Memphis-born Rosco Gordon was a fixture on the local blues scene when he was just a teenager, as a pianist and singer. His vocal style was termed "eccentric"--he went in for moaning, wailing, slurring and scrambling his words--and tended to mix his piano styles between blues and boogie-woogie. In the 1950s he hung with such icons as Johnny Ace and Bobby Bland, who would all record and even broadcast together.In 1951 Gordon signed with the renowned Sam Phillips. Phillips released Gordon's songs o...
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