Stephanie Mills lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm theem yuav tau hais tseg thaum, thaum muaj hnub nyoog 9 xyoos, nws yeej Amateur Teev ntawm Harlem Apollo Theatre rau XNUMX zaug ua ke. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, nws txoj hauj lwm pib loj hlob sai.
Qhov no tau txhawb nqa los ntawm nws cov txuj ci, kev mob siab thiab kev ua siab ntev. Tus neeg hu nkauj yog tus yeej ntawm Grammy Award rau Cov Poj Niam Zoo Tshaj R & B Vocalist (1980) thiab American Music Award rau Cov Poj Niam R & B Vocalist (1981).
Stephanie Mills: Suab paj nruag thaum yau
Tus ntxhais ntawm leej txiv (tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv nroog) thiab niam (tus kws txiav plaub hau), Mills yug rau lub Peb Hlis 22, 1957 hauv Brooklyn (New York) cheeb tsam thiab loj hlob hauv cheeb tsam Bedford-Stuyvesant. Nws qhov kev ua suab paj nruag thaum ntxov suav nrog kev hu nkauj hauv pawg hu nkauj ntawm Cornerstone Baptist Church hauv Brooklyn. Tab sis nws lub siab nyiam rau kev ua yeeb yam tau pib ua ntej. Mills yog tus yau tshaj ntawm rau cov kwv tij thiab yog qhov chaw ntawm kev saib xyuas thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus.
Nws tau qhia cov txuj ci suab paj nruag txij thaum pib - nws hu nkauj thiab seev cev rau tsev neeg thaum nws muaj 3 xyoos xwb. Tej zaum nws txoj kev koom tes hauv pawg hu nkauj ntawm Lub Koom Txoos Cornerstone Baptist hauv Brooklyn tau tso cai rau nws ua nws txoj kev txawj ua tus hu nkauj ntawm txoj moo zoo. Tus ntxhais lub suab muaj zog thiab meej tau zoo kawg nkaus. Nws cov kwv tij tsis tu ncua nrog nws mus ua yeeb yam hauv Brooklyn.
Mills xyaum loj hlob ntawm theem. Nws idolized vocalist Diana Ross thiab yeej tsis ua xyem xyav tias nws xav ua tus hu nkauj nws tus kheej. Thaum nws muaj 9 xyoos, tsev neeg pom ib qho kev tshaj tawm hauv cov ntawv xov xwm muab Broadway auditions rau cov tub ntxhais ua yeeb yam.
Tom qab ob peb sim, Mills tsaws lub luag haujlwm hauv suab paj nruag Maggie Flynn. Cov yeeb yam no yog "flop". Tab sis Mills tau ntsib cov neeg zoo uas tau txuas nrog kev ua lag luam thiab cov tub ntxhais hluas ua yeeb yam.
Nws kuj ua yeeb yam hauv lwm cov yeeb yam. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 11 xyoos, nws tau mus rau theem ntawm New York City lub tuam tsev ua yeeb yam ntawm African-American ua yeeb yam, Harlem Apollo Theatre, kev sib tw hu nkauj ntev ntev. Qee lub sij hawm tom qab ntawd, Mills tau tsiv mus rau qhov kev cob qhia ntawm pab pawg ntawm Negro ensembles off-Broadway. Thaum nws tseem hluas, nws tau ua yeeb yam nrog Isley Cov Kwv Tij thiab Cov Spinners thiab kaw nws qhov debut album, Movin 'hauv Txoj Cai Txoj Cai.
Stephanie Mills: Kev muaj tswv yim tam sim ntawd
Mills txoj kev muaj tswv yim zoo tuaj rau xyoo 1974 thaum nws txoj moo zoo zoo kawg nkaus-tinged mezzo-soprano muab nws lub luag haujlwm ntawm Dorothy hauv zaj yeeb yaj kiab The Magician. Qhov no yog ib theem ntawm L. Frank Baum's classic fairy taleas Tus Zoo Wizard ntawm Oz. Cov yeeb yam yog ib qho blockbuster uas khiav los ntawm 1974 txog 1979. ntawm Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera thiab Madison Square Garden.
Raws li qhov tshwm sim, tus neeg hu nkauj me me nrog lub suab muaj zog tau pib sai sai ntawm lub hnub qub Olympus mus rau lub ntiaj teb koob meej. Mills tau tshwm sim tsis tu ncua ntawm kev sib tham hauv TV thiab ntau yam yeeb yam, thiab tau tso tawm cov yeeb yaj kiab nrov R & B. Nws kuj tau txais cov ntaub ntawv kub thiab tau txais Tony thiab Grammy khoom plig. Txawm tias muaj kev vam meej thaum muaj hnub nyoog ntxov, tus kws kos duab muaj kev ua haujlwm thiab kev poob siab ntawm tus kheej. Thawj qhov kev poob siab yog cuam tshuam nrog kev nyob luv luv ntawm tus kws ua yeeb yam ua tus sau studio ua yeeb yam ntawm Motown Records.
Thaum nws mus ncig nrog The Wiz, Jermaine Jackson (Jackson Five) tau ntxias Berry Gordy (Motown tus thawj coj) kom muab nws daim ntawv cog lus. Mills tau sau ib zaug rau album Motown (1976). Nws tau sau thiab tsim los ntawm pab pawg nto moo Bert Bacharach thiab Hal David. Lub album tsis muag zoo heev, thiab Motown Records tsis kam koom tes nrog Stephanie.
