Gant,Cecil I Wonder-Blues Ballads & Boogie CD

Had fate dealt Cecil Gant a different hand of cards, he might have ridden out the 1950s, participated in the Blues revival of the 60s, and reinvented himself as an international Blues Legend. But his life and career were sadly not destined for longevity... he died in February 1951, at the age of only thirty-seven. Having arrived in 1944 with the powerful, lachrymose ballad 'I Wonder', which topped the US R&B charts and sold in it's hundreds of thousands, Cecil packed a lot of recording sessions into his brief m?tier, and his recorded legacy is both prolific and impressive. But sadly, his was not one of the reputations nurtured by Blues scholars, and over the decades he has become largely forgotten. This compilation presents a selective career overview and is packed with strong ballads, hard and humorous Blues and driving Boogies, virtually all of which were self-penned.

1. Original Cecil's Boogie 2. I Wonder 3. Cecil Boogie 4. Wake Up, Cecil, Wake Up 5. You're Going to Cry 6. Cecil Boogie #2 7. Jam Jam Blues 8. Are You Ready 9. I'm Tired 10. I'll Remember You 11. Blues in L.A 12. That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch 13. What's on Your Worried Mind 14. When I Wanted You 15. Midnight on Central Avenue 16. Hit That Jive Jack 17. Special Delivery 18. Jump Jack Jump 19. I'm Traveling Alone 20. God Bless My Daddy 21. Can't Get You Off My Mind 22. My Baby's Changed 23. I've Heard That Jive Before 24. Fare Thee (Well) My Baby 25. Rock the Boogie 26. I'm Losing You 27. Hogan's Alley 28. Nashville Jumps 29. Loose As a Goose 30. Train Time 31. Sloppy Joe's 32. Boogie Woogie Baby 33. If It's True 34. I'm All Alone Now 35. Ninth Street Jive 36. Another Day, Another Dollar 37. I'm a Good Man But a Poor Man 38. Cecil's Jam Session 39. I Ain't Gonna Cry No More 40. Screwy Boogie 41. I Hate to Say Goodbye 42. My Little Baby 43. What's the Matter 44. Bullet Boogie 45. Crying to Myself 46. Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out 47. Cindy Lou 48. Deal Yourself Another Hand 49. When You Left Me Baby 50. You'll Be Sorry 51. Goodnight Irene (As Gunter Lee Carr) 52. We're Gonna Rock (As Gunter Lee Carr) 53. Owl Stew 54. It Ain't Gonna Be Like That 55. Paging Mr Jackson 56. Shotgun Boogie 57. Rock Little Baby 58. Don't You Worry