| 词条 | Melvin Bliss |
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| name = Melvin Bliss | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Melvin McClelland | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|06|01}} | origin = Chicago, Illinois[1] | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|07|07|1945|06|01}} | genre = Soul[2] | years_active = {{Start date|1973}}[2]–{{end date|2010}}[4] | label = Sunburst Records[2] | associated_acts = Herb Rooney, Bernard Purdie }}Melvin McClelland[2] (June 1, 1945[3]-July 26, 2010[4]) was a rhythm and blues singer known for his 1973 song "Reward/Synthetic Substitution",[4] the B-Side of which was heavily sampled[5] in at least 94 hip hop songs such as "Real Niggaz Don't Die" and Alwayz into Somethin' by N.W.A, O.G. Original Gangster by Ice-T, O.P.P. by Naughty by Nature and more recently "My Life" by 50 Cent, Eminem and Adam Levine.[6] Born in 1945[3] in Chicago[1] as Melvin McClelland,[2] his career didn't begin with music; rather, in the Armed Forces.[7] After spending a few years singing in Naval bands, he departed the Navy in the mid-1950s. From there, he went from stage to stage until the early 1970s, when in an attempt to boost his career prospects he visited a Queensbridge concert hall intending to use it for self-promotion.[7] Whilst awaiting a meeting with the hall's owner, he encountered the mother of Herb Rooney and it emerged that he wanted a singer to record one of his compositions.[7] After an informal discussion with Rooney himself, Bliss hit the studio to record it;[7] the result was Reward. That song's B-Side, "Synthetic Substitution", became one of the most sampled songs of all time.[8] Unfortunately, Bliss' label, Sunburst Records, was a sister company of Opal Productions, and in 1974 it went bankrupt, taking Sunburst Records with it;[7] in doing so rendering Bliss a one-hit wonder. In 2011, a documentary about him, The Life Story of Melvin Bliss, was released by Peripheral Enterprises. It was produced by Earl Holder.[1] DeathOn July 17, 2010, it was announced by Melvin Bliss, Jr. that Bliss had suffered a heart attack and had been rushed to NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.[9] Just over a week later, on July 26, 2010, it was announced that Bliss had died.[5] References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.11795/title.synthetic-substitution-singer--sample-icon-melvin-bliss-dies|title="Synthetic Substitution" Singer / Sample Icon Melvin Bliss Dies|publisher=Hiphopdx.com|accessdate=13 May 2013}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bliss, Melvin}}2. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/23/samples-copyright-interview|title=Recycled riffs:samples of music biz justice|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=12 May 2013|location=London|first=Angus|last=Batey|date=23 June 2011}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite journal|url=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EuTVo7fWMyY/TE8x_1EmucI/AAAAAAAACWk/DjsVF1xg5Xk/s1600/Melvin+Bliss+article.jpg|title=Introducing Melvin Bliss|publisher=Blues & Soul|accessdate=8 June 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.waxpoetics.com/features/in-memoriam/melvin-bliss|title=Melvin Bliss|publisher=Wax Poetics|accessdate=12 May 2013}} 5. ^1 2 3 [https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/07/melvin-bliss-rip/60457/ Melvin Bliss, R.I.P.] Hua Hsu. The Atlantic. Jul 27 2010 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/07/rip-melvin-bliss.html|title=RIP Melvin Bliss|publisher=Pastemagazine.com|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite AV media | people=Holder, Earl | year=2011 | title=Synthetic Substitution: The Life Story of Melvin Bliss | medium=Motion picture | publisher=Peripheral Enterprises}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cratekings.com/melvin-bliss-synthetic-substitution-documentary/|title=Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution (Documentary)|publisher=Cratekings.com|accessdate=7 July 2013}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/LAMBSTAR|title=MELLE MEL (LAMBSTAR)|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=14 May 2013}} 4 : 1945 births|2010 deaths|Rhythm and blues singers|Musicians from Chicago |
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