Tommy James da Shondells wani rukuni ne na rock na Amurka da suka fito a duniyar waƙa a 1964. Kololuwar shahararsa ta kasance a ƙarshen 1960s. Maza biyu na wannan rukunin sun ma sami nasarar ɗaukar matsayi na 1 a cikin jadawalin Billboard Hot na Amurka. Muna magana ne game da irin wannan hits kamar Hanky Panky da Crimson da Clover.
Kuma kusan karin wakoki guda goma sha biyu na rukunin rock sun kasance a saman 40 na wannan ginshiƙi. Daga cikinsu: Ka ce Ni (Abin da Nake) Mai Taruwa, Ita, Kwallon Wuta. Gabaɗaya, yayin wanzuwarta, ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin kundin sauti 8. Sautinta koyaushe yana da haske sosai kuma yana daɗaɗawa. Sau da yawa ana bayyana salon ƙungiyar a matsayin pop-rock.
Fitowar rukunin dutsen da kuma rikodin waƙar Hanky Panky
Tommy James (sunan gaske - Thomas Gregory Jackson) an haife shi Afrilu 29, 1947 a Dayton, Ohio. Aikin wakarsa ya fara ne a birnin Niles na Amurka (Michigan). A baya a cikin 1959 (wato, a zahiri yana ɗan shekara 12), ya ƙirƙiri shirin kiɗan sa na farko, The Echoes. Daga nan aka sake masa suna Tom da Tornadoes.
A cikin 1964, ƙungiyar kiɗa ta kasance mai suna Tommy James da Shondells. Kuma da wannan sunan ne ya samu nasara a Amurka da ma duniya baki daya.
Tommy James yayi aiki a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba a nan. Amma ban da shi, ƙungiyar ta haɗa da ƙarin mambobi huɗu - Larry Wright (bassist), Larry Coverdale ( jagoran guitarist), Craig Villeneuve (mai allon allo) da Jimmy Payne ( ganguna).
A Fabrairu 1964, da rock band rubuta daya daga cikin manyan hits - song Hanky Panky. Kuma ba ainihin abun da ke ciki ba ne, amma sigar murfin. Mawallafin mawaƙa na asali na wannan waƙa sune Jeff Barry da Ellie Greenwich (The Raindrops duo). Har ma sun yi ta a shagulgulansu. Koyaya, zaɓin da Tommy James da The Shondells suka gabatar shine ya sami damar yin suna mai ban mamaki.
Sai dai hakan bai faru nan take ba. An fara fitar da waƙar a kan ƙaramin lakabi, Snap Records, kuma an karɓi wasu rarraba kawai a Michigan, Indiana, da Illinois. Bai taba shiga cikin jadawalin kasa ba.
Shahararriyar da ba a zata ba da sabon jeri na Tommy James & the Shondells
A cikin 1965, membobin The Shondells sun sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare, wanda ya haifar da rushewar ƙungiyar. A cikin 1965, mai shirya raye-raye na Pittsburgh Bob Mac ya sami ɗan manta waƙar Hanky Panky kuma ya buga ta a abubuwan da ya faru. Masu sauraron Pittsburgh ba zato ba tsammani sun so wannan abun da ke ciki - 80 kwafinsa ba bisa ka'ida ba an sayar da su a cikin shagunan gida.
A cikin Afrilu 1966, wani Pittsburgh DJ ya kira Tommy James ya tambaye shi ya zo ya buga Hanky Panky a cikin mutum. Tommy yayi ƙoƙari ya sake haɗa tsoffin abokan wasan sa na dutse. Duk suka rabu, suka fara rayuwarsu - wani ya yi aure, wani ya tafi aikin soja. Don haka James ya tafi Pittsburgh a cikin keɓe mai ban sha'awa. Tuni a Pennsylvania, har yanzu ya sami damar ƙirƙirar sabon rukunin dutsen. A lokaci guda, sunanta ya kasance tsohon - Tommy James da The Shondells.
