I Wonder (1944 song)

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"I Wonder"
Cecil Gant I Wonder.jpg
Single by Cecil Gant
B-side "My Last Goodbye"
Released1944 (1944)
Length2:44
Label Bronze
Songwriter(s) Cecil Grant, Raymond Leveen
Cecil Gant singles chronology
"Cecil's Mop Mop"
(1944)
"I Wonder"
(1944)
"Wake-Up, Cecil, Wake-Up"
(1944)
"I Wonder"
I Wonder-My Whole World Is Falling Down.jpg
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album By Request
B-side "My Whole World Is Falling Down"
ReleasedJune 1963
Recorded1963
Genre Pop
Length2:55
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Cecil Grant, Raymond Leveen
Brenda Lee singles chronology
"If You Love Me (Really Love Me)"
(1963)
"I Wonder"
(1963)
"My Whole World Is Falling Down"
(1963)

"I Wonder" is a 1944 song written and originally performed by Pvt. Cecil Gant. The original version was released on the Bronze label, before Gant re-recorded it for the Gilt-Edge label in Los Angeles. The record made it to number one on the Juke Box Race Records chart and was Pvt. Gant's most successful release. [1] In February 1945, pianist, Roosevelt Sykes hit number one with his version of the song. Sykes' version is notable in that it replaced Gant's version, at number one on the Juke Box Race Records chart. [2]

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