The song featured Gordon's signature "Rosco Rhythm" piano style which became a precursor to Jamaican ska music.

[1] Rosco Gordon had originally been associated with the Beale Streeters, a loose coalition of Memphis, Tennessee musicians that also featured Johnny Ace, B.B.

[3] He reached the Billboard charts that fall with the single "Saddled The Cow (And Milked The Horse)," released on Modern's subsidiary, RPM Records, which peaked at No.

[5] In early 1952, Gordon recorded "No More Doggin'" at musician Tuff Green's house in Memphis,[6] backed by Ike Turner also on piano.

[11] Jamaican singer Laurel Aitken, one of the pioneers of ska, was inspired to record "Boogie in My Bones" (1958) after hearing "No More Doggin'.