Me kuke danganta funk da ruhi da? Tabbas, tare da muryoyin James Brown, Ray Charles ko George Clinton. Sanannen da ba a san shi ba game da asalin waɗannan mashahuran mashahuran na iya zama sunan Wilson Pickett. A halin yanzu, ana ɗaukarsa ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane a tarihin rai da funk a cikin 1960s.
Yaro da matashi na Wilson Pickett
An haifi gunki na miliyoyin jama'ar Amirka a ranar 18 ga Maris, 1941 a Prattville (Alabama). Wilson shine ƙarami cikin yara 11 a cikin iyali. Amma bai sami soyayya mai girma daga iyayensa ba kuma ya tuna lokacin ƙuruciya a matsayin lokacin rayuwa mai wahala. Bayan sabani akai-akai da uwa mai saurin fushi, yaron ya ɗauki karensa mai aminci, ya bar gida ya kwana a cikin daji. A 14, Pickett ya koma tare da mahaifinsa a Detroit, inda sabuwar rayuwarsa ta fara.
Ci gaban Wilson a matsayin mawaƙa ya fara komawa Prattville. A nan ya shiga ƙungiyar mawaƙa na cocin Baptist na yankin, inda aka tsara ayyukansa na kishi da kuzari. A Detroit, Pickett ya sami wahayi ta hanyar aikin Little Richard, wanda daga baya ya kira a cikin tambayoyinsa "maginin dutse da nadi."
Nasarorin farko na Wilson Pickett
Wilson a cikin 1957 ya sami damar shiga cikin sahu na ƙungiyar bishara The Violinaries, wanda a lokacin ya kusan a saman shahararsa. Rikodin farko na Pickett ita ce Alamar Hukunci guda ɗaya. Kiɗa da addini sun kasance ba a raba su ga mai zane na kusan shekaru huɗu, har sai ya shiga The Falcons.
Ƙungiyar Falcons kuma ta yi aiki a cikin nau'in bishara kuma sun yi tasiri sosai a cikin kasar. Ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin farko don ƙirƙirar ƙasa mai albarka don haɓaka kiɗan rai. Daga cikin tsoffin membobin kungiyar za ku iya ganin sunaye irin su Mac Rice da Eddie Floyd.
A cikin 1962, an sake na sami Ƙauna, wani abu mai fashewa da The Falcons ya yi. Ya yi kololuwa a lamba 6 a saman ginshiƙi na R&B na Amurka da lamba 75 akan taswirar kiɗan pop. Ƙarfafawa da haske ya ɗaukaka sunayen mawaƙa, yana faɗaɗa masu sauraron su sosai.
Bayan shekara guda, Wilson ya sa ran nasara a cikin aikinsa na solo. A shekara ta 1963, an sake sakinsa guda ɗaya It's Too Late, wanda kuma ya kai lamba 6 akan taswirar R&B kuma ya kai saman 50 akan tashar poplar Amurka.
Wilson Pickett kwangila tare da Atlantic
Nasarar da ya yi latti ya ja hankalin manyan kamfanonin kade-kade ga matasa kuma masu kwazo. Bayan fitowar ta farko, mai shirya fina-finan Atlantika Jerry Wexler ya sami Wilson kuma ya ba mai zanen kwangila mai riba.
Duk da haka, Pickett ya kasa "karye" har zuwa kololuwar shahara har ma da goyon bayan mai samarwa. Kadan da ya yi I'm Gonna Cry bai ja hankalin masu sauraro ba (Matsa na 124 a cikin jadawalin). Ƙoƙari na biyu kuma bai yi nasara ba, duk da haɗin gwiwar ƙungiyar kwararru don yin aiki a kai: furodusa Bert Burns, mawaƙa Cynthia Well da Barry Mann, mawaƙa Tammy Lynn. Haɗin gwiwa guda Ku zo Gida Baby bai cancanci kulawar masu sauraro ba.
Wilson bai daina ba kuma ya ci gaba da yin aiki a kan kerawa. Ƙoƙari na uku na komawa ga jadawalin ya yi nasara ga mai yin wasan. Abun da ke ciki A cikin Sa'a Tsakar Dare, da aka rubuta a Stax Records, ya ɗauki matsayi na 3 akan taswirar R&B kuma ya buga matsayi na 21 akan taswirar pop. Masu sauraron kasashen waje sun karbe sabon aikin. A cikin Burtaniya, A cikin Sa'ar Tsakar dare ta yi kololuwa a lamba 12 akan Chart Singles na Burtaniya. Faifan ya sami matsayin "zinariya", bayan tattara fiye da tallace-tallace miliyan 1 a cikin ƙasa da duniya.
Bayan ya zama sananne, Pickett bai ji daɗin shahara ba kuma ya yi aiki akan sabon kerawa. Bayan A cikin Sa'a Tsakar Dare, Kada Ku Yi Yaƙi, An saki Tasa'in da Tara da Rabi da 634-5789 (Soulsville, Amurka). Duk waɗannan hits ana la'akari da ruhin ruhohi a yau, kuma duk sun buga sigogin R&B na ƙasar.
Lakabin ya hana Pickett yin rikodin waƙoƙi a wasu wuraren, amma ya ba da kyakkyawan madadin - Fame Studios. An dauke ta a cikin masoyan rai a matsayin ainihin ƙirƙira na hits. Masu suka sun lura cewa aikin da aka yi a sabon ɗakin studio ya yi tasiri mai kyau ga aikin mawaƙa.
Matsar zuwa Rikodin RCA da rikodin Wilson Pickett na ƙarshe
A cikin 1972, Pickett ya ƙare kwangilarsa da Atlantic kuma ya koma RCA Records. Mawakin ya yi rikodin wakoki da dama masu nasara (Mr. Magic Man, International Playboy, da sauransu). Duk da haka, waɗannan abubuwan da aka tsara ba su sami nasarar mamaye saman jadawalin ba. Waƙoƙin ba su mamaye sama da matsayi na 90 a kan Billboard Hot 100 ba.
Pickett ya yi rikodin sa na ƙarshe a cikin 1999. Amma wannan ba shine ƙarshen aikinsa ba. Mawakin ya ba da rangadin kide-kide da wasan kwaikwayo har zuwa 2004. Kuma a shekarar 1998, ya ko da hannu a cikin yin fim na "Blues Brothers 2000".
A cikin wannan shekarar 2004, kiwon lafiya ya gaza mawaƙin a karon farko. Sakamakon ciwon zuciya ya sa ya katse yawon shakatawa ya tafi neman magani. Jim kaɗan kafin mutuwarsa, Pickett ya raba wa danginsa shirin yin rikodin sabon kundi na bishara. Abin baƙin ciki, wannan ra'ayin bai kasance gaskiya ba - Janairu 19, 2006, 64-shekara artist mutu. An binne Pickett a Louisville, Kentucky, Amurka.
