Martha Wash

Martha Elaine Wash (amuru Disemba 28, 1953) bu onye America na-agụ egwu, onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye na-emeputa ihe. Amara maka olu ya pụrụ iche ma dị ike, Wash buru ụzọ nweta ama dị ka ọkara nke Tons O' Fun, yana Izora Armstead, ka ha na-abụ abụ nkwado maka onye na-agụ disco Sylvester gụnyere na mbinye aka ya kụrụ " Ị na-eme ka m nwee mmetụta. (Dike n'ezie) ". Mgbe ha nwetasịrị nkwekọrịta ndekọ nke onwe ha, ha wepụtara egwu atọ na-aga nke ọma n'ịzụ ahịa bụ nke ha niile ruru na ọnụọgụ abụọ na chaatị ịgba egwu. Akpọrọ aha duo ahụ The Weather Girls na 1982 ka ha wepụtachara otu onye na-ere ahịa kacha ere " It's Raining Men ", nke mere ka ha leba anya na nlebara anya pop. The Weather Girls weputara ọba ise ma gosi ya nke ukwuu na ọbaakwụkwọ Sylvester.
Mgbe ọ gbasasịrị na 1988, Wash gbanwere n'ụlọ egwu dịka onye na-ese ihe na ọtụtụ egwu na-aga nke ọma. Ihe ịga nke ọma ya na chaatị ịgba egwu Billboard enwetala ya aha nsọpụrụ The Queen of Clubland, na ngụkọta nke abụ iri na ise-otu na chaatị ahụ ruo taa.
A na-ahụkwa Wash maka iwu na-akpalite na mbido 1990 nke mere ka kredit olu bụrụ iwu na CD na vidiyo egwu. Malite na njedebe-1980s, a na-eji ụda studio ya mee ihe n'ọtụtụ egwu egwu na-aga nke ọma na-enweghị ikike ya ma ọ bụ otuto kwesịrị ekwesị. Ụdị egbugbere ọnụ na-ejikọta olu ya na vidiyo egwu na n'oge a na-eme ihe nkiri, na-ekpuchi onyinye Wash na-ezobe nha Wash dị ka nwanyị zuru oke. N’ihi ya, a gọnarị ya otuto na ụgwọ eze maka ọtụtụ egwu o dekọrọ. Nke a gụnyere egwu platinum na-ere ọtụtụ " Gonna Make You Sweat (Onye ọ bụla na-agba egwu ugbu a) ". N'ikpeazụ, na Rolling Stone, onye nkatọ egwu Jason Newman kọwara Martha Wash dị ka "Onye na-agụ egwú ama ama ama ama nke '90s". Na Disemba 2016, akwụkwọ akụkọ Billboard họọrọ ya dị ka onye 58th kacha eme egwuregwu ịgba egwu oge niile.
Wash gara na McKinley Elementary wee gụchaa na San Francisco Polytechnic High School, ebe ọ bụrụ na-abụ abụ na ụlọ akwụkwọ ukwe. N'oge ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ndị ukwe ụlọ akwụkwọ na-eme njem na-eme njem na Europe ruo izu abụọ. Wash pụtakwara na ọba anọ na ukwe ụlọ akwụkwọ. N’oge na-adịghị anya ka ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n’ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, Wash sonyeere otu ozioma UGBU A (News of the World), nke gụnyekwara Izora Rhodes . Wash rụkwara ọrụ dịka odeakwụkwọ maka ụlọ ọgwụ UC.
Na February 1976, Wash gbara akwụkwọ dị ka onye na-abụ abụ ndabere n'ihu onye na-abụ abụ-abụ Sylvester na onye njikwa ya Brent Thomson. N'ịbụ onye nwere mmasị na ụda olu ya, Sylvester jụrụ ma ọ bụrụ na o nwere nnukwu enyi ojii ọzọ nke nwere ike ịbụ abụ, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ kpọtara ya Izora Rhodes. N'agbanyeghị na ọ kpọrọ ha naanị "ụmụ agbọghọ", Wash na Rhodes hiwere otu egwu egwu akpọrọ Two Tons O' Fun (mgbe ụfọdụ a na-akpọ ya "Ton Abụọ"). [11] Tons O 'Fun abụọ gbara arụkwaghịm dị ka ndị na-akwado Sylvester na album nke atọ akpọrọ Sylvester, ewepụtara na 1977. Duo ahụ bụrụ abụ nkwado ndabere na mpaghara egwu egwu nke album "Down, Down, Down" na "Over and Over", nke depụtara na ọnụọgụ iri na asatọ na chaatị Billboard Dance. N'ajụjụ ọnụ Daily Xtra ! , Wash kwuru na iso Sylvester rụkọọ ọrụ nyeere ya aka imezi ụdị ụda olu ya. Na 1978, Sylvester wepụtara ya nke anọ album Nzọụkwụ II, bụ nke na-egosipụtakwa The Two Ton' ndabere vocals ofụri album. " Dance (Disco Heat) ", onye ndu album nke gosipụtara The Ton nke ọma, gbagoro na ọnụọgụ mbụ na chaatị Billboard Dance wee bụrụ ọnụọgụ mbụ ha-otu na chaatị ahụ. Na 1979, Two Tons O' Fun bụrụ abụ na Sylvester's live album Living Proof, gụnyere showstopping solos si ma Wash na Rhodes na egwu "Ị bụ Enyi m". Mgbe afọ ahụ gasịrị, duo ahụ nwetara nkwekọrịta ndekọ nke onwe ha na Fantasy Records .
