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"The Light is On"

21/11/2016

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Dawn Hampton 1928 - 2016
By Orchid Bae at Shanghai Swings

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有关Dawn Hampton 的15项事实


1. Dawn于1928年出生于俄亥俄州米德镇一个有12个孩子的家庭。

2. 家长老克拉克 迪肯 汉普顿为家庭乐团与杂技团 “Deacon Hampton's Pickaninnys”的团长。乐团同时附属于一个更大的流动嘉年华表演团。Dawn从小就听着自家乐团的音乐长大。
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3. Dawn 3岁开始登台表演;更在两年之后独自演唱“He Takes Me to Paradise” (Source: www.dawnsbday.com/dawn.html). 

4. 小的时候 Dawn 曾一度想当个芭蕾舞者,但后来发现芭蕾不摇摆而作罢。(source: richardskipper.blogspot.ca/2012/02/dawn-hampton-light-is-on.html). 


5. 50年代中期,在家里好些男孩都因为离家学音乐而不能表演之后,Dawn 和姐妹们组成了 汉普顿姐妹 合唱团。
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Hampton Sisters (left)-Carmelita, Dawn, Altera, Virtue

6. 1958 Dawn 成为外白老汇秀"美国格林威治村”的一员。该秀在纽约著名的夜总会 “The Bon Soir”上演了整整一年。20世纪福斯公司出版的原声带包含里好几首Dawn 的表演录音。
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7. 60年代早期 Dawn 成为夜总会 Lion's Den 的驻场歌星。著名歌星芭芭拉史翠珊既是以参加Lion's Den 主办的才艺比赛出道。在接受浮华世界访问时,芭芭拉史翠珊曾提到在台上紧接着Dawn 的表演上台,观众给Dawn Hampton 的热烈掌声迟迟不消散,给初出道的她不小的压力。
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8. 1964 一场声带手术导致 Dawn 的音域变得极窄,但是她从未失去表演的热情与能力以及乐观的态度。


9. 手术之后20年 Dawn 主要作为音乐剧歌手,在纽约市各大夜总会表演。精彩的演出令剧评称她为"歌手中的歌手",并给了她"歌舞剧女王"的称号。
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10. Dawn的另一项才华是作曲与歌词写作。 1989 Dawn 与钢琴家/作曲家 Mark Nadler 合作,创作了乡村歌剧 “Red Light"。此剧在1990年获得曼哈顿歌舞剧表演协会 (the Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) 颁奖。 Dawn 与 Mark 的另一项合作作品 “An Evening with Dawn Hampton,”在纽约著名综合剧场 “Don't Tell Mama”上演了极长时间。Dawn 也替舞台剧“Madame C. J. Walker”作词作曲。

Dawn甚至和侄女写过一本书叫 "Two Penny Soap Opera”
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11. Dawn 曾与 Frankie Manning 一起参与1992 美国民权运动领袖 “Malcom X“传记电影的拍摄。
12. 90年代末期至今,Dawn 以流畅平滑的舞姿及戏剧性的表现参与了摇摆舞复兴,并也为她本人赢得了国际性的声誉。
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Dawn Hampton with Frankie Manning (June 2007) by photographer Eli Pritykin.

13. Dawn 住在纽约。一直到逝世前,舞者都可以看到她在舞池跳舞或在酒吧欣赏纽约著名摇摆乐团的演出。


14. Dawn 和她的家人曾出现在2011年发表的纪录片“The Unforgettable Hampton Family” 。
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(source: www.thirteen.org/program-content/the-unforgettable-hampton-family/)
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15. 
许多人都听到过Dawn特殊的接听电话方式。她接到电话时总是说: 
“God Is Good. The Light Is On!”

