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From R&B to rock and roll
从节奏蓝调到摇滚乐
From the early 1930s to the early 1950s, traditional jazz went into a gradual decline,
从1930年代早期到1950年代早期，传统的爵士乐逐渐开始走下坡路，
and was replaced by a new musical trend known as rhythm and blues, or R&B.
一种叫做节奏蓝调或R&B的新型音乐流行起来，取代了爵士乐。
R&B was then--and now--often thought of as a form of African-American music.
节奏蓝调之后以及现在经常被认为是非裔美国人的音乐形式。
It combined the fast pace of many kinds of jazz with the older blues sound.
它结合了爵士乐的快速和旧时蓝调音乐声调。
During the early 1950s, one particular style of R&B became popular--rock and roll.
50年代早期，节奏蓝调的一种特定形式——摇滚乐，流行了起来。
One of the first rock and roll musicians was Big Joe Turner.
第一个摇滚乐音乐人是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.
他是一名美国黑人歌手，他在20年代开始爵士演出，之后在40年代转向节奏蓝调。
In 1954, he recorded one of the very first rock and roll songs, 'Shake, Rattle and Roll'.
在1954年，他录制了第一首摇滚乐，“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.
这成为了节奏蓝调史上的成功，被Bill Haley和一个白人乐团Comets录制，成为了流行乐史的成功。
Bill Haley and the Comets then recorded 'Rock Around the Clock', which became the number one hit of 1955s.
Bill Haley和Comets录制了“Rock Around the Clock”，这成为了1955年最成功的音乐。
'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”使摇滚乐以独特的形式为人们所认识，并在世界范围内流行。
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拥有的一家唱片公司尝试将摇滚乐带给白人听众。
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.
由于当时的偏见和种族歧视，他知道必须使用白人歌手否则唱片则不能在电台播放。
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，埃维斯·普雷斯利为菲利浦的唱片公司录制了他的第一张唱片。两年内，普雷斯利成为了世界上最著名的明星，甚至到现在，他也被认为是“摇滚之王”。
He had seventeen number one songs and ten number one albums. Only one musical acts hassold more records.
他有17首排名第一的音乐和10个排名第一的专辑。他是世界上唯一一个卖出有如此销量的音乐家。