Na Jenụwarị 24, 1980, duo weputara album mbụ ha nwere aha ya bụ Tọn Abụọ nke Fun . Album ahụ wepụtara egwu egwu abụọ kachasị elu ise: "Ụwa nwere ike ịdị ka eluigwe" na "Enwetara m mmetụta ahụ". E wepụtara album ha nke abụọ Backatcha ka afọ ahụ gasịrị. Ndekọ ahụ wepụtara otu "M dabere na gị" nke ruru ọnụ ọgụgụ 72 na chaatị egwu.
Na Septemba 1982, duo wepụtara otu ha " It's Raing Men ". Egwu ahụ ghọrọ nnukwu ihe egwu ha, na-arị elu na nọmba nke mbụ na chaatị Dance na nọmba 46 na chaatị Billboard's Hot 100. Ka ihe ịga nke ọma nke egwu ahụ gasịrị, Two Tons o' Fun gbanwere aha otu ha ka ọ bụrụ ụmụ agbọghọ Weather. Na Jenụwarị 22, 1983, ha wepụtara album ha nke atọ ịga nke ọma . E weputara egwu egwu akpọrọ "Ọganihu" nke album ahụ dị ka nke abụọ ma nọrọ na ọnụọgụ iri asatọ na itoolu na chaatị R&amp;B . Na 1985, Weather Girls wepụtara ha nke anọ album Big Girls Don't Cry . N'afọ 1986, Wash wepụtara abụ solo, "Breakin' The Ice", na ụda ụda maka ihe nkiri ihe nkiri Paramount Gung Ho . Na 1988, the Weather Girls wepụtara onwe ha album nke anọ, Wash ikpeazụ album na duo. N'oge na-adịghị mgbe album ahụ gasịrị, Weather Girls kwụsịrị na Wash wee malite ọrụ naanị ya ma malitekwa ịrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-abụ abụ nnọkọ. N'ime ihe ngosi ndị ọzọ, o nyere ụda olu n'azụ na otu Aretha Franklin '' Freeway of Love '' maka ọba ya bụ onye Zoomin' onye? (1985).
N'afọ 1989, Wash dekọtara egwu " (Ị bụ Onye M naanị) Ezi Ịhụnanya " dị ka ngosi, nke David Cole mepụtara bụ onye ga-emecha mepụta ụlọ ọrụ egwu C + C. Cole mechara nye otu nwanyị Seduction egwu na-abịa mgbe ahụ. Egwu ahụ pụtara na album mbụ Seduction Ọ dịghị ihe na-enweghị ịhụnanya, wepụtara na Septemba 1989, na-ejigide ụda olu Wash wee gbakwunye ụda olu Seduction na egwu ahụ. Na mgbakwunye, ọ bụ naanị otuto maka ụda olu ya na Cole megharịrị wee gbanwee ụda ụzọ Wash nke egwu ahụ iji mee ka a ghara ịmata olu ya na egwu ahụ. "(Ị bụ Onye M Na Naanị) Ezi Ịhụnanya" ewepụtara dị ka Seduction nke abụọ na July 1989. Otu ahụ ghọrọ ihe ịga nke ọma a na-atụghị anya ya mgbe ọ ruru ọnụ ọgụgụ iri abụọ na atọ na chaatị <i id="mwhA">Billboard</i> Hot 100 na nọmba atọ na chaatị Dance . Wash ga-emecha gbaa akwụkwọ megide ndị na-emepụta ihe yana A&amp;M Records maka iji olu ya na-akwadoghị. Okwu ahụ ruru nkwubi okwu a na-anọghị n'ụlọ ikpe na Disemba 1990.
