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What Was Gordon “Born to Be?”
Here Is an Autobiography of a Concert Singer
W ho Rose From Page Boy to an Artist of Note
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o f
M a n y
J o lt*
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tlccnlcil to give nil th e tim e I could
** No. sh e a in 't w h ite —t h a t Km-
I t you h av e not rr*U T ay lo r Oor*
d o ,,» au lo b lo g rao h y . »»"'ll to Hr.
ro p p rr-c o lw e d brow n, who iua U hla gal on tile Q T All these
ii o h ll d ie d l.v C o v ic l K H r d r i n N r . } " « »'■ «>* ¿ ¡ « . " " ' i r
¡ 1 ' tieckrrw ooda ru n a ro u n d w ith these
V ,,ik * . mini«* o f | » I 1 a g o
y o u 111"'
H n n em b r r h e r !
1 tw>k lirr black gala w hen th ey c a n g lt 'em ,
he said
h i " ? m ialeo a to t
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l got n I n t e r show ing m sk e tch ed
*T took th e le tte r to J o h n R ing-
"H orn to Ur U a n ttut**b!t>g!Th|ihy j,l t t u r r 0f
autom obile d an g lin g
He la su re one ofay m a n th a t
In w tilch Mr O o rd o n t r Us of l Hie
h * h iu ,| wheel* of! a bridge, anti ling
tre e off vide d id n 't find a n alibi to get In line
th a t
ha* led from th e rr«l llgnt m f g h a n g i n g to a
w
ith
th
e peckerw oodl. He w ent to
area* t»f M o n ta n a th ro u g h C h ic a g o ,^ n»r c w ,g
Ai
bottom wan
tow n an d c a u g h t a m ob of th irty
a n d Ht P au l, to New Yotk
w ritten
or m ore young fellows, s ta n d in g in
Mr ha* been a p o lle r a w aiter
- \ r YOU D O N T LKT T H A T fro n t of th e b arb er shop, th e ir ev e n
a .tm u ft.-u r a n u i e. valet am i a O A L a LDNF T1IIH W ILL BC A in g s’ h a n g o u t. T h e young clerk
co n cert .singer of sp iritu als, honored |» k ~ j u itK O F YOU?'
w as w ith th e m
K inghng c u v e d
a t hom e an d In L ondon
1 Mt,
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I MIt (m ailed m e a g reat deal
1 hem for nil he was wwrth called
H r t o o k l i r e a I h r f O U f l d It M d SU , 4J u> m y g s l f
D g a m l K a v g I b u n th em
every low -dow n word he
lia.l a rip -ro a rin g U m r
flirtin g w ith an y w hit« g als In could th in k of an d told th e m he d
|b u r n th e d a m n tow n down If they
lie lias m et th e h ig h blow s of Florida?*
A fter th a t, w hen the
tlu* w orld an d fo u n d th em Intense*! - j b egan to cm*r every gal an d touched m e
ly h u m a n and a fte r a life j f t h r ill,
w om an 1 knew In th e tow n
1 gang saw me. th ey would h o ller at
h a* d u co v ered Uwi h u m a n n a tu re co u ld n 't place anyone 1 h a d been me cle a r arroaa th e s tre e t. ‘Hallow.
I* about th e nam e, w h e th e r Ita out * , n> w ith m > m uch a* I sh o u ld be Rlnglun.*
"T hey Inform ed an y o n e th a t dld-
•K*' l ',v r r " “ U b W k ,,r • h lU
Ih a n g -d
.b n u t
So I show ed th r
n t know BM th a t I was R ing
O n* iif t h r flr«t |* jaltlo in G o id o n
.......... „
nigger a n d to lav ofT me I said to
I ...I » * . v alet •i,<1 n u n K tiday to n o t' *° H* ,n ,ny
J o h n m in d in g rlrc u a ow ner, w ho
“ I know th a t w ritin g . I used to m yself, w h a ta hell of a co u n try for
tra v e le d a ro u n d th e c o u n try In hla take notes for him it a t h r clerk me I c a n 't look at a w hite w om an
a n d th ey II kill me for e n te rta in in g
fu iy .tr r u , th r ’ S .r « o l* ’
ln
M n k ,< he , « ld
a brow n one
So every y ear a fte r
H r r r to . n In rW rn t from F lorid*
- c le r k
t h r bank H rll! I a in 't th a t 1 found th e blackest gal In
» m m lllu M r.tr» t h r O orrton M ylr | gulnB w lth ,|t „
am IT Y()u
S a ra so ta for m y com pany a n d S am
"I knew I w o u ld n 't be able to never seen me w ith an y w hite gals * lid m« 1
ufo even w ith
tx* back In F lo rid a soon a g a in an I ,o u t of line, h av e you?' I asked
her.**
TAYLOR O O R D O N
H ire to T ay lo r O o rd o n w ho s ta rte d off as .i bellboy
light h o tel
H e's b een a ch au ffeu r, yalct to J o h n
elreu s o w n er, a P u llm an p o rter, w aiter, c h o ir sin g er,
boy. m u se cok. th e a tr e d o o rm an , p o rte r a n d now
sin g er
In a M o n ta n a red
R lnglm g. th e late
b rick lay er, elev ato r
ra d io an d c o n c e rt
Describes an O fay Street Fight
Outside a London Pub
•‘Yea, in d eed I do know’ him,** th e
O ne of th e sight* I saw while p a s s
eld er ladv an sw ered .
