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Infobox musical artist|image = ||name = Gogi Grant|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg|Born = Birth date and age|1924|9|20|mf=y, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States |genre = Traditional pop music|Traditional pop |years_active = 1952–present|label = Era Records|Era , RCA Victor Records|RCA Victor Gogi Grant (born September 20, 1924) is an United States|American popular music|popular singer .
Life and career
Grant was born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . At the age of 12, she moved to Los Angeles, California , where she attended Venice High School. In California , she won a teenage singing contest and appeared on television talent shows. In 1952 she began to record, using first the name "Audrey Brown" and later "Audrey Grant." She was given the name "Gogi" by Dave Kapp, the head of A& R|Artists and Repertory at RCA Records , who liked to patronize a restaurant called "Gogi's LaRue."
In 1955 she signed with a small record company, Era Records , and had her first Top 40|top ten chart-topper|hit with " Suddenly There's a Valley ." 1956 in music|The next year , she had an even bigger hit, reaching Billboard (magazine)|Billboard 's #1 position, with " The Wayward Wind " and holding there for a then record eight weeks. The song sold over one million copies in the United States alone, and peaked at #9 in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 234 She was voted the most popular female vocalist by Billboard magazine. This single returned to the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961.Citation needed|date=August 2010 In 1957, she supplied the vocals for Ann Blyth 's portrayal of Helen Morgan in the biographical film , The Helen Morgan Story . The soundtrack occasioned her return to RCA (the soundtrack album climbed to #25 in the Billboard Billboard Top 200|album chart ), where she had a minor hit the following year with " Strange Are the Ways of Love ." Moreover, she was signed to star in The Big Beat (film)|The Big Beat in the spring of 1957. The film, which featured musical performances by the Cal Tjader Quintet, George Shearing , and the Del Vikings , was produced and directed by William Cowan and released in February 1958.
In 1958, Grant was one of the three solo singers featured in the first stereo LP of the classic musical Show Boat . The other solo singers were Howard Keel , who had appeared in the Show Boat (1951 film)|1951 film version of the show , and Anne Jeffreys . http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm? RNumber=1042 Show Boat cast album
Although she made album s and appeared on television into the 1960s, her popularity declined and she initially retired from singing in 1967 after a final U.S. chart single, "The Sea" (top 20 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart). Nevertheless, an album of hers was released in United Kingdom|UK some 1987 in music|20 years later . In 2004, aged 80, she made an appearance on the PBS 1950s pop music special Magic Moments and sang "The Wayward Wind."
Grant was still performing as of 2010; she headlined with The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies in Palm Springs, California. One of her more notable appearances of more recent years was with the Follies was on December 31, 2006.
Hit recordings
" Suddenly There's a Valley " (1955)
" The Wayward Wind " (1956)
" When The Tide Is High " (1956)
" Who Are We " (1956)
" You're In Love (1956 song)|You're In Love " (1956)
" Strange Are the Ways of Love " (1958)
Album discography
''Suddenly There's Gogi Grant (Era, 1957)
The Helen Morgan Story (original soundtrack - RCA Victor, 1958)
Welcome To My Heart (RCA Victor, 1958)
Torch Time (RCA Victor, 1958)
Show Boat & Howard Keel , Anne Jeffreys (RCA Victor, 1958)
Kiss me Kate & Howard Keel , Anne Jeffreys (RCA Victor 1959)
''Granted it's Gogi (RCA Victor, 1959)
If You Want To Get To Heaven, Shout (Liberty, 1960)
City Girl In The Country (CRC-Charter, 1964)
References
Reflist
External links
IMDb name|0335423
Gogi Grant bio on http://www.icebergradio.com/performer/24360 The Iceberg site
Gogi Grant bio on http://www.tsimon.com/grant.htm Tom Simon site
Persondata | NAME =Grant, Gogi | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =Arinsberg, Myrtle Audrey | SHORT DESCRIPTION =American traditional pop music singer | DATE OF BIRTH =September 20, 1924 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Gogi Category:1924 births Category:Living people Category:American female singers Category:Traditional pop music singers Category:Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Category:RCA Victor artists Category:Era Records artists Category:Liberty Records artists
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