Earl Grant
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Earl Grant (January 20, 1933 - June 11, 1970) was an American easy listening pianist, Hammond organist, and vocalist popular in the 1950s and 60's
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Grant was gifted with keyboard skills and a fine singing voice. Other instruments he was skilled at playing were trumpet, drums and Hammond organ. Grant attended four music schools, then became a music teacher, augmenting his income by performing in clubs during his army service, stationed in Texas. Before long, Grant signed with Decca Records in 1958 and his first single The End reached number 7 on the music charts. Ebb Tide was his first album, released in 1961, which also rose to number 7 on the charts. He recorded five more singles that made the charts including "Swingin' Gently" (taken from the Ebb Tide Album) and six additional albums (mostly on the Decca Records label) through 1968.
Grant also made a few appearances in motion pictures and television, including Tender Is the Night (1962), Juke Box Rhythm (1959) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1961).
He died instantly in a car accident in Lordsburg, New Mexico, at the age of 37.
[edit] External links
- Profile of Grant
- Earl Grant at the Internet Movie Database gives
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