# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cecil-gant
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:06:38.879Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cecil-gant"
name: "Cecil Gant"
slug: "cecil-gant"
description: "Cecil Gant was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist, whose recordings of both ballads and \"fiery piano rockers\" were successful in the mid- and late 1940s, and influenced the early development of rock and roll. His biggest hits were the 1944 ballad, \"I Wonder,\" and “We’re Gonna Rock” (1950)."
tagline: "American musician (1913–1951)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/36/Cecil_Gant.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1913-04-04"
deathDate: "1951-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.71
  momentum:             3.272727272727273
  historical:           8.542297333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1854682/"
    handle:    "nm1854682"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/320605"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "سيسيل غانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "سيسيل جانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Gant"
    title: "Cecil Gant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Gant"
    title: "Cecil Gant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Gant"
    title: "Cecil Gant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Gant"
    title: "Cecil Gant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88"
    title: "セシル・ギャント"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82"
    title: "Сесіл Гант"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0f1efdfd-bd20-4ced-aae4-5f136fc8cdeb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump