"I Wonder" | ||||
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Single by Cecil Gant | ||||
B-side | "My Last Goodbye" | |||
Released | 1944 | |||
Length | 2:44 | |||
Label | Bronze | |||
Songwriter(s) | Cecil Grant, Raymond Leveen | |||
Cecil Gant singles chronology | ||||
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"I Wonder" | ||||
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Single by Brenda Lee | ||||
from the album By Request | ||||
B-side | "My Whole World Is Falling Down" | |||
Released | June 1963 | |||
Recorded | 1963 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:55 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Songwriter(s) | Cecil Grant, Raymond Leveen | |||
Brenda Lee singles chronology | ||||
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"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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