Big Maybelle

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风格: #东海岸布鲁斯
地区: 欧美

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1924年生于田纳西的Big Maybelle原名Mabel Louise Smith。以强有力的演唱方式并具有很强a音阶控制力而着称。一开始她在出生地杰克逊地区教会唱诗班驻足，这和很多Blues女歌手没什麽不同。 1932年Big Maybelle赢取了在孟斐斯丰收狂欢节歌唱节目的一等奖。随后Big Maybelle以歌舞的方式从密西西比到印地安纳， 1944年与Christine Chatman 乐队合作，由Decca出版了其个人的首张唱片。 1950年Big Maybelle先后以主音的身份领衔The Quincy Jones 、Kelly Owens 、Danny Mendelsohn 。还于1958年纽波特民谣节上引亢高歌。 1971年在俄亥俄的克里夫兰，Maybelle在糖尿病的昏迷中再也没有醒来。作为早期蓝调女歌手，Maybelle是R&B的一面旗帜，她的嗓音略带沙哑，但瞬间的爆发却是具有非同常人的力量。

by Bill DahlHer mountainous stature matching the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal talent, Big Maybelle was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s. Her deep, gravelly voice was as singular as her recorded output for Okeh and Savoy, which ranged from down-in-the-alley blues to pop-slanted ballads. In 1967, she even covered ? & the Mysterians 96 Tears (it was her final chart appearance). Alleged drug addiction leveled the mighty belter at the premature age of 47, but Maybelle packed a lot of living into her shortened lifespan.Born Mabel Louise Smith, the singer strolled off with top honors at a Memphis amateur contest at the precocious age of eight. Gospel music was an important element in Maybelles intense vocal style, but the church wasnt big enough to hold her talent. In 1936, she hooked up with Memphis bandleader Dave Clark; a few years later, Maybelle toured with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She debuted on wax with pianist Christine Chatmans combo on Decca in 1944, before signing with Cincinnatis King Records in 1947 for three singles of her own backed by trumpeter Hot Lips Pages band.Producer Fred Mendelsohn discovered Smith in the Queen City, re-christened her Big Maybelle, and signed her to Columbias OKeh R&B subsidiary in 1952. Her first Okeh platter, the unusual Gabbin Blues (written by tunesmith Rose Marie McCoy and arranger Leroy Kirkland) swiftly hit, climbing to the upper reaches of the R&B charts. Way Back Home and My Country Man made it a 1953 hat trick for Maybelle and OKeh. In 1955, she cut a rendition of Whole Lot of Shakin Goin On a full two years before Louisiana piano pumper Jerry Lee Lewis got his hands and feet on it. Mendelsohn soon brought her over to Herman Lubinskys Savoy diskery, where her tender rendition of the pop chestnut Candy proved another solid R&B hit in 1956. Maybelle rocked harder than ever at Savoy, her Ring Dang Dilly, Thats a Pretty Good Love, and Tell Me Who benefiting from blistering backing by New Yorks top sessioneers. Her last Savoy date in 1959 reflected the changing trends in R&B Howard Biggs stately arrangements encompassed four violins. Director Bert Stern immortalized her vivid blues-belting image in his ary Jazz on a Summers Day, filmed in color at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Maybelle persevered throughout the 60s, recording for Brunswick, Scepter (her Yesterdays Kisses found her coping admirably with the uptown soul sound), Chess, Rojac (source of 96 Tears), and other labels. But the good years were long gone when she slipped into a diabetic coma and passed away in a Cleveland hospital in 1972.