Gordon Stretton was the leader of the Orchestre Syncopated Six and he was born in Liverpool, England of Jamaican and Irish parentage in 1887. He sang with various Jazz bands before becoming the toast of Paris cafe-society with his Orchestre Syncopated Six in 1923. He then relocated to Argentina sometime in the late 1920s and led a band there called Gordon Stretton's Symphonic Jazz Band. Stretton spent the rest of his life in Argentina.
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| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| C'est Paris
(Maurice Yvain) |
7-1923 | Paris, France | Pathé 6609 Pathé Actuelle 15179 |
| Fate
(Byron Gay) |
7-1923 | Paris, France | Pathé 6610 |
| La-haut | 7-1923 | Paris, France | Pathé 6609 |
| Lovin' Sam (The Shiek Of Alabam') (Milton Ager / Jack Yellen) |
5-15-1923 | Paris, France | Pathé 6611 |
| Si vous n'aimez pas ça
(Maurice Yvain) |
7-1923 | Paris, France | Pathé Actuelle 15179 |
| Tu Verras Montmarte
(C. Borel Clerec) |
7-1923 | Paris, France | Pathé 6610 |
| Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
(Henry Creamer / J. Turner Layton) |
7-1923 | Paris, France | Pathé 6611 |
| Artist | Instrument |
| Gordon Stratton | Vocals, Drums |
| unknown | Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, Banjo, Piano |
| Some Hustling This! Taking Jazz to the World, 1914-1929, by Mark Miller, Mercury Press , 2006 |