ing a p u b ln L ondon In terested
• " W 'li. ow U'n» a w y ou Been
n>e. O f c o u n e you know all th e know ing in i?" th e young lady ask -
p u t , in L ondon h av e .rst. second, ed
an d th ird class sta lls for iieople of
Ah. it*s a long tim e,” th e c ld e r-
d lfle re n t cla>»es. A h ig h -clas* m an iW la d \ a n s u .'r d. follow ing u p w ith
w u ld n ’t th iiik Of train*
m to
a •‘l QU«*Mon to Ml« young lady. “ ow
" 1,1(1111 i n ,‘»K OI Komg im o
live
YOU
been
know in «
ch e a p m a n 's j t a l l — n e ith e r w ould a D e re k ? '
%
poor person go in to a first class] • Ah. I've been know ing Tm since
s ta ll or an y w h ere h is m oney d id n ’i! ¡school days." th e young lady s a id ,
tr
i w as t > ita over to i n f u r -
"Y ou d o n ’t say! Well, would y c u
nor L ay to n of i lyloii a n d J o h n i b 'lle
It w hen I tell you th a t I'v e
sto n . A m e ric a s m o st p o p u lar en - i been v e know
ing Tin before th a t? I>o
te r ia ln wra in I ngl.vnd, who lived on
¡you
know
'is m o th er p u t im in m y
D oughty S tre e t.
'b a b y c a n ia g e tvh?n .she w eht o u t
I h a d to pass up H ig h H o lborn to on b u .m e s s ? ' t! \' senior lady s a id .
t to D. irchtv s t r l Horn South-1
Im m nton How. r! !', e m u st bo tit
th e ■>■* vi.r.od with tho ltkes of you,
least a dnaen pubs b 'tw e e n
h r young lady ra id .
two streets. As I passed one. tl
usual mob was Kick d in it. Tlie ' W hy th a t's nti itis’.ilf. Y ou've In-
ki.H c e re plavlnq In Hie h allw ay s ¡»ulted m e I P .m 't th in k because I
while th e ir m otile -. nm l f a th e rs e n - U n ih in k itv r be*r ere in a lowly
Joyed H e ir a lt an d '»If. 1 »topped jm b. I d id n 't com e fro m th e 'lith er
TayliH nm diin sin g in g Itoaam oiid Jo h n so n lit th e |ilan o , e n te rta in in g ro y ally In L ondon
m
e n ngltoh
g u a n t > likht
tight a » c e ig
T h e e F
in a re tte In fro n t of th r c)
e l v i - i l You 'avc in su lte d m e.” th e
d e a rs got th e ir song title s m ixed In req u estin g n n m lsT s W hat they w an ted Mi O o rd o n to sing was, "O o place an d . w hile d I n ; « » .I h e a rd » !o i.l ladv »aid
D ow n Mo.se.» a n d "Old m a rk Joe T h e .spiritual, All G od's C’h llh in ' Got W ings." was asked lor at one lady sav In q u ite a n arlstoevaU c to n e
T h at's » challen g e!
I'll show m y
re c ita l, but th e Kngllah called it "You Got Ik sd s an d 1 G ot H oots.' T h is is a C o v a rru b las Illu stra tio n from ,ot voice, to a ladv a little h er senior
Mi G o rd o n 's book, "B orn to He."
* "S o you know my boy, do y c u ? ” l
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