Mawaƙin mawaƙi Teddy Pendergrass ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun ruhin Amurka da R&B. Ya yi fice a matsayin mawaƙin pop a cikin 1970s da 1980s. Shahararriyar darajar Pendergrass ta dogara ne akan wasan kwaikwayo na wasan motsa jiki da kuma kusancin da ya kulla da masu sauraronsa. Magoya bayansa sukan zamba ko jefar da rigar su a kan mataki don mayar da martani ga bacin rai da jima'i.
Wani “Magoya” ma ya harbi wani a yakin da ake yi da gyale wanda mawakin ya goge fuskarsa da shi. Yawancin fitattun taurarin ƙungiyar marubuta da furodusoshi Kenny Gamble da Leon Huff ne suka rubuta. Na karshen ya tuno wasan solo na mawakin a wani gidan rawa na Los Angeles a matsayin "zuwan fitaccen tauraro". Ya haɗu da ƙasa zuwa ƙasa, m m gaggawa tare da taushi da duhu vocals cewa a hankali cika da wilder, improvised da na wasan kwaikwayo outbursts.
Teddy Pendergrass yana kan kololuwar shahararsa lokacin da wani hatsarin mota ya sa shi gurguje. Ba ya iya cin abinci ko sutura, balle ya yi motsin mataki na kwarjini.
Duk da haka, har yanzu yana iya rera waƙa da fitar da kundi na dawowa shekaru biyu bayan hatsarin. Masoyansa sun kasance masu sadaukarwa. Yawancin masu suka sun ce bala'in Pendergrass ya ba wa kiɗan sa sabon zurfin zurfi.
Yara da matasa
An haife shi a Philadelphia, wanda ya zama cibiyar kiɗan rai a cikin 1970s. Bayan mahaifinsa ya bar iyali (an kashe shi a 1962), mahaifiyarsa Ida ta rene yaron. Ita ce ta lura da son kida da waka da danta. Pendergrass ya fara rera waka a coci tun yana yaro.
Ya sau da yawa tare da mahaifiyarsa don yin aiki a Sciolla Dinner Club a Philadelphia (ta yi aiki a can a matsayin mai dafa abinci). A can ya kalli Bobby Darin da fitattun mawakan lokacin. Da yake karatu a ƙungiyar mawaƙa na coci, yaron ya yi tunanin zama firist a nan gaba. Amma mafarkin kuruciya ya kasance a baya.
Pendergrass ya sami kiran kiɗan sa lokacin da ya ga mawakin rai Jackie Wilson yana yin wasan kwaikwayo a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Uptown. Tare da abin kunya, mutumin ya bar makarantar Thomas Edison a cikin aji na 11 don shiga cikin kasuwancin kiɗa.
Ba zato ba tsammani, ya fara karatun kiɗan a matsayin ɗan ganga tare da ƙungiyar matasa Cadillacs. A cikin 1968, ya shiga Little Royal da The Swingmasters, waɗanda suka yi karatu a kulob din inda Pendergrass ya yi aiki a matsayin mai hidima. Da sauri ya zama sananne saboda ikonsa na yin kowane irin waƙoƙi, a shekara ta gaba ya ɗauki aiki a matsayin mai buga ganga don Harold Melvin (memba na ƙarshe na ƙungiyar 1950 na gida mai suna Blue Notes).
Teddy Pendergrass: Farkon Tafiya Mai Kyau
Teddy Pendergrass ya fara aikinsa a cikin 1968 ba a matsayin mawaƙa ba, amma a matsayin mai yin ganga don Harold Melvin da Blue Notes. Amma daga baya Guy ya fara maye gurbin soloist, a cikin shekaru biyu ya zama babban vocalist. Kuma sautinsa na sirri ya fara bayyana ma'anar band. A cikin Encyclopedia of Rock, Dave Hardy da Phil Laing sun bayyana Pendergrass' rera waƙa a kan irin waɗannan Blue Notes hits kamar "Ƙaunar da Na Rasa", "I Miss You" da "Idan Ba Ku San Ni ba" a matsayin haɗin bishara da kuma blues screamer styles.. Zafafan kalamansu sun haɗa da jajircewa da roƙon rai.