Bayan haka, farin jinin kungiyar ya fara karuwa. Wata daya bayan haka, ta sami damar sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da lakabin Caca na kasa na New York. Godiya ga haɓaka mai ƙarfi a cikin Yuli 1966, Hanky Panky guda ɗaya ya zama na 1 da aka buga a Amurka.
Bugu da ƙari, daga matsayi na 1, ya yi nasara a kan waƙar Marubucin Takarda na ƙungiyar The Beatles. An ƙarfafa wannan nasarar ta hanyar fitar da cikakken kundi mai suna iri ɗaya, wanda aka tattara nau'ikan murfin 12 na hits na ƙasashen waje. An sayar da fiye da dubu 500 na wannan faifan, kuma ya sami matsayin "zinariya".
A wannan lokacin jeri shine Tommy James (vocals), Ron Rosman (allon madannai), Mike Vail (bass), Eddie Gray (gitar jagora), Pete Lucia (ganguna).
Tarihin Tommy James da Shondells kafin rabuwa a cikin 1970
A cikin shekaru huɗu masu zuwa, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da fitar da waƙoƙin da suka zama hits. Kuma har zuwa 1968, furodusa Bo Gentry da Richard Cordell sun taimaka wa mawaƙa. Tare da goyon bayansu ne aka fitar da albam din Wani abu na Musamman da Mony Mony, wanda daga baya ya zama "platinum".
Bayan 1968, ƙungiyar ta yi aiki don ƙirƙira da samar da kayan aiki. Ya juya ya zama abin lura sosai ga dutsen hauka. Duk da haka, wannan ya ɗan yi tasiri a kan shaharar ƙungiyar. Albums da waɗancan waƙoƙin wannan lokacin an sayar da su, kamar dā, da kyau.
Af, daya daga cikin mafi daukan hankali misalai na wannan shugabanci ne abun da ke ciki Crimson da Clover. Hakanan yana da ban sha'awa saboda ana amfani da na'urar sarrafa murya a nan ta hanya mai inganci don lokacinsa. An gayyace Tommy James da The Shondells don yin wasan kwaikwayo a babban biki na Woodstock. Amma mawakan sun ƙi wannan gayyatar.
Album ɗin ƙarshe na ƙungiyar ana kiransa Travelin, wanda aka saki a cikin Maris 1970. Bayan haka, an wargaza kungiyar. Kai tsaye mawakin da kansa ya yanke shawarar yin aikin solo.
Ƙarin makomar Tommy James da ƙungiyarsa
A cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, James, a matsayin mawaƙin solo, shi ma ya fitar da waƙoƙi masu inganci. Amma bai samu kulawar jama'a da yawa ba fiye da lokacin wanzuwar fitaccen mawakin dutsen sa.
A tsakiyar 1980s, Tommy James ya tafi yawon shakatawa tare da wasu taurari na baya. Wani lokaci ma yana faruwa a ƙarƙashin sunan Tommy James da Shondells. Ko da yake a gaskiya shi kaɗai ne aka haɗa shi da wannan rukunin dutsen.
A cikin rabin na biyu na shekarun 1980, fitattun fitattun jarumai biyu Tommy James da Shondells Tunanin Mu Mu kaɗai ne Yanzu kuma Mony Mony an rufe su da shahararrun masu fasaha Tiffany Renee Darwish da Billy Idol. Kuma godiya ga wannan, babu shakka, wani sabon ra'ayi na sha'awar aikin kungiyar ya tashi.
A cikin 2008, an shigar da rukunin dutsen bisa hukuma a cikin Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
Shekara guda bayan haka, Tommy James da wasu mawaƙa da ke da alaƙa da ƙungiyar sun hadu don yin rikodin sautin fim ɗin Ni, Mob, da Kiɗa. Wannan fim ɗin ya dogara ne akan littafin tarihin rayuwa na James. An sake shi a Amurka a farkon 2010.
Tun daga 2010, ƙungiyar ta kasance tana haɗuwa lokaci-lokaci don yin wasan kwaikwayo a kide-kide na kiɗa da shirye-shiryen TV. Sai dai mawakan ba su fitar da sabbin wakoki da albam ba.
