Johnny Burnette shahararren mawakin Amurka ne na shekarun 1950 zuwa 1960, wanda ya shahara a matsayin marubuci kuma mai yin wakokin rock da roll da rockabilly. Ana yi masa kallon daya daga cikin wadanda suka assasa kuma masu yada wannan dabi'a a al'adun wakokin Amurka, tare da shahararren dan kasarsa Elvis Presley. Aikin kirkire-kirkire na Burnett ya kare a kololuwar sa sakamakon wani mummunan hatsari.
Shekaru matasa Johnny Burnette
An haifi Johnny Joseph Burnett a shekara ta 1934 a Memphis, Tennessee, Amurka. Baya ga Johnny, dangin kuma sun haɓaka ƙane Dorsey, wanda daga baya ya zama ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar rockabilly The Rock & Roll Trio.
A cikin ƙuruciyarsa, Burnett ya zauna a cikin wannan ginin mai tsayi tare da wani matashi Elvis Presley, wanda iyalinsa suka koma Memphis daga Missouri. Duk da haka, a cikin waɗannan shekarun, babu wata abota ta kirkira tsakanin taurarin dutsen da nadi na gaba.
A nan gaba singer karatu a Katolika makaranta "Mai Tsarki tarayya". Kuma da farko bai nuna sha'awar kiɗa ba. Matashi mai kuzari, mai kuzarin jiki ya fi sha'awar wasanni. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasan ƙwallon kwando na makaranta da kuma ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amurka. Daga baya, shi, tare da dan uwansa Dorsey, sun zama masu sha'awar wasan dambe, har ma sun lashe gasar zakarun matasa masu son wasan dambe. Bayan barin makaranta, Burnett yayi ƙoƙari ya sami kansa a cikin ƙwararrun dambe, amma bai yi nasara gaba ɗaya ba.
Bayan wani yakin da bai yi nasara ba, godiya ga wanda ya sami $ 60 kuma ya karya hanci, ya yanke shawarar barin wasanni masu sana'a. Johnny mai shekaru 17 ya samu aiki a matsayin ma’aikacin jirgin ruwa a cikin jirgin ruwa mai sarrafa kansa, inda a baya ɗan’uwansa ya shiga a matsayin ma’aikacin ma’aikaci. Bayan wani balaguron tafiya, shi da Dorsey sun yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a ƙasarsu ta Memphis. Sun yi wasa a mashaya dare da wuraren rawa.
Fitowar The Rock & Roll Trio
Da sannu a hankali, sha’awar waƙa ta fi sha’awar ’yan’uwa. Kuma a ƙarshen 1952 sun yanke shawarar kafa ƙungiyar Rhythm Rangers ta farko. Na uku, sun gayyaci abokinsu P. Barlison.
Dukansu uku sun buga gita ban da vocals: Jimmy on acoustic, Barlison akan gitar gubar, da Dorsey akan bass. Kungiyar ta kuma yanke shawara kan alkiblar kida. Rockabilly ne kawai, wanda shine haɗin dutsen da nadi, ƙasa, da boogie-woogie.
Bayan 'yan shekaru, wani matashi amma mai buri na Triniti ya tashi daga Memphis na lardin su don cin nasara a New York. Anan, bayan yunƙurin da ba a yi nasara ba don "karye" zuwa babban mataki, arziki ya yi musu murmushi. A shekara ta 1956, mawaƙa sun sami damar shiga aikin Ted Mack kuma sun lashe wannan gasa ga matasa masu wasan kwaikwayo.
Wannan ƙaramin nasara yana da mahimmanci ga Burnett da abokansa. Sun sami kwangila tare da kamfanin rikodin Coral Records na New York. Kungiyar wadda aka canza mata suna The Rock & Roll Trio, Henry Jerome ne ke kula da ita. Har ila yau, an gayyaci Tony Austin zuwa ga tawagar a matsayin mai ganga.
Shaharar kungiyar da ba a taba ganin irin ta ba
An yi nasarar gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo na farko na sabuwar ƙungiyar da aka ƙirƙira a wurare daban-daban a New York da kuma a cikin zauren kiɗa. Kuma a lokacin rani, The Rock & Roll Trio sun tafi yawon shakatawa na Amurka tare da masu yin wasan kwaikwayo irin su Harry Perkins da Gene Vincent. A cikin kaka na 1956, sun sake lashe wani gasar kiɗa, wanda aka gudanar a Madison Square Garden. A lokaci guda, ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin kuma ta fitar da ƴan wasan farko guda uku.
Don biyan kuɗin sabbin rikodi da zama a New York, mawaƙa masu sha'awar dole ne su yi aiki cikin sauri na wasan kwaikwayo da yawon shakatawa. Wannan babu makawa ya shafi yanayin tunanin membobin kungiyar. Hatsaniya da rashin gamsuwa da juna sun fi taso a tsakaninsu. A ƙarshen 1956, bayan wasan kwaikwayon da The Rock & Roll Trio ya yi a Niagara Falls, Dorsey ya ba da sanarwar ritayarsa bayan wata jayayya da ɗan'uwansa.
