Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran and Jack Scott are faithfully remembered in it.' Springsteen played keyboards on the track.ДЄn advertisement in the Maedition of Billboard magazine read, in part: 'Robert Gordon, the new voice of Rock and Roll, and Link Wray, the legendary guitarist, are together again! FRESH FISH SPECIAL follows their red hot first album вЂ“ and it's a killer! Bruce Springsteen wrote a song for it. The record featured The Jordanaires, who had been background vocalists for Presley, and included the Bruce Springsteen song ' Fire'. In 1978, Gordon made a second album with Wray, for Private Stock called Fresh Fish Special. After Elvis Presley's unexpected death in August, 1977, the album picked up some airplay, and the Private Stock label attempted to hype Gordon as the heir to Elvis. In 1977, Robert Gordon with Link Wray on Private Stock Records was the result of this collaboration. 'Robert to me sounds a lot like the early Elvis, back when he was at Sun Records,' Wray would comment. Wray was contacted and he agreed to work with them both. After some conversation, Robert suggested working with guitar legend Link Wray. Gottehrer was impressed with Gordon's baritone voice and his rendition of Elvis Presley's ' One Night'. Record producer Richard Gottehrer discovered Robert during a rehearsal one afternoon with Tuff Darts and soon afterward the two were talking about making a rock and roll record. Gordon on tour with Chris Spedding in Japan, 1993

Blondie lead singer Deborah Harry and painter Duncan Hannah also appeared in the film. That same year, Robert appeared in a punk/ New WaveвЂ“style film entitled Unmade Beds, an homage to Jean-Luc Godard by underground filmmaker Amos Poe. During 1976, the Tuff Darts recorded 'All for the Love of Rock and Roll', 'Head over Heels', and 'Slash' for a compilation album called Live at CBGB's, which included a number of other local New York City bands. Gordon moved to New York City in 1970 and a few years later joined a punk rock band there known as the Tuff Darts.

'I didn't want to be sent to Vietnam,' he recalls. During the turbulent times of the late 1960s, with the rioting and antiwar protests of the period, Robert served in the National Guard in Washington, D.C. When asked how he related to the 1960s, Robert replied 'I didn't.' He didn't care much for the British Invasion but he identified with soul singers such as James Brown and Otis Redding whom he saw, among other great R&B acts, performing at Washington, D.C.'s famous Howard Theatre. The Confidentials, with Robert (called Bob at the time) as the singer, recorded the songs 'Summertime,' 'Money,' and 'There is Something on Your Mind,' among others on acetate phonograph discs. He made his recording debut at age 17 in 1964 with a group called the Confidentials. His influences included Gene Vincent, Jack Scott, Billy Lee Riley, Eddie Cochran and other notable rock 'n roll music artists of the period. At the age of nine, he was greatly inspired by the Elvis Presley song ' Heartbreak Hotel' playing on radio and decided to pursue a career as a rock and roll musician at that young age. Robert Gordon grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. Music career Influences and early career

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