{"artistName":"Gogi Grant","artistId":83684,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7de/7de72b0c0387a20cc644cebdb1649910_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7de/7de72b0c0387a20cc644cebdb1649910_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/7de/7de72b0c0387a20cc644cebdb1649910_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/7de/7de72b0c0387a20cc644cebdb1649910_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/7de/7de72b0c0387a20cc644cebdb1649910_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eGogi Grant (born September 20, 1924) is an American popular singer. Grant was born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 12, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she attended Venice High School. In California, she won a teenage singing contest and appeared on television talent shows. In 1952 she began to record, using first the name \"Audrey Brown\" and later \"Audrey Grant.\" She was given the name \"Gogi\" by Dave Kapp, the head of Artists and Repertory at RCA Records, who liked to patronize a restaurant called \"Gogi's LaRue.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1955 she signed with a small record company, Era Records, and had her first top ten hit with \"Suddenly There's a Valley.\" The next year, she had an even bigger hit, reaching Billboard 's #1 position, with \"The Wayward Wind\" and holding there for a then record eight weeks. The song sold over one million copies in the United States alone, and peaked at #9 in the UK Singles Chart. She was voted the most popular female vocalist by Billboard magazine. This single returned to the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1957, she supplied the vocals for Ann Blyth's portrayal of Helen Morgan in the biographical film, The Helen Morgan Story. The soundtrack occasioned her return to RCA (the soundtrack album climbed to #25 in the Billboard album chart), where she had a minor hit the following year with \"Strange Are the Ways of Love.\" Moreover, she was signed to star in The Big Beat in the spring of 1957. The film, which featured musical performances by the Cal Tjader Quintet, George Shearing, and the Del Vikings, was produced and directed by William Cowan and released in February 1958.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Gogi+Grant","playStationPath":"/stations/269167350/play","stationId":269167350,"bioPath":"/music/Gogi+Grant/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Joni+James","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e06/e0698a1a96afd6823e9eb8fd021a2a24_md.jpg","artistName":"Joni James","artistId":83696,"station_id":269167360},{"musicPath":"/music/Deanna+Durbin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f65/f6589489916dacd2e58b675a914a09bb_md.jpg","artistName":"Deanna Durbin","artistId":111919,"station_id":282283848},{"musicPath":"/music/Dale+Grace","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5c0/5c05439d2b409b78719f922e1df0a143_md.jpg","artistName":"Dale \u0026 Grace","artistId":8377,"station_id":115058336},{"musicPath":"/music/Jewel+Akens","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ee1/ee150249020ef95c450818dc576bd804_md.jpg","artistName":"Jewel Akens","artistId":115075,"station_id":282714323},{"musicPath":"/music/Terry+Stafford","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/383/383ab810e8ca145d79070e00ccd212a1_md.jpg","artistName":"Terry Stafford","artistId":126842,"station_id":284428699},{"musicPath":"/music/Mae+West","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/326/3264ba0bec6e245416933f3e4f0adce3_md.jpg","artistName":"Mae West","artistId":8054,"station_id":116553444},{"musicPath":"/music/Nino+Tempo+April+Stevens","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a88/a88b2792b1b84ec3a9c78a31271bae82_md.jpg","artistName":"Nino Tempo \u0026 April Stevens","artistId":138767,"station_id":287828829},{"musicPath":"/music/Johnny+Crawford","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7bb/7bb19523d345d2626c6bd502e4c902cb_md.jpg","artistName":"Johnny Crawford","artistId":94497,"station_id":287827999},{"musicPath":"/music/Damita+Jo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fd7/fd7954b7e13b15c874e7b45cd0508f38_md.jpg","artistName":"Damita Jo","artistId":132772,"station_id":285650744},{"musicPath":"/music/Irene+Kral","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9b5/9b5f016a7c2e36d1567e35bb0b9a436c_md.jpg","artistName":"Irene Kral","artistId":116546,"station_id":283090770},{"musicPath":"/music/Jeri+Southern","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/24f/24f033bde6223cc70e7076af34b7f230_md.jpg","artistName":"Jeri Southern","artistId":130412,"station_id":285078916},{"musicPath":"/music/Dorothy+Dandridge","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d00/d00f576885c7d4a1c06082026dc93ce7_md.jpg","artistName":"Dorothy Dandridge","artistId":72024,"station_id":265946364},{"musicPath":"/music/Maxine+Sullivan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e13/e1312cb668153710ee8b55fcf4cd015b_md.jpg","artistName":"Maxine Sullivan","artistId":72148,"station_id":269167336},{"musicPath":"/music/Mark+Wynter","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e5c/e5cbaffa6d906a838b24cb5e7a330138_md.jpg","artistName":"Mark Wynter","artistId":110919,"station_id":282142394},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Murmaids","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/57c/57c680986bdef36f3b941530b7b61fb7_md.jpg","artistName":"The Murmaids","artistId":7982,"station_id":116827634},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Bachelors","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/83c/83cd02799d61db387762e841f520d6e5_md.jpg","artistName":"The Bachelors","artistId":114857,"station_id":282865363},{"musicPath":"/music/Ruby+The+Romantics","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0e7/0e7090c9cc3db2f6c2aaba34d9c0d618_md.jpg","artistName":"Ruby \u0026 The Romantics","artistId":8627,"station_id":113474402},{"musicPath":"/music/Ernie+Maresca","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/960/9608f75675fb79f7594530467bdf743d_md.jpg","artistName":"Ernie Maresca","artistId":95032,"station_id":276007858}]}