4 Chapter 3 Sun Studios

Chapter 3 Sun Studios Elvis went to Sun Studios with his beat-up guitar. The song he chose to sing, "My Happiness," had been popular a few years earlier. It was a soft ballad that his mother loved. A nice woman named Marion Keisker ran Sun Records with Mr. Phillips. From behind her desk, she asked Elvis what kind of music he sang. "I sing all kinds," he told her. "Who do you sound like?" she asked. "I don't sound like nobody," Elvis told her.

猫王带着他那把破旧的吉他来到了太阳工作室。 他选择演唱的歌曲《我的幸福》在几年前很流行。 这是一首他母亲喜欢的柔和的歌谣。 一个叫玛丽昂·凯斯克的好女人和菲利普斯先生一起经营太阳唱片公司。 在她的桌子后面，她问猫王他唱的是什么样的音乐。 “我什么歌都唱，”他告诉她。 “你听起来像谁?”她问。 “我听起来不像无名小卒，”埃尔维斯告诉她。

Elvis recorded "My Happiness." Mrs. Keisker printed his name out and pasted it onto the record. Elvis left. But he came back. In fact, Elvis kept on visiting Sun. Mr. Phillips was always too busy to talk with him. Mrs. Keisker, though, loved to chat with the handsome boy who had the voice of an angel. Elvis had graduated high school by this time. Like a lot of people he knew, he didn't plan on going to college. Instead, he got a job at a machine shop. And he sang. Elvis kept going to all-night gospel sing alongs. He listened to the radio so he could learn how to play more songs. One night, Elvis heard about a band looking for a singer. This could be his big break! He

猫王录制了《我的幸福》。 凯斯克夫人把他的名字打印出来，贴在唱片上。 猫王。但是他回来了。 事实上，埃尔维斯一直在看望孙。 菲利普斯先生总是忙得没时间和他说话。 然而，凯斯克太太却喜欢和这个有着天使般的声音的英俊男孩聊天。 那时埃尔维斯已经高中毕业了。 和他认识的很多人一样，他也没打算上大学。 相反，他在一家机械车间找到了一份工作。 他唱了起来。埃尔维斯不停地通宵唱福音歌。 他听收音机，这样他可以学习如何演奏更多的歌曲。 一天晚上，埃尔维斯听说有个乐队在招歌手。 这可能是他的重大突破!他

got a special hair-cut and wore a pink shirt for the tryout. Elvis sang only two songs. A friend of his watched. Afterward, he told Elvis, "You're never going to make it as a singer." If only he knew. One day in the summer of 1954, Mrs. Keisker called Elvis. Mr. Phillips had a song that might be right for Elvis. Could Elvis get down to the studio that afternoon? Of course he could! But it turned out that Mr. Phillips didn't like how Elvis sang the song. He asked Elvis if he knew any others. Sure, he did. Elvis sang every song he knew. Then he sang parts of songs he knew. Mr. Phillips stopped recording and just sat in the recording booth, listening. He knew this kid didn't have experience. He knew Elvis needed training. But Mr. Phillips also knew that Elvis had something very special. Mr. Phillips told a local guitar player about Elvis. His name was Scotty Moore, and he wanted to hear Elvis. But when he called, Elvis wasn't home. That didn't stop Gladys. She rushed to the movie theater where Elvis was, to tell him the news.

