VOA慢速英语 九名艺人入主"摇滚名人堂"

　　Reporters, songwriters, radio show hosts and music industry leaders who helped influence rock and roll can also be honored. So can artists whose music came before rock and roll, but influenced its development.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　In two thousand, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation also began to honor a new group called sidemen.

　　This category honors performers who played as backup musicians for major stars. The inductees from this group include two musicians, D.J. Fontana and Bill Black, who played with Elvis Presley in the nineteen fifties. The keyboard player and soul songwriter Spooner Oldham was also honored. He recorded with artists including Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan. Now we tell about the five main performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.

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　　VOICE ONE:

　　Little Anthony and the Imperials are known for recording "doo-wop" songs that were popular in the nineteen fifties. The lead singer, Anthony Gourdine, got the nickname Little Anthony because his voice sounded very young. The group's song "Tears on My Pillow" was one of the big hits of nineteen fifty-eight.

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