Roger Whittaker

**Roger Henry Brough Whittaker** (22 Maris 1936 - 13 Satumba 2023) mawaki ne kuma mawaƙi ɗan ƙasar Kenya/Birtaniya.  Waƙoƙinsa sun haɗa da waƙoƙin gargajiya da waƙoƙin da suka shahara, na ƙarshen kuma suna da salon waƙa daban-daban ko kuma salon schlager . An fi saninsa da muryarsa ta rera waƙa ta baritone da kuma iya busa alamar kasuwanci da kuma ƙwarewarsa ta guitar.

*Jaridar Times* ta lura cewa " [   wasu mawakan pop suna bayyana mawakan da suka fi shahara kuma da yawa suna bin sa. Yawancinsu ba sa yin hakan kuma Roger Whittaker ya ɗauki kansa da alfahari da rashin haƙuri a cikinsu".  Duk da cewa bai sami nasarar da ta dace ba a jadawalin, ya sami magoya baya da yawa daga ƙasashen waje ta hanyar fitowa a talabijin da kuma wasan kwaikwayo kai tsaye, tare da ƙungiyoyin magoya baya a aƙalla ƙasashe 12 (ciki har da Ostiraliya, Kanada, Burtaniya, New Zealand, Afirka ta Kudu, da Amurka ). Ɗaya daga cikin masu sha'awar shine shugaban Amurka George HW Bush, wanda aka gayyace shi ya yi wasa a gidansa.  

Whittaker ya fi shahara a duniya saboda waƙarsa ta 1971 mai suna " The Last Farewell ", wadda ta yi rijista a ƙasashe 11. A Amurka, inda aka fitar da waƙar bayan shekaru huɗu, ta zama shiga ɗaya tilo da ya yi a cikin *Billboard* Hot 100, kuma ta kai matsayi na ɗaya a jadawalin Adult Contemporary . Whittaker ya shahara sosai saboda waƙoƙinsa, ciki har da " Durham Town (The Leavin') " (1969) da " I Don't Believe in If Anymore " (1970). Masu sauraron Amurka sun fi sanin kundin wakokinsa mai suna *New World in the Morning* na 1970 da kuma waƙoƙinsa na " Ding! Dong! Merrily on High " da " The Twelve Days of Christmas ". Tun daga shekarun 1970 zuwa gaba, ya sami babban nasara kuma yana da magoya baya masu himma a Jamus suna rera waƙar Jamusanci.  An tallata kundin wakokinsa na 1977 mai suna *All My Best* a talabijin ta hanyar odar wasiƙa kuma ya ci gaba da sayar da kusan kwafi miliyan ɗaya.   Jimilla, ya sayar da kimanin rikodin miliyan 50–60 a lokacin aikinsa.  

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Whittaker a Nairobi, a yankin da ake kira Birtaniya Kenya a lokacin, ga iyayensa 'yan Ingila, Vi ( née Snowden) da Edward Whittaker, waɗanda suka fito daga Staffordshire, inda suka mallaki kuma suke gudanar da shagon kayan abinci. Mahaifinsa ya ji rauni a hatsarin babur kuma iyalinsa sun ƙaura zuwa wata gona kusa da Thika, Kenya, saboda yanayin zafi. Kakansa ya yi waƙa a ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, mahaifinsa kuma ya buga violin. [ an buƙaci ambato ] Whittaker ya koyi buga gitar a kan wani kayan kida da wani fursunan yaƙi na Italiya ya yi masa a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu daga yaƙin Arewacin Afirka . [1] An ambace shi yana cewa abin da kawai yake so tun yana yaro shi ne rikodin waƙoƙin ƙauye da na yamma daga mawaka kamar The Carter Family da Jimmie Rodgers, waɗanda yake rera waka tare da su.

Bayan kammala karatunsa na firamare, Whittaker ya shiga Makarantar Prince of Wales (wanda yanzu haka Makarantar Nairobi ce ), kuma yayin da yake can yana rera waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa a Cathedral na Nairobi.  Bayan kammala karatunsa na sakandare, an kira shi don yin hidimar ƙasa kuma ya yi shekaru biyu a Rundunar Sojojin Kenya yana yaƙi da Mau Mau a cikin Dajin Aberdare .  Ya ce yana da "wauta, son kai, kuma yana fushi" a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, kuma sojoji "sun yi masa mutum".  Bayan an sallame shi a shekarar 1956, ya yi rajista a Jami'ar Cape Town da ke Afirka ta Kudu don neman aikin likitanci, yana yin wasa a Equator Club da ke Nairobi a lokacin hutu.  Duk da haka, ya tafi bayan watanni 18 ya shiga sashen ilimin ma'aikatan gwamnati a matsayin malami, yana bin sawun mahaifiyarsa. 

## Aikin rikodi da kade-kade
An ba Whittaker hannu ba da daɗewa ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba a cikin Fontana Records,  wanda ya fitar da waƙarsa ta farko ta ƙwararru, "The Charge of the Light Brigade", a cikin 1962. (A kan lakabin waƙoƙin Fontana guda ɗaya, an yi masa lakabi da "Rog Whittaker".  ) A lokacin bazara na 1962, Whittaker ya yi wasa a Portrush, Arewacin Ireland. Ya sami nasara lokacin da aka sanya masa hannu don fitowa a wani shirin Talabijin na Ulster mai suna *This and That* .  Waƙarsa ta biyu ita ce sigar murfin "Steel Men", wadda aka fitar a watan Yunin 1962. 

A shekarar 1966, Whittaker ya sauya sheka daga Fontana zuwa kamfanin EMI na Columbia, kuma an sanya masa suna Roger Whittaker daga wannan lokacin zuwa gaba. Wakarsa ta huɗu da ya buga ita ce waƙar da ya rubuta da kansa mai suna " Durham Town (The Leavin') ", wadda a shekarar 1969 ta zama waƙar Whittaker ta farko a Burtaniya mai suna Top 20 a cikin Jadawalin Waƙoƙin Burtaniya .  Waƙar Whittaker ta Amurka, RCA Victor, ta fitar da waƙar "New World in the Morning" a shekarar 1970, inda ta zama waƙar da ta fi shahara a jadawalin Sauƙin Sauraron Mujallar *Billboard* . A wannan shekarar, waƙar sa mai taken "No Blade of Grass", wadda aka rubuta don daidaita fim ɗin da sunan iri ɗaya da aka rera a lokacin taken farko da na ƙarshe, ta zama waƙar fim ta farko da ya rera. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

A farkon shekarun 1970, Whittaker ya fara sha'awar ƙasashen Nordic lokacin da ya yi rikodin waƙar "Where the Angels Tread" ( Änglamarken ) zuwa waƙar Evert Taube a shekarar 1972.

A shekarar 1974 ya yi wasa a gasar cin kofin Eurovision ta ƙasar Finland.  Waƙar "The Finland Whistler" da ya yi ta shahara a ƙasar Finland domin an yi amfani da ita a matsayin waƙa mai taken shirin girki na talabijin na Yle mai suna *Patakakkonen* . 

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