Cecil Grant: Collection 1944-51 - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Collection 1944-51
Artist: Cecil Grant
Label: Acrobat
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 824046312824
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2015-06-09
Number of Discs: 2

Cecil Gant was a boogie-woogie pianist and R&B vocalist who toured during the 1930s but came to prominence in 1944 when he scored a No. 1 R&B hit with "I Wonder" while still in the US Army and was performing and recording as "Private Cecil Gant - The G.I. Singsation" while appearing at Government Bond rallies. He went on to score several more Top 10 R&B hits during the late '40s until his premature death in 1951 from pneumonia at the age of 37. This excellent-value 52-track 2-CD collection selects from his prolific recording output during those hectic seven years for the Bronze, Gilt Edge, Four Star, Downbeat, Bullet and Decca labels, his work encompassing pure boogie-woogie through to jump blues and sentimental blues-inspired ballads, often in the semi-spoken style reminiscent of Fats Waller established by "I Wonder". He was a highly individual and distinctive performer, and he occupies a unique niche in the annals of post-war R&B and blues - this anthology will certainly interest those looking to build an eclectic collection of recordings across the genre.

Tracks:
1.1 I Wonder
1.2 Cecil Boogie
1.3 Wake Up Cecil Wake Up
1.4 Boogie Blues
1.5 I'll Remember You
1.6 Cecil's Mop Mop
1.7 Grass Is Getting Greener
1.8 I'm Tired
1.9 Cecil Knows Better Now
1.10 Blues in la
1.11 When I Wanted You
1.12 Little Baby You're Running Wild
1.13 Rhumba Boogie Woogie
1.14 I Gotta Gal
1.15 What's on Your Worried Mind
1.16 Hogan's Alley
1.17 That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch
1.18 Jam Jam Blues
1.19 Lightning Blues
1.20 Midnight on Central Avenue
1.21 It's All Over Darlin'
1.22 Soft and Mellow
1.23 Hit That Jive Jack
1.24 Jump Jack Jump
1.25 Special Delivery
2.1 Killer Diller Boogie
2.2 Deal Yourself Another Hand
2.3 Nashville Jumps
2.4 Loose As a Goose
2.5 Train Time Blues
2.6 Sloppy Joe's
2.7 Boogie Woogie Baby
2.8 If It's True
2.9 Anna Mae
2.10 Boozie Boogie
2.11 Another Day Another Dollar
2.12 I'm a Good Man But a Poor Man
2.13 Cecil's Jam Session
2.14 I Ain't Gonna Cry No More
2.15 Screwy Boogie
2.16 What's the Matter
2.17 Bullet Boogie
2.18 We're Gonna Rock (As Gunter Lee Carr)
2.19 Hello Santa Claus
2.20 It Ain't Gonna Be Like That
2.21 Shotgun Boogie
2.22 Rock Little Baby
2.23 Cindy Lou
2.24 Don't You Worry
2.25 Owl Stew
2.26 Playing Myself the Blues
2.27 Time Will Tell