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7 de oct. de 1997 · Discover 1944-1945 by Cecil Gant released in 1997. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
7 de oct. de 1997 · Find release reviews and credits for 1944-1945 - Cecil Gant on AllMusic - 1997 - Cecil Gant did a lifetime's worth of recording in ...
Cecil Gant (April 4, 1913 – February 4, 1951) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist, whose recordings of both ballads and "fiery piano rockers" were successful in the mid- and late 1940s, and influenced the early development of rock and roll. His biggest hits were the 1944 ballad, "I Wonder," We are
Private Gant proceeded to electrify the assembled multitude with his piano prowess, leading to his imminent 1944 debut on Oakland's Gilt-Edge Records: the mellow pop-slanted ballad "I Wonder," which topped the R&B charts despite a wartime shellac shortage that hit tiny independent companies like Gilt-Edge particularly hard.
Pianist Cecil Gant seemingly materialized out of the wartime mist to create one of the most enduring blues ballads of the 1940s. Gant was past age 30 when he burst onto the scene in a most unusual way -- he popped up in military uniform at a Los Angeles war-bonds rally sponsored by the Treasury Department.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2000 CD release of "The Complete Recordings Volume 1 - 1944" on Discogs.
The Complete Recordings Volume 1 - 1944. Cecil Gant. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2000 CD release of "The Complete Recordings Volume 2: 1945" on Discogs.
