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Earl Grant (January 20, 1931 – June 10, 1970) was an American pianist, organist, and vocalist popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Grant was born 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.
Earl Grant (born December 25, 1976) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach for the Boston College Eagles men's basketball team.
Charted at #7 on Billboard Hot 100 in September 1958 and #16 on R&B chart. A beautiful atmospheric recording. Earl's biggest hit. Written by Sid Jacobson and...
"The End" (music by Jimmy Krondes and lyrics by Sid Jacobson) was released in 1958 and performed by Mr. Earl Grant.
Earl Grant was a popular American musician during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his instrumental version of the song “Ebb Tide.” Grant was born in Idabel, Oklahoma on January 20, 1931.
LORDSBURG, N.M., June 10 (UPI)—Earl Grant, entertainer and organist who was best known for his instrumental version of “Ebb Tide,” died with a companion in an auto mobile crash today in the...
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While it was a vocal hit that made him famous, Earl Grant is perhaps better remembered as an instrumentalist. His album Ebb Tide and Other Instrumental Favorites was a top ten seller in 1961, certified gold by the RIAA; Beyond the Reef came on strong the following year as he leaned towards dreamy island 'scapes and joyous, churchlike ...
Earl Grant was a triple-threat entertainer as a pianist, organist, and vocalist. While much of his material fell into the arenas of either light pop or jazz-schmaltz, Grant scored two R&B hits in the late '50s and early '60s, the most memorable being "Sweet Sixteen Bars" in 1962.
Perhaps the most commercially successful organist of the 1960s, Grant plied a more consistently easy-listening path than his label-mates Lenny Dee and Ethel Smith. He studied keyboards at the Kansas City Conservatory, the University of Southern California, and DePaul University.