Bobby Caldwell

Robert Hunter Caldwell (Agusta 15, 1951 - Maris 14, 2023) mawaki ne na Amurka, mawaƙi, kuma mawaƙi. Ya fitar da kundin waƙoƙi da dama waɗanda suka haɗa da R&amp;B, soul, jazz, da kuma na zamani, kuma an san shi da waƙoƙinsa masu rai da kuma iyawa. Caldwell ya fitar da waƙar da ya fi shahara da kuma waƙar sa mai suna " What You Won't Do for Love " daga kundin wakokinsa na farko mai taken platinum sau biyu a shekarar 1978.

laushi da yawa, Caldwell ya koma ga matsayin waƙa daga littafin waƙoƙin Great American Song Book . Ya rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa ga sauran mawaka, ciki har da waƙar Billboard Hot 100 mai lamba 1 mai suna " The Next Time I Fall " ga Amy Grant da Peter Cetera . [1] Kasidar waƙoƙin Caldwell wataƙila an fi saninta a yau saboda ɗauko ta daga baya daga wasu mawakan hip hop da R&B.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Bobby Caldwell a Manhattan,  amma ya girma a Miami, Florida . Mahaifiyarsa ta sayar da gidaje kuma ɗaya daga cikin abokan cinikinta mawakin reggae Bob Marley ne; Caldwell da Marley sun zama abokai. Lokacin da suka girma a Miami ya fallasa Caldwell ga waƙoƙi iri-iri kamar Haiti, Latin, reggae, da R&B. Iyayensa sun shirya wani shirin talabijin na gida mai suna Suppertime .   Ya girma yana sauraron kiɗan Frank Sinatra da Ella Fitzgerald .  Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara 12, Caldwell ya fara buga piano da guitar. Yana sha'awar rock and roll, jazz, da rhythm and blues .

 Sana'a 
Caldwell memba ne na wata ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Miami mai suna Katmandu wanda ya rubuta yawancin kayan aikinsu yayin da yake yin waƙoƙin gargajiya. Caldwell ya buga kayan kida da yawa kuma ya rera waƙa. Yana da shekaru 17, ya yi aiki da ƙungiyar mawaƙa a Las Vegas, sannan ya ƙaura zuwa Los Angeles. 

Caldwell ya sami hutun aikinsa na farko a matsayin mai yin guitar ga Little Richard a farkon shekarun 1970.   Caldwell da ƙungiyarsa daga ƙarshe sun bar Little Richard, kuma Caldwell ya zama shi kaɗai.  A shekarar 1977, ya yi shekaru shida a Los Angeles yana wasa a ƙungiyoyin mashaya daban-daban kuma yana ƙoƙarin samun yarjejeniyar rikodi.  Caldwell daga ƙarshe ya sanya hannu da TK Records a Miami a shekarar 1978. Bayan an yi rikodin waƙoƙin kundinsa na farko, shugabannin sun gaya wa Caldwell cewa sun ji daɗin kundin, amma sun yi tunanin ba shi da wani tasiri. Caldwell ya koma ɗakin studio na tsawon kwana biyu ya rubuta " What You Won't Do for Love ". TK galibi lakabin R&B ne da ya shahara tsakanin masu sauraron Afirka-Amurka. Shugabannin kamfanin suna son ɓoye gaskiyar cewa Caldwell fari ne, don haka suka hana shi rufe murfin kundin. Lokacin da ya yi rangadin tare da Natalie Cole don tallafawa kundin, yawancin masu sauraro baƙi ne kuma mutane da yawa sun yi mamakin cewa Caldwell fari ne.  

Kundin farko na Caldwell ya biyo baya, sai Cat in the Hat (1980) da Carry On (1982). A cikin kundin Carry On, Caldwell ya buga dukkan kayan kida, shi ne mai shiryawa kuma ya taimaka wajen shiryawa da haɗa su.  A shekarar 1983, Caldwell ya fitar da August Moon kawai a Japan. An fitar da shi a Amurka a shekarun 1990.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1951