ya karɓi $ 500 a matsayin kyautar aure daga iyayensa. Duk waɗannan kuɗin an saka hannun jari a cikin rikodin kundin Facets na farko.
An yi rikodin shi a cikin ƙaramin ɗakin studio kuma an sake shi a cikin ƙayyadadden bugu na kwafi 500. Iyayen mawaƙa na gaba - James Alberto da Flora sun ɗauki matakin. Suna fatan cewa, tun da sun tabbatar da kansu game da "rashin nasara" na ƙoƙarin zama mawaƙa, ɗansu zai bar sha'awarsa kuma ya mai da hankali kan babbar sana'arsa. Amma ya juya ya zama akasin haka - kundi na farko, duk da ƙananan wurare dabam dabam, masu sauraro sun yaba sosai. An sayar da duk bayanan a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci.
Hanyar Jim Croce zuwa shahara
Nasarar kundi na farko ya canza rayuwar Jim sosai. Ya tabbata cewa ilimin zamantakewa ba shine kagararsa ba. Kuma kawai abin da ke sha'awar shi shine kiɗa. Croce ya fara ba da kide kide da wake-wake, yana yin wasan kwaikwayon babban abin da ya samu.
Wasan kide-kide na solo na farko ya faru ne a birnin Lima (Pennsylvania), inda ya rera wakar duet tare da matarsa Ingrid. Da farko sun yi wakokin shahararrun mawaka na wancan lokacin. Amma a hankali, waƙar da Jim ya rubuta ta fara yin nasara a cikin repertoire na duo.
Tare da barkewar yakin Vietnam, don kada a kira shi gaba, Croce ya ba da kansa ga Rundunar Tsaro ta Amurka. Bayan da aka lalatar, a cikin 1968, mawaƙin ya sadu da tsohon abokin karatunsa, wanda a lokacin ya zama mai shirya kiɗa. A gayyatarsa, Jim da matarsa sun ƙaura daga Philadelphia zuwa New York. Kundin su na biyu Jim & Ingrid Croce an sake shi a wurin, wanda aka riga aka yi rikodin shi a babban matakin ƙwararru.
An shafe ƴan shekaru masu zuwa yawon buɗe ido sosai a Arewacin Amurka, inda Jim da Ingrid suka yi waƙoƙi daga albam na farko tare. Duk da haka, rangadin ba zai iya mayar da kudaden da aka kashe a kansu ba. Kuma ma’auratan ma sun sayar da tarin gitar na Jim don biyan basussukan su.
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A sakamakon haka, sun bar New York kuma suka zauna a gonar ƙasar, inda Croce ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin direba da mai aikin hannu. Bayan haihuwar ɗansa Adrian, ya sake horarwa a matsayin magini don tallafa wa iyalinsa.
Duk da rashin nasara na farko da aka yi na cin nasara a Olympus na kiɗa, Jim bai daina ƙoƙarinsa ba. Ya rubuta sababbin waƙoƙi, wanda jarumawa sukan zama mutanen da ke kewaye da shi - abokan aiki daga mashaya, abokan aiki daga wurin ginin da kuma kawai makwabta.
Jim yana da sha'awar kerawa duk wannan lokacin. Kuma a karshen iyali koma Philadelphia. Anan, mai wasan kwaikwayo ya sami aiki a gidan rediyon R&B AM a matsayin wanda ya kirkiro tallace-tallacen kiɗa.
A cikin 1970, ya sadu da mawaki Maury Mühleisen, wanda ya sadu da shi ta hanyar abokan juna. Furodusa Salviolo, wanda Croce ke aiki tare a wancan lokacin, ya fara sha'awar hazakar Mori. Na karshen yana da ilimin kiɗa na gargajiya. Matasan gwanin sun yi waƙa da kyau, sun buga guitar da piano da kyau. Tun daga nan, mafi nasara bangare na m aiki Jim Croce ya fara - tare da haɗin gwiwar Mühleisen.
Karshen wakar Jim Croce
Da farko, Jim ya yi aiki ne kawai a matsayin ɗan rakiya, amma daga baya sun zama abokan tarayya daidai a kan mataki. A kan rikodin studio, a wasu lokuta, Croce shi ne mawallafin soloist, kuma a wasu, abokin tarayya. Tare da Mori, sun yi rikodin ƙarin kundi guda uku, waɗanda suka sami babban yabo daga masu sauraro da masu suka.
Sananniya sannu a hankali amma tabbas ya sami Croce. An ƙara jin waƙoƙin da ya rubuta da kuma yi a gidajen rediyo da shirye-shiryen talabijin na kiɗa. An aika wa Jim da Maury ƙarin gayyata don su yi wasa a birane daban-daban na ƙasar da kuma ƙasashen waje.
A cikin 1973, Croce da Mühleisen sun tafi wani babban yawon shakatawa na Amurka, lokacin da ya dace da sakin kundi na gaba (na ƙarshe a gare su). Bayan wani wasan wake-wake da aka yi a Louisiana, wani jirgin sama mai zaman kansa da aka yi hayar ya buge bishiyu ya fado yayin tashinsa a filin jirgin saman Natchitoches.
Gari na gaba a kan yawon shakatawa shine Sherman (Texas), inda ba su jira masu wasan kwaikwayo ba. An kashe dukkan mutane 6 da ke cikin jirgin. Daga cikinsu akwai Jim Croce, abokin aikinsa Maury Mühleisen, ɗan kasuwa, darektan wasan kwaikwayo tare da mataimakinsa da matukin jirgin sama.
