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美国名人歌手汉克威廉姆斯CountryandWesternSingerHankWilliamsWroteSongsAboutLoveandHeartbreakplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-16:20repeatByHankWilliams2006-4-29(THEME)VOICEONE:PEOPLEINAMERICA-aprograminSpecialEnglishbytheVoiceofAmerica.(THEME)Everyweekatthistime,wetellyouastoryaboutpeoplewhoplayedapartinthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.mTonyRiggs.Today,LarryWestandItellthestoryofcountryandwesternsingerandsongwriter;HankWilliams.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:ThatwastherecordHankWilliamsmadewhenhefirsttriedtointerestrecordingcompaniesinhismusic.Noneofthecompanieslikeditatthetime.Butafewyearslater,thehighsharpvoiceofHankWilliamswouldcutlikeaknifethroughthemusicworld.Whenhesanghissongs,peoplelistened.Theyarestilllistening,longafterhisdeath.VOICEONE:HankWilliamswasborninnineteentwenty-threeonasmallfarmnearMountOlive,Alabama.LikemostpeopleatthattimeinthesouthernUnitedStates,theWilliamsfamilywaspoor.Hank'sfathercouldnotwork.HehadbeeninjuredinWorldWarOne.HespentmanyyearsinahospitalwhenHankwasaboy.TheWilliamsfamilydidnotownmanythings.Butitalwayshadmusic.Hanksanginchurch.Whenhewaseightyearsold,hegotanoldguitarandtaughthimselftoplay.Fromthenon,musicwouldbethemostimportantthinginhislife.VOICETWO:BythetimeHankwasfourteen,hehadalreadyputtogetherhisowngroupofmusicians.Theyplayedatdancesandparties.Theyalsoplayedatasmalllocalradiostation.Theywereknownas"HankWilliamsandhisDriftingCowboys."Formorethantenyears,Hankremainedpopularlocally,butwasunknownnationally.Then,innineteenforty-nine,herecordedhisfirstmajorhitrecord.Thesongwas"LovesickBlues."(MUSIC)HankWilliamsandhisgroupperformed"LovesickBlues"onthestageoftheGrandOleOpryhouseinNashville,Tennessee.Peopleinthetheaterwouldnotlethimstopsinging.Theymadehimsingthesongsixtimes.Afteryearsofhardwork,HankWilliamshadbecomeastar.VOICEONE:Hankwrotemanysongsintheyearsthatfollowed.Singersarestillrecordingthemtoday.Theymaysingthesongsinthecountryandwesternstyle-thewayHankwrotethem.Ortheymaysingtheminotherpopularstyles.Eitherway,thesongswillalwaysbehis.HankWilliamswrotebothhappysongsandsadsongs.Butthesadsongsarerememberedbest.WhenHanksangasadsongzthosewholistenedknewitwasaboutsomethingthathadhappenedtohim.Somehow,hewasabletosharehisfeelingsinhismusic.Oneofthemostfamousofthesesadsongsis"YourCheatin'Heart."Onemusicexpertsaid:"YourCheatin'Heart',issosad,itsoundslikeajudgesentencingsomebodytoapunishmentworsethandeathitself."(MUSIC)"YourCheatin'Heart"waswrittenintheearlynineteenfifties.Ithasbeenrecordedbymorethanfiftysingersandgroupsinalmosteverystyleofpopularmusic.VOICETWO:ManyyearsafterHankWilliams'death,newfansofhismusichaveaskedwhyhecouldputsomuchofhislifeintohissongs.Thereisnoeasyanswertothatquestion.HankWilliamshadmanyproblemsduringhislife.HeandhiswifeAudreydidnothaveahappymarriage.Manyofhissongsseemedtoask:"Whycan'twemakethismarriagework?"ManypeopleknewthatwhenHanksangthissong,"ColdColdHeart",hewassingingabouthiswifeandtheirproblems.ThosewhohadsimilarproblemsfeltthatHankwassingingaboutthem,too.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:HankWilliamsdranktoomuchalcohol.ThosewhoknewHankWilliamssayhedidnothavetheemotionalstrengthtodealwithhisproblems.Theysayheoftenfelthehadnocontroloverhislife.Everythingseemedtobemovingtoofast.Hecouldnotstop.Andhecouldnotescape.Hehadmoneyandfame.Buttheydidnotcurehisloneliness,hisdrinking,orhismarriageproblems.Hankwasalwayssurroundedbypeople,especiallyafterhebecamefamous.None,however;couldbreakthroughtheterriblesadnessthatseemedtofollowhimeverywhere.Onesong,'TmSoLonesomeICouldCry",expresseshisfeelingsofloneliness.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:WhenHankWilliamsbegantorecordhissongs,countryandwesternmusicwasnotpopularwithmostAmericans.ItwasthemusicofthepoorfarmingareasoftheSouth.However,becauseHank'ssongstoldofreal-lifetroubleswithsuchgreatemotion,somethingunusualbegantohappentohismusic.RadiostationsthathadneverplayedcountryandwesternmusicbegantoplayHankWilliams'songs.FamousrecordingstarswhoneversangcountryandwesternmusicbeganrecordingsongswrittenbyHankWilliams.Hehadcreatedacollectionofmusicthatstretchedfarpasthimselfandhistimes.HankWilliams'lifeandcareerwerebrief.HediedonNewYear'sDay,nineteenfifty-three.Hewastwenty-nineyearsold.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:YouhavebeenlisteningtoPEOPLEINAMERICA,aprograminSpecialEnglishbytheVoiceofAmerica.YournarratorswereLarryWestandTonyRiggs.PEOPLEINAMERICAwaswrittenbyPaulThompson.