Jean Knight

Jean Audrey Knight ( wanda aka haifa a Caliste ; Janairu 26, 1943 - Nuwamba 22, 2023) ta kasance mawaƙiya ' yar Amurka mai suna R&amp;B kuma mawakiya daga New Orleans, Louisiana . Ta fara aikinta na ƙwararru a tsakiyar shekarun 1960, Knight ta fi shahara da waƙarta mai suna " Mr. Big Stuff " wacce Stax Records ta fitar a shekarar 1971. 

 Tarihin Rayuwa 

 Shekarun farko 
An haifi Jean Audrey Caliste a birnin New Orleans a ranar 26 ga Janairu, 1943.      Bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ta fara rera waƙa a Laura's Place, mashayar 'yar uwarta, kuma ta jawo hankalin ƙungiyoyi daban-daban waɗanda suka yarda su raka ta. A shekarar 1965, ta yi rikodin wani wasan kwaikwayo na waƙar Jackie Wilson mai suna "Stop Doggin' Me Around". [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2007)">an buƙata ambato</span> ] Gwajin da ta yi ya jawo hankalin mai shirya rikodin Huey Meaux, wanda ya sanya mata hannu a kwangilar rikodi a kamfanonin rikodin Jetstream/Tribe.  Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, ta ɗauki sunan ƙwararru na "Jean Knight", saboda ta ji cewa sunan mahaifinta Caliste yana da wuyar furtawa. Knight ya yi rikodin waƙoƙi huɗu, wanda ya yi suna a yankin, amma ba ta iya jawo hankalin ƙasa ba. A ƙarshen shekarun 1960, a bayyane yake cewa aikin Knight bai cika tsammaninta ba, don haka ta tafi aiki a matsayin mai yin burodi a gidan cin abinci na Kwalejin Dominican ta St. Mary da ke New Orleans. An rene ta a matsayin Katolika . 

 Nasara a Stax 
A farkon shekarar 1970, mawaki Ralph Williams ya gano Knight, wanda ya so ta yi rikodin waƙoƙi. Tare da alaƙar Williams, Knight ta haɗu da mai shirya rikodin Wardell Quezergue . A watan Mayu na wannan shekarar, Knight ta je Malaco Studios da ke Jackson, Mississippi, don yin rikodin a lokacin da ta yi rikodin "Mr. Big Stuff." Bayan kammala zaman, an sayar wa furodusa a wasu manyan kamfanoni na ƙasa, waɗanda duk suka ƙi. Amma lokacin da waƙar King Floyd mai suna "Groove Me" (wanda aka yi rikodin a Malaco Studios) ta zama ta 1 a cikin R&amp;B a farkon 1971, wani furodusa a Stax Records ya tuna da waƙar Knight mai suna "Mr. Big Stuff", kuma ya fitar da ita.  Waƙar ta kuma zama ta farko a cikin 1971, ta kai matsayi na 2 a jadawalin pop kuma ta zama ta 1 a cikin R&B.  Ta yi fice sau biyu a cikin platinum kuma ta sami zaɓin Grammy don Mafi Kyawun R&amp;B Vocal Performance, Female ; Ya sha kashi a hannun sigar Aretha Franklin mai suna " Bridge Over Troubled Water ". Ya sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan biyu kuma RIAA ta ba shi kyautar faifan zinare .  Knight ta rera waƙar da ta shahara a Soul Train .  Wani kundin waƙar mai suna iri ɗaya ya yi nasara sosai.  Wasu ƙananan waƙoƙin sun biyo baya,  amma rashin jituwa da furodusa da kamfaninta ya kawo ƙarshen hulɗar Knight da Stax. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]

 Shekarun da suka biyo baya 
Bayan barin Stax, Knight ta yi rikodin waƙoƙin ƙananan lakabi daban-daban, amma ba ta sami damar samun ƙarin yabo ba, [1] kuma ta ƙare ta yi wasa da yawon shakatawa a yankin daular . Abubuwa sun canza a shekarar 1981, lokacin da Knight ta haɗu da furodusa na gida Isaac Bolden, wanda ya sanya mata hannu a kan lakabin Soulin'. Tare, suka fito da wata waƙa mai suna "You Got the Papers but I Got the Man", waƙar amsawa ga rikodin Richard "Dimples" Fields, "She's Got Papers On Me"; an yi hayar wannan waƙar zuwa Atlantic Records don fitar da ita a ƙasa. [1] Ba da daɗewa ba, Knight ta sami kanta tana yawon shakatawa akai-akai. A cikin 1985, Knight ta sami ƙarin yabo lokacin da ta wallafa sabon waƙar zydeco ta Rockin' Sidney, " My Toot Toot ", [1] kuma ta sami kanta a cikin yaƙin ginshiƙi tare da sigar Denise LaSalle . Yayin da sigar LaSalle ta kai manyan goma a Burtaniya, sigar Knight ta fi nasara a Amurka, inda ta kai matsayi na 50 a jadawalin pop . [2] An bai wa Knight damar yin wasan kwaikwayo a shirin talabijin mai suna Solid Gold . Waƙar ta kuma zama waƙa ɗaya tilo da Knight ya fi so a Afirka ta Kudu, inda ta kai matsayi na 3.

Duk da cewa Knight ta jira shekaru goma sha biyu kafin ta fito da wani rikodin, ta ci gaba da yawon shakatawa da yin wasannin kwaikwayo a duk faɗin duniya, musamman a jihohin Kudu . A shekara ta 2003, Knight ta yi babban waƙarta, "Mr. Big Stuff", a cikin shirin PBS na musamman mai suna Soul Comes Home . [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2025)">an buƙata ambato</span> ] Knight ta ci gaba da yawon shakatawa da yin wasan kwaikwayo kai tsaye, sau da yawa tare da masu fasaha kamar Gloria Gaynor . A watan Oktoba na 2007, Ƙungiyar Mawakan Louisiana ta girmama Knight saboda gudummawar da ta bayar ga kiɗan Louisiana ta hanyar gabatar da ita. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ] Waƙar Knight mai suna "Do Me" ta bayyana a cikin waƙar Superbad ta 2007.

 Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa 
Knight ta yi aure aƙalla sau biyu kuma tana da aƙalla ɗa ɗaya.  Knight ta auri Thomas Commedore kuma tare suka haifi ɗa ɗaya.  A farkon shekarun 1970, ta auri Earl Harris, wani tsohon ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa a New Orleans. 

Knight ta mutu a wani asibiti a Tampa, Florida, a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba, 2023, tana da shekaru 80.     Iyalinta sun fitar da wata sanarwa suna cewa: "Bayan yawon shakatawa, ɗakunan rikodi, Ms. Knight tana son dafa abinci mai daɗi na Creole ga dangi da abokai, ta yi bikin Mardi Gras tare da wasu krewes na gida, kuma tana alfahari da yin aiki a Hukumar Kiɗa ta Louisiana." 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1943
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