Wannan ya faru ne 'yan makonni kafin shirin da ƙungiyar ta shirya na yin fim na Frida's Rock, Rock, Rock. Daraktan kungiyar ya nemi gaggawar neman wanda zai maye gurbin Dorsey mai barin gado - bassist John Black ya zama su. Amma, duk da bayyanar da fim din "Frida" da kuma sake saki uku a lokacin 1957, kungiyar ta kasa samun babbar shahararsa. An sayar da bayananta da kyau, kuma waƙoƙinta sun daina shiga cikin jadawalin ƙasa. A sakamakon haka, Coral Records ya yanke shawarar kada ya sabunta kwangilar tare da mawaƙa.
Johnny Burnett's California Triumph
Bayan rushewar tawagar, Johnny Burnett ya koma ƙasarsa Memphis, inda ya sadu da wani abokin saurayinsa, Joe Campbell. Tare da shi, ya yanke shawarar yin ƙoƙari na biyu don cinye Olympus na kiɗa na Amurka. Dosi da Burlinson ne suka sake haɗa su, kuma duk yaƙin neman zaɓe ya kai California.
Lokacin da suka isa Los Angeles, Johnny da Dorsey sun sami adireshin gunkin ƙuruciyarsu, Ricky Nelson. Suna jiran mai wasan kwaikwayo, ’yan’uwa suna zaune a barandar gidan, amma har yanzu suna jiransa. Juriyar Burnets ya biya. Nelson, duk da ya shagaltu da gajiyawa, ya yarda ya saba da labarin nasu, kuma saboda kyakkyawan dalili. Waƙoƙin sun burge shi sosai har ya yarda ya rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa da su.
Nasarar aikin haɗin gwiwar 'yan'uwan Burnett da Rocky Nelson sun ba wa mawaƙa damar kammala kwangilar rikodi tare da Imperial Records. A cikin sabon aikin kiɗan, ’yan’uwan Johnny da Dorsey sun yi a matsayin duet. Kuma an gayyaci Doyle Holly a matsayin mawaƙin guitar. Tun 1958, ainihin nasara na John Burnett ya fara duka a matsayin marubucin mawaƙa da kuma mai yin wasan kwaikwayo. A shekara ta 1961, ’yan’uwan sun saki auren aurensu na ƙarshe. Daga nan sai suka yanke shawarar tafiya yadda suke a matsayin masu fasahar solo.
Hanyar Solo na Johnny Burnette
John ya sami gayyata daga kamfanonin rikodin daban-daban. A farkon shekarun 1960, ya yi rikodin waƙoƙi don ayyuka da yawa lokaci guda. Daga cikin su, ya kamata a haskaka kundis: Green Grass na Texas (1961, sake fitowa a 1965) da Kogin Bloody (1961). Dreamin 'daya ya kai lamba 11 akan jadawalin kasa a 1960. Ya sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 1. Don wannan bugun, Burnett ya sami RIAA Golden Disc.
Buga kuna sha shida, wanda aka saki a shekara mai zuwa, ya ma fi nasara. Yana da lamba 8 akan US Hot 100 da lamba 5 akan Chart na Ƙasar Burtaniya. Don wannan waƙa, an sake ba Johnny lambar yabo ta "Golden faifai", amma bai iya halartar gabatar da shi ba. Kwanaki kadan kafin bikin, an kwantar da shi a asibiti sakamakon fashewar ciwon ciki. Bayan barin asibiti, Burnett ya ɗauki ƙirƙira tare da ƙarfin kuzari, ya tafi yawon shakatawa a Amurka, Ostiraliya da Burtaniya.
Mutuwar Johnny Burnette mai ban tausayi
A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, mai zane ya kasance a kololuwar aikinsa. Shirye-shiryen mawaƙin mai shekaru 30 sun kasance don buga sabbin tarin tarin da kuma waɗancan waɗanan ɗimbin ɗaiɗai waɗanda suke aiki akai. Amma wani mummunan hatsari ya faru. A cikin watan Agusta 1964, ya tafi kamun kifi a kan Lake Clear Lake. Anan ya yi hayan karamin jirgin ruwa, ya tafi shi kadai don kamun kifi na dare.
Bayan anga jirgin nasa, Johnny ya yi kuskuren da ba a gafartawa ba - ya kashe fitilun gefen. Wataƙila don kada su tsoratar da kifi. Amma bai yi la'akari da cewa a cikin tafkin a cikin dare na rani akwai motsi mai dadi sosai ba. A sakamakon haka, jirgin nasa, yana tsaye a cikin duhu, wani jirgin ruwa ya ci karo da shi da sauri.
Daga bugu mai karfi, an jefa Burnet a sume a cikin ruwa, kuma bai yiwu a cece shi ba. A bikin bankwana tare da mawaƙin, dukan abun da ke ciki na band, tare da wanda ya taba fara tafiya zuwa Heights na dutse da kuma yi, ya sake taru: ɗan'uwana Dorsey, Paul Berlinson da sauransu. John Burnett aka binne a Memorial Park a cikin Memorial Park. kewayen Los Angeles, a Glendale.
