Ruth Brown - daya daga cikin manyan mawaƙa na 50s, yin abubuwan da aka tsara a cikin salon Rhythm & Blues. Mawakin mai duhun fata shi ne abin koyi na ƙwararrun jazz na farko da mahaukacin shuɗi. Ta kasance diva mai hazaka wacce ba ta gajiyawa ta kare hakkin mawaka.
Shekarun farko da farkon aikin Ruth Brown
Ruth Alston Weston aka haife kan Janairu 12, 1928 a cikin wani babban iyali na talakawa ma'aikata. Iyaye da yara bakwai sun zauna a ƙaramin garin Portsmouth, Virginia. Mahaifin tauraron nan gaba ya haɗu da aikin mai ɗaukar tashar jiragen ruwa tare da waƙa a cikin mawaƙa a coci.
Duk da begen mahaifinsa, tauraron nan gaba bai bi sawunsa ba, amma, akasin haka, ya ɗauki wasan kwaikwayo a wuraren shakatawa na dare. Ta kuma halarci kide-kide na sojoji. A shekara sha bakwai, yarinyar ta gudu daga wurin iyayenta tare da saurayinta, wanda ba da daɗewa ba ta yi iyali.
Bayan daurin auren, sabbin ma'auratan sun hada kansu a wani wasan duet kuma suka ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo a mashaya. Na dan lokaci kadan, matashin mawakin ya hada kai da kungiyar makada, amma nan da nan aka kore shi. Blanche Calloway ya ba da gudummawa ga ci gaba da ci gaban sana'ar matashiyar mawakiya, wanda ya taimaka wajen tsara wasan kwaikwayo na mai wasan kwaikwayo a wani shahararren gidan rawa a babban birnin kasar.
A wajen wannan shagali ne wakilin gidan rediyon Muryar Amurka ya lura da mawakiyar da ta ba ta shawara ga matashin kamfanin Atlantic Records. Sakamakon wani hatsarin mota da yarinyar ta samu, an gudanar da bikin ne bayan wata tara. Duk da rashin lafiya da kuma jira mai tsawo don taron, bayanan kiɗa na yarinyar sun gamsu da wakilan kamfanin sosai.
Nasara ta farko da manyan hits na Ruth Brown
A lokacin jigon farko, mawaƙin ya rera waƙar ballad "So Long", wanda nan da nan ya zama ta farko da ta fara bugawa bayan rikodin rikodin studio. Ruth Brown na ɗaya daga cikin masu fasaha na farko da suka shiga tare da waɗanda suka kafa Atlantic. Shekaru 10, ta buga jadawalin Billboard R&B tare da duk waƙoƙin da ta yi rikodin don Atlantic.
Wakar mai taken Hawaye daga Idona ta tsaya a saman all the charts and 11 weeks a jere. Nasarar da mawakiyar ta samu a matsayin daya daga cikin hazikan ’yan wasan kwaikwayo na R&B ya sa ake mata lakabi da "Little Miss Rhythm" da kuma "Yarinyar da Hawaye a cikin muryarta".
Sakamakon nasarar da mawakiyar ta samu, an kira dakin daukar hoton “Gidan da Ruth ta gina” kwata-kwata. Irin wannan magana mai ban sha'awa ba ta da ma'ana, domin waƙoƙin ta sun ɗaga wani ƙaramin kamfani wanda ba a san shi ba. Rikodin Atlantika ya zama lakabin mai zaman kansa mafi nasara na shekarun 1950.
Daga 1950-1960, yawancin abubuwan Ruth Brown sun zama hits. Shahararrun mawakan da suka fi shahara har yau su ne:
- "Zan Jira Ka";
- "5-10-15 hours";
- "Na sani";
- "Mama Yana yiwa 'Yarki Ma'ana";
- "Oh Menene Mafarki";
- "Mambo Baby";
- "Babbar Nawa Mai dadi";
- Karka Yaudara Ni.
Farfadowar sha'awa a cikin Ruth Brown
A cikin 1960, mai wasan kwaikwayo ya shiga cikin inuwa kuma ya ɗauki ilimin ɗanta tilo. A karshen shekarun 1960, tauraruwar da ta taba yin fice tana kan bakin talauci. Don ta tallafa wa iyalinta, matar ta yi aiki a matsayin direban bas na makaranta kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin bawa.
Rayuwarta da aikinta sun fara canzawa don mafi kyau kawai a tsakiyar 1970s. Abokiyar da ta daɗe, ɗan wasan barkwanci Redd Foxx ya gayyace ta don shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayonsa iri-iri. Sama da shekaru 20 da suka gabata, mawakin ya ba wa mutumin tallafin kudi. Kuma yanzu shi ma bai tsaya a gefe ba kuma ya taimaka wa tauraron ya dawo da farin jini da kwanciyar hankali na kudi.
Matsayi a cikin fina-finai da mawaƙa Ruth Brown
Bayan shekaru 4, mai wasan kwaikwayo ya yi tauraro a cikin jerin barkwanci Hello Larry. A cikin 1983, an ba wa matar rawar a cikin kiɗan Broadway At the Corner of Amen. An gina wannan wasan ne bisa wani wasan kwaikwayo na shahararren marubucin nan na Amurka James Baldwin.
Shiga cikin kiɗan ba a banza ba ne, kuma a cikin 1988 darakta John Samuel ya gayyaci mawaƙin zuwa fim ɗin sa na al'ada na Hairspray. A can ta taka rawar gani a matsayin mai kantin sayar da kiɗa, tana gwagwarmayar kare haƙƙin baƙi.
Shekara guda bayan haka, Ruth Brown ta sake gwada hannunta a matsayin 'yar wasan kwaikwayo a Broadway a cikin kiɗan Black and Blue. Kasancewa cikin wannan kiɗan ya kawo mawaƙan nasara a cikin babbar lambar yabo ta gidan wasan kwaikwayo "Tony". Bugu da kari, album "Blues on Broadway", da songs daga wanda aka buga a cikin m, aka bayar da babbar Grammy music lambar yabo.
A wajen rayuwar wasanta, Ruth Brown ta kasance mai fafutukar kare hakkin mawaka. Hakan ya kai ta ga kafa wata gidauniya mai zaman kanta wacce ta nemi adana tarihin R&B. Gidauniyar ta taimaka wajen tsara tallafin kuɗi ga masu fasaha, tare da kare haƙƙinsu a gaban kamfanonin rikodin marasa gaskiya.
Ruth Brown shekarun baya
A shekara ta 1990, mawakiyar ta sami wani lambar yabo don tarihin tarihin rayuwarta Miss Rhythm. Bayan shekaru 3, an shigar da ita a cikin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tare da rubutun girmamawa "Uwar Sarauniya na Blues." Har zuwa 2005, mawaƙin ya yi yawon shakatawa akai-akai.
Sai kawai a cikin Nuwamba 2006, yana da shekaru 78, tauraron ya mutu a asibitin Las Vegas. Dalilin mutuwar shi ne sakamakon cututtukan zuciya na farko. Bayan mutuwar mawakiyar, an shirya kide-kide da yawa don tunawa da Ruth Brown, daya daga cikin masu yin R&B masu haske.
