Robert Gordon (musician)
Robert Gordon ( Robert Ira Gordon, born March 29, 1947 in Washington, DC) is an American singer and songwriter, who coined in the 1970s and early 1980s, the neo- rockabilly trend and his comeback in 2004 in the country Music celebrated.
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Life
The Early Years
Robert Gordon grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, to. The idea of becoming musicians, matured in his age during a summer camp in the summer of 1962, when he sang the song Lonely Teardrops there at the suggestion of his brother, was also present.
His rock and roll career began in 1964 when he formed the band The Confidentials at the age of 17 years. In 1967 he married his childhood sweetheart and twisted with her in 1970 after New York City, where he opened a clothing store. After the divorce in 1975, he joined the band Tuff Darts, which was located in the direction of punk rock. Robert appeared in 1976 in the film Unmade Beds, which was directed by Amos Poe and was musically based in the area of punk and new wave.
Recording career
The record producer Richard Gordon Gottehrer discovered during a rehearsal with the Tuff Darts. He was impressed by his voice and the way he sang Elvis Presley One Night. The two men talked about the inclusion of a rock and roll plate for Gordon the legendary guitarist Link Wray committed. Their first LP contains mostly cover versions of old recordings as Red Hot ( Billy Lee Riley ) and Twenty Flight Rock ( Eddie Cochran ) and was groundbreaking at the time for the blazing neo- rockabilly trend. His style of performance impressed even many of the performers from the 1950s. So about Sonny Burgess had, once at the legendary Sun Records, carried away with the statement, Gordon was one of the best singers he had ever heard. However it was not Gordon's intention to revive the classic rockabilly again: "Actually, I always try the songs still a bit harder to stage than in the original ," he revealed about the Country Standard Time.
1978 was followed by another plate with Link Wray, which was also Elvis' former vocal group The Jordanaires and Bruce Springsteen ( he wrote the song for Gordon Fire) were involved. As the demand for the new LP just got under way, the record label Private Stock went to Gordon's chagrin bankrupt.
The end of 1978 Gordon signed a contract with RCA Victor. This is Gordon have made particularly happy because this was the record company at the Elvis was dedicated. Because he was satisfied with Wray's studio recordings, but not with its live recordings, Gordon split from Wray and henceforth worked together with the guitarist Chris Spedding.
His first album for RCA came in February 1979 with the title of rock Billy Boogie and made it after all the charts of the 100 best-selling LPs. While the next album Bad Boy sold only hesitantly, in 1981 released third LP was granted a special success at RCA: with more than 200,000 retail copies is Are You Gonna be the One Gordon's best-selling LP ever. Nevertheless, the collaboration was ended soon because of dissonance regarding the royalties for his next album of the RCA.
1981 Gordon appeared in the movie The Loveless with; a motorcycle movie that was with Marlon Brando, inspired in the lead role by the cult film The Wild One ( The Wild One ). Most played songs is composed and sang Gordon himself on the cover of the album Greetings from New York City and More ... he is on a Harley- Davidson to see from the film, which he set up after the shooting at his home.
The bad years and the comeback
The termination of their cooperation through the RCA and the general downward trend of neo- rockabilly led by Robert Gordon not only a career break, but also to alcohol and drug problems.
In 1995 he married for the second time. With the 2004 release Country LP Satisfied Mind he succeeded the long-awaited comeback.
Discography (selection)
Albums
- Robert Gordon & Link Wray ( Private Stock, 1977)
- Fresh Fish Special ( Private Stock, 1978)
- Rockbilly Boogie ( RCA, 1979)
- Bad Boy (RCA, 1980)
- Are You Gonna Be the One (RCA, 1981)
- Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die (RCA, 1982)
- Greetings from New York City (New Rose, 1991)
- All for the Love of Rock ' N' Roll ( Viceroy, 1994)
- Black Slacks ( Bear Family, 1994)
- Satisfied Mind ( Jungle, 2004)
- Rockbilly Boogie: RCA Years ( 2007)