Dennis Lotis
 Dennis Lotis | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Johannesburg, 8 ga Maris, 1925 |
| ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu |
| Mutuwa | 8 ga Faburairu, 2023 |
| Karatu | |
| Harsuna | Turanci |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | mawaƙi |
| Artistic movement |
swing music (en)  |
| Kayan kida | murya |
| Jadawalin Kiɗa |
Polygon (en) |
| IMDb | nm0521471 |
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
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]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.[1][2] 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.[3]
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,[4] 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.[1][5]
Rayuwa ta sirri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]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.[6] 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.[7][8]
Filmography
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- The Extra Day (1956)[9]
- It's a Wonderful World (1956)[9]
- The Golden Disc (1958)[9]
- Make Mine a Million (1959)[9]
- The City of the Dead aka Horror Hotel (1960)[9]
- Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)[9]
- What Every Woman Wants (1962)[9]
- She'll Have to Go (1962)[9]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Legend Lotis bows out in style". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ "Dennis Lotis – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ "The 1950s Number Ones – One by One in '50s Music Forum". Yuku. Retrieved 25 December 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "EABF – Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund / 1957, London Palladium". Eabf.org.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ [1] Archived 31 ga Janairu, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Dennis Lotis". Britishpathe.com. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ↑ "Stephen Bumfrey, 2:10". BBC Sounds. 8 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ↑ Fountain, Nigel (12 February 2023). "Dennis Lotis obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 "Dennis Lotis | BFI | British Film Institute". British Film Institute. 25 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2023.