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1、美国名人黑人音乐家山姆库克SamCooke,1931-1964:Thesingerwasoneofthebiggeststarsinthemusicindustryduringthe1950sand60splaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:41repeatByCynthiaKirk2007-6-9VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmRayFreemanwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PeopleinAmerica.Everyweekwetellaboutsomeoneimportantintheh

2、istoryoftheUnitedStates.Thisweekwetellaboutblacksingerandsongwriter,SamCooke.(MUSIC:YouSendMe)VOICEONE:Ithasbeenyearssincethatsongwasahit.Yetitisstillpopulartoday.ThesongiscalledYouSendMe.Itwaswrittenandsungbyayoungsingerandsongwriter,SamCooke.Duringthelatenineteenfiftiesandearlysixties,SamCookewaso

3、neofthebiggeststarsinthemusicindustry.Hissmoothvoiceandmusicalstylewerepopularwithbothblacksandwhites.AlthoughSamCookediedyearsago,hisinfluencestillispresentintodaysmusic.VOICETWO:SamCookewasborninClarksdale,Mississippi,innineteenthirty-one.HegrewupinChicago,Illinois.HisfatherwasaministerinaBaptistc

4、hurch.Samstartedsingingreligiousmusicwhenhewasonlyfifteenyearsold.Whenhewasnineteen,hebecametheleadsingerofafamousgospelsinginggroupcalledtheSoulStirrers.Innineteenfifty,hebeganwritingandrecordingfortheSoulStirrers.Duringhissixyearswiththegroup,Cookebroughthisownkindofexpressiontogospelmusic.Hebecam

5、egospelmusicsbiggeststar.Hisgoodlooksandsingingabilitiesmadehimverypopularamongwomen,bothyoungandold.HereisSamCookewiththeSoulStirrerssingingTouchtheHemofHisGarment.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AlthoughSamCookewasastarwiththeSoulStirrers,hewantedtosingotherkindsofmusic.So,hedecidedtosingpopularmusicinstead.Cooke

6、sdecisiontocrossovertopopmusicshockedmanyblacks.Thatwasbecausemakingsuchachangewasnotaseasythenasitistoday.Racialtensionswerehighbetweenblacksandwhitesinthenineteenfifties.Andgospelmusicwaspopularamongblackpeople.Itwasconsideredanimportantpartofblackculture.ThecompanythatrecordedtheSoulStirrersrecor

7、dsurgedhimnottostartsingingpopmusic.Theythoughtitwouldoffendthegroupsfans.VOICETWO:Cookezhowever,wantedtosingtoallgroupsofpeople.Hewantedtoexpresshisracialidentitywithoutoffendingwhites.Atthattime,mostrecordsbyblackartistswerenotplayedonradiostationsthathadwhitelisteners.So,heleftthegospelmusicworld

8、wherehewasextremelypopularwithblacks.Butthemovewasnotamistake.Hesoonbecameabigstarsingingpopmusic.SamCookesfirstpoprecordwasreleasedbyasmallcompany,Keen,innineteenfifty-seven.ItwasYouSendMe.Itwasahugesuccess.Itsoldonemillionsevenhundredthousandcopiesinthefirstyearalone.Itisoneofhismostmemorablerecor

9、dings.Hereisthefirstversionherecordedofthatsong.ItwasmadetoshowCookesabilitytosing.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:SamCookehadavoicethatwasunlikeanythepublichadeverheard.Hisvoicewassoft,yetintense.Hemadesingingseemeffortless.Cookewasalsoawisebusinessman.Innineteenfifty-nine,hebecamethefirstblackartisttoestablishhis

10、ownrecordcompany,SARRecords.Hewrotemostofhisownmaterial.And,heownedtherightstohissongsthroughhismusicpublishingcompany,KagsMusic.Veryfewblacksatthattimewereabletocontroltheirmusicalprofessioninsuchaway.And,withoutsuchbusinesscontrol,theylostmoney.HereisanotherhitbySamCookezwhenhewaswiththeKeenrecord

11、company,calledWonderfulWorld.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:Innineteensixty,SamCookesignedanagreementwithamajorrecordcompany,RCA.Suchamoveiscommontoday.But,amovefromanindependentblack-ownedrecordcompanytoamajorrecordcompanywassomethingfewblackartistswereabletodothen.CookehadanumberofbighitsatRCA.Inthissong,SamCook

12、eusesacallandanswerformofmusicalexpressionthatstartedintheblackchurch.ThesongiscalledBringitonHometoMe.(MUSIC)Innineteensixty-twozSamCookerecordedasongforRCAaboutapopularnewdancestep,theTwist.ThesongiscalledTwistintheNightAway.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:InDecembernineteensixty-four,SamCookeslifewassuddenlycuts

13、hort.HewasshotandkilledatahotelduringavisittoLosAngeles.Hewasthirty-threeyearsold.Hisdeathshockedhisfans.Thousandsofpeoplegatheredathisfuneral.TwoofCookeslastsongswerereleasedafterhedied.OneofthesongsiscalledAChangeisGonnaCome.Itisapowerfulsongthatcombinesgospelandpopmusic.ThesongislikemanyofSamCookesthatmadehimsopopularasasingerandsongwriter.Itisaboutneverlosinghope.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:ThisSpecialEnglishprogramwaswrittenbyCynthiaKirk.ItwasproducedbyLawanDavis.mRayFreeman.VOICEONE:AndmShirleyGriffith.JoinusagainnextweekforanotherpeopleinAmericanprogramontheVoiceofAmerica.