One day, l was setting up a VlP section for Bobby Taylor,
有天我正在替鮑比·泰勒打理貴賓區(qū)時
all of a sudden, l hear the people clapping and hollering...
突然聽到鼓掌與尖叫聲...
And so l come out of the office and l look and there was the Jackson 5.
我走出辦公室就看到杰克遜五人組
Well, they are pretry good.
他們還挺厲害的
Joe Jackson said, 'listen, man, we wanna be on Motown. '
喬·杰克遜開口說 嘿 我們想進(jìn)摩城
And l said, 'Man, l can't get nobody on the label. '
我說 這可不是我說了就算
And he said, 'Well, do you know anybody you could introduce me to at Motown? '
他回道 你有認(rèn)識人可引薦我嗎?
l was so excited about them,
我對他們充滿期待
l told Bobby Taylor that Thursday about them.
那個星期四就跟鮑比·泰勒提到他們
He said, 'Okay, l'll look at 'em. '
他說 '好 我來見他們
l met them in 1968, at the Regal Theater.
我1968年在理格劇院與他們碰面
l was headlining the show.
我當(dāng)時在那里演出
They were the opening act,
由他們開場
and l was introduced to them by the promoter.
公關(guān)介紹我們認(rèn)識
Berry Gordy, President of Motown, gave him permission
摩城負(fù)責(zé)人貝瑞·戈迪授權(quán)他
to produce any act that he wanted and they would listen to it.
制作任何表演 然后他們就一起聽
He, at that time, had a group called Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers.
他那時組的團(tuán)名叫Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers
They had records on the radio that were going really well and stuff.
他們的專輯還賣得不錯