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Earl Grant (1931-1970) was an American easy listening pianist, Hammond organist, and vocalist popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
Born in Oklahoma, USA, 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 signed with Decca Records in 1957 and his first single “The End” reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Ebb Tide, released in 1961, was his first album, which also rose to number 7 on the Billboard 200. The single “Ebb Tide” sold over one million copies, gaining gold disc status.
He recorded five more singles that made the charts, including “Swingin’ Gently” (from Ebb Tide), and six additional albums (mostly on the Decca label) through 1968. He also recorded the album Yes Sirree and the instrumental album Trade Winds, single-tracked on the Hammond organ and piano, featuring the love theme from the film El Cid and Chaplin’s “Eternally”. This album featured some realistic sounding ‘tropical bird calls’ produced by his electric organ. “The House of Bamboo” was another big selling single. In all, Grant recorded 30 albums for Decca.
Several of his albums featured tenor saxophonist Plas Johnson.
Grant also made a few appearances in film 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 39 when the car he was driving ran off Interstate 10. He was driving from Los Angeles to an intended destination in Juarez, Mexico. His 17 year old cousin was also killed in the accident.
Born in Oklahoma, USA, 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 signed with Decca Records in 1957 and his first single “The End” reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Ebb Tide, released in 1961, was his first album, which also rose to number 7 on the Billboard 200. The single “Ebb Tide” sold over one million copies, gaining gold disc status.
He recorded five more singles that made the charts, including “Swingin’ Gently” (from Ebb Tide), and six additional albums (mostly on the Decca label) through 1968. He also recorded the album Yes Sirree and the instrumental album Trade Winds, single-tracked on the Hammond organ and piano, featuring the love theme from the film El Cid and Chaplin’s “Eternally”. This album featured some realistic sounding ‘tropical bird calls’ produced by his electric organ. “The House of Bamboo” was another big selling single. In all, Grant recorded 30 albums for Decca.
Several of his albums featured tenor saxophonist Plas Johnson.
Grant also made a few appearances in film 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 39 when the car he was driving ran off Interstate 10. He was driving from Los Angeles to an intended destination in Juarez, Mexico. His 17 year old cousin was also killed in the accident.
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Singin' & Swingin': The Best Of Earl Grant
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The Very Best Of
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The End
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Vintage Vocal Jazz / Swing No. 132 - EP: The End
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SGwinn
His vocals sounded a lot like Nat "King" Cole.
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GCoppola
Only 18.121 plays? 4.528 listeners? What the hell?
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Lion_Ditchie
They even got a bamboo floor! juuust love it! :)
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