# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rosco-gordon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:22:24.071Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rosco-gordon"
name: "Rosco Gordon"
slug: "rosco-gordon"
description: "Rosco N. Gordon III, sometimes billed as Roscoe Gordon, was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter. He is best known for his hit songs \"Booted,\" (1952), \"No More Doggin'\" (1952), and \"Just a Little Bit\" (1960). Gordon was a pioneer of the Memphis blues style. He played piano in a style known as the \"Rosco rhythm,\" with the emphasis on the off-beat. This rhythm was an influence on later musical styles such as Jamaican ska and reggae. In 2026 Gordon was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame"
tagline: "American Blues singer and songwriter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/RoscoGordonAlbumcover.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-04-10"
deathDate: "2002-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.15169333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330571/"
    handle:    "nm0330571"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/rgordon.htm"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روسكو جوردون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosco_Gordon"
    title: "Rosco Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosco_Gordon"
    title: "Rosco Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosco_Gordon"
    title: "Rosco Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosco_Gordon"
    title: "Rosco Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ロスコー・ゴードン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosco_Gordon"
    title: "Rosco Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosco_Gordon"
    title: "Rosco Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Гордон, Роско"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosco_Gordon"
    title: "Rosco Gordon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/440981eb-1c1e-43b7-a0bc-518bc9297a0c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324015"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1167456"
    title: "Rosco Gordon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump