Ruth Bowen

Ruth Jean Bowen ( née a Baskerville, daga baya Bryant ko Bowen-Bryant; Satumba 13, 1924 - Afrilu 21, 2009) ita ce wakiliyar baƙar fata ta farko a fannin baiwa kuma shugabar Queen Booking Corporation, babbar hukumar nishaɗi da baiwa ta Baƙar fata mallakar a duniya. Ta wakilci yawancin manyan 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na Baƙar fata na Amurka. 

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Ruth Jean Baskerville ga Marion Baskerville da Claude Carlton a ranar 13 ga Satumba, 1924, a Danville, Virginia . Mahaifiyarta Ba'amurke Ba'amurke ce kuma Ba'amurke ɗan Faransa kuma mahaifinta ɗan Irish ne da aka haifa a Ingila. Ta girma tare da manyan 'yan'uwa mata uku fararen fata da ɗan'uwanta James Edward Goode.  Ta halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Westmoreland da Makarantar Sakandare ta Langston da ke Danville kafin ta ƙaura tare da iyalinta zuwa Brooklyn, New York, inda ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata .  Ta yi karatu a Jami'ar New York na tsawon shekaru biyu kafin ta yi aure.

 Sana'a 
Bayan ta yi aure a shekarar 1944, ta fara samun ƙwarewa a fannin nishaɗi ta hanyar kula da harkokin kasuwancin mijinta Billy Bowen. Mawaƙi ne, yana ɗaya daga cikin membobin farko na The Ink Spots, kuma ya yi yawon shakatawa tare da su a faɗin ƙasar a shekarun 1940 da 1950.

Bowen ta fara aikinta ne ta hanyar gabatarwa ga mawaƙiya Dinah Washington ; akwai nau'i biyu na haɗuwarsu ta farko. A cewar wata majiya, yayin da take yawon shakatawa tare da mijinta da Ink Spots a Pittsburgh, Bowen ta hango motar yawon buɗe ido ta Washington kuma mijinta ya gabatar da su. Wani labari kuma shi ne cewa "Manjo Robinson, wani marubuci a fannin rubuce-rubuce na ƙasa, ya gabatar da Bowen ga Dinah Washington a shekarar 1945."  Duk da haka, dukkan majiyoyin biyu sun yarda cewa wannan taron farko shi ne abin da ya sa Bowen ya zama mai tallata kansa da manaja na Washington. Yayin da yake aiki tare da Washington da wakilin yin rajistarta, Joe Glaser, Bowen ta koyi abubuwa da yawa game da masana'antar nishaɗi gabaɗaya, da kuma game da yin rajistar masu fasaha musamman.

Ta amfani da David Dinkins a matsayin lauyanta (daga baya aka zaɓe shi a matsayin magajin garin birnin New York), Bowen ta sami lasisin yin rajista daga Jihar New York. Tare da Washington, ta kafa kamfanin yin rajista, Queen Artists, a shekarar 1959. A shekarar 1964, bayan mutuwar Washington, Bowen ta sake wa kamfaninta suna zuwa Queen Booking Corporation. Ta sarrafa dukkan nau'ikan baiwa, tun daga "...mawaƙa daban-daban zuwa ƙungiyoyin soul-rock zuwa mawakan bishara zuwa masu barkwanci."

QBC ta wakilta, da sauransu, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jr., Isley Brothers, Dionne Warwick, The Four Tops, Kool and the Gang, Bobby Womack, da Teddy Pendergrass . 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Ruth Bowen ta auri William "Billy" Bowen, ɗaya daga cikin membobin farko na The Ink Spots, a shekarar 1944. Sun yi aure har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekarar 1982. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]

Ta sake yin aure, ga Clarence "Billy" Bryant. Bowen ta mutu tana da shekaru 84 a ranar 21 ga Afrilu, 2009, a birnin New York bayan ta yi fama da cutar kansar kwakwalwa. Lokacin da ta mutu, Bryant, ɗan'uwanta James Edward Goode, da kuma surukarta Jean sun bar ta. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2009
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1924