Английская Википедия:Al Hibbler

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Albert George Hibbler (August 16, 1915 – April 24, 2001) was an American baritone vocalist, who sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra before having several pop hits as a solo artist. Some of Hibbler's singing is classified as rhythm and blues, but he is best seen as a bridge between R&B and traditional pop music.[1] According to one authority, "Hibbler cannot be regarded as a jazz singer but as an exceptionally good interpreter of twentieth-century popular songs who happened to work with some of the best jazz musicians of the time."[2]

Early life

Hibbler was born in Tyro, Mississippi, United States, and was blind from birth.[1] Some sources give his birth name as Andrew George Hibbler.[3] At the age of 12 he moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he attended Arkansas School for the Blind, joining the school choir.[4][5] Later he began working as a blues singer in local bands, failing his first audition for Duke Ellington in 1935.[6] However, after winning an amateur talent contest in Memphis, Tennessee, he was given his start with Dub Jenkins and his Playmates; Jenkins was a popular Memphis saxophonist and bandleader. He later joined a band led by Jay McShann in 1942, and the following year joined Ellington's orchestra, replacing Herb Jeffries.[5]

Career

He stayed with Ellington for almost eight years, and featured on a range of Ellington standards, including "Do Nothin' Til You Hear From Me", the words for which were written specifically for him and which reached #6 on the Billboard pop chart (and #1 for eight weeks on the "Harlem Hit Parade") in 1944, "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues," and "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So". Although Hibbler's style was described as "mannered", "over-stated", and "full of idiosyncrasies" and "bizarre vocal pyrotechnics", he was also considered "undoubtedly the best" of Ellington's male vocalists.[4][5][7] While with Ellington, Hibbler won the Esquire New Star Award in 1947 and the Down Beat award for Best Band Vocalist in 1949.[6]

Hibbler left Ellington's band in 1951 after a dispute over his wages. He then recorded with various bands including those of Johnny Hodges and Count Basie, and for various labels including Mercury and Norgran, a subsidiary of Verve Records, for whom he released an LP, Al Hibbler Favorites, in 1953.[8] In 1954 he released a more successful album, Al Hibbler Sings Duke Ellington, and in 1955, he started recording with Decca Records, with immediate success. His biggest hit was "Unchained Melody",[9] which reached #3 on the US pop chart, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[10] Hibbler's version also reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming his only chart hit in the United Kingdom. Its success led to network appearances, including a live jazz club remote on NBC's Monitor. Other hits were "He" (1955),[9] "11th Hour Melody" and "Never Turn Back" (both in 1956). "After the Lights Go Down Low" (also in 1956) was his last top ten hit.[5]

Activism

In the late 1950s and 1960s, Hibbler became a civil rights activist, marching with protestors and getting arrested in 1959 in New Jersey and in 1963 in Alabama. The notoriety of this activism discouraged major record labels from carrying his work, but Frank Sinatra supported him and signed him to a contract with his label, Reprise Records.[4] However, Hibbler made very few recordings after that, occasionally doing live appearances through the 1990s. In 1971, Hibbler sang two songs at Louis Armstrong's funeral.[11] In 1972 he made an album, A Meeting of the Times, with another fiercely independent blind musician, the multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk.[6]

Death and legacy

He died at Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago in April 2001, at the age of 85.[1][4] He is buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois.

