Petula Clark yana daya daga cikin mashahuran masu fasahar Burtaniya na rabin na biyu na karni na XNUMX. Da yake bayyana nau'in ayyukanta, ana iya kiran mace duka biyun mawaƙa, marubucin waƙa, da ƴan wasan kwaikwayo. Shekaru da yawa na aiki, ta sami damar gwada kanta a cikin sana'o'i daban-daban kuma ta sami nasara a kowane ɗayansu.
Petula Clark: Shekarun Farko
Ewell shine mahaifar shahararren mawakin. A nan aka haife ta a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 1932 a cikin iyali na matasa likitoci. Petulla wani suna ne wanda mahaifinta ya kirkira. Sunan gaske shine Sally.
Matashi Sally ta ga yakin kuma sau da yawa ta tuna da shi a cikin tambayoyinta. A lokacin, ta zauna tare da kakaninta kuma, kamar yadda ita kanta ta ce, sau da yawa tana kallon yadda yake-yake (ana iya ganin ayyukan iska daga ƙauyen da yarinyar ke zaune).
Wani abin sha’awa shi ne, ana yawan gayyato yara a wancan lokacin don yin rikodi a gidan rediyon BBC. An watsa su gaba don sojoji su ji labarin daga bakin yara. Sally ta shiga. An gudanar da aikin rikodi a cikin ginshiƙi na ɗaya daga cikin gidajen wasan kwaikwayo.
Kamar yadda matar ta tuna, sau ɗaya a lokacin zaman, tashin bam ya fara. Yaran sun kasance lafiya, amma dole ne a dakatar da rikodin. Don ko ta yaya ya cika lokaci kuma ya kwantar da hankalin mutanen da ke kusa, kadan Sally ta tafi tsakiyar da'irar ta fara rera waƙa. Muryarta ta sanya mutane da yawa cikin nutsuwa. Don haka, ta yi wasa a gaban masu sauraro a karon farko.
A farkon aiki na singer Petula Clark
Abin sha'awa, da nufin rabo, tun lokacin yaro Petula ya bayyana a gidajen rediyo da talabijin. Hakan ya faru ne kwatsam, amma ya kaddara aikinta na gaba. Duk abin ya fara ne a cikin 1944, lokacin da yarinyar ta yi a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo. A can, Maurice Alvey ya lura da ita kuma ya dauki 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mai shekaru 12 don rawar da ya taka.
Nan take aka yi wasan kwaikwayo da fina-finai da dama. Irin wannan aikin ya kawo yarinyar soyayya ga mataki. Ta fara mafarkin zama ƙwararren mai fasaha. Duk da haka, har yanzu ba ta iya fahimtar abin da ta fi so ba - yin wasan kwaikwayo a fina-finai ko kuma waƙa.
Har zuwa 1949, girma Clark tauraro a cikin fina-finai, taka leda a cikin wasan kwaikwayo productions, halarci daban-daban nunin talabijin da kuma shirye-shirye. A cikin 1949, ta sadu da Alan Freeman (shi ne mai son samarwa). Tare da shi, yarinyar ta rubuta cikakkun abubuwan da aka tsara a karon farko.
Waƙar ta farko ta ainihi mutane da yawa suna ɗauka a matsayin Sanya Takalmi, Lucy, wanda aka ƙirƙira a ɗakin studio na EMI. Duk da haka, lakabin bai so ya saki waƙar ba kuma ba shi da sha'awar sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar haɗin gwiwa mai cikakken ƙarfi. Ganin haka, Freeman ya rinjayi mahaifinsa ya kirkiro lakabin kansa.
Wannan shi ne yadda aka haifi Polygon Records, wanda aka halicce shi musamman don samar da Clarke. A lokaci guda kuma, mai yin wasan ya rufe manyan kuɗaɗen lakabin.
Kafa a matsayin mawaki...
