Curtis Gordon, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Curtis Gordon

American musician

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1928

Date of Death: 02-May-2004

Profession: singer, musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Curtis Gordon

  • Curtis Gordon (July 27, 1928 – May 2, 2004) was an American rockabilly singer. Gordon was heavily influenced by Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills, and Jimmie Rodgers as a child.
  • He won a radio talent show as a teen and left high school to be the lead singer of his own band, which included fiddle player Jimmy Bryant.
  • His parents demanded that he return to school and give up the band; he did so, though he moonlighted with a band called Pee Wee Mills & the Twilight Cowboys, who operated out of Gulfport, Mississippi.
  • He formed a new Western swing band of his own at age 21 and began touring the Southeast United States.
  • Gordon served in the Army briefly during the Korean War; while there he met Roger Miller, whom he later helped get signed. In June 1952, an employee of RCA Victor heard Gordon playing in a contest in Atlanta and told executive Steve Sholes about him.
  • Gordon signed with RCA soon after and began recording for the label in the fall.
  • He appeared on the Grand Ole Opry and supported Ernest Tubb, Elvis Presley, and Hank Snow on tour.
  • His records sold modestly, though they never charted; he remained on RCA for two years, and when his contract expired he was snapped up by Mercury Records.
  • Gordon's style changed while on Mercury, for a number of possible reasons.
  • The label let him record much of his own material, he worked extensively with producer Pappy Daily, and the nascent rock & roll movement had changed tastes.
  • His recordings of 1956-57 are a mix of Western swing, rock and roll, and straight country music. He played regularly in Mobile, Alabama and toured the South sporadically.
  • He recorded with Dollie Records at the end of the 1950s, his last major contract; he continued performing locally for some time after that.
  • He ran a dance club in Georgia in the 1970s, and returned to rockabilly performing in the 1980s as the Europeans revived it.

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