
Pvt. Gant shot to the upper reaches of the R&B charts for Gilt-Edge like a guided missile with his "Grass Is Getting Greener Every Day" and "I'm Tired" in 1945, recording prolifically for the imprint before switching over to the Bullet label for the 1948 smash "Another Day -- Another Dollar" and 1949's "I'm a Good Man but a Poor Man" (in between those two, Gant also hit with "Special Delivery" for Four Star). Urbane after-hours blues, refined ballads, torrid boogies -- Gant ran the gamut during a tumultuous few years in the record business (he also turned up on King, Imperial, Dot, and Swing Time/Down Beat), but it didn't last. His "We're Gonna Rock" for Decca in 1950 (as Gunter Lee Carr) presaged the rise of rock & roll later in the decade, but Gant wouldn't be around to view its ascendancy; the one-time "G.I. Sing-Sation" died in 1952 at the premature age of 38.
It seems that everything Cecil Gant ever recorded has been re-released on cd but back in the 70's I was glad to find a lp of Cecil's ( thanks go to Flyright also for their fine LP's).
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WONDERFUL!! Reminds me of Erroll Garner in a way. Thanks for turning me on to him.
Also, Be Bop Wino has posted Gant Live in LA. - d.
Fantastic! I've never heard of Gant before. What wonderful music and singing. Thank you for sharing!
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