1 Chapter 0 Who Was Elvis Presley

Who Was Elvis Presley?

猫王是谁?

Who Was Elvis Presley? He was called "The King." That's because Elvis Presley ruled rock and roll. There were other singers in the 1950s. But nobody like Elvis. He looked different. He greased up his black hair and grew long sideburns. He wore whatever he wanted.

猫王是谁?他被称为“国王”。 那是因为埃尔维斯·普雷斯利统治着摇滚乐。 50年代还有其他歌手。 但是没有人像猫王那样。他看起来不一样了。 他在黑头发上抹了油，留了长长的鬓角。 他想穿什么就穿什么。

Even pink pants with black stripes looked cool on Elvis. And, boy, could he dance. Then there was the music. In the fifties, before Elvis, there was no rock and roll. There were two kinds of popular music. On the radio, white singers sang romantic songs or cute songs. A big hit in 1953 was "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" In small clubs, black singers were performing rhythm and blues, or R & B. It was loud, with a strong beat, and was easy to dance to. Back then, R & B wasn't played very much on radio stations — just because it was black music.

即使是带有黑色条纹的粉色裤子在猫王身上看起来也很酷。 而且，他还会跳舞。然后是音乐。 在埃尔维斯出现之前的50年代，没有摇滚乐。 流行音乐有两种。 在收音机里，白人歌手唱着浪漫的歌曲或可爱的歌曲。 1953年的一首大热歌曲是《橱窗里的小狗(多少钱)?》在小俱乐部里，黑人歌手表演节奏布鲁斯或R & B。 它声音响亮，节奏有力，很容易跟着跳舞。 那时候，r&b在广播电台播放的并不多，只是因为它是黑人音乐。

But Elvis listened to those black singers, mainly from records other kids had. And he loved that music. Rhythm and blues music helped make Elvis a big star. He sang R & B in his own special way. Girls screamed when he stood onstage and wiggled his hips. Boys tried to look like him. Parents were upset. They didn't like this new music. They thought Elvis was too wild. But there was no turning back. This was the start of rock and roll. And of all the rock stars to come, Elvis was always the biggest. He had one hit record after another. He sold out concerts. He became a movie star. And when he died more than

但是埃尔维斯听那些黑人歌手的歌，主要是听其他孩子的唱片。 他喜欢那种音乐。节奏和布鲁斯音乐帮助埃尔维斯成为大明星。 他以自己独特的方式演唱r&b。 当他站在舞台上扭动臀部时，女孩们尖叫起来。 男孩们都想模仿他。 家长们很不安。他们不喜欢这种新音乐。 他们认为猫王太狂野了。 但是已经没有回头路了。 这就是摇滚乐的起源。 在所有的摇滚明星中，猫王一直是最伟大的。 他有一张接一张的畅销唱片。 他的音乐会门票已售罄。他成了一名电影明星。 当他死去的时候

thirty years ago, Elvis left behind millions of fans who still miss him. Tours of his home, Graceland, are packed. GRACELAND Thousands of people show up in Memphis, Tennessee, to celebrate his birthday. They are also there to cry on the anniversary of the day he died. Elvis Presley is gone, but the King lives on.

三十年前，埃尔维斯留下了数百万仍然怀念他的歌迷。 他的家雅园(Graceland)挤满了游客。 成千上万的人聚集在田纳西州的孟菲斯，庆祝他的生日。 他们也会在他去世的纪念日在那里哭泣。 埃尔维斯·普雷斯利走了，但国王还活着。