Melba Montgomery

**Melba Joyce Montgomery** (14 ga Oktoba, 1938 - 15 ga Janairu, 2025) mawaƙiya ce kuma mawaƙiya a ƙasar Amurka. An san ta da jerin waƙoƙin duet da aka yi tare da George Jones, Gene Pi oxy, da Charlie Louvin . Ta kuma kasance mawaƙiya kaɗai, bayan ta kai saman jadawalin waƙoƙin ƙasar a shekarar 1974 da waƙar, " Babu Caji ". An haife ta a Tennessee amma ta girma a Alabama, Montgomery ta sami tarbiyyar kiɗa. Tare da 'yan uwanta biyu (mawakan Carl da Earl Montgomery), ta shiga gasar baiwa wadda ta jawo hankalin Roy Acuff . Tsawon shekaru da dama, ta yi yawon shakatawa a ƙasar a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar mawakansa har sai da ta sanya hannu tare da United Artists Records a shekarar 1963.

A United Artists, Montgomery ta yi aiki tare da George Jones a jerin waƙoƙin duet. Waƙoƙinsu na farko shine " We Must have been Out of Our Minds " na 1963, wanda ya zama ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin guda biyar mafi kyau a jadawalin ƙasar. Shekaru da yawa, Jones da Montgomery sun yi rangadin kuma sun yi rikodin tare. Daga cikin sauran waƙoƙin su akwai " What's in Our Heart ", " Let's Invite Them Over ", da "Party Pickin'". Montgomery ta zama sananne a matsayin mai zane-zanen duet yayin da shekaru goma suka ci gaba. Ta yi rikodi tare da Gene Pitney da Charlie Louvin a cikin waƙoƙin ƙasa da yawa. Duk da haka, aikinta na kaɗaici ya ɓace, har sai da ta koma Elektra Records a 1973. Waƙarta ta 1974 game da uwa mai suna "No Charge" ta zama nasara ta kasuwanci a cikin nau'ikan waƙoƙi da yawa. Sai aka biyo baya da jerin waƙoƙin da ke nuna jadawalin, ciki har da manyan waƙoƙi 20 " Don't Let the Good Times Fool You " (1975).

An haifi Melba Joyce Montgomery  a cikin dangin mawaka a Iron City, Tennessee, Amurka, a ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 1938.  Yan'uwa mata, Carl da Earl Montgomery, daga baya sun zama mawakan waƙa a fagen kiɗan ƙasar.  An girma ta a Florence, Alabama, inda mahaifinta ya koyar da darussan murya a cocin Methodist na yankin.  Montgomery ta fara waƙa a cocin Methodist  kuma daga baya aka ba ta guitar tana da shekaru 10.  Montgomery da 'yan'uwanta mata biyu sun kafa ƙungiya uku a ƙarshen shekarunsu na matasa. Lokacin da take da shekaru 20, 'yan'uwan ukun sun lashe gasar baiwa ta masu son karatu da aka gudanar a gidan rediyon Nashville na WSM's Studio C, wanda a lokacin ya ƙunshi Grand Ole Opry .  Da yake ta yi mamakin waƙar, alkalin abubuwan da ke cikin baiwar, Roy Acuff, ya gayyaci Montgomery da ta yi yawon shakatawa tare da shi a maimakon mawaƙiya June Webb .  Montgomery ta yi rangadin yawon shakatawa da Acuff daga 1958 har zuwa 1962.  Ta kuma yi rikodin waƙoƙi uku na ƙungiyar Nugget a shekarar 1962. 

## Sana'a

### 1963–1972: Nasara tare da George Jones da kuma aiki a matsayin mai zane-zane biyu
A shekarar 1963, Montgomery ta sanya hannu kan kwangilar rikodin ta ta farko mai taken "lakabi" da United Artists Records . George Jones (wanda shi ma yana cikin United Artists) ne ya gano wakokinta, wanda ya shawo kan furodusa Pappy Daily ya sanya mata hannu a kan lakabin. Ma'auratan sun fara yin rikodi a matsayin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin mawaka biyu tun daga shekarar 1963.  Montgomery ta rubuta wakar su ta farko mai suna "We Must have Been Out of Our Minds".  A shekarar 1963, wakar ta hau lamba uku a jadawalin waƙoƙin American *Billboard* Hot Country Songs . Wakar ta zama wakar da ta fi fice a Montgomery.  Sai kuma wakar *Billboard* mai gefe biyu mai taken " Let's Invite Them Over "/" What's in Our Heart " da " You Comb Her Hair ".   An haɗa rikodin a cikin kundin farko na studio na Jones da Montgomery, wanda kuma aka yi wa lakabi da *"What's in Our Hearts"* . Faifan ya kai lamba uku a jerin kundin waƙoƙin ƙasa *na Billboard* a shekarar 1963. Faifan su na biyu, *Bluegrass Hootenanny* (1964), ya kai lamba 12 a binciken kundin waƙoƙin ƙasa.  Sauran waƙoƙin da 'yan wasan biyu suka rera waɗanda suka sanya ƙasar *Billboard* ta zama ƙasa ta 40 zuwa 1967 sune: "Please Be My New Love", "Multiply the Heartaches". da "Party Pickin'". 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Auren mawakin Montgomery Jack Solomon da Montgomery a shekarar 1968.  Solomon ya fara yin wasa a ƙungiyar mawakan yawon buɗe ido ta George Jones mai suna Jones Boys, daga baya kuma ya zama mawaƙin zaman taro a Nashville. A shekarar 2014, Solomon ya mutu yana da shekaru 71.  A cikin shekarunta na ƙarshe, Montgomery ta yi fama da cutar hauka kuma ta mutu a wani asibitin kula da marasa lafiya na Nashville a ranar 15 ga Janairu, 2025, tana da shekaru 86.   An yi jana'izarta a Harpeth Hills Funeral Home a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 2025. An binne ta a makabartarta daga baya. 

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