Vince Hill

Vincent Brian Hill (16 ga Afrilu 1934 - 22 ga Yulin 2023) ya kasance mawaƙin gargajiya na gargajiya na Ingilishi, wanda aka fi sani da murfinsa na Rodgers da Hammerstein "Edelweiss" (1967), wanda ya kai No. 2 a kan sashin 'yan wasa na Burtaniya. Ya rubuta kundin studio 25 da sauti da yawa,  ya rubuta waƙoƙi da wasanni kuma ya shirya shirye-shiryen talabijin a cikin shekarun 1970 da 1980, gami da They Sold a Million (BBC), Musical Time Machine (BBC) da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na Gas Street (ITV).  Baya ga aikinsa a cikin kasuwancin nunawa, ya kasance mai kula da Macular Society, ƙungiyar agaji ta Burtaniya ga mutanen da suka shafi asarar hangen nesa.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Vincent Hill a Holbrooks, Coventry, a ranar 16 ga Afrilu 1934.  Ya fara raira waƙa a cikin Gidan jama'a mai suna The Prospect a Margate, Kent, lokacin da yake dan shekara 17. Ya yanke shawarar zama mawaƙi na cikakken lokaci bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin mai yin burodi, direban mota da kuma ma'adinai.

Hanyar farko da ya samu a matsayin mawaƙi ta zo ne lokacin da ya karanta wani talla a cikin mujallar Melody Maker, wanda ya ce Band of the Royal Corps of Signals yana buƙatar mai murya. Ya yi tafiya zuwa sansanin Catterick a Yorkshire inda ƙungiyar ta kasance, ya yi sauraro, kuma ya sami aikin. Wannan ya ba Hill hanyar gudanar da aikinsa na kasa da kuma kwarewar yin aiki a duk faɗin duniya. Bayan kammala aikin soja, ya yi tafiya tare da Florodora, sannan daga baya ya zama mawaƙi tare da Teddy Foster's Band, babban rukuni da ke zaune a London. A farkon shekarun 1960 Hill ya shiga ƙungiyar murya ta Burtaniya, Raindrops, wanda ya ba shi damar farko ta yin wasan kwaikwayo a talabijin da rediyo, musamman a wasan rediyo na BBC Parade of the Pops .  Raindrops kuma suna da Jackie Lee, Len Beadle da Johnny Worth.

A ƙarshen 1961, Hill ya bar The Raindrops don sabon aikin solo. Shigar da shi na farko a cikin UK Singles Chart shine Les Vandyke ya rubuta "The River's Run Dry", wanda ya tafi No. 41 a watan Yunin 1962.   A shekara ta 1963, ya shiga cikin A Song for Europe, zafi na Burtaniya na Eurovision Song Contest, tare da wata waƙar da Vandyke ya rubuta, "A Day at the Seaside". Shekaru masu zuwa sun kasance marasa kyau, yayin da jerin abubuwan da aka saki sun kasa isa ginshiƙi.

 Ayyukan kansa 
A watan Janairun 1965, an ba Hill kwangilar rikodin kasa da kasa tare da ƙungiyar EMI, wanda ya sanya hannu a kan lakabin Columbia. Nasarar farko ta Top 20 tare da sabon lakabinsa ta zo shekara guda bayan haka tare da "Take Me to Your Heart Again", Hill ta murfin Édith Piaf ya buga "La Vie En Rose", wanda ya hau zuwa No. 13 a kan UK Singles Chart a 1966  da No. 18 a kan RPM chart a Kanada.  "Roses na Picardy", wanda aka hada a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na farko, wani nasara ne na Top 20, ya kai No. 13 a tsakiyar shekara ta 1967.

