小档案
中 文 名 贝蒂.希金斯
外 文 名 Bertie Higgins
职 业 音乐家
代表作品 《Just Another Day in Paradise》
艺人资料
Bertie Higgins(贝蒂.希金斯),曾曾祖父是‘浮士德’的作者,德国诗人哥德(Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)。Bertie Higgins原名 Elbert Joseph Higgins,他的血管中流着葡萄牙,爱尔兰和德国的血液,有着诗人般的才情,成长于美国弗罗里达的希腊居民区。
个人经历
Bertie Higgins于1944年12月8日出生于佛罗里达州,Bertie身为职业音乐家,坚实的音乐基础使他在60年代早期的单独演唱能够脱颖而出,一鸣惊人。
他擅长演唱热带生活和爱情歌曲,70年代末开始音乐创作,《Key Largo》于1981年完成,是Bertie在美国流行排行榜上的一次历史性突破,不但使美国乐界对它引起了注意,而且也成为了世界性的热门曲。紧跟着Bertie又写出《Just Another Day in Paradise》,《Casablanca》,《Pirates and Poets》等他擅长演唱热带生活和爱情歌曲,曾经当过海棉采集手,
12岁时当过口技演员,在Tampa Bay学校里的天才竞赛中得过头奖,成为当地各演出团体和俱乐部中的风流人物。离校后在Tommy Roe中充鼓手,在世界各地巡演,还曾为Rolling Stones滚石,The Beach Boys沙滩小子,
Tom Jones汤姆•琼斯,Roy Orbison罗依•奥毕逊,Manfred Mann,Peter and Gordon,The Dave Clark Five等众多艺人表演的开场演出。令他得益最多的是他随Beatlemania (一支完全模仿Beatles的演唱组)一起演出的时候。
1982年他的首次演唱《卡萨布兰卡》实际上使他东山再起,因为这是他自1968年落寞以来在音乐上的又一次冒险。由于《卡萨布兰卡》这首歌曲对中国人的深厚影响,深圳东方韵公司邀请Bertie Higgins 及他的海盗乐队在2009年11月在深圳、广州、上海和北京做巡回演唱会。
2014年发行单曲《Casablanca》。
2015年发行单曲《Oh Come To Me》和《The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face》等。
2016年发行专辑《Gold From My Treasure Chest》。
Life and career
Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins (born December 8, 1944, Tarpon Springs, Florida) is an American singer-songwriter. In 1982, he had his only Top 40 album with ‘Just Another Day in Paradise’. It spawned the Top 10 romantic ballad ‘Key Largo’, which referenced the Humphrey Bogart movie of the same name and reached #8 in the U.S. ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 record chart and #1 in the adult contemporary charts. In 2009, the song was #75 on VH1's Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80s.
In 2014, Higgins completed his twentieth CD entitled, "Cowboys of the Caribbean" distributed by Toucan Cove/Universal Music which spawned two number one country hits in the UK, Australia and Europe. He is being inducted into the Florida Music Hall of Fame with a lifetime achievement award in January, 2016 along with Jimmy Buffett, Julio Iglesias and Tom Petty. He was inducted into the Las Vegas Entertainer's Hall of Fame in 2013.
The song, "Key Largo" was featured several times on Late Night with David Letterman, Jeopardy, The Guiding Light and the feature film, "The Greatest" starring Pierce Brosnan and Susan Sarandon. Jazz vocalist, Nancy Wilson recorded a version of the Bertie Higgins original song, "Casablanca" for Columbia records and Tina Turner added "Key Largo" to her concert repertoire. Pianist, Richard Clayderman also recorded an award winning version of "Casablanca". Many artists have recorded versions of Higgins' original songs.
Album ‘Gold From My Treasure Chest’ was released in 2016.