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From R&B to rock and roll
從節(jié)奏藍(lán)調(diào)到搖滾樂(lè)
From the early 1930s to the early 1950s, traditional jazz went into a gradual decline,
從1930年代早期到1950年代早期，傳統(tǒng)的爵士樂(lè)逐漸開(kāi)始走下坡路，
and was replaced by a new musical trend known as rhythm and blues, or R&B.
一種叫做節(jié)奏藍(lán)調(diào)或R&B的新型音樂(lè)流行起來(lái)，取代了爵士樂(lè)。
R&B was then--and now--often thought of as a form of African-American music.
節(jié)奏藍(lán)調(diào)之后以及現(xiàn)在經(jīng)常被認(rèn)為是非裔美國(guó)人的音樂(lè)形式。
It combined the fast pace of many kinds of jazz with the older blues sound.
它結(jié)合了爵士樂(lè)的快速和舊時(shí)藍(lán)調(diào)音樂(lè)聲調(diào)。
During the early 1950s, one particular style of R&B became popular--rock and roll.
50年代早期，節(jié)奏藍(lán)調(diào)的一種特定形式——搖滾樂(lè)，流行了起來(lái)。
One of the first rock and roll musicians was Big Joe Turner.
第一個(gè)搖滾樂(lè)音樂(lè)人是Big Joe Turner。
He was a black American singer who had started out performing jazz in the 1920s, and then turned to R&B in the 1940s.
他是一名美國(guó)黑人歌手，他在20年代開(kāi)始爵士演出，之后在40年代轉(zhuǎn)向節(jié)奏藍(lán)調(diào)。
In 1954, he recorded one of the very first rock and roll songs, 'Shake, Rattle and Roll'.
在1954年，他錄制了第一首搖滾樂(lè)，“Shake, Rattle and Roll”。
This became a hit on the R&B charts, and then was recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets, a white band, and became a hit on the pop charts.
這成為了節(jié)奏藍(lán)調(diào)史上的成功，被Bill Haley和一個(gè)白人樂(lè)團(tuán)Comets錄制，成為了流行樂(lè)史的成功。
Bill Haley and the Comets then recorded 'Rock Around the Clock', which became the number one hit of 1955s.
Bill Haley和Comets錄制了“Rock Around the Clock”，這成為了1955年最成功的音樂(lè)。
'Rock Around the Clock' caused rock music to be recognized as its own, separate style, and made it popular around the world.
“Rock Around the Clock”使搖滾樂(lè)以獨(dú)特的形式為人們所認(rèn)識(shí)，并在世界范圍內(nèi)流行。
In the early 1950s, a record company owner from Memphis, Tennessee, Sam Philips, sought to bring rock music to white audiences.
在50年代早期，Memphis、Tennessee、Sam Philips擁有的一家唱片公司嘗試將搖滾樂(lè)帶給白人聽(tīng)眾。
Because of the prejudice and racial discrimination of the time, he knew that he had touse white singers or the records might not get played on the radio.
由于當(dāng)時(shí)的偏見(jiàn)和種族歧視，他知道必須使用白人歌手否則唱片則不能在電臺(tái)播放。
In 1954, Elvis Presley made his first record for Philips. Within two years, Presley became the most popular music star in the world, and even today he is known as 'the King of Rock and Roll'.
在1954年，954年，埃維斯·普雷斯利為菲利浦的唱片公司錄制了他的第一張唱片。兩年內(nèi)，普雷斯利成為了世界上最著名的明星，甚至到現(xiàn)在，他也被認(rèn)為是“搖滾之王”。
He had seventeen number one songs and ten number one albums. Only one musical acts hassold more records.
他有17首排名第一的音樂(lè)和10個(gè)排名第一的專(zhuān)輯。他是世界上唯一一個(gè)賣(mài)出有如此銷(xiāo)量的音樂(lè)家。
