1、原文标题:Remembering Davy Jones内容简介:童星出身的戴维?琼斯50年后的今天依然是“婴儿潮”一代人美好的回忆。Hints: Davy JonesThe MonkeesManchesterWest EndBroadwayOliver.The Ed Sullivan ShowThe BeatlesMost of his fans first heard of Davy Jones in 1966, when The Monkees television program invaded living rooms worldwide. In reality, the then 2
2、1-year-old actor and singer from Manchester in the United Kingdom was a show business veteran. He got his start as a teen actor on British television, and later performed in the West End and Broadway casts of the musical Oliver.While appearing in that show, Davy Jones found himself on The Ed Sulliva
3、n Show in the U.S., the same night that millions of people tuned in to see The Beatles American TV debut. In later years, Jones often told the story of hearing hundreds of teenagers screaming as The Beatles played, and deciding then and there that he wanted to be a pop star.Within two years, he was.
4、 And almost 50 years later, the theme song to the television program that made Davy Jones a household name is still burned into the brains of baby boomers around the world.1966年当世界各地都在播放门基乐队的电视节目时,大多数戴维?琼斯的粉丝才第一次听说这个人。实际上,那时21岁来自英国曼彻斯特的他就已经是娱乐界的资深演员和歌手了。他从在英国电视节目中做年轻演员开始,后来在伦敦西区和百老汇出演过音乐剧“奥利弗”。当出演那个节目秀的时候,戴维?琼斯在美国的“苏利文秀”节目上发现了自己。同一天晚上成千上万的人都在收看“甲壳虫乐队”在美国电视上的首次演出。几年后,琼斯还经常讲起数以百计的年轻人在听“甲壳虫乐队”演出时的欢呼,在那个时候他就决定要成为一名明星。两年之内他就做到了。并且大约50年以后,让戴维?琼斯这个名字家喻户晓的这首电视节目的主题曲仍然令婴儿潮时期出生的一代人印象深刻。