One day, l was setting up a VlP section for Bobby Taylor,
有天我正在替鲍比·泰勒打理贵宾区时
all of a sudden, l hear the people clapping and hollering...
突然听到鼓掌与尖叫声...
And so l come out of the office and l look and there was the Jackson 5.
我走出办公室就看到杰克逊五人组
Well, they are pretry good.
他们还挺厉害的
Joe Jackson said, 'listen, man, we wanna be on Motown. '
乔·杰克逊开口说 嘿 我们想进摩城
And l said, 'Man, l can't get nobody on the label. '
我说 这可不是我说了就算
And he said, 'Well, do you know anybody you could introduce me to at Motown? '
他回道 你有认识人可引荐我吗?
l was so excited about them,
我对他们充满期待
l told Bobby Taylor that Thursday about them.
那个星期四就跟鲍比·泰勒提到他们
He said, 'Okay, l'll look at 'em. '
他说 '好 我来见他们
l met them in 1968, at the Regal Theater.
我1968年在理格剧院与他们碰面
l was headlining the show.
我当时在那里演出
They were the opening act,
由他们开场
and l was introduced to them by the promoter.
公关介绍我们认识
Berry Gordy, President of Motown, gave him permission
摩城负责人贝瑞·戈迪授权他
to produce any act that he wanted and they would listen to it.
制作任何表演 然后他们就一起听
He, at that time, had a group called Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers.
他那时组的团名叫Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers
They had records on the radio that were going really well and stuff.
他们的专辑还卖得不错