Lucy Smith Collier

**Lucy Smith Collier** (Maris 16, 1925 − Satumba 19, 2010), wacce aka fi sani da "Little Lucy," mawaƙiyar bishara ce ta Amurka, mai buga piano, mai buga organ, kuma mawaƙiya. Ta jagoranci ƙungiyar mata ta bishara, The Little Lucy Smith Singers, kuma mawaƙiya ce kuma mai rakiya ga Roberta Martin Singers . Jikanyar mai wa'azin Holiness Elder Lucy Smith, ta fara buga organ a Cocin All Nations Pentecostal tana da shekaru goma sha biyu. Daga cikin waƙoƙinta da ta fi shahara akwai "Oh My Lord, What a Time", "What a Blessing in Jesus,"  da "He's my Light," wanda ya zama abin sha'awa ga Roberta Martin Singers. 

## Shekarun farko
An haifi Smith a Chicago a ranar 16 ga Maris, 1925. Mahaifiyarta, Viola (Smith) Austin, ta mutu a shekarar 1927, kuma bayan haka, mahaifinta, James Eugene Austin, ya rene Lucy, da kuma kakarta ta uwa, Dattijo Lucy Smith, mai wa'azin cocin Pentecostal mai tsarki. Domin bambanta ta da kakarta, an kira ta "Ƙaramar Lucy Smith" tun tana ƙarama, wani laƙabi da za ta ci gaba da amfani da shi a lokacin aikinta na bishara.

Smith ta nuna ƙwarewa a fannin kiɗa tun tana ƙarama, kuma lokacin da take da shekara goma, kakarta ta aike ta don yin karatun piano tare da Roberta Martin, mai yin wa'azin bishara. Cikin shekaru biyu ta zama ƙwararren mai rakiyar bishara, kuma bisa ga buƙatar kakarta, ta fara buga organ a cocinta da kuma jagorantar shirin kiɗan. Dattijo Smith, mai wa'azi da warkarwa mai nasara sosai, ya kafa Cocin All Nations Pentecostal, cocin farko da wata fasto mace ta kafa a Chicago. Kwarewar Smith a matsayin mai rakiyar organ ya taimaka wajen jawo hankalin masu bauta zuwa ga cocin da ta riga ta shahara.  A shekarar 1933, cocin ya fara watsa ayyukan ibadarsa a rediyo ta hanyar shirinsu na "Glorious Church of the Air", inda ya zama ɗaya daga cikin majami'un baƙar fata na farko da suka watsa ayyukanta. Ta hanyar shirin rediyo, mutane da ke wajen yankin Chicago sun ji waƙar Smith. 

## Aikin rikodi
A shekara ta 1948, Smith ta buga waƙar bishara ta farko ta asali, "Abin da Na Samu Albarka a Cikin Yesu."

A lokacin ƙuruciyarta, ta kafa ƙungiyar Lucy Smith Trio, wadda daga baya ta zama Little Lucy Smith Singers. Catherine Campbell, Gladys Beamon Gregory da Sarah McKissick Simmons suka haɗu da ita. A tsakiyar shekarun 1950, sun sami mabiya masu yawa; sigar su ta "Someone Big Than You and I" tana ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin da suka fi shahara.   Sun kuma yi rikodin "Come to Me," "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" da "Down on My Knees." 

A ƙarshen shekarun 1950, Smith ya shiga ƙungiyar Roberta Martin Singers. Ta shirya yawancin waƙoƙin su, ban da waƙa da kunna piano da organ. Buga organ ɗinta ya shahara sosai kuma a shekarar 1962, ta fitar da wani rikodin waƙoƙin bishara kaɗai, mai suna "Ƙaramar Lucy Smith a Organ." Smith ta kamu da bugun jini a cikin shekarunta na 50, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen aikinta na ƙwararru a matsayin mai rakiya, amma ta ci gaba da rera waƙa bayan bugun organ ɗinta.

A shekarar 1981, Cibiyar Smithsonian ta gudanar da wani biki don girmama Roberta Martin Singers, kuma Smithsonian ta samo yawancin waƙoƙinta na bishara. 

## Mutuwa da gado
Smith ta mutu a ranar 19 ga Satumba, 2010, tana da shekaru 85.  A cikin littafin tarihin mutuwarta, an ambato mai shirya wakokin bishara Anthony Heilbut yana cewa, "Tana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun masu buga piano na bishara da suka taɓa yin wasa."  James Cleveland da Richard Smallwood, da sauransu, sun sami tasiri daga salon wasanta.   Waƙoƙinta sun fito ne a cikin tarin waƙoƙi da dama, ciki har da "The Great Gospel Women," wanda Shanachie Records ya buga a 1993.

## Duba kuma

* Kiɗan Bishara
* Mawakan Roberta Martin

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* KWBU a cikin The Little Lucy Smith Singers
* Wani Ya Fi Ni Da Kai Girma - Mawakan Lucy Smith a YouTube

## Manazarta