Kungiyar 'yan matan Amurka Blues Shirelles sun shahara sosai a cikin shekarun 1960 na karnin da ya gabata. Ya ƙunshi abokan karatunsa huɗu: Shirley Owens, Doris Coley, Eddie Harris da Beverly Lee. 'Yan matan sun hada kai don halartar wani baje kolin basira da aka gudanar a makarantarsu. Daga baya sun ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayon cikin nasara, ta hanyar amfani da wani hoto mai ban mamaki, wanda aka bayyana a matsayin bambanci tsakanin bayyanar makarantar sakandare da rashin mutuncin jima'i na wasan kwaikwayo.
Ana la'akari da su a matsayin wadanda suka kafa nau'in kungiyoyin kiɗa na mata. Sun bambanta a cikin cewa an gane su da fari da baƙi masu sauraro. Shirelles sun yi nasara tun farkon sana'arsu ta kiɗa, suna shiga cikin ƙungiyoyi daban-daban na adawa da wariyar launin fata tare da samun lambobin yabo da yawa.
An shigar da ƙungiyar a cikin Dandalin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. An haɗa ta cikin jerin shahararrun masu fasaha 100 na 2004 godiya ga mujallar Rolling Stone. Wannan fitowar ta hada da wakokin Za Ku so Ni Gobe da Daren Yau a cikin jerin wakokin da suka fi kyau.
Farkon aikin The Shirelles
An yi la'akari da shekarar haihuwar ƙungiyar a matsayin 1957. A wannan lokacin ne abokan karatunsu Shirley, Doris, Eddie da Beverly suka yanke shawarar shiga gasar baiwa ta makaranta a Passaic, New Jersey. Ayyukan nasara sun haifar da gaskiyar cewa Tiara Records ya zama sha'awar su. Da farko, ’yan matan ba su yi tunanin sana’ar kiɗa ba kuma ba su yi gaggawar amsa gayyatar ba. Daga baya sun amince da wani taro kuma suka fara aiki, suna kiran ƙungiyar The Shirelles.
Waƙar farko da aka saki, Na Sadu da Himon a Lahadi, ta kasance nasara nan da nan kuma an ƙaura daga watsa shirye-shiryen gida zuwa matakin ƙasa, wanda aka tsara a lamba 50. Daga Tiara Records, 'yan matan sun koma Decca Records tare da kwangila. Haɗin gwiwar bai yi nasara gaba ɗaya ba, kuma Decca Records ya ƙi ci gaba da aiki tare da ƙungiyar.
Ganewa da nasara
Komawa ga tsohon furodusa, matasan mawaƙa sun ci gaba da sake fitar da tsofaffin waƙa da kuma yin sababbi. Shahararren marubucin waƙa Luther Dixon ya taimaka wajen samar da dare ɗaya na daren yau, wanda ya kai lamba 1960 a 39. Ma'aurata Jerry Goffin da Carol King ne suka rubuta waƙa ta gaba. An kira waƙar Shin Za Ku So Ni Gobe kuma Mujallar Billboard ta buga sunanta #1.
A cikin 1961, an fitar da kundi na Tonight's the Night, wanda ya haɗa da abubuwan da aka yi rikodin a baya. Daga nan ne 'yan matan suka fara aiki kafada da kafada da fitaccen mai gabatar da gidan rediyon Murray Kaufman a gidan rediyon WINS da ke New York. Waƙoƙinsu suna ƙara ƙara sau da yawa kuma sun mamaye manyan matsayi a cikin jadawalin ƴan wasan. Kuma matasa masu fasaha sun yi ƙoƙari su yi koyi da su.
A cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, mawaƙa sun ci gaba da yin rayayye da yin rikodin sababbin abubuwan ƙira, duk da cewa Shirley Owens da Doris Coley sun huta saboda tsarin rayuwarsu. 1963 shekara ce mai matukar aiki ga ƙungiyar. Waƙar Wawa Ƙaramar Yarinya ta shiga cikin manyan mawakan R&B guda 10 kuma tana da ɗan ƙaramin rawa a cikin wasan barkwanci Yana da mahaukaci, mahaukaci, mahaukaci, mahaukaciyar duniya.
A cikin wannan shekarar ne suka rabu da kamfaninsu na rikodi, domin sun sami labarin cewa asusun da ya kamata a ajiye kudinsu har sai sun girma bai wanzu ba. Sai kuma kotuna, wadanda suka kare sai bayan shekaru biyu.
Shekarar Shirelles
A ƙarshen 1960s, Shirelles ya fara raguwa cikin shahara. Hakan ya faru ne saboda nasarar da 'yan wasan Burtaniya suka samu: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, da dai sauransu. Har ila yau, yawancin kungiyoyin mata sun bayyana wanda ya sa 'yan matan suka cancanci gasa.
Ba abu ne mai sauƙi ga 'yan matan su yi aiki ba, saboda an ci gaba da ɗaure su da kwangila tare da ɗakin ajiyar su, kuma ba za su iya yin aiki tare da wasu ba. Kwangila tare da kamfanin ya ƙare ne kawai a 1966. Bayan haka, an yi rikodin waƙar Minute Miracle, wanda ya ɗauki matsayi na 99 a cikin jadawalin.
Rashin nasarar kasuwanci ya haifar da watsewar ƙungiyar a 1968. Da farko, Kolya ya tafi, ta yanke shawarar ba da lokacinta ga iyalinta. Mambobin ukun da suka rage sun ci gaba da aiki kuma sun yi wakoki da yawa. A farkon shekarun 1970, sun shirya rangadi da dama inda suka yi tsofaffin kade-kade. Coley ta dawo a cikin 1975 don karbe iko daga Owens a matsayin mai soloist, yayin da ta yanke shawarar yin solo.
A cikin 1982, bayan yin wasa a ɗaya daga cikin kide-kide, Eddie Harris ya mutu. Mutuwar ta faru ne sakamakon bugun zuciya a Atlanta, a otal din Hyatt Regency.
Shirelles yanzu
A halin yanzu, tsohon abun da ke cikin ƙungiyar ba ya wanzu, tunda membobinta suna yin daban. Tambarin kanta Beverly Lee ya samu. Ta dauki sabbin mambobi kuma tana yawon shakatawa da tsohon sunanta. Shirley Owens tana yin wasan kwaikwayo da yawon shakatawa a ƙarƙashin sabon sunan Shirley Alston Reeves da The Shirelles. Doris Coley ya mutu a watan Fabrairun 2000 a Sacramento. Dalilin mutuwar shi ne cutar kansar nono.
Shirelles sun bar alamar haske a duniyar kiɗa. Ta samu kyaututtuka da kyaututtuka da dama. A garinsu, sashin titi tare da makarantar da suka yi karatu an sake masa suna Shirelles Boulevard. An ba da labarin tarihin ƙungiyar a cikin revue na kiɗa "Baby, kai ne!".
