久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

您現在的位置: Language Tips> Audio & Video> Special Speed News  
   
 





 
Ray Charles: singer, songwriter and musician extraordinaire
[ 2008-06-25 11:07 ]

Download

VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus.

VOICE TWO:

And this is Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we begin a two-part report about singer, songwriter, and musician Ray Charles. His work will continue to have a lasting influence on American music.

(MUSIC)

VOICE ONE:

Ray Charles spent almost sixty years as a professional musician. Millions of people around the world enjoy his recordings. If Ray Charles only played the piano, he would have been considered one of the best. If he had only sung his music, his voice would have made him famous. If he had only played jazz music, the world would have listened. But Ray Charles did all these things and more.

He played and sang rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues songs. He sold millions of country and western records, too. His work brought together different kinds of music and different kinds of music fans. His influence on much of America's popular music cannot be truly measured.

(MUSIC: "One Mint Julep")

That was Ray Charles and "One Mint Julep." He recorded that song in nineteen sixty-one on an album called "Genius Plus Soul Equals Jazz." It is one of the many hundreds of records he recorded.

VOICE TWO:

Ray Charles Robinson was born in nineteen thirty in Albany, Georgia. When he was six years old, he began to suffer from the eye disease glaucoma. The disease made him blind. He left the world of sight forever and turned to the world of sound. He learned to love sounds, especially music of all kinds.

Ray Charles taught himself to play the organ, alto saxophone, clarinet and trumpet. Yet there was a special relationship between him and the piano. Here is part of the song "Worried Mind." The style is country and western, with a heavy influence of blues. Listen to his work on the piano, an instrument he truly loved. You can almost see him smiling.

(MUSIC)

VOICE ONE:

Ray Charles was fifteen years old when his mother died. Within a year, he had left school to work. He began playing piano professionally in African American eating and drinking places in the state of Florida.

A year later, he moved to the opposite corner of America: Seattle, Washington. While in Seattle, he made forty records. But none was a success.

VOICE TWO:

At that time, Ray Charles was trying to play the piano and sing like the famous performer Nat King Cole. But he quickly learned there was only one Nat King Cole. No one wanted to hear a copy, not even a good copy.

So Charles started looking for his own musical sound. He began to experiment. He tried mixing blues and jazz. He used some jazz styles with the music that later was known as rock-and-roll. His experiments soon became popular with many black Americans.

He played at dances around the country. He also sold some records, mostly to black people. Few white Americans had heard of a blind musician named Ray Charles.

VOICE ONE:

By the middle of the nineteen fifties, he had his own band. It was one of the most popular black dance bands in the country. A group of women sang with the band.

One night, Charles began playing a simple song. He told the women to sing in a style known as call and response. In this style, the lead singer asks a question or sings some words. The other singers answer. This kind of singing was brought to America by black slaves from Africa. It has remained very popular in black church music.

At the dance that night, Ray Charles put together simple piano music, traditional call and response and rock-and-roll. The result was a revolution in American music. Soon after, Ray recorded that song. It is called "What'd I Say?"

(MUSIC)

VOICE TWO:

"What'd I Say?" sold millions of copies. Ray Charles no longer just played at small dances for black people. He performed in large theaters for big audiences of every color. He had found a sound like no other. His style of music was filled with excitement. And those who listened shared in that excitement.

By the end of the nineteen fifties, Ray Charles had recorded many hit songs. Most of his music was black rhythm-and-blues or soul music. Yet white Americans were listening, too.

Charles did not want to play just one kind of music, even if it was extremely popular. He began experimenting again, this time with jazz. One album, "Black Coffee," is considered by experts to be one of his very best jazz recordings. It shows that his piano work can express many different feelings. Here is the song "Black Coffee" from that album.

(MUSIC)

VOICE ONE:

Ray Charles continued to make rhythm-and-blues and jazz records. But that was still not enough for him. He had always loved country-and-western music. So he decided to record a country album.

Music industry experts said he was making a mistake. They told him not to do it. They said he would lose many fans. The fans, they said, would not understand or like this kind of music. Ray Charles did not listen to the experts. He took a chance. And he was right. The public loved his country-and-western songs. You can hear some of these country-and-western songs next week, when we bring you the second part of our report about Ray Charles.

(MUSIC: "Making Whoopee")

(來源:VOA 英語點津 Annabel 編輯)

 
英語點津版權說明:凡注明來源為“英語點津:XXX(署名)”的原創作品,除與中國日報網簽署英語點津內容授權協議的網站外,其他任何網站或單位未經允許不得非法盜鏈、轉載和使用,違者必究。如需使用,請與010-84883631聯系;凡本網注明“來源:XXX(非英語點津)”的作品,均轉載自其它媒體,目的在于傳播更多信息,其他媒體如需轉載,請與稿件來源方聯系,如產生任何問題與本網無關;本網所發布的歌曲、電影片段,版權歸原作者所有,僅供學習與研究,如果侵權,請提供版權證明,以便盡快刪除。
相關文章 Related Story
 
 
 
本頻道最新推薦
 
Walking in the US first lady's shoes
“準確無誤”如何表達
英國新晉超女蘇珊大媽改頭換面
豬流感 swine flu
你有lottery mentality嗎
翻吧推薦
 
論壇熱貼
 
別亂扔垃圾。怎么譯這個亂字呀?
橘子,橙子用英文怎么區分?
看Gossip Girl學英語
端午節怎么翻譯?
母親,您在天堂還好嗎?

 

主站蜘蛛池模板: 粉嫩高中生的第一次在线观看 | 国产欧美一区二区三区免费 | 久久久久国产精品免费看 | 免费观看欧美一区二区三区 | 男女晚上爱爱的视频在线观看 | 免费人成在线观看网站品爱网 | 国内精品一区二区2021在线 | 国产欧美日韩精品一区二区三区 | 欧美一级片网址 | 欧美不卡在线视频 | 国产第一区二区三区在线观看 | 亚洲码在线观看 | 一个人看的免费观看日本视频www | 日本美女福利视频 | 黄色免费看片网站 | 国产乱码一区二区三区四川人 | 亚洲精品一区二区观看 | 国产一级毛片亚洲久留木玲 | 亚洲美女高清aⅴ视频免费 亚洲美女黄色片 | 波多野结衣中文在线播放 | 一 级 黄 色 片生活片 | 婷婷的久久五月综合先锋影音 | 欧美jizz18性欧美 | 久久伊人热 | 亚洲国产成人精品一区二区三区 | 久久久久久亚洲精品不卡 | 狠狠色婷婷丁香综合久久韩国 | 国产亚洲精品国看不卡 | 乱人伦中文视频在线 | 人人爽人人香蕉 | 国产99久久 | 久久夜视频 | 日韩一级在线播放免费观看 | 国产自在自线午夜精品视频在 | 成人18免费网站在线观看 | 久久国内精品自在自线观看 | 女人夜色黄网在线观看 | 国产日韩精品一区在线不卡 | 欧美人与zoxxxx另类9 | 日产一区两区三区 | 美国一级毛片片免费 |