Discography

Solo singles discography

Year Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated 		Label & number Chart positions Album
U.S. Pop[12] U.S. R&B[13] UK[14]
1946 "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
b/w "How Long Blues" 		Aladdin 154 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center I Surrender Dear
1947 "S'posin'"
b/w "Don't Take Your Love from Me" 		Aladdin 155A - 156A Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"I Surrender Dear"
b/w "Fat and Forty" 		Aladdin 155B - 156B Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1948 "Trees" / Miracle 501 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Melodies by Al Hibbler
"Lover, Come Back To Me" Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1950 "Danny Boy"
b/w "Song of the Wanderer" (from After the Lights Go Down Low) 		Atlantic 911 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Non-album track
1951 "The Blues Come Falling Down"
B/w "Old Folks" (Non-album track) 		Atlantic 925 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center After the Lights Go Down Low
"Travelin' Light"
b/w "If I Knew You Were There" 		Atlantic 932 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"Now I Lay Me Down to Dream"
b/w "This Is Always" 		Atlantic 945 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"What Will I Tell My Heart"
b/w "It Don't Mean a Thing" 		Chess 1455 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Melodies by Al Hibbler
"Trees"
b/w "Lover Come Back to Me" 		Chess 1456 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"Solitude"
b/w "Feather Roll Blues" 		Chess 1457 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"My Little Brown Book"
b/w "I Love You" 		Chess 1481 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1952 "Please"
b/w "Believe It Beloved" 		Mercury 89011 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Al Hibbler Sings Love Songs
1953 "Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today"
b/w "Goin' to Chicago" 		Mercury 89028 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Basie Jazz
"There Is No Greater Love"
b/w "It Must Be True" 		Mercury 89046 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Al Hibbler Sings Love Songs
1954 "As Time Goes By"
b/w "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" 		Clef 89095 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"Poor Butterfly"
b/w "Fat and Forty" 		Chess 1569 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Melodies By Al Hibbler
"Little Brown Book"
b/w "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" 		Norgran 114 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Al Hibbler Sings Love Songs
1955 "After the Lights Go Down Low" (Original version)
b/w "Tell Me" 		Original 1006 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center After the Lights Go Down Low
"Unchained Melody"
b/w "Daybreak" 		Decca 29441 (US)
Brunswick 05420 (UK) 		Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Hits by Hibbler
"They Say You're Laughing at Me"
b/w "I Can't Put My Arms Around a Memory" (Non-album track) 		Decca 29543 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"Danny Boy"
b/w "Now I Lay Me Down to Dream" (from After the Lights Go Down Low) 		Atlantic 1071 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Non-album track
"He"
b/w "Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me)" 		Decca 29660 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Hits by Hibbler
"This Love of Mine"
b/w "Every Hour on the Hour" (from Al Hibbler Sings Love Songs) 		Norgran 143 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Non-album track
1956 "11th Hour Melody"
b/w "Let's Try Again" 		Decca 29789 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Hits by Hibbler
"Never Turn Back" / Decca 29950 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Non-album tracks
"Away All Boats" Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"After the Lights Go Down Low" (re-recording)
b/w "I Was Telling Her About You" (Non-album track) 		Decca 29982 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Starring Al Hibbler
"Don't Take Your Love from Me"
b/w "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" 		Aladdin 3328 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center I Surrender Dear
"I'm Free"
b/w "Nightfall" 		Decca 30100 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Non-album tracks
"Silent Night"
b/w "White Christmas" 		Decca 30127 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1957 "Trees" (re-recording)
b/w "The Town Crier" 		Decca 30176 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Here's Hibbler
"Sweet Slumber"
b/w "Because of You" 		Decca 30268 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"I Complain"
b/w "Around the Corner from the Blues" 		Decca 30337 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Non-album tracks
"When Will I Forget You"
b/w "Be Fair" 		Decca 30397 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Hits by Hibbler
"I Wish"
b/w "The Crying Wind" (Non-album track) 		Decca 30483 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1958 "My Heart Tells Me"
b/w "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" (Non-album track) 		Decca 30547 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"Ain't Nothing Wrong with That Baby"
b/w "Honeysuckle Rose" (Non-album track) 		Decca 30622 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"Softly, My Love"
b/w "Your Hands" 		Decca 30684 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Non-album tracks
"Love Land"
b/w "Love Me Long, Hold Me Close, Kiss Me Warm and Tender" 		Decca 30752 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"Warm Heart - Cold Feet"
b/w "Mine All Mine" 		Decca 30817 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1959 "He Is Always There"
b/w "What Tis? What Tis? Tis Spring" 		Decca 30870 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
"It Won't Be Easy"
b/w "Lonesome and Cold" 		Decca 30946 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1960 "Strawberry Hill"
b/w "Stranger" 		Top Rank 2089 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1961 "Tall the Sky"
b/w "Look Away" 		Reprise 20035 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1962 "Walk Away"
b/w "I've Convinced Everyone But Me" 		Reprise 20077 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1966 "Good for a Lifetime"
b/w "Once Before" 		Satin 401 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center
1967 "Let's Make the Most of a Beautiful Thing"
b/w "Early One Morning" 		Vegas 711 Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center Шаблон:Center

Albums

  • Sings Duke Ellington (Norgran, 1954)
  • Favorites (Norgran, 1954)
  • Melodies by Al Hibbler (Argo, 1956)
  • Sings Love Songs (Verve, 1956)
  • Starring Al Hibbler (Decca, 1956)
  • After the Lights Go Down Low, (Atlantic, 1957)
  • Here's Hibbler (Decca, 1957)
  • I Surrender Dear (Score, 1957)
  • Torchy and Blue (Decca, 1958)
  • Al Hibbler Remembers (Decca, 1958)
  • Hits by Hibbler (Decca, 1958)
  • Sings the Blues: Monday Every Day (Reprise, 1961)
  • Big Boy Blues (Grand Prix Series, 1964)
  • Shades of Blue (Sunset, 1968)
  • A Meeting of the Times with Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Atlantic, 1972)
  • Christmas with (Holiday, 1981)
  • Solitude (Pickwick, 1997)

With Count Basie

Compilations

  • The Chronological Al Hibbler 1946–1949 Classics, 2002)
  • The Chronological Al Hibbler 1950–1952 (Classics, 2003)

See also

References

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External links

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  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  11. ↑ John A. Drobnicki, "Hibbler, Albert George ('Al')," in The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. VI: 2000-2002 (Scribner's, 2004), p. 232.
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