美国名人 艾拉·费兹杰拉.docx

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1、美国名人艾拉费兹杰拉EllaFitzgeraldplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-14:46repeatByNancySteinbach2004-3-6(THEME)ANNCR:NowztheVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PeopleinAmerica.Today,ShirleyGriffithandSteveEmbertellaboutthejazzsingerzEllaFitzgerald.ShewasknownasAmericasfirstladyofsong.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Theyearwasnineteen-thirty-th

2、ree.TheplacewasNewYorkCity.EllaFitzgeraldwassixteenyearsold.ShehadenteredacompetitionattheApollotheaterinHarlem.Shewasgoingtodance.Butshehadjustwatchedtwodancersperform.Theywerebetterdancersthanshe.Sozinsteadofdancing,shesangasongcalledJudy.Peoplewatchingthecompetitionurgedhertosinganothersong.Shedi

3、d.Shewonfirstprize-twenty-fivedollars.ThatcompetitionattheApolloTheaterchangedEllaFitzgeraldslifeforever.BandleaderChickWebbwaswatchingthecompetition.HehiredEllatosingwithhisband.Hetaughtheraboutsinginginpublic.Heevenshowedherwhatkindofclothestowear.Inthreeyears,shehadherfirsthitrecord,A-Tisket-a-Ta

4、sket:(MUSIC)VOICETWO:EllaFitzgeraldwasborninthesoutherncityofNewportNews,Virginiainnineteen-seventeen.Herfatherleftsoonafterherbirth.HermothertookEllaandmovedtoNewYorkCity.EllasmotherdiedwhenEllawasfifteenyearsold.Thenextyear,EllastartedsingingwithChickWebbsband.ShestayedwithChickWebbuntilhediedinni

5、neteen-thirty-nine.EllakepthisbandtogetherafterhedieduntilWorldWarTwostarted.Thenmostofthebandmembersjoinedthearmedforces.WhileshewaswiththebandzEllarecordedalmostone-hundred-fiftysongs.VOICEONE:EllaFitzgeraldwasgreatlyinfluencedbytheexperimentalmusicofCharlieParkerandDizzyGillespie.Itwascalledbe-bo

6、p.Sheusedbe-boprhythmsinhersinging.Innineteen-forty-fivezsherecordedthesongFlyingHome,usingthebe-bopmethodknownasscat.Inscat,thesingersvoicesoundslikeanotherinstrumentintheorchestra.Criticssayitwasthemostinfluentialjazzrecordofthetime.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:Innineteen-forty-ninezjazzmusicianNormanGranzinvi

7、tedhertojoinhisband.ItwaswithhisbandinBerlin,Germanyinnineteen-sixtythatEllasangafamoussonginaverydifferentway.AmanaskedherifsheknewthesongMacktheKnife.Ellasaidshehadhearditafewtimesbutthebanddidnothavethemusicforit.Shesaidshewouldtrytosingitanyway.ThisrecordingshowshowshecontinuedtosingMacktheKnife

8、whenshedidnotrememberthewords.Thepeoplelisteninglovedit.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:NormanGranzlaterbecamehermanager.Hestartedanewrecordingcompanyjustforher.ItwashisideaforEllatorecordthenowfamousseriesofrecordalbumscalledtheSongbooks.Oneachrecord,shesangworksofadifferentsongwriter.Sherecordedsongbooksofthemusi

9、cofColePorter,IrvingBerlin,DukeEllington,JeromeKern,JohnnyMercerandHaroldArlen.CriticssaythebestsongbookisEllasingingthesongsofGeorgeandIraGershwin.IraGershwinreportedlysaid:IneverknewhowgoodoursongswereuntilIheardEllaFitzgeraldsingthem.Here,shesingstheGershwinsong,IGotRhythm:(MUSIC)VOICETWO:EllaFit

10、zgeraldalsoappearedinmoviesandontelevision.Shebecamepopularinternationally.Sheperformedinconcertsaroundtheworldsometimesfortyweeksayear.Shealsorecordedfordifferentrecordcompanies.Inthenineteen-sixties,shebegantosingmoremodernsongssuchasthosewrittenbytheBeatlesandBurtBacharach.Butshewasnotverysuccess

11、fulwiththatkindofpopularmusic.Shereturnedtojazzinnineteen-seventy-threezagainwithNormanGranz.Shealsobeganperformingwithsymphonyorchestras.VOICEONE:EllaFitzgeraldwasmarriedtwotimes.Bothmarriagesendedindivorce.Sheraisedthreechildrenwhowerenotherown.EllalivedquietlyinBeverlyHills,California.Throughouth

12、erlifeshewasaveryprivateperson.Shewantedtobeknownonlyforhermusic.HerfriendsincludedmembersoftheDukeEllingtonband,CountBasiesband,andsingerslikeSarahVaughnandPeggyLee.EllaFitzgeraldbegantohavehealthproblemsduringthenineteen-seventies.Shehadthediseasediabeteswhichcausedproblemswithhereyes.Shehadaheart

13、operationinnineteen-eighty-si.Innineteen-ninetythree,theeffectsofdiabetesledtooperationstoremovebothherlegs.ShediedJunefifteenth,nineteen-ninety-six.VOICETWO:PeoplearoundtheworldlovedEllaFitzgeraldsjoyfulsinging.CriticssaidshehadraisedtheAmericanpopularsongtothelevelofart.Shewonmanyawards.Shereceive

14、dtheNationalMedaloftheArtsandaKennedyCenterHonorforlifetimework.TheUniversityofMarylandnamedaperformingartscenterforher.EllaFitzgeraldswonderfulvoicelivesoninhertwo-hundred-fiftyalbums.ShewonthirteenGrammyawardsgiveneachyearforthebestrecordings.HerlastGrammywasforthenineteen-ninetyrecord:AllThatJazz:(MUSIC)ANNCR:ThisSpecialEnglishprogramwaswrittenbyNancySteinbach.TheannouncerswereShirleyGriffithandSteveEmber.mSarahLong.ListenagainnextweekforanotherPeopleinAmericaprogramontheVoiceofAmerica.(THEME)

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