CECIL GANT ( II )

         CECIL GANT es un pianista i compositor poder poc conegut per al gran públic, per desgracia va morir molt jove i no sabem com hagués continuat la seva carrera , peró en el  material que va deixar gravat  demostraba uns ganes de fer certes innovacions , escolteu si no els seus Boogies., com la Rumba i d´altres on certament crea el seu propi estil.  ( Podeu veure post ant. de 27 /2/14 ). 

Cecil Gant (April 4, 1913 - February 4, 1951) was an American blues singer and pianist.

Gant was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where he worked as a musician from the mid-1930s until he joined the army at the start of World War II. After performing at a War Bond rally in Los Angeles, California, he signed with the Gilt Edge record label. His recording of "I Wonder" (1944) was released under the name "Pvt. Cecil Gant."

"I Wonder" sold well, and reached number one on the Billboard Harlem Hit Parade (the former name of the R&B chart). Gant toured as "The G.I. Sing-sation" Gant also released material for King Records (1947), Bullet Records (1948–49), Downbeat/Swingtime (1949), and Imperial Records (1950).

Gant died from pneumonia in Nashville in 1951, at the age of 37. He is buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.

                                                           

                                                               

                                                         

                                                               

                                                               


Composed by Cecil Gant 

Cecil Gant:Vocals & Piano

Other musicians unknown

Recorded in Nashville, TN. 1946

Originally issued on the 1946 single (Bullet 255) (78 RPM) Reissued in 1951 (Same catalog number, 45 RPM) Also issued on (Dot 1121) (78 RPM)