N'oge okpomọkụ nke 1989, ndị otu egwu ụlọ Ịtali bụ Black Box wetara Wash na mbụ dị ka onye na-abụ oge iji gosi egwu ha na-abịa. Wash gosipụtara mkpokọta egwu isii maka otu ahụ. N'agbanyeghị na a na-ewere ya nke ọma maka ịmegharị egwu ndị ahụ, Black Box nọgidere na-eji ụda Wash na egwu egwu wee wepụta ha na album mbụ ha Dreamland . Na Disemba 1989, Black Box wepụtara nke abụọ ha " Amaghị m onye ọ bụla ọzọ ". Egwu a, nke gosipụtara ụda olu Wash, ghọrọ ihe egwu mba ụwa wee nweta ya n'ọkwa iri kacha elu nke ọtụtụ mba. Ndị otu ahụ sochiri wepụta otu ọzọ " Onye ọ bụla ", na-egosipụtakwa Wash, nke ghọrọ ihe ịga nke ọma mba ụwa ọzọ. N'agbanyeghị onyinye Wash nyere na egwu ndị a, Black Box anabataghị Wash maka ụda olu ya kama jiri ụdị ejiji French Katrin Quinol mee ka ụda olu Wash na-egbu egbu n'oge vidiyo egwu, ihe ngosi telivishọn, na ihe ngosi egwu. Wash na mbụ mara maka asịrị ahụ wee kpee RCA Records na Black Box maka itinye ego azụmaahịa na Septemba 1990. RCA doziri okwu ahụ n'ụlọ ikpe na Disemba 1990, kwenye ịkwụ ụgwọ ego ego "bara nnukwu uru". Ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bịanyekwara aka na ya na nkwekọrịta ịdekọ album asatọ ma kwụọ ụgwọ njem njem mba ya. Na mgbakwunye, ọtụtụ ntọhapụ Black Box nwere ụda olu Wash ka ejiri kredit aka aka ya wepụtaghachi ya. Black Box gara n'ihu wepụta ndị otu na 1991 bụ nke hụrụ ntọhapụ nke mba iri kacha elu " Strike It Up ", " Fantasy " na "Mepee Anya Gị".
Na Nọvemba 1990, ụlọ ọrụ egwu C + C wepụtara otu mpụta mbụ ha " Gonna Make You Sweat (Onye ọ bụla na-agba egwu Ugbu a) ", nke gosipụtara ụda olu Wash na-enweghị nzere na egwu egwu. Egwu ahụ ghọrọ egwu mba ụwa, na-arị elu na nke mbụ na Billboard's Hot 100, wee na-ere ihe karịrị otu nde na United States. Mgbe ha chọpụtachara na ndị otu ahụ na-eji onye na-abụ abụ Zelma Davis na-eme ihe ngosi na vidiyo egwu, Wash nwara ka ya na ndị na-emepụta C + C Music Factory kparịta ụka maka kredit aka aka na royalties nke mechara bụrụ nke ọma. Na mgbakwunye, egwu ahụ jiri akụkụ olu edeziri edezi nke Wash dekọrọ na June 1990 maka teepu ngosi enweghị njikọ. Na December 11, 1991, Wash gbara akwụkwọ na Los Angeles Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu megide C + C Music Factory's Robert Clivilles na David Cole, na-ebo ndị na-emepụta ihe na ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ ha, Sony Music Entertainment, na aghụghọ, nkwakọ na-aghọ aghụghọ na ntinye aka azụmahịa. E mechara dozie okwu ahụ na 1994 na n'ihi nhazi ahụ, Sony rịọrọ MTV arịrịọ na-enweghị atụ ka ọ gbakwunye nkwupụta nke Wash maka ụda olu na Zelma Davis (onye na-egbu egbu egbugbere ọnụ Wash's Vocals na vidiyo egwu gọọmentị) maka "visualization". " gaa na vidiyo egwu "Gonna Make You Sweat".
A tọhapụrụ album mbụ ya akpọrọ Martha Wash na February 23, 1993. Album a kacha elu na nọmba 169 na Billboard 200, nọmba 42 na chaatị Album R&amp;B, yana nọmba 8 na chaatị Albums Heatseekers . Otu ụzọ egwu album ahụ, " Carry On ", ewepụtara na Ọktoba 30, 1992, ghọrọ otu egwu Wash nke ise-otu dị ka onye na-ese ihe na US. Nke abụọ bụ " Nye Ya Gị " rutekwara nọmba nke mbụ na chaatị ịgba egwu. Nke atọ album "Runaround" ruru top-iri na Dance chaatị, ma soso otu "So Whatcha Gonna Do" adaghị chaatị. "Ugbu a Ị Ga-apụ" ka ewepụtara dị ka otu nkwado.
