Dennis Lotis

**Dennis Lotis** (8 Maris 1925 - 8 Fabrairu 2023) ɗan Afirka ta Kudu mawaki ne, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, kuma ɗan wasan nishaɗi, wanda shahararsa ta yi girma a cikin shekarun 1950s. An bayyana shi da cewa yana da "salo  wanda ke da sha'awa musamman ga matasan mata". 

## Rayuwa da aiki
An haifi Lotis a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu, a ranar 8 ga watan Maris 1925.   Ya samu horo a matsayin Bou soprano, kuma ya sanya matakin farko na bayyanuwa da watsa shirye-shiryen rediyo tun yana yaro. Bayan ya bar makaranta yana ɗan shekara 15 ya yi aiki a matsayin madugu na bas da lantarki, da kuma waka a kulob da gidajen sinima a Johannesburg. Ya yi aure kuma ya bar Afirka ta Kudu tare da matarsa a farkon shekarun 1950, ya ƙaura zuwa Biritaniya, inda aka gabatar da shi ga ɗan sanda Ted Heath. Ya shiga ƙungiyar Orchestra na Ted Heath, yana raira waƙa tare da Lita Roza da Dickie Valentine. Rikodinsa na farko shine Cover version Al Martino 's hit " Here in My Heart ", wanda aka saki a cikin watan Satumba 1952 akan laƙabin Polygon mai zaman kansa.  Daga baya ya yi rikodin tare da Johnston Brothers da Ted Heath da Kiɗansa; "Such A Night" / "Cuddle Me" Decca Records ta fito dashi a cikin shekarar 1954.  

Lotis ya tafi solo a tsakiyar 1950s, kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da suka fi nasara akan da'irar Birtaniyya iri-iri, kuma yana fitowa akai-akai akan rediyon BBC.  Ya fito a cikin Royal Variety Performance a cikin shekarar 1957,  kuma a waccan shekarar an zaɓe shi Babban Mawaƙin Maza a cikin Zaɓen shekara-shekara na *Melody Maker*. Ya kuma zagaya Amurka tare da kungiyar kaɗe-kaɗe ta Ted Heath. Ya yi rikodin a ƙarshen 1950s da farkon 1960s don alamun Pye Nixa da Columbia. 

A cikin shekarar 1956, Lotis ya zagaya tare da samar da *Harmony Close* na kiɗa, kuma ya fara aiki a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo a shekarar 1959 a *The World of Paul Slickey*.  Har ila yau, ya fito a cikin fina-finan Burtaniya da yawa, ciki har *da Duniya mai ban mamaki* & *Ƙarin Rana* (1956), *Birnin Matattu* (wanda kuma aka sani da *Horror Hotel*, 1960), *Sword of Sherwood Forest* (1960), *Abin da kowace mace ke so* (1962). ), kuma *Dole ne ta tafi* (1962). Ya kuma bayyana a mataki kamar Lucio a cikin samar da John Neville na Shakespeare 's *Measure for Measure*.

Lotis ya ci gaba da aikinsa a matsayin mawaƙi, yana fitowa a kan  *Six-Five Special da* kuma *Thank Your Lucky Stars*, kuma a cikin shekarar 1960s da aka rubuta don alamun Sarki da Polydor.  Duk da haka, salon waƙarsa ya zama tsohon zamani, kuma bayan wani lokaci yana wasa da kulob na maza, ya kafa nasa kayan gargajiya da kasuwancin gidan abinci a Tring.  Ya koma wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa a gidan wasan kwaikwayo a cikin shekarar 1980s,  kuma ya ba da wasan bankwana a Mundesley, Norfolk, a cikin shekarar 2005, yana bin kiɗe-kiɗe a Faransa da Spain.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Lotis ya auri mawakiya Rena Mackie kafin ya bar Afirka ta Kudu.  Wani fim ɗin Pathe News daga shekarun 1958 ya nuna shi a gida tare da matarsa, 'ya'yansa, da tarin tarin bututu.   Sun zauna a Mill Hill, Kings Langley, da Tring kafin su ƙaura zuwa Field Dalling  a Norfolk a cikin shekarar 1982. Ya sake yin aure bayan mutuwar matarsa kuma daga baya ya zauna a Stiffkey da ke gabar tekun Norfolk ta Arewa. 

Lotis ya mutu a ranar 8 ga watan Fabrairu, 2023, yana da shekara 97.

## Filmography
* *[[The Extra Day]]* (1956)
* *[[It's a Wonderful World (1956 film)|It's a Wonderful World]]* (1956)
* *[[The Golden Disc]]* (1958)
* *[[Make Mine a Million]]* (1959)
* *[[The City of the Dead (film)|The City of the Dead]]* aka *Horror Hotel* (1960)
* *[[Sword of Sherwood Forest]]* (1960)
* *[[What Every Woman Wants (1962 film)|What Every Woman Wants]]* (1962)
* *[[She'll Have to Go]]* (1962)

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