Ƙarin sanannun waƙoƙin da ya rubuta sun haɗa da "Heartaches" (No. 28, 1966), "Merci Cherie" (wanda mawaƙin Austrian Udo Jürgens ya rubuta), wanda shine waƙar da ta ci nasara a Eurovision Song Contest 1966, (No. 36, 1966), "Love Letters in the Sand" (No., 1967), "The Importance of Your Love" (music by Gilbert Bécaud, English lyrics by Norman Newell) da kuma "Look Around Me" (And You' Find Me There) "[1][2] Waƙar ta ƙarshe, wadda aka ɗauke ta daga sauti zuwa fim din Love Story, ita ce ta ƙarshe ta Top 20, ta kai No. 12 a ƙarshen rabin shekara ta 1971

Yarjejeniyar rikodin Hill ta dogon lokaci tare da EMI Columbia ta ƙare a shekara ta 1974, lokacin da ya saki kundin studio 14 da mutane da yawa. A cikin shekara mai zuwa ya sanya hannu kan sabon yarjejeniyar rikodin tare da CBS Records, wanda ya fitar da wasu kundin studio guda uku na kayan waƙoƙin zamani. Hill ya kuma ci gaba da yin aiki a kai a kai a cikin kulob, cabaret da kuma shirye-shirye daban-daban.

A shekara ta 1976, an yi bikin rayuwar Hill da aikinsa lokacin da aka sanya shi batun wani labari na This Is Your Life (wanda Eamonn Andrews ya gabatar). A cikin shekarun 1970s, Hill ya kuma fara bugawa a matsayin mai watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin; jerin sa na farko shine na gidan talabijin na BBC, They Sold A Million (1973). Na gaba shine nasarar The Musical Time Machine, wanda ya fara a 1975. Dukkanin jerin sun hada da Young Generation . Hill kuma ya dauki bakuncin shirin talabijin na farko a Kanada wanda ake kira Vince Hill At The Club, wanda kuma aka watsa shi a Amurka.

 1980s da 1990s 
Daga shekarun 1980 zuwa gaba, Hill ya fi mayar da hankali kan wasan kwaikwayonsa na kai tsaye kuma ya ci gaba da buga dukkan manyan wuraren da ke duniya, gami da London Palladium, Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House da Talk of the Town, da kuma bayyana a kan Jiragen ruwa. Zai kuma ci gaba da yin baƙo a cikin shahararrun shirye-shiryen talabijin na yau, kamar The Golden Shot, Seaside Special, Rainbow, The Good Old Days, 3-2-1, Blankety Blank da Cash in the Attic.

A cikin 1990, Hill ya hau mataki don buga Ivor Novello a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na My Dearest Ivor .  Hill kuma ya rubuta wasan kwaikwayo, Zodiac .  Ya ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo, ciki har da rawar da ya taka a matsayin The Cowardly Lion a cikin karbuwa na Kamfanin Royal Shakespeare na The Wizard Of Oz . 

 Shekaru na baya 
A shekara ta 2004, an gano Hill da Ciwon daji na prostate kuma an yi masa tiyata mai nasara. Bayan shekara guda, bayan gwajin jini na yau da kullun, an gano cewa yana da cutar myeloid leukemia. Bayan magani mai yawa, an kawo cutar a karkashin iko. An saki tarihin kansa, Another Hill to Climb (Bank House Books), wanda aka rubuta tare da Nick Charles, a cikin shekara ta 2010.

Hill ya fito ne daga ritaya a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2012 don yin nasarar dawowa zuwa mataki na dare daya kawai inda ya yi a cikin babban dare a Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Hill ya ce, "Ya kasance cikakkiyar nasara - mun sayar kuma na sami yabo tsaye. A wannan lokacin, na yi tunani kawai, "Na gama, hakan zai yi ni".

Athol, ɗan Hill kaɗai, an same shi ya mutu, yana da shekaru 42, a watan Janairun 2014.  Hill da matarsa Annie, wacce ta mutu a watan Satumbar 2016,  sun zauna a gidansu na Oxfordshire, kusa da Kogin Thames. 

Hill ya sake fitowa daga ritaya a watan Maris na shekara ta 2018, lokacin da ya koma mataki a cikin The Good Old Days of Variety a Cast a Doncaster .  Daga baya a wannan shekarar, a watan Satumba, Hill ya bayyana a cikin 'Final Farewell Show' a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Kenton a Henley-on-Thames .  A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2018, an ba da Hill don karɓar bakuncin wani taron da ke murna da Missing Believed Wiped na BFI a 25 a BFI Southbank . 
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