5 A Star Is Born

Chapter 5 A Star Is Born In 1967, very few country music stars were women. Dolly was ready to fill the gap! Porter Wagoner, a country-music entertainer, had a very successful TV show. His girl singer, Norma Jean, left to get married. So Porter needed a new singer. Dolly and about twenty others tried out for the job. Porter liked Dolly's personality, and he hired her!

1967年，很少有乡村音乐明星是女性。 多莉已经准备好填补这个空缺了！波特·瓦格纳，一个乡村音乐艺人，有一个非常成功的电视节目。 他的女歌手诺玛·琼离开他去结婚了。 所以波特需要一个新的歌手。 多莉和其他大约二十人参加了那份工作的选拔。 波特喜欢多莉的个性，于是他雇佣了她！

At first, Porter's audience was upset. They missed Norma Jean. They heckled Dolly, and she left the stage in tears. Dolly suffered for six months, but she stuck it out. Over time, the audience grew to love her. She ended up working with Porter for seven years. She later said it was the hardest and worst period of her life. But she also said those years were the most "productive and growth-filled ones." THE PORTER WAGONER SHOW

起初，波特的听众很不高兴。 他们想念诺玛·琼。他们向多莉起哄，多莉哭着离开了舞台。 多莉受苦了六个月，但她挺了过来。 随着时间的推移，观众越来越喜欢她。 她最终和波特一起工作了七年。 她后来说，那是她一生中最艰难、最糟糕的时期。 但她也表示，那些年是最“富有成效和充满增长的年份”。 波特·瓦格纳秀

FROM 1960 TO 1981, PORTER WAGONER TOURED THE UNITED STATES BY BUS FROM TOWN TO TOWN WITH HIS TV COUNTRY VARIETY SHOW. PEOPLE LOVED THE COUNTRY MUSIC AND CORNY JOKES. PORTER DRESSED IN FLASHY CLOTHES. HE HAD PINK AND PURPLE SUITS COVERED WITH RHINESTONES. PORTER AND HIS BAND, THE WAGONMASTERS, ENTERTAINED OVER THREE MILLION VIEWERS. HE SANG DUETS WITH HIS "GAL SINGER" NORMA JEAN, UNTIL DOLLY REPLACED HER. Dolly did a hundred shows a year with Porter, plus recording sessions. They might tape two TV shows in an hour! Porter was hospitalized for

从1960年到1981年，波特·瓦格纳带着他的乡村综艺节目乘公共汽车从一个城镇到另一个城镇巡回美国。 人们喜欢乡村音乐和陈腐的笑话。 波特穿着华丽的衣服。 他的粉色和紫色西装上镶满了水钻。 波特和他的乐队“马车大师”为300多万观众带来了欢乐。 他和他的“女歌手”诺玛·琼一起唱二重唱，直到多莉取代了她。 多莉一年和波特一起演出一百场，再加上录音。 他们可能在一个小时内录制两个电视节目！波特因

stress more than once. Dolly got only a few hours sleep each night. Sometimes she slept in her makeup and wig so she could get back to work early the next morning. Even with this schedule, she kept writing songs. (Over the course of her career she has written over three thousand!) Dolly learned a lot from Porter Wagoner. He taught her to be professional and to always look like a star. In 1967 Dolly recorded a duet with Porter for RCA Records. It was in the top ten country recordings. Thirteen more hit duets followed, and many awards. Dolly made enough

压力不止一次。多莉每天晚上只能睡几个小时。 有时她化着妆，戴着假发睡觉，这样她第二天就能早点回去工作。 即使在这样的日程安排下，她还是坚持写歌。 （在她的职业生涯中，她写了三千多部作品！）多莉从波特·瓦格纳那里学到了很多。 他教她要专业，永远看起来像个明星。 1967年，多莉为RCA唱片公司与波特录制了一首二重唱。 它是十大乡村唱片之一。 随后又有13首热门二重唱，并获得了许多奖项。 多莉赚了足够的钱

money to buy a Cadillac. It was a big, fancy car, and very exciting for a country girl! She had never had a car before and was a terrible driver... which made it even more exciting! Then Dolly was asked to record an album without Porter. This was an amazing chance. Dolly drove her new car to the recording studio... and crashed it into a brick wall in the studio parking lot! Dolly forgot to use the brakes! Luckily, she wasn't hurt. Bricks were still falling on the hood as Dolly strolled into the studio as if nothing had happened! After the recording was done, everyone left and saw the smashed Cadillac stuck in the wall. What!? Whose car was it? Dolly was too smart to let on that it was hers.

买一辆凯迪拉克。那是一辆又大又漂亮的车，对一个乡下女孩来说真是太令人兴奋了！她以前从未开过车，开得很糟糕。 这使它更令人兴奋！然后多莉被要求录制一张没有波特的专辑。 这是一个难得的机会。 多莉开着她的新车去了录音棚。 然后撞上了演播室停车场的一堵砖墙！多莉忘记刹车了！幸运的是，她没有受伤。 砖头还在不停地砸在引擎盖上，多莉却若无其事地走进演播室！录音结束后，所有人都离开了，看到那辆被撞坏的凯迪拉克卡在墙上。 什么! ?是谁的车？多莉很聪明，不会让人知道那是她的。

Now Dolly and Carl were able to buy a two- story house south of Nashville. They were not able to have any children of their own, but they took in five of her younger brothers and sisters. They called Dolly "Aunt Granny." Dolly's sister Stella took care of the kids while Dolly worked to support everybody. Only three years after she first went to Nashville, Dolly's hometown declared Dolly Parton Day. Seven thousand people in Sevierville came to a parade in her honor. Some of her high- school classmates must have been in the crowd. They didn't laugh at her now. Dolly was doing exactly what she said she would. She was becoming a star!

现在多莉和卡尔在纳什维尔南部买了一栋两层楼的房子。 他们没有自己的孩子，但他们收养了她的五个弟弟和妹妹。 他们称多莉为“奶奶阿姨”。 多莉的姐姐斯特拉照顾孩子们，多莉则工作养活大家。 在她第一次去纳什维尔仅仅三年后，多莉的家乡宣布多莉·帕顿日。 七千人在塞维利亚参加了纪念她的游行。 人群中一定有她的高中同学。 他们现在不再嘲笑她了。 多莉完全按照她说的做了。 她要成为明星了！