Escort impressed American, old record being brought up (6)
I believe the answer is:
gigolo
'escort' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'impressed american old record being brought up' is the wordplay.
'impressed american' becomes 'gi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'record' becomes 'log' (logging is a kind of recording).
'being brought up' says the letters should be written backwards (down clues only).
'o'+'log'='olog'
'olog' backwards is 'golo'.
'gi'+'golo'='GIGOLO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gigolo that I've seen before include "Paid male lover" , "Old word for man maintained by rich woman" , "Woman's paid male escort" , "Male lover for hire" , "Lounge lizard" .)