1945 R&B Picture Disc 78 RPM (2 sided) Cecil Gant, poor condition but
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Circa 1945 R&B Picture Disc 78 RPM (2 sided) Cecil Gant, poor condition
What you see is what the condition is , I doubt it would play but its a collectors piece even in this condition
there are chips(see pics) but NO cracks. It is a cardboard type disc with an actual playing surface - not shellac
this could have been a promo -- any info on this would be appreciated
Cecil was a very underrated one hit artist and could play boogie - woogie with the best
the disc is NOT falling apart and is Not disintegrating
I Wonder, flip side (different image) Cecil Boogie
78 RPM Picture Disc Circa 1945
Cecil's "I Wonder" is considered by many to be the very first Rhythm and Blues Ballad
or R&B song for that matter
Please view all 4 pics -- you can get an idea of the condition buy the closeups of both sides
will be carefully packed and shipped in a record box with bubble wrap and backing board
shipping is $3.00 and includes delivery confirmation
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Gant worked local clubs through the mid 1930s up until the Second World War, when he enlisted in the United States Army.[2] Though his piano was blues-based, vocally he was a crooner of considerable cross-over appeal. He sang at a War Bond rally in Los Angeles, California, signed with the Gilt Edge record label, and recorded the self-penned ballad "I Wonder" late in 1944, billed as "Pvt. Cecil Gant."[2]
"I Wonder" reached number one on the Billboard Harlem Hit Parade (as the R&B chart was called then) and sold impressively nationwide. Gant then went on tour billed as "The G.I. Sing-sation," dressed in Army khaki and breaking attendance records at major venues, attracting both black and white audiences.[2] As well as singing in the dream vein of his hit, Gant could deliver a pleasant blues and energetic boogie-woogie; versatility shared by his West Coast contemporaries, Charles Brown and Ivory Joe Hunter.[2] Gant had other releases on King Records (1947), Bullet Records (1948-49), Downbeat/Swingtime (1949), and Imperial Records (1950), but his moment of jukebox glory was gone.[1] Some of his later recordings were rockabilly boogies utilising a Nashville studio guitarist, a few steps away from the soon-to-emerge rock and roll.[2] However, he did not live long enough to see that new trend.[1]
Gant died of a heart attack in Nashville in 1951, at the age of 37. He is buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.
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