N'afọ 1994, ụlọ ọrụ egwu C + C, bụ onye ka ya na Wash kwekọrịtara na ikpe ya, rịọrọ Wash ka ọ sonyere otu ahụ wee dekọọ na ọba ha. N'August 9, 1994, otu ahụ wepụtara album ha nke abụọ Anything Goes! . Otu ihe nkiri album ahụ bụ "Ị Wanna Get Funky" gosipụtara mmekorita nke Wash, C + C Music Factory, Zelma Davis, na Trilogy . "You Wanna Get Funky" peaked na nọmba iri anọ na Hot 100 na nọmba nke mbụ na chaatị Dance. Wash gosikwara egwu ọzọ "Takin' Over" sitere na ọba ahụ. N'otu afọ ahụ, Wash dekọkwara ma wepụta mkpuchi nke Jean Knight 's " Mazi Big Stuff " maka ụda egwu egwu egwu egwuregwu American egwuregwu ihe nkiri D2: The Mighty Ducks . Na 1995, Wash malitere njem mba ụwa na ụlọ ọrụ egwu C+C.
Na 1997, American DJ na onye na-edekọ ihe ndekọ Todd Terry wepụtara album nke isii ya Njikere maka Ụbọchị Ọhụrụ . Otu onye ndu album ahụ " Nọgidenụ na-Jumpin " nke gosipụtara mmekorita nke Terry, Wash, na Jocelyn Brown, ka ewepụtara na June 24, 1996. Egwu ahụ ruru na ọnụ ọgụgụ nke mbụ na chaatị Dance wee ruo n'elu-iri na chaatị Single UK . Na June 9, 1997, ha wepụtara otu nsonye " Ihe Na-aga" Na (Na Mkpụrụ Obi Gị) ". Egwu ahụ tolitere chaatị egwu egwu wee ruo na ọnụọgụ ise na chaatị ndị UK Singles. Na mgbakwunye, abụ ahụ enwetakwara asambodo Silver-status na United Kingdom.
Na Jenụwarị 1998, Wash wepụtara album mkpokọta The Collection, na ndekọ Logic. Onye ndu otu " Ọ na-ezobe ndị ikom ... The Sequel ", nke gosipụtara RuPaul, gbagoro na ọnụọgụ iri abụọ na abụọ na chaatị Dance. Nke abụọ album "Catch the Light" ghọrọ Wash nke iri-otu egwu na chaatị Dance. Otu ikpeazụ nke album a "Bịa" ruru na ọnụọgụ anọ na chaatị egwu. A na-egosipụtakwa Wash na otu Todd Terry's "Njikere maka Ụbọchị Ọhụrụ", nke ruru ọnụọgụ iri abụọ na chaatị egwu.
N'afọ 2000, Wash weputara egwu abụọ "Gee nti ndị mmadụ" wee dekọọ ụdị nke "Ọ na-ezobe ndị ikom". N'afọ 2004, ọ wepụtara otu ozi oma "You welie m elu". A na-asa ihe na emume mmeghe nke OutGames na Montreal na Julaị 2006. Ọ mekwara n'ọtụtụ ihe omume Mgbasa Ozi Ndị ruuru mmadụ na US Na 2006, Wash pụtara dị ka ọbịa na GSN's Enwere m ihe nzuzo, wee mee "Ọ bụ mmiri ozuzo Men" maka ndị mmekọ nwoke na nwanyị.
DJ Tony Moran 's compilation CD The Event featured one featuring Martha isiokwu " Nọgidenụ Your Body Working ". Ọ ruru No. 1 na chaatị Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play maka izu na-agwụ na Disemba 22, 2007. Na 2007, nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke Pimpin' na Jonny McGovern, nwoke nwere mmasị nwoke-themed pọdkastị, raara ihe omume na-asachapụ na ọ manyere ha na ogologo ekwentị ajụjụ ọnụ.
Na Maachị 2008, ọ rụrụ n'ụbọchị Big Gay Day na Brisbane, Australia. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ na Chicago Pride Parade na June 2008. N'August 2009, ọ rụrụ na emume mmeghe nke NAGAAA Gay Softball World Series.
