Robert Stigwood

**Robert Colin Stigwood** (16 ga Afrilu 1934 - 4 ga Janairu 2016) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan ƙasar Australiya ɗan ƙasar Burtaniya, *Mai* shirya fim-finai, kuma mai ba da labari, wanda aka fi sani da sarrafa mawaƙa kamar Cream, Andy Gibb, da Bee Gees; wasan kwaikwayo kamar Hair da *Yesu Kristi Superstar*; da kuma fina-fakka, *Gashi* da Grease da Asabar Night Fever.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Robert Colin Stigwood a ranar 16 ga Afrilu 1934  a Port Pirie, Kudancin Australia, ɗan Gwendolyn (Burrows) da Gordon Stigwood. Ya yi karatu a Adelaide)" id="mwKg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sacred Heart College (Adelaide)">Kwalejin Zuciya Mai Tsarki a Adelaide. 

### Gudanar da pop na shekarun 1960
Daga nan sai ya sadu da ɗan kasuwa Stephen Komlosy tare da wanda ya kafa Robert Stigwood Associates Ltd, ƙaramar hukumar wasan kwaikwayo. Ya sanya hannu kan ɗan wasan kwaikwayo John Leyton wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya zama matashi mai bugun zuciya a cikin 1960 godiya ga bayyanarsa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na TV wanda ya dogara da Biggles. Leyton yana da burin raira waƙa, amma manyan kamfanonin rikodin sun ƙi shi; don haka Stigwood ya kai shi ga furodusa Joe Meek, wanda ya samar da waƙoƙin "Ka gaya wa Laura Ina son Ta" da "Girl on the Floor Above" (Oktoba 1960). A cewar Tony Kent (mataimakin Meek a lokacin), kodayake Meek ya kasance a rikodin na ƙarshe, Stigwood ya ɗauki matsayin babban mai samarwa. Babu wani rikodin da ya yi tasiri sosai, amma na uku na Leyton, "Johnny Remember Me", wanda Meek ya samar kuma ya sake shi a Burtaniya a ranar 28 ga Yuli 1961,  ya zama na Burtaniya No.1 bayan Stigwood ya shirya Leyton ya yi shi yayin da yake taka rawar mawaƙa mai suna Johnny St. Cyr, yana yin waƙar a kan sabon wasan kwaikwayo na Associated Television *Harpers West One*. Stigwood da Meek sun ba da lasisin waƙar ga EMI Records, waɗanda a baya suka ki damar sanya hannu kan Leyton don kansu. Wannan aikin ya sanya maza a cikin masu samar da rikodin rikodin masu zaman kansu na farko a Burtaniya.

### Bambanci
A shekara ta 1967, bisa ga shawarar manajan Beatles Brian Epstein, Robert Stigwood ya haɗu da hukumar sa tare da kamfanin Epstein NEMS. A cikin makonni bayan ya shiga NEMS ya fara gudanar da Bee Gees, ƙungiyar murya wacce, bayan shekaru da yawa a Ostiraliya, ta koma ƙasarsu ta Burtaniya tare da fatan aikin Burtaniya. A cikin watanni na farko na kasa da kasa, "New York Mining Disaster 1941", ya zama babban Birtaniya da Amurka wanda ya kai saman 20 a kasuwannin biyu, yayin da "Massachusetts" ya kai lamba 1 a Burtaniya da lamba 11 a Amurka, ya ƙaddamar da jerin Bee Gees da suka ci gaba a ƙarshen shekarun 1960 da bayan haka. Lokacin da Brian Epstein ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani a watan Agustan 1967, an ga Stigwood a matsayin mai iya maye gurbin kungiyar NEMS, amma Beatles sun ki yin aiki tare da shi. A sakamakon haka ya bar NEMS, tare da "hannun hannu na zinariya", don kafa kungiyarsa ta Robert Stigwood, tare da kawo Bee Gees tare da shi.

Har ila yau, a cikin 1967, Stigwood ya sayi sha'awar iko a cikin Associated London Scripts, hukumar marubuta da Spike Milligan da Eric Sykes suka kafa a cikin 1954, wanda yawancin masu rubutun wasan kwaikwayo da talabijin na Burtaniya suka shiga. An nada Beryl Vertue daga ALS a matsayin mataimakin shugaban. Virtue ce ke da alhakin sayar da tsarin ga masu samar da shirye-shiryen talabijin na Amurka All in the Family da Sanford da Son, waɗanda aka daidaita su daga shahararrun shirye-shirye na talabijin ta Burtaniya Till Death Us Do Part da Steptoe and Son.[1]

Stigwood ya samar da wasan kwaikwayo na Broadway Hair da Oh! *Calcutta!* don matakin West End a cikin 1968 da 1970 bi da bi. A shekara ta 1971, ya samar da wasan kwaikwayo na farko na *Yesu Kristi Superstar* - da farko a Amurka - ya fara kyakkyawar dangantakar aiki tare da Andrew Lloyd Webber da Tim Rice wanda ya ci gaba daga *Ya!*  a cikin shekaru goma tare da Evita.

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