Recognizing the start of a new era in music, the surfing craze, Michael Z. Gordon wrote his first hit song, "Surfer's Stomp" almost immediately after he formed his first rock & roll band, The Marketts

The Marketts

The Marketts were an American instrumental pop group, formed in Hollywood, California. They are best known for their 1963 million-seller, "Out of Limits".-Biography:...

.http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2144366/ Barely able to play the guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, he taught himself how to play as he toured with his group. After having toured on the road with the Marketts for three years, he wanted to go back into the studio to produce and record more songs. He went back into the studio with his second group, "The Routers

The Routers

-Career:Formed in 1962 by Mike Gordon, the Routers recordings sometimes used session musicians in addition to the actual group with the exception of Gordon who played on most the sessions. The Routers first release in September 1962 was the guitar-driven instrumental "Let's Go ", which reached #19...

" and he recorded another national hit song, "Let's Go!" by The Routers

The Routers

-Career:Formed in 1962 by Mike Gordon, the Routers recordings sometimes used session musicians in addition to the actual group with the exception of Gordon who played on most the sessions. The Routers first release in September 1962 was the guitar-driven instrumental "Let's Go ", which reached #19...

. While on a national tour with the Routers, he sat down and wrote his biggest and most popular smash recording, "Out of Limits", which went to #1 in the nation and earned him his first BMI award for instrumental of the year. Finally deciding to end his touring days, he went back to Hollywood and teamed up with Jimmy Griffin

Jimmy Griffin

James Arthur Griffin was a singer, guitarist, and songwriter with the 1970s rock band Bread.-Early life:An Academy Award winning songwriter, Griffin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. His musical training began when his parents signed him up for accordion lessons...

http://enc.slider.com/Enc/Jimmy_Griffin, another up and coming songwriter and the duo wrote over sixty songs which resulted in over one hundred recordings including "Love Machine" http://www.dustbury.com/music/roosters.html]] and "Apologize" by Ed Aames, which earned him his second BMI award.

Gordon then went on to become an award winning film producer in addition to composing music for movies and TV including, "The Outsiders"(1983), _"The Wonder Years" (1988),"Pulp Fiction" (1994)http://www.us.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/soundtrack, "Ally McBeal" (1997), _"Everybody Loves Raymond"_ (1996)http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=5976 and the Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...

 HBO series, _ , "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998). Gordon now devotes full time to producing motion pictures. His roster of current movie productions include the critically acclaimed film, "Narc" (2002) http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/narcproduction2x16x01x03 starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric, which earned over $20,000,000, , "Shortcut to Happiness" http://www.showbizdata.com/credits/1094076/Michael-Z.-Gordon starring Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt is an American actress, producer, television director and former singer-songwriter. Hewitt began her acting career as a child by appearing in television commercials and the Disney Channel series Kids Incorporated...

 [www.mylovehewitt.com/mylovemovies/devil.htm ] and Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...

, "In Enemy Hands" (2004) starring William Macy and Lauren Holly, "Silent Partner" http://www.gazillionmovies.com/Movies/Review/DVD/Posters/Tickets/S/SilentPartner.htm starring Tara Reid

Tara Reid

Tara Donna Reid is an American actress. Reid has acted on television shows such as Saved By The Bell: The New Class, Days of our Lives, California Dreams, and Scrubs....

and Nick Moran _and "Mafioso: The Father, the Son" (2004)http://www.eaglefilmsinc.com/Film.htm, another multiple award-winning film.