Goodbye daj cib txoj kev
Tom qab tawm hauv Wiz, tus neeg hu nkauj tau pib ua yeeb yam rau Teddy Pendergrass, Commodores thiab O'Jays. Tsis ntev nws dhau los ua tus thawj coj thiab qhuas cov neeg tuaj saib thiab cov neeg thuam ib yam nkaus. Tom qab nws tso tawm ntawm Motown Cov Ntaub Ntawv, Mills tau kos npe nrog 20th Century Records.
Nws tau tso peb albums thiab cov xov tooj cua npaj R&B hits. Lub album What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin tau mus txog tus lej 8. Ntawm R&B kab kos xyoo 1979. Lub hnub qub album tom ntej, Sweet Sensation, ntaus rau saum 10 pop hits. Thiab coj 3 txoj haujlwm ntawm R & B daim ntawv qhia. Nyob rau hauv 1981, Mills tso tawm qhov kawg ntawm nws albums rau 20th Century Records. Thiab ntaus cov kab kos dua nrog Ob Lub Plawv, ib zaj nkauj nrog Teddy Pendergrass. Ua tsaug rau nws qhov muaj koob meej, nws tau txais Grammy Award. xyoo 1980 thiab American Music Award xyoo 1981.
Txawm li cas los xij, thaum tus yeeb yam ua lag luam hnub qub nyiam lub koob npe nrov ntawm theem thiab hauv xov tooj cua. Thawj ntawm nws peb txoj kev sib yuav rau Jeffrey Daniels ua tsis tiav. Cov khub niam txiv tau sib yuav hauv xyoo 1980 thiab sib nrauj tom qab lub koomhaum tsis zoo siab. Tom qab peb ua tiav albums nrog 20th Century, Stefani tau kos npe nrog Casablanca Cov Ntaub Ntawv. Thiab nws lub koob meej tau ploj mus. Nws plaub albums tom ntej, tso tawm ntawm 1982 thiab 1985, tsuas yog ib qho R & B sab saum toj 10 ib leeg, Cov Tshuaj Nkauj. Tus neeg hu nkauj tau tsaws rau hauv ib hnub TV hauv NBC hauv xyoo 1983, txawm hais tias nws tsis kav ntev. Mills rov qab mus rau nws qhov kev vam meej thawj zaug li Dorothy hauv xyoo 1984 kev txhawb siab ntawm Tus Wizard.
Stephanie Mills: Tawm tsam ntawm theem thiab hauv lub neej tiag tiag
Xyoo 1986 thiab 1987 Mills rov qab mus rau sab saum toj ntawm R & B kab kos peb zaug nrog cov nkauj hu ua "Kuv Kawm Txog Lub Hwj Chim ntawm Kev Hlub", "Kuv Zoo Siab Txog Txhua Yam". Txawm li cas los xij, Mills tau ntsib teeb meem. Kev sib yuav thib ob tau xaus rau kev sib nrauj, thiab cov neeg saib xyuas tsis ncaj ncees nyiag ntau lab ntawm nws.
Xyoo 1992, album Something Real hit the top 20 R&B singles All Day, All Night. Tus neeg hu nkauj rov qab los rau Michael Saunders, tus kws tshaj xov tooj cua ntawm North Carolina.
Paub txog ntau tus neeg ua yeeb yam ua yeeb yam zoo nkauj, Stephanie Mills tseem yog lub hnub qub R & B hauv xyoo 1980 thiab thaum ntxov 1990s. Nws melodic tseem haib mezzo-soprano lub suab yog ib qho cuab yeej uas yog tam sim no recognizable. Thiab kev kaw suab paj nruag hauv nroog thiab ncig xyuas tau tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm nws lub zog muaj tswv yim ntau xyoo. Txawm li cas los xij, thaum xyoo 1990s, Mills pib txav deb ntawm cov suab paj nruag me ntsis. Tom qab tau ntsib teeb meem nyiaj txiag vim yog cov neeg ua lag luam tsis zoo. Xyoo 1992, tus neeg hu nkauj tau foob nws tus thawj tswj nyiaj txiag, John Davimos. Txij li thaum nws cov dej num ua rau nws poob. Tsev neeg Mills raug hem nrog kev ntiab tawm ntawm lawv thaj av Mount Vernon. Tab sis tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug ntawm New York-based nonprofit Housing Assistance Corporation tau tiv thaiv qhov teebmeem no.
Mills tso tawm txoj moo zoo album Personal Inspirations hauv 1995. Thiab nyob rau hauv 2002 nws rov qab mus rau secular suab paj nruag nrog tus khiav Latin Lover. Nws tau tshwm sim hauv pawg CD Masters ntawm Kev Ua Haujlwm Peb Lub Sijhawm Yuav Los.
Kev sim neej, ntau qhov kev poob siab thiab kev ntxhov siab tas li ua rau muaj kev nyuaj siab. Yog tias nws tsis yog rau lub siab nyiam, cov kws kho mob uas tsim nyog thiab cov kws kho kev puas siab puas ntsws, nrog rau lub siab xav mus txuas ntxiv hu nkauj ntawm theem, tus neeg hu nkauj yuav tsis nco qab lawm. Niaj hnub no, nws cov nyiaj tau los txhua xyoo los ntawm kev muaj tswv yim yog txog $ 2 lab. Nws tseem ua yeeb yam, koom nrog ntau yam haujlwm thiab TV qhia thiab nyiam lub neej.
