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Cecil Gant

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Born in:Nashville, Tennessee,
United States of America
Year of Birth:1913
Year of death:1951

Biography

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Cecil Gant (April 4, 1913 – February 4, 1951) |title=Biography by Bill Dahl |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 1, 2009}} was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist, whose recordings of both ballads and "fiery piano rockers" were successful in the mid- and late 1940s, and influenced the early development of rock and roll. His biggest hits were the 1944 ballad, "I Wonder," We are going to Rock. Cecil Gant is considered the forefather of rock n roll due... more

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