A cikin 1977, Pendergrass ya bar Blue Notes don neman aikin solo. Ta hanyoyi da yawa, mawaƙin novice ya sami taimako ta hanyar kwarjininsa da kyawun bayyanarsa. Bugu da ƙari, mata sun fi son shi a kan mataki a matsayin soloist, kuma ba a matsayin mai ganga ba. Sun taru gabaɗaya don nunin tsakar dare na musamman na Mata kaɗai. Don jin waƙar Pendergrass Rufe Ƙofar, Kashe Fitilolin da ƙari. A matsayinsa na mai fasaha na solo, Pendergrass ya faɗaɗa hangen nesa don isa ga sabbin masu sauraro.
Wani marubucin Stereo Review ya lura cewa yayin da yake jin tsoro da roƙon soyayya tare da ɗanyen namiji wanda ke sa mata da yawa firgita, ya kuma koyi yin waƙa a hankali. Don haka, samun shahara tsakanin masu son zaƙi. Haka abin yake ga wadanda suka fi son taurin kai. Kusan dukkan albam dinsa sun tafi platinum.
Kuma an gane Pendergrass a matsayin babban alamar jima'i baƙar fata na ƙarshen 1970s. A matsayin mai zane na solo, Pendergrass ya zama mawaƙa na farko na baƙar fata don yin rikodin albums masu yawa-platinum biyar a jere: Teddy Pendergrass (1977), Life Is a Song Worthing Sing (1978), Teddy (1979), Live! Coast to Coast (1980) da TP (1980), fitowarsa biyar na farko, da nadin Grammy da yawon shakatawa na siyarwa.
Teddy Pendergrass: Hatsari
Lamarin ya canza sosai a ranar 18 ga Maris, 1982. Yayin da Pendergrass ke tuƙi nasa Rolls-Royce ta yankin Germantown na Philadelphia, motar ta faɗo a kan wata bishiya. Kamar yadda mawakin ya tuna daga baya, bayan buguwar da aka yi masa, sai ya bude idanunsa yana nan. “Na dade a hankali. Na san na karya wuya na. Ya kasance a bayyane.
Na yi ƙoƙarin yin motsi kuma na kasa,” inji shi. Pendergrass yayi daidai a tunaninsa ya karye. Kashin bayansa kuma ya karye, kuma gutsuttsuran kashi sun yanke wasu muhimman jijiyoyi. Motsi ya iyakance ga kai, kafadu da biceps. Lokacin da girman lalacewar ya bayyana kuma likitoci sun gaya wa mai zanen cewa mai yiwuwa gurguncewar sa na iya zama na dindindin, Pendergrass ya yi kuka har sai da ya sami damuwa. An kuma shaida masa cewa irin wannan raunin da ya samu ya shafi tsokar numfashi.
A sakamakon haka - ikon yin waƙa. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan hadarin, Pendergrass ya gwada muryarsa a hankali ta hanyar raira waƙa tare da tallan kofi a talabijin. “Zan iya waƙa,” in ji shi, “kuma na san cewa duk abin da nake bukata in yi, zan iya.”
Jita-jita da yaƙi don hoto
Aikin farko na Pendergrass shine kawar da jita-jita da ke tattare da rashin sa'arsa. Ya kasance direban da aka dakatar. Kuma da sauri ya bazu a cikin tabloids cewa yana buguwa ko maye gurbinsa lokacin da abin ya faru. Bayan gudanar da bincike a kan lamarin, 'yan sandan Philadelphia sun sanar da cewa ba su sami wata shaida ta muggan kwayoyi ba.
Ko da yake ta ba da shawarar cewa batun tukin ganganci ne da wuce gona da iri. Daga nan ne aka bayyana cewa Tenika Watson (fasinja na Pendergrass), wanda bai samu mummunan rauni ba a hatsarin, ya kasance mai fasahar transgender. Tsohon John F. Watson ya amsa laifuka 37 da aka kama da laifin karuwanci da laifuka a cikin shekaru goma. Labarin ya yi lahani sosai ga hoton Pendergrass a matsayinsa na macho. Amma da sauri magoya bayansa sun yarda da iƙirarinsa na cewa kawai ya ba da tafiya zuwa ga wanda ba a sani ba kuma bai san kome ba game da sana'a ko tarihin Watson.