 (source: richardskipper.blogspot.ca/2012/02/dawn-hampton-light-is-on.html)
经 Toronto Lindy Hop 授权转载
http://www.torontolindyhop.com/front-page/who-is-dawn-hampton-15-awesome-facts-about-dawn/


其他有关 Dawn 的视频:
Dawn Hampton on Dancing
Dawn Hampton sings "Mad Mary"
Dawn Hampton unexpected performance at Herräng
Dawn Hampton Bhangra
The Carling Family's tribute to Dawn
Dawn Hampton 轶事:

> Dawn Hampton 在60,70年代是纽约同性恋社群的大力支持者
> 在同性恋酒吧尚为非法场所时,Dawn 曾在纽约同性恋酒吧工作
> 1969年Dawn 曾因参与Stonewall 事件遭警察逮捕。该事件为近代同性恋争取平权活动之滥觞
> Dawn 经常与大明星如朱迪加伦兰等同台演出
> Dawn 曾经是著名演员/歌星贝蒂米勒的声乐教练
> Dawn吹中音与次中音萨克斯风
> Dawn的口哨吹得和萨克斯风一样棒

 .....靠近音乐 亲近你的舞.... 用心与灵魂去听音乐

 "有的时候当你听到触动你的音乐时, 你需要停止跳舞,坐下来仔细听、仔细看,给你自己被感动、被启发的空间。"


15 Awesome Facts about Dawn
1. Dawn was born in 1928, in Middletown Ohio and was one of 12 children in her family. 

2. Her father Clark Deacon Hampton, Sr., had a family band and vaudeville act, which was part of a traveling carnival. Dawn grew up listening to the music of the family band, “Deacon Hampton's Pickaninnys”.

3. Dawn began performing at the age of 3 and two years later sang “He Takes Me to Paradise” (Source: www.dawnsbday.com/dawn.html). 

4. When she was very young, she wanted to be a ballet dancer then she found out that ballet does not swing (source: richardskipper.blogspot.ca/2012/02/dawn-hampton-light-is-on.html). 

5. In the mid 1950s Dawn and her sisters became the “Hampton Sisters” after several of their brothers went off to study music. 

6. 1958 Dawn joined the cast of the Off-Broadway hit show, “Greenwich Village, U.S.A.” The show ran for a year at New York's legendary “The Bon Soir.” An original cast album of the show features several solo tracks by Dawn.

7. During the early 60's, Dawn worked as the house singer at the Lion's Den. The Lion's Den was also the scene of a singer's talent competition. Barbara Streisand relates in a Vanity Fair interview that one of her first times singing on stage was at one of these competitions. She tells how she was a little unnerved, because she came on stage after Dawn, “and the lusty applause for Dawn Hampton [was] ringing in my ears.” 

8. Surgery in 1964 to her vocal cords saw Dawn lose most of her vocal range BUT she never lost her eagerness or ability to perform and her optimistic spirit. 

9. Dawn spent much of the next 20 years performing as a cabaret singer in clubs around New York City. Reviewers called her a “singer's singer” and dubbed her the “Queen of Cabaret.”

10. Dawn is also talented in writing music and lyrics: In 1989 Dawn collaborated with pianist/performer Mark Nadler, writing music and lyrics for the honky-tonk mini-opera “Red Light,” which was given the Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) Award in 1990. Dawn and Mark also collaborated on “An Evening with Dawn Hampton,” which enjoyed an extended run at “Don't Tell Mama.” Dawn also wrote the music and lyrics for the play “Madame C. J. Walker.”

11. 1992-Dawn appeared with Frankie Manning in the Movie “Malcom X“.

12. In the late 90s and into the early 00s, Hampton took advantage of the craze for swing dance by bringing to the scene her smooth style and theatrical presence that has brought her international acclaim. She has never stopped since those early days.

13. Dawn lives in NYC and can be found in New York City dancing and listening to some of the best swing bands around.

14. Dawn and her family are in a documentary called “The Unforgettable Hampton Family” that aired in 2011.

(source: www.thirteen.org/program-content/the-unforgettable-hampton-family/)

15. 
Dawn has been known to answer her phone saying 
“God Is Good. The Light Is On!”

 (source: richardskipper.blogspot.ca/2012/02/dawn-hampton-light-is-on.html)

More about Dawn Hampton:

> Dawn Hampton was an enormous supporter and force in the gay community in New York in the 60's and 70's.
> Dawn worked at a gay bar in New York when gay bars were illegal. 
> In 1969, Dawn was arrested along side members of the LGBT community to which she was a champion for.
> Dawn sang in rooms with the likes of Judy Garland.
> Dawn was a vocal coach for Bette Midler
> Dawn played alto and tenor sax
> Dawn whistled as good as she played sax
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