Okay, so it’s not my greatest celebrity encounter in the world - it’s still fun. During the Summer of 2006, I became obsessed with collecting every Number One Billboard song ever produced - and wedged snugly in the middle of 1956, not long after the dawn of rock, was a snappy little number called “The Wayward Wind” by Gogi Grant. It peaked at number one on June 16 and remained there for six weeks. Have to admit: first time I’d ever heard of her. Flash forward to February 16, 2007. I’m at the Hollywood Collector’s Show and who should I see sitting there, virtually alone? None other than Gogi Grant herself! And at only $5.00 for this cardboard 5 x 7 head shot, how could I go wrong?
Although less than enthused about posing for a picture with me after I had only shelled out a fiver, bypassing her array of CD’s for sale, she did nonetheless submit to taking a photo with me. And she added the name of her #1 song on the picture. Swell!
The other wayward wind meets Gogi Grant
The autographs and encounters from Hollywood ‘07 will continue…
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