剪了个特别的发型，还穿了件粉色衬衫参加选拔赛。 埃尔维斯只唱了两首歌。 他的一个朋友看到了。后来，他告诉埃尔维斯:“你永远不会成为一名成功的歌手。” 要是他知道就好了。1954年夏天的一天，凯斯克夫人打电话给埃尔维斯。 菲利普斯先生有首歌可能很适合埃尔维斯。 那天下午埃尔维斯能去录音室吗? 他当然可以!但事实证明，菲利普斯先生不喜欢埃尔维斯唱这首歌的方式。 他问埃尔维斯是否认识其他人。 当然，他说了。埃尔维斯唱了他知道的每一首歌。 然后他唱了一些他熟悉的歌曲。 菲利普斯停止了录音，坐在录音棚里听着。 他知道这孩子没有经验。 他知道埃尔维斯需要训练。 但菲利普斯也知道，埃尔维斯有一些非常特别的东西。 菲利普斯先生向当地一位吉他手介绍了埃尔维斯。 他叫斯科蒂·摩尔，他想听猫王的歌。 但他打电话时，猫王不在家。 这并没有阻止格拉迪斯。她冲到埃尔维斯所在的电影院，告诉他这个消息。

A few days later, Elvis went over to Scotty's house. Scotty thought the boy looked a little crazy. Elvis was wearing pink pants, white shoes, and a black shirt. And his hair was greased up in a style called a "ducktail." Scotty introduced Elvis to his friend Bill, who played bass guitar. A regular guitar has six strings. A bass has only four and makes a deeper sound. Again, Elvis played every song he knew. Most of the songs were slow ballads. Neither Scotty nor Bill

几天后，埃尔维斯去了斯科蒂家。 斯科蒂觉得这个男孩看起来有点疯狂。 埃尔维斯穿着粉红色的裤子，白色的鞋子和黑色的衬衫。 他的头发被涂上了油，做成了一种叫做“鸭尾”的发型。 斯科特把埃尔维斯介绍给他的朋友比尔，比尔弹贝斯吉他。 一把普通的吉他有六根弦。 低音只有四个音，声音低沉。 埃尔维斯再一次演奏了他知道的所有歌曲。 大多数歌曲都是慢民谣。 既不是斯科特也不是比尔

was impressed. But they agreed to go into the studio with Elvis the next night. At Sun Studios, with the other two musicians, Elvis sang "I Love You Because" every which way. Sometimes he let his voice go high, sometimes low. Sometimes he whistled during it, sometimes he didn't. Unfortunately, Mr. Phillips wasn't happy with any of these recordings. He told everybody to take a break. The two guitar players got sodas. But Elvis kept fiddling with his guitar. All of a sudden, he started playing an old blues song. It was called "That's All Right [Mama]." As he sang, Elvis started dancing and jumping around the room. The guitarists heard Elvis and liked what he was doing. They put down their sodas and started to play along. At last, Mr. Phillips was hearing something he liked. When everybody in the studio listened to the recording, they were amazed. It was loud and electric and different. Mr. Phillips called the local radio station and asked the disc jockey to put on the record. When "That's All Right [Mama]" played the next night, Gladys and Vernon were standing close to the radio so they could really listen to their son. Others

留下了深刻印象。但他们同意第二天晚上和埃尔维斯一起去录音室。 在太阳录音室，猫王和另外两位音乐家用各种方式演唱了《我爱你因为》。 他的声音时而高，时而低。 他有时吹口哨，有时不吹。 不幸的是，菲利普斯先生对这些录音都不满意。 他让大家休息一下。 两个吉他手拿了苏打水。 但埃尔维斯一直在摆弄他的吉他。 突然，他开始演奏一首古老的布鲁斯歌曲。 那首歌叫《没关系(妈妈)》。 当他唱歌时，埃尔维斯开始在房间里跳舞和跳跃。 吉他手们听了猫王的歌，很喜欢他的作品。 他们放下苏打水，开始合作。 菲利普斯先生终于听到了他喜欢的东西。 当录音室里的每个人都听了录音后，他们都很惊讶。 那声音响亮，充满激情，与众不同。 菲利普斯先生打电话给当地广播电台，请节目主持人播放这张唱片。 第二天晚上，当《没关系[妈妈]》播放时，格拉迪斯和弗农站在收音机旁边，这样他们就能真正地听儿子说话了。 其他人

must have really listened, too, because more than one hundred people called the radio station to play that song again.

肯定也认真听了，因为有一百多人打电话给电台，要求再放一遍那首歌。