Duk da haka, an saki wasu shahararrun ƴan wasa a farkon rabin shekarun 1950. Kyakkyawan misali shine Ƙaramin Shoemaker, wanda ya zama farkon abin da ya faru a duniya. Ya kai saman ginshiƙi a cikin Burtaniya, Australia da Amurka. A Amurka, ta zama sananne ne kawai shekaru 13 bayan saki. Hakan ya faru ne a lokacin da masu son wakokin Amurka suka fara siyan faifai daga ko’ina a duniya, kuma ba da gangan suka ji wakar Petula ba.
A 1957, an yi tafiya zuwa Faransa. Yarinyar ta gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo a mafi girma a maraice na "Olympia", da kuma ƙaddamar da kwangila mai mahimmanci tare da lakabin Vogue Records. Akwai kuma kyakkyawar masaniya da Claude Wolff. Godiya gareshi, ta amince ta sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da lakabin, kuma shi ne ya zama mijinta a nan gaba.
A farkon shekarun 1950 da 1960, mai zane ya yanke shawarar mayar da hankali kan Turai. Alamar ta gayyace ta don yin rikodin abubuwan ƙirƙira cikin harsuna daban-daban. Tun daga wannan lokacin, mai zane ya fara gwaji tare da Ingilishi, Faransanci, Jamusanci da Belgian. Dangane da harshen wasan kwaikwayo, waƙoƙin sun shahara sosai. Yawancin masu sauraro sun koyi game da mawaƙin. Yarinyar ta fara gayyata rayayye a kan yawon shakatawa a yankuna daban-daban. Ta sami ƙwaƙƙwaran magoya baya a duk faɗin Turai.
Haɓaka haɓakar Petula Clark
A shekara ta 1964, kiɗan Clarke ya zama mara amfani. Domin a magance matsalar ko ta yaya, Tony Hatch, marubuciya kuma mawaki, ta zo gidanta. Ya gaya mata game da sababbin ra'ayoyin don waƙoƙin gaba, amma babu ɗayan shawarwarin da ya motsa yarinyar. Sai Hatch ya nuna mata aikin da ya fito dashi a tafiyar. Sigar demo ce ta Downtown. Duk da cewa mawakan biyu suna son sigar ƙarshe ta waƙar, amma ba su fahimci nasarar da ke jiran ta ba.
A abun da ke ciki da aka yi a cikin harsuna da dama da kuma zama XNUMX% hit a yawan kasashe - a cikin UK, Amurka, Australia, Jamus, Faransa, Belgium, da dai sauransu An sayar da rikodin a cikin miliyoyin kofe a duniya. An ji shi har ma a cikin kusurwoyin mafi nisa na duniya.
Amma wannan shine kawai farkon. Bayan bugun farko, ta sake sakin wasu 15. Yawancin waƙoƙin sun mamaye manyan matsayi a cikin jadawalin duniya kuma sun sami lambobin yabo masu mahimmanci (ciki har da lambar yabo ta Grammy). An fara wani taron kide-kide mai cike da hadari. An gayyaci sabon tauraro zuwa shirye-shiryen talabijin daban-daban. Ta yi babban aiki a TV. Bayan haka, an kira Sally don zama mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen talabijin da yawa, galibin Amurkawa.
A cikin 1970s, matar ta zagaya duniya sosai. Ta kuma shiga cikin yakin talla daban-daban (ciki har da Coca-Cola). A cikin 1980s, an sami dogon hutu a cikin aikinsa. Ya kasance saboda gaskiyar cewa Clarke ta shagaltu da danginta.
Tun 1980, ta koma waƙa, amma ta daina yin fim. New qagaggun da aka saki lokaci-lokaci, da singer rayayye tafi yawon shakatawa a Turai da kuma Amurka.
Petula Clark a yau
A cikin Maris 2019, ta ɗauki matakin wasan kwaikwayo (a karon farko cikin shekaru ashirin) don yin wasa a cikin samarwa game da Mary Poppins. Mai zane a kai a kai yana shiga cikin al'amuran jama'a har yau. A cikin 2000s, ta kuma gwada kanta a matsayin mai zane-zane, amma a cikin 2008 aikinta ya lalace yayin gobara a jami'ar.
