Rosco Gordon
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Biography
[Edit]Rosco Gordon was best known for being one of the progenitors of a slightly shambolic, loping style of piano shuffle called "Rosco's Rhythm." The basic elements of this sound were further developed after Jamaican musicians got a hold of 45s Gordon recorded in the early '50s — which were not available to Jamaicans until 1959 — and created ska, which took its name for the sound of this particular shuffle as it sounded being played on an electric guitar (ska-ska-ska).
No less an authority than Chris Blackwell — he was the founder/president of Island Records who produced Bob Marley, the Wailers, and Peter Tosh, to name a few — has cited Gordon's importance to reggae and ska music and championed the sound he helped create.
Gordon had originally been a member of the famed Beale Streeters, a Memphis, TN-based group that also featured the considerable talents of Johnny Ace, B.B. King, and Bobby "Blue" Bland, in the late '40s. They were scouted by none other than Ike Turner for Modern Records, who recorded the Beale Streeters' first single in 1951.
Gordon was soon recording sides for Sam Phillips and his Sun Records label. Phillips later sold the master of Gordon's own "Bootin'" to two competing labels, Chess and RPM, both of whom released it as a single. This "mix-up" did not, however, prevent the song from hitting number one on the R&B chart in 1952.
The follow-up to "Bootin'," called "No More Doggin'," was the first song to feature the now-familiar shuffle rhythm of Gordon's design, with a strong accent on the off-beat that repeated the oft-monotonous guitar phrasing. Though Gordon had recorded the song in the living room of a friend's home, in fact, the sound was fully developed and unique for its time. On July 11, 2002, Gordon died of a heart attack at his home in Queens, New York. He was 74.
Title: Just A Little Bit (Digitally Remastered) - Single
Artist: Rosco Gordon
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 616: Rosco Gordon (CD2)
Artist: Rosco Gordon
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Just A Little Bit Plus All The Singles As & Bs 1951-1961 (CD1)
Artist: Rosco Gordon
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Essential Classics, Vol. 616: Rosco Gordon (CD1)
Artist: Rosco Gordon
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Collections
Title: Rare Oldies R&B Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Chess Chartbusters, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: The Early Roots of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: Best of Boogie Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Coffee & Cigarettes - Smoking Songs & Vintage Tracks
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Dark Side of the SUN
Genre: Rock
Title: Soul Classics: Lost Love
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1958 (Disk 1)
Genre: Blues
Title: R&B Hits of 1951, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: I Smell a Rat
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 22
Genre: Pop
Title: Rockin R&B Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 100 Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Early R and B, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 100 Proof Drinking Songs
Genre: Country
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great American Blues: Memphis, Tennessee
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Record's Epic Blues Cuts
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records - The Blues Years, 1950 - 1958 (Disc 8)
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records: The Blues Years, 1950-1958 (Disc 4)
Genre: Blues
Title: East Coast Teen Party - Volume 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Boogie Woogie, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Stony Plain's Christmas Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: 30 Years of Stony Plain
Genre: Blues, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Memphis Blues Nuggets
Genre: Blues
Title: Discover - Jump Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Discover - Boogie Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Ultimate Blues Piano Collection
Genre: Blues
Title: Memphis Blues Gems
Genre: Blues
Title: Memphis Blues - 100 Vintage Tracks
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records- Boogie BBQ
Genre: Blues
Title: Best of Memphis Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues Came Down from Memphis CD 1 (Pt. 1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Electric Memphis Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Weirdsville - The Surf Creature
Genre: Rock
Title: Sun Record's 60th Anniversary - Vintage Keys
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records - Twisted Cuts
Genre: Blues
Title: The Greatest Memphis Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Vee Jay Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: All American Vintage Rhythm and Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Record's Epic Blues Cuts pt. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1960, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: A Taste of the Blues, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 35 Years of Stony Plain
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1953, Vol. 8
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: A Beginners Guide to: Memphis Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Best of Boogie Woogie
Genre: Blues
Title: Best of Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Stuck Inside Memphis Blues Again
Genre: Blues
Title: Hits of Memphis Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Bluestream: The Best Of Mainstream Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records - Heartbreakers
Genre: Blues
Title: The Unavailable 16 & the Original Nitty Gritty
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Sun Records - The Rhythm and The Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Rare Gold Doo Wops Vol 8
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Sun Records - Jump Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Money Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: The Blues Years, 1950-1958 (Disc 2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records Yearbook - 1956, Pt. 2
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: In Case You Missed It: 15 Years of Dualtone
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Stony Plain Records 25th Anniversary
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Songwriter/Lyricist
