Fred Sledge Smith
| ụdịekere | nwoke  |
|---|---|
| mba o sị | Njikota Obodo Amerika |
| aha enyere | Fred |
| aha ezinụlọ ya | Smith |
| ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 18 Mee 1933 |
| Ebe ọmụmụ | Los Angeles |
| Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 29 Julaị 2005 |
| ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye na-emeputa ihe ndeko, odee egwu |
Fred Sledge Smith (May 18, 1933 na July 29, 2005), nke a na-akpọkarị Fred Smith, bụ ónyé America R&B na-ede egwu na onye na-emepụta ihe ndekọ, ónyé rụrụ ọrụ karịsịa na The Olympics, Bob & Earl, Bill Cosby, na Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.
Akụkọ ndụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Smith na Los Angeles, ebe nne ya, Effie Smith, rụrụ ọrụ dị ka ónyé na-agụ egwu na ónyé na-eme ihe ọchị. Ọ malitere ọrụ ya dị ka ónyé na-ede egwu na 1950s na enyi ya Cliff Goldsmith. Ha dere egwu ọhụrụ "Western Movies", nke otu olu The Olympics dere, nke nna nna Smith, John Criner, duziri. A tọhapụrụ egwu ahụ na akara ndekọ Demon, wee rịgoro na # 8 na Billboard Hot 100, na # 7 na chaatị R&B, na 1958.[1][2][3]
Smith na Goldsmith gàrà n'ihu na-ede ihe ọhụrụ na egwu egwu ọnụ ruo na mbido afọ 1960. Egwuregwu ha maka Olimpik gụnyere "Hully Gully" (nke Marathons mechara rụgharịa dị ka "Peanut Butter", nke Smith na Goldsmith nwetakwara otuto ederede), "Shimmy Like Kate" (nke e méré ka abụ 1920 "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate"), na "Dance By The Light of the Moon"; ha dekwara "Patti Ann", nke Johnny Crawford dere na 1962.[4] Ọtụtụ ndị omenkà ndị ọzọ mechara gụgharịa egwu "Hully Gully", gụnyere Chubby Checker na The Beach Boys. Smith na Goldsmith jikọtara aka mepụta ọtụtụ n'ime ihe ndekọ mbụ nke Olimpik, ébé Smith weghaara naanị ọrụ mmepụta n'ihe dị ka 1963.[5]
N'afọ 1963, Smith malitere ịrụ ọrụ màkà akara Mirwood, nke ónyé bụbu onye isi Vee-Jay bụ Randy Wood guzobere na Los Angeles. Ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ na duo Bob na Earl ン Bob Relf na Earl Nelson ma, ya na Relf na Nelson, jikọrọ aka mepụta ndekọ ha "Harlem Shuffle", nke Gene Page haziri na ntinye nke Barry White. Ihe ndekọ ahụ ghọrọ Top 10 na UK ọtụtụ afọ ka e mesịrị, Smith sokwa dee ma soro mepụta ọtụtụ n'ime egwu abụọ ahụ. N'afọ 1965, Smith so dee ma mepụta "The Duck", nké a na-ekwu na ọ bụ Jackie Lee, aha njirimara nke Earl Nelson ji mee ihe. Ihe ndekọ ahụ ruru # 14 na chaatị pop nke US, Smith gàrà n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na Nelson na egwu ndị ọzọ a na-akpọ Jackie Lee. Ọtụtụ n'ime mmepụta Smith na Mirwood maka ihe ndị dị ka Jimmy Thomas na Mirettes, ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụghị ihe karịrị ihe ịga nke ọma na mpaghara n'oge ahụ, ghọrọ ihe a ma ama na klọb mkpụrụ obi nke British Northern. Ya na onye nhazi James Carmichael na-arụ ọrụ mgbè niile.[1][2] O dekwara ma mepụta egwu na obere ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ Los Angeles ndị ọzọ gụnyere Arvee na Tri-Disc.[2]
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jason Alkeny, Biography of Fred Smith, Allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pierre Perrone, Obituary of Fred Smith, The Independent, 25 August 2005. Retrieved 23 September 2015
- ↑ Marv Goldberg, "The Olympics", Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks. Retrieved 23 September 2015
- ↑ Songs written by Fred Smith, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 23 September 2015
- ↑ Fred Smith production credits, Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 September 2015