Bayan an sake shi daga asibiti, Pendergrass ya fuskanci mawuyacin lokaci na daidaitawa da sabon iyakokinsa. Tun daga farko, ya tabbata cewa naƙasasshen jiki ba zai dakatar da aikinsa ba. "Na yi fice a kowane kalubale da nake fuskanta," in ji shi ga Charles L. Sanders a Ebony. “A koyaushe falsafata ita ce, ‘Kawo mini bangon bulo. Kuma idan ba zan iya tsalle a kan shi ba, zan bi ta.
Bayan watanni da yawa na gajiyar magani na musamman. Ciki har da motsa jiki tare da nauyi mai nauyi a cikin ciki don gina diaphragm mai rauni, Pendergrass, yin kowane ƙoƙari da ba za a iya tunaninsa ba, ya rubuta kundin "Love Language".
Kundin Platinum
Ya zama kundin sa na platinum na shida, wanda ke tabbatar da iyawar sa na kiɗa da sadaukar da kai ga magoya bayansa. Wani mataki na farfadowar mawaƙin ya faru ne a wurin wasan kwaikwayo na Live Aid a 1985. Lokacin da ya yi a kan mataki a cikin keken guragu a karon farko tun bayan hadarin. Yin Ganowa da taɓawa tare da Ashford da Simpson. Sa'an nan a cikin wata hira da ya ce: "Na fuskanci wani rai jahannama, kowane irin damuwa da kuma babban tsoro game da komai.
Da farko ban san yadda mutane za su karbe ni ba, kuma ba na son kowa ya gan ni. Ina so in yi wani abu da kaina. Ba na son rayuwa da waɗannan tunanin. Amma… Ina da zabi. Zan iya ƙi shi kuma in dakatar da komai ko zan iya ci gaba. Na yanke shawarar ci gaba."
Farfadowa da sabbin nasarori na Teddy Pendergrass
Ko da a cikin keken guragu, Teddy ya shahara da mata. Ya auri Karen Still a 1987. Daga baya ta tuna cewa mijin da zai aure ta ya aika mata da jan fure na tsawon kwanaki 12 a jere kafin ya ba da shawara.
Ya taka rawa a cikin kiɗan kiɗan Your Arms Too Short to Box Tare da Allah a cikin 1996 kuma ya koma wasan kwaikwayo na solo. A halin yanzu, Kada ku bar Ni Wannan Hanya ta zama abin burgewa a cikin shekaru daban-daban na Thelma Houston (1977) da The Kommunards (1986). Sabbin mawakan R&B na D'Angelo zuwa Mobb Deep ne suka zana wakokinsa na solo.
A cikin rayuwa ta gaba, ya ba da lokaci mai yawa ga kawancen Teddy Pendergrass. An ƙirƙira shi a cikin 1998 don taimakawa waɗanda ke fama da raunin kashin baya. Teddy da Karen sun sake aure a shekara ta 2002. Kuma ya sake yin aure a karo na biyu a shekarar 2008. Rayuwarsa kuma ta kasance batun wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo Ni Wace Ni. Kuma a cikin 1991, an buga littafin tarihin rayuwa mai albarka da gaske.
A cikin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin 2007, bikin cika shekaru 25 na hatsarin. Pendergrass ya yaba wa "jaruman da ba a raira waƙa" waɗanda suka sadaukar da kansu don jin daɗinsa, yana mai cewa, "Maimakon in yi baƙin ciki da wannan lokacin, ina matukar godiya da godiya."
A cikin 2009, an yi wa Pendergrass tiyata don ciwon daji na hanji. Amma, rashin alheri, bai ba da sakamako mai kyau ba. Mawakin ya rasu ne a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 2010. Mahaifiyarsa Ida, matarsa Joan, ɗa, mata biyu da jikoki tara.
