Sussex, his professional name was changed to simply Rodriguez. Rodriguez recorded and released his two albums, Cold Fact in 1970 and Coming from Reality in 1971. But after both sold poorly in the US, he was quickly dropped. Though the albums sold poorly in the US; its origin country, the album sold extremely well in South Africa, Australia and surrounding countries. The albums proved very successful and influential eventually being certified platinum and causing a cultural phenomenon. Rodriguez has since remained a mystery artist in his native country of the US but a cultural figure in many others. Rodriguez found more fame with the release of the 2012 documentary film Searching for Sugar Man a documentary film directed and written by Malik Bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two Cape Town fans, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of Rodriguez was true and, if not, to discover what had become of him. Artists Amish Willie Bobo Billy Charne Dennis Coffey Priscilla Coolidge-Jones Creative Source Zulema Cusseaux Dandelion Wine Gallery Faith, Hope & Charity Lonette Masterfleet Mutzie The Presidents The Decisions The Primo People [The Primo Family] Ralph Graham Rodriguez Eddy Senay Segments of Time The Soul Searchers Sun Wadsworth Mansion Wednesday Bill Withers Yukon See also List of record labels Tabu Records References External links Sussex Album Discography American record labels Record labels established in 1970 Record labels disestablished in 1975