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美国名人乡村音乐人罗格米勒CountryandWesternSingerRogerMillerHadManyHitSongsplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:38repeatByPaulThompson2005-10-1(THEME)VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmSarahLongwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PEOPLEINAMERICA.TodaywetellaboutmusicwriterandperformerRogerMiller.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Thenameofthatsongis"DangMe."ItwaswrittenandrecordedbyRogerMillerinNineteen-Sixty-Five.Itwasnotthefirstsonghehadwritten,butitwashisfirsthugehitrecord.Infact,therecordingof"DangMe"helpedRogerMillerwinfiveoftheNationalAcademyofRecordingArtsandSciencesGrammyAwards.OneofthoseawardswastheGrammyforbestnewcountryandwesternartist.Before"DangMe"becameahitrecord,fewpeopleoutsidethemusicbusinessknewthenameRogerMiller.Yethehadbeenworkinghiswaytothetopofthemusicbusinesssincehewasaboy.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RogerDeanMillerwasbornJanuarySecond,Nineteen-Thirty-SixinthewesterncityofFortWorth,Texas.HisfatherdiedwhenRogerwasonlyoneyearold.Hismotherbecamesicksoonafter.RogerwassenttolivewithhisuncleinErick,Oklahoma.VOICETWO(cont):RogerMillerhadadifficultchildhood.Mostofhisdayswerespentworkingonhisuncle'sfarm,pickingcotton.Hewasalonelyandunhappychild.Rogerbeganwritingsongsbecausehelovedthemusicheheardontheradio.Healsolearnedtoplaytheguitarandtheviolin,sometimescalledafiddle.MuchIatechelearnedtoplaythedrums.MusichelpedtheyoungRogerescapethehardworkonhisuncle'scottonfarm.VOICEONE:Rogerleftthefarmwhenhewasstillveryyoung.Hetraveledfromtowntotowninthewest.Heworkedatanyjobhecouldfindduringtheday.Atnight,hewenttomusicclubsanddrinkingplaceswherecountryandwesternbandsplayed.Theseplacesprovidedhimwithamusiceducation.RogerMillerenteredtheUnitedStatesArmyattheageofseventeen.HewassenttoanarmybasenearAtlanta,Georgia.InAtlanta,heplayedwithamusicgroupcalled"TheCircle"A"Wranglers."WhenhelefttheArmy,RogermovedtothehomeofcountrymusicinNashvillezTennessee.VOICEONE(Cont):Atfirst,heworkedinahotel.Storiessayhewouldsingthereforanyonewhowouldlisten.Hesoongotseveraljobsplayinghisviolin.Andhebeganwritingsongsforothersingers.VOICETWO:Rogerlikedwritingsongs.Healsowantedtoperformhisownsongsonthestage.Herecordedseveralrecords,buttheywerenotpopularanddidnotsellmanycopies.InNineteen-Sixty,Rogerrecordedasongcalled"YouDon'tWantMyLove."Today,thesongisbetterknownas"IntheSummerTime,"Itisthefirstsonghewroteandsangthatbecamepopular.(MUSIC)VOICETWO(cont):"IntheSummerTime"soldmanycopies.ItshowedrecordcompanyofficialsthatRogerMillerwasagoodperformer.VOICEONE:OnJanuaryTenth,Nineteen-Sixty-FourRogerMilleragreedtorecordsixteensongs.Oneofthosesongswas"DangMe,"Itbecamehisfirstnumberonesellingrecord.Itwasahitwithcountrymusicfansandwithpopularmusicfanstoo.Itsoldmillionsofcopies.Anotherfunnysongrecordedatthesametimealsobecameamajorhit.Itiscalled"Chug-a-lug".(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RogerMillerbecameextremelypopularastheresultofthesuccessof"DangMe"and"Chug-A-Lug".Hebeganappearingontelevision.Hisrecordssoldbythemillions.Butitwasanotherrecordthatmadehimextremelyfamous.Rogeroftentoldthestoryabouthowhewrotehismostfamoussong.HewasdrivinglateatnightnearthemiddlewesterncityofChicago.Hesawasignneartheroad.Writtenonthesignwerethewords,"TrailersforSaleorRent."VOICETWO(cont):Thewordsstayedinhisheadandwouldnotgoaway.Later,heusedthosewordsastheopeningofhismostfamoussong,"KingoftheRoad."Likemanyofhisothersongsitwaspopularwithcountryfansandwithpopularmusicfansaswell.ItisplayedoftenonradiostationsthroughouttheUnitedStates.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:RoccoLandesmanoncetaughtattheSchoolofDramaatYaleUniversity.HereallylikedRogerMiller'smusic.MisterLandesmanwroteseverallettersaskingifRogercouldwritethemusicforaplaythatwouldappearonBroadwayinNewYork.ThestorywouldbetakenfromMarkTwain'sfamousbook,"HuckleberryFinn."Rogeragreedtowritethemusicfortheshowcalled"BigRiver."ItopenedonBroadwayinAprilofNineteen-Eighty-Five.Itwasabighit."BigRiver"receivedsevenTonyAwards.RogerMillerwontwoforthemusichewrote.VOICEONE(Cont):Themostpopularsongfromtheshowiscalled"RiverintheRain."ThesongisabouttheMississippiRiver.Rogersingsithere.(MUSIC)RogerMillerdiedoflungcancerNineteen-Ninety-Two.Peoplewhoknewhimsayhissongsexpressedthewayhefeltaboutlifefullofpureexcitementandjoy.(THEME)VOICEONE:ThisSpecialEnglishprogramwaswrittenbyPaulThompsonandproducedbyCatyWeaver.ThisisShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndthisisSarahLong.ListenagainnextweekforanotherPEOPLEINAMERICAprogramontheVoiceofAmerica.