N'October 1, 2012, ọ pụtara na Late Show na David Letterman, na-eme ememe ncheta afọ 30 nke ntọhapụ nke "It's Raing Men". E wepụtara album solo nke abụọ nke Wash Something Good na Jenụwarị 10, 2013, n'ụwa niile. Otu ụzọ ọkpụkpọ album ahụ bụ "Enwetara m Gị", ewepụtara na Eprel 1, 2011, nwetara nzaghachi dị mma site n'aka ndị nkatọ. Na March 2013, ọ bụ onye ọbịa pụrụ iche maka New York City Gay Men Chorus n'oge mmepụta mmiri ha "Big Gay Sing 6: Club Night Out". Nke abụọ otu "Ọ bụ Oge M" ka ewepụtara na Septemba 22, 2013. N'otu afọ ahụ, Wash mekwara ka ọ pụta ìhè na fim nkiri " 20 Feet from Stardom ". Na February 2014, Wash pụtara na egwu "Enwere m ike nweta Amen?" maka album RuPaul Amụrụ ọtọ . Na Maachị 2014, Wash weputara remix nke otu nke atọ "Agaghị m Adata", nke ruru na ọnụọgụ abụọ na chaatị Dance.
N'ọnwa Febụwarị 2015, Wash na Tony Moran wepụtara " Ndị mmadụ efu ", nke rukwara nọmba nke mbụ na chaatị Dance Club Songs. Na 2015, Wash guzobere otu ndị na-egwu egwu disco Evelyn "Champagne" King na Linda Clifford kpọrọ First Ladies of Disco . Ndị otu ahụ wepụtara otu mpụta mbụ ha bụ "Gosi Ụfọdụ Ịhụnanya" na Maachị 2015, nke ruru ọnụ ọgụgụ isii na chaatị Dance. Na Disemba 2015, Wash wepụtara otu "N2U", nke Showtek na Eva Shaw mepụtara na Spinnin' Records. Na November 2017, Wash na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ na onye na-agụ egwú Turkish Serhat, na-ahapụ otu onye nwere ọtụtụ nsụgharị nke ntinye Eurovision 2016 ya Amaghị m .
Na Maachị 2018, Wash malitere usoro webụsaịtị YouTube nke akpọrọ "Nkeji iri na Martha Wash". N'April 2018, Wash wepụtara otu "Bịa na Ìhè". E gosipụtara egwu a na ihe nkiri egwu "Wholly Broken" nke Wash na-arụ ọrụ nke nwanyị aha ya bụ "Rose". Na Septemba 2018, Wash sonyeere ndị nkedo nke WaistWatchers: The Musical.
Na Machị 2019, First Ladies of Disco (nke Wash, Clifford na Norma Jean Wright mebere ugbu a) wepụtara otu ha nke abụọ "Akwụsịla m Ugbu a". Na Ọgọst 10, 2019, Wash wepụtara otu "Dị ka Ọkụ". Egwu a rụrụ dị ka onye ndu otu sitere na album ya nke atọ Love & Conflict . E wepụtara ịhụnanya na esemokwu na Jenụwarị 6, 2020.
N'ihe dị ka afọ 2014, egwu ndị na-egosi olu Wash enwetala ọnụọgụ iri na ise nke otu egwu egwu egwu, na-etinye ya n'etiti ndị na-agụ egwú kachasị elu nke nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ kasị elu na US Dance Club Songs chart . Ọganihu ya dị ka otu n'ime ndị na-abụ abụ na-eduga n'ụdị egwu ụlọ ga-enweta aha nsọpụrụ ya Queen of Clubland. A na-akpọkwa ya The Voice. Na Rolling Stone, onye nkatọ Jason Newman kọwara Martha Wash dị ka "Onye na-agụ egwú ama ama ama ama nke '90s".
Ọrụ Martha Wash emetụtala ọtụtụ ndị na-ese ihe gụnyere RuPaul, bụ onye kwuru na "[Wash] jikọtara olu ozioma n'ime egwu egwu na egwu egwu n'enweghị nsogbu. Olu ya na-agwa ma ụka na ntị pop ma wuo ya ka ọ ghara imebi bass. Ogwu egwu olu ya dị iche ma maa mma. Ọtụtụ ndị na-abụ abụ na-aga n'egwú egwu, ma ọ bụ ya. RuPaul kwetara na egwu Wash "Gaa n'ihu" kasiri ya obi n'oge nne ya nwụrụ. Otu ya na C + C Music Factory, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Onye ọ bụla Na-agba egwu Ugbu a)" gụnyere na VH1 kachasị elu "100 Greatest Dance Songs", mgbe " Ọ na-ezo "na-ahọrọ na nọmba iri atọ na ise.