VOA标准英语2013--Songwriter Looks Back at Rock and Roll Repertoire
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(五月)
Songwriter Looks Back at Rock and Roll Repertoire 1
"Jailhouse Rock" was one of more than 20 Leiber and Stoller songs that Elvis Presley recorded. Another Presley record, written by Leiber and Stoller, was an even bigger hit.
Along with Elvis and other artists, Leiber and Stoller were at the heart of the rock and roll revolution. Mike Stoller says he started writing music with friend Jerry Leiber when they were 17.
"I'd be jamming at the piano and he'd be walking around shouting phrases out, anything that came into his head," said Stoller.
The pair wrote and produced a series of popular songs by The Coasters, including "Yakety Yak," "Poison Ivy," and "Charlie Brown."
Many Leiber-Stoller songs were recorded by different artists and climbed the record charts at different times. "Ruby Baby" was a hit for The Drifters in 1956, and for Dion six years later.
The Clovers, The Coasters and many other groups performed another of the duo's hits, "Love Potion No. 9." And more than 100 artists have recorded this Leiber-Stoller hit.
Another song that became a major hit, "Stand By Me," was a collaboration 2 with singer Ben E. King.
"Benny had basically the tune 3 pretty much in his head," said Stoller. "He started singing. I went to the piano and started sussing (figuring) out the chords, and then I came up with the bass 4 pattern - boom, boom, boom-boom-boom, boom ...."
It's one of scores of Leiber-Stoller tunes 5 that are now American standards. Mike Stoller, at his piano, sometimes reminisces.
What's his favorite song? Stoller says it changes.
"My favorite song is always the one I'm writing at the moment because I can't get it out of my head," he said.
Jerry Leiber is gone now, but at age 80, Mike Stoller is keeping busy writing new songs, and celebrating the old ones.
- There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。
- He has added considerably to his piano repertoire.他的钢琴演奏曲目大大增加了。
- The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
- He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。
- He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
- The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。
- He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
- The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。