| LC control no. | nr 90013760 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Grant, Gogi |
| Variant(s) | Arinsberg, Audrey Grant, Gogie Arinsberg, Myrtle Audrey |
| Birth date | 1924-09-20 |
| Death date | 2016-03-10 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers |
| Found in | Kern, J. Show boat [SR] c1959: label (Gogi Grant) IMDb, July 29, 2005 (Gogi Grant; b. Sept. 20, 1924, Philadelphia, Pa.; birth name: Audrey Arinsberg) Fisher, T. The big hurt [SR] 197-?: label (Gogie Grant) New York times WWW site, viewed Mar. 21, 2016 (in obituary published Mar. 16: Gogi Grant; b. Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, Sept. 20, 1924, Philadelphia; d. Thursday [Mar. 10, 2016], Los Angeles, aged 91; her rendition of The wayward wind replaced Elvis Presley's Heartbreak hotel on top of the Billboard singles chart in 1956; by her account her agent suggested that she adopt the surname Grant because it had worked so well for the actor Cary Grant; the name Gogi was invented by David Kapp at RCA Victor, she said; she thought it was probably derived from Gogi's LaRue, a restaurant Kapp frequented in New York) |
| Associated language | eng |
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