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Curtis Gordon (Jul. 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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Bear Family Records
10", Album
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El Toro Records
7", EP, Comp
1998
Bear Family Records
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1995
Stomper Time Records
7", EP
1987
Bear Family Records
LP, Comp
1985
Bear Family Records
LP, Comp
1958
1957
Mercury Starday
7", Single
1957
Mercury
7", Single
1957
Mercury Starday
7", Single
1957
Mercury Starday
7", Single, Mono
1956
Mercury
7"
1956
Mercury
7"
1956
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RCA
10", Promo
1953
RCA Victor
7", Single
1953
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1952
Dollie Record Co.
7"
Twin Spin Records (2)
7", Single
2024
2020
Atomicat Records
CD, Comp
2020
Bear Family Records
CD, Comp
2020
Confederate (3)
7", MiniAlbum, Ltd, Num, Gat
2018
2015
Enlightenment (3), Chrome Dreams, Chrome Dreams
3xCD, Comp
2013
The Intense Media
40xCD, Comp, Mono + Box
2013
2012
Smith & Co
2xLP, Comp, Gat
2011
Not Now Music
3xCD, Comp
2006
Goofin' Records (2)
CD, Album
2003
Not On Label
CD, Comp
2000
1995
1 + 2 Records
7", EP, Red
1995
On The Hill Records
7", Single
1993
1990
Off Course Records
LP
1988
Off Course Records
7", Single
1988
Rockhouse
LP, Album
1988
Axis (3)
LP, Comp
1988
MSR Records (2)
7"
1986
Fennica Records
7", EP, Ltd, Num
1986
Powderworks
LP, Comp
1983
1981
Big Beat Records (3)
10", EP
1981
1981
1980
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1973
Columbia, Columbia
LP
1971
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Harmony (4), Harmony (4)
LP, Album
1968
Alpha Records (3)
7", Single
1966
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Righteous
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2024
Atomicat Records
CD, Comp
2023
Atomicat Records
CD, Comp
2023
Atomicat Records
3xCD, Comp
2021
Righteous
2xCD, Comp
2020
ZYX Music
2xCD, Comp
2019
Reel To Reel Music Company
10xCD, Comp + Box
2019
2018
Mississippi Records
LP, Comp
2018
Wagram Music
LP, Comp
2018
Reel To Reel Music Company
10xCD, Comp + Box
2017
Real Gone Music Company
4xCD, Comp, Dlx, RM
2017
The Intense Media, Documents
10xCD, Comp + Box
2017
Big3
3xCD, Comp, RM
2016
El Toro Records
CD, Comp
2016
Union Square Music, My Kind Of Music
2xCD, Comp
2015
Union Square Music, My Kind Of Music
2xCD, Comp
2015
Not Now Music
LP, Comp
2015
Proper Records (2)
4xCD, Comp
2015
Cherry Red, Eleven Light City
CD, Comp
2015
Not Now Music
2xCD, Comp
2014
Union Square Music, My Kind Of Music
2xCD, Comp
2014
Union Square Music, My Kind Of Music
2xCD, Comp
2014
My Kind Of Music
2xCD, Comp
2014
Retroworld
6xCD, Comp
2014
PromoSound
5xCD, Comp, Ltd + Box, Ltd
2013
Not Now Music
2xCD, Comp
2013
201 Hits
10xCD, Comp + Box
2013
Metro Select
2xCD, Album, Comp
2013
Fantastic Voyage
2xCD, Comp
2012
One Day Music
2xCD, Comp, RM, Dig
2012
Out & Out
3xCD, Comp
2012
Metro Tins
Box, Met + 3xCD, Comp
2012
Play 24-7
3xCD, Comp
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