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Rosco Gordon (April 10, 1928 – July 11, 2002) was an African American blues singer and songwriter. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Born in Memphis, Tennessee on Florida street. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Gordon was one of the "Beale Streeters", a moniker given to a group of musicians who helped develop the style known as Memphis Blues. Beale Street is a street in downtown Memphis Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street a distance of approximately. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a The Memphis blues is a style of Blues music that was created in the 1920s and 1930s by Memphis-area musicians like Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes,

Gordon created a style of piano playing known as "The Rosco Rhythm" and made a number of his early recordings for Sam Phillips at Sun Records. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Samuel Cornelius Phillips ( January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) better known as Sam Phillips, was an American Sun Records was a Record label based in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27 1952. This rhythm places the accent on the off beats, and is widely cited as the foundation of Jamaican ska and reggae music. Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s In 1962, he gave up the music industry and moved to Queens, New York with his new wife where he purchased a partnership in a laundry business. The music industry is the business of Music. Although it encompasses the activity of many music-related businesses and organizations it is currently dominated by the "big Following his wife's death in 1984, he returned to performing in the New York area. The City of New York

In 2002, he was invited by filmmaker Richard Pearce to be featured as part of a documentary about several blues musicians returning to Memphis for a special tribute to Sam Phillips in conjunction with the May 2002 W. C. Handy Awards. A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Richard Pearce (born January 25 1943 in San Diego California) is an American film director and producer Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality The Blues Music Awards are presented by the Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to foster the Blues and its heritage Called The Road To Memphis, the documentary aired on PBS television. The Road To Memphis is a documentary directed by Richard Pearce. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Six weeks after filming finished, Rosco Gordon died of a heart attack at his apartment in Queens. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply He was interred in the Rosedale Cemetery in Linden, New Jersey. Linden is a city in southeastern Union County, New Jersey, United States. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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