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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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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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