0 Who Is Stevie Wonder

Who Is Stevie Wonder? by Jim Gigliotti

史蒂夫·汪达是谁？吉姆·吉廖蒂著

Who Is Stevie Wonder? Steveland Judkins walked into the Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, one day in the fall of 1961. He was there to audition for the studio bosses. Every day, other musicians came to Motown for the same reason. They all hoped to become stars. Stevie, as he was called, was just like them—except that he was only eleven years old, and he was blind. Stevie started off by playing the piano. Then he banged on the drums for a while. He was wearing dark sunglasses indoors, but plenty of young musicians thought wearing shades like that looked cool. And Stevie found his way around the instruments with no problem. Not everyone in the room realized Stevie was blind.

史蒂夫·汪达是谁？1961年秋天的一天，史蒂夫兰·贾金斯走进了密歇根州底特律的摩城唱片公司。 他是去为工作室老板试镜的。 每天都有其他音乐家出于同样的原因来到摩城。 他们都希望成为明星。 他的名字叫史蒂夫，和他们一样——除了他只有11岁，而且是个盲人。 史蒂维开始弹钢琴。 然后他敲了一会儿鼓。 他在室内戴着墨镜，但很多年轻的音乐家认为戴着墨镜看起来很酷。 史蒂夫毫无问题地学会了如何使用这些乐器。 并不是房间里的每个人都意识到史蒂维是盲人。

At first, Berry Gordy, who was the man in charge of Motown, didn't think Stevie was such a big deal. Gordy already had enough people who could play the piano and the drums. But after playing the drums, Stevie sang for a bit. Then he played the harmonica. Gordy was impressed that not only could Stevie do so many things well, but he did them with a wide smile

起初，摩城的负责人贝瑞·戈迪（Berry Gordy）并不认为史蒂夫是一个了不起的人物。 戈迪已经有足够多会弹钢琴和打鼓的人了。 但在打鼓之后，史蒂夫唱了一会儿。 然后他吹口琴。 让戈迪印象深刻的是，史蒂夫不仅能把这么多事情做好，而且做这些事情时还带着灿烂的笑容

on his face. Stevie clearly was enjoying himself, and everyone watching him was having a good time, too. Gordy decided then and there that he was going to sign Stevie to a recording contract. That was more than fifty years ago. Today, Stevie is known around the world by his stage name, Stevie Wonder. He is a groundbreaking musician who has entertained millions of fans, performed in front of world leaders, and worked hard for social change. He has earned the highest honors awarded to composers, singers, musicians, and citizens of the United States. And he has done it all with the same positive attitude and wide smile on his face that he had in the Motown studio that day in 1961.

在他的脸上。史蒂夫显然玩得很开心，每个看着他的人也都玩得很开心。 戈迪当场就决定和史蒂夫签一份唱片合同。 那是五十多年前的事了。 今天，史蒂夫以他的艺名史蒂夫·汪达闻名于世。 他是一位开创性的音乐家，为数百万歌迷带来了欢乐，在世界各国领导人面前表演，并为社会变革而努力工作。 他获得了授予作曲家、歌手、音乐家和美国公民的最高荣誉。 他做这一切都带着同样积极的态度和灿烂的笑容，就像1961年那天在摩城录音室一样。