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Earl Grant
Earl was born in 1931 in Idabel, Oklahoma. Though he would be known later for his keyboards and vocals, Grant also played trumpet and drums. Grant attended four music schools, eventually becoming a music teacher. He augmented his income by performing in clubs during his army service. Earl signed with Decca Records in 1957 and his first single "The End" reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album Ebb Tide and other instrumental favorites sold over one million copies, gaining gold disc status. He recorded six more singles that made the charts, including "Swingin' Gently", and six additional albums 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. "House of Bamboo" was another big-selling single. In all, Grant recorded 30 albums for Decca, mostly on the Brunswick label, a subsidiary of Decca.
 
Grant also made a few appearances in films and on television. Grant sang the title theme for the 1959 film Imitation of Life in a way very close to an imitation of Nat King Cole. He died instantly in a car accident in Lordsburg, New Mexico, at the age of 39.
 
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Discography
Next Time You See Me
EP
released 1958
reissued 2010 on Vintage Music
Earl Grant, organ
The Versatile Earl Grant
Decca DL 8672
released 1958

Earl Grant, organ
Grant Takes Rhythm
Decca DL 8905
released 1959

Earl Grant, organ
Nothin' But The Blues
Decca DL 8916
released 1959

Earl Grant, organ
The End [EP]
Brunswick 10 160
released 1960

Earl Grant, organ
Ebb Tide And Other Instrumental Favorites
Decca DL 4165
released 1961

Earl Grant, organ, piano
Yes Sirree!
Decca DL 4405
released 1963

Earl Grant, organ, piano
Fly Me To The Moon
Brunswick STA 8558
released 1963

Earl Grant, organ, piano
no further details known
Stand By Me
Decca DL 74738
released 1966

Earl Grant, organ, piano, vocals
Bali Ha'i
Decca DL 74806
released 1966

Earl Grant, piano, organ
further details unknown
A Closer Walk With Thee
Decca DL 74811
released 1966

Earl Grant, piano, organ
Annette May, piano
Thurston Frazier and His Singers
Gently Swingin'
Decca DL 74937
released 1968

Earl Grant, organ

 
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