Rockabilly rocker Robert Gordon has died from leukemia at age 75.
Gordon is best known for the song ‘Red Hot’, once also covered by Jimmy Barnes and the inspiration for the name of Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer tour.
Robert Gordon’s first album was produced by Richard Gottehrer. Gordon was amazed by Gordon’s voice, comparing him to young Elvis when he was still on Sun Records. ‘Red Hot’ was from the first album ‘Robert Gordon with Link Wray’. On the second album Gordon covered Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Fire’ with Springsteen playing keyboards on Gordon’s track.
Robert also had an acting career, appearing with Willem Defoe in the 1982 movie ‘The Loveless’
Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters said, “This one hurts. Legend. Massive influence. One of the greatest rock and rollers ever. Robert Gordon RIP”.
This one hurts. Legend. Massive influence. One of the greatest rock and rollers ever. Robert Gordon RIP 💔 https://t.co/onynRp4SwX
— Chris Shiflett (@ChrisShiflett71) October 19, 2022
Marshall Crenshaw said,
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