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Alma Cogan was one of the most successful and tragic figures in English pop music of the '50s and early '60s. Her 18 chart hits were a record for a female singer at the end of the '50s in England, and despite being part of the pre-rock & roll era, Cogan seemed capable of working with the new music when her life was cut short.
The daughter of a haberdasher, Alma Cogan was born in St. John's Wood and educated at St. Joseph' Convent School. It was Cogan's mother who pushed her toward a career as a singer and onto the stage. In 1948, at age 16, she was spotted in the chorus of High Button Shoes by EMI staff producer Walter J. Ridley (also responsible, a decade later, for signing Johnny Kidd & the Pirates), who subsequently signed her to the HMV label. Around this same time, she began appearing with cabaret at the Cumberland Hotel. Cogan began her career doing ballads, but her first hit was a novelty tune called "Bell Bottom Blues" (not the Derek & the Dominoes song), which got to number five on the British charts in 1954. A year later, she topped the charts for the first and only time with "Dreamboat." She also covered several American hits, including "The Birds and the Bees" and "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," which was a hint of the range she would show in her later career. By the turn of the '50s into the '60s, she was also the star of her own television program, and she reached the apex of her success when Lionel Bart (whom, at one point, she apparently intended to marry) cast her as Nancy in Oliver! Her name receded from the pop charts somewhat in the early '60s, as younger performers such as Helen Shapiro joined the EMI roster, but Cogan was a fixture as a concert attraction during the first half of the decade.
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Alma Cogan - Alma Cogan 1993
1. Alma Cogan - Tennessee Waltz [02:12]
2. Alma Cogan - Don't Read The Letter [02:38]
3. Alma Cogan - Snakes, Snails and Puppydogs' Tails [02:37]
4. Alma Cogan - Tell Him [02:11]
5. Alma Cogan - The Train Of Love [02:30]
6. Alma Cogan - Hold Your Hands Out for Naughty Boy [01:45]
7. Alma Cogan - Just Couldn't Resist Her With Her Pocket Transistor[02:28]
8. Alma Cogan - Quando la luna [02:25]
9. Alma Cogan - It's You [02:34]
10. Alma Cogan - Goodbye Joe [02:46]
11. Alma Cogan - Just Once More [02:09]
12. Alma Cogan - I Can't Give You Anything But Love [02:51]
13. Alma Cogan - Cowboy Jimmy Joe [02:30]
14. Alma Cogan - I Wish You Love [01:58]
15. Alma Cogan - Love Is A Word [02:13]
16. Alma Cogan - Let Her Go [released 1967, after her death][01:55]
17. Alma Cogan - There's A Time And Place [released 1967, after her death][02:49]
18. Alma Cogan - Hello Baby [03:06]
19. Alma Cogan - Fly Me To The Moon [02:26]
20. Alma Cogan - I Knew Right Away [02:00]
21. Alma Cogan - How Many Nights [01:58]
22. Alma Cogan - The Birds And The Bees [02:12]
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Alma Cogan - Happy Valley Sweetheart 2008
1. Alma Cogan - Bell Bottom Blues [02:35]
2. Alma Cogan - Canoodlin' Rag [02:28]
3. Alma Cogan - Little Things Mean a Lot [03:17]
4. Alma Cogan - Blue Tango [02:18]
5. Alma Cogan - Half As Much [02:21]
6. Alma Cogan - I Went to Your Wedding [03:04]
7. Alma Cogan - Pretty Bride [03:05]
8. Alma Cogan - Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me [02:26]
9. Alma Cogan - Till They've All Gone Home [02:20]
10. Alma Cogan - To Be Worthy Of You [03:02]
11. Alma Cogan - Waltz Of Paree [03:15]
12. Alma Cogan - Would You? [02:19]
13. Alma Cogan - Happy Valley Sweetheart [02:46]
14. Alma Cogan - If I had a Golden Umbrella [02:07]
15. Alma Cogan - What Am I Gonna Do, Ma? [02:18]
16. Alma Cogan - Kiddygeddin [02:26]
17. Alma Cogan - My Love, My Love [02:37]
18. Alma Cogan - Mystery Street [02:33]
19. Alma Cogan - Till I Waltz Again With You [02:40]
20. Alma Cogan - To Be Loved By You [02:18]
21. Alma Cogan - Wasted Tears [02:14]
22. Alma Cogan - Love Me Again [02:50]
23. Alma Cogan - Skinnie Minnie (Fishtail) [03:03]
24. Alma Cogan - This Ole House [02:22]
25. Alma Cogan - If I Had a Penny [02:42]
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Alma Cogan - The Almanac 1991 (2cd's)
CD1
1. Alma Cogan - I Love To Sing [02:00]
2. Alma Cogan - Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries [02:49]
3. Alma Cogan - They Can't Take That Away From Me [02:00]
4. Alma Cogan - Taking A Chance On Love [02:52]
5. Alma Cogan - Ain't We Got Fun [03:01]
6. Alma Cogan - You Do Something To Me [02:32]
7. Alma Cogan - Today I Love Ev'rybody [02:29]
8. Alma Cogan - Cheek To Cheek [02:57]
9. Alma Cogan - If This Isn't Love [02:16]
10. Alma Cogan - As Time Goes By [02:32]
11. Alma Cogan - Comes Love [01:59]
12. Alma Cogan - Blue Skies [02:58]
13. Alma Cogan - Two Innocent Hearts [02:19]
14. Alma Cogan - Pickin' A Chicken [02:22]
15. Alma Cogan - La Plume Da Ma Tante [02:20]
16. Alma Cogan - Three Brothers [02:01]
17. Alma Cogan - The Universe [02:23]
18. Alma Cogan - I Don't Mind Being All Alone [02:26]
19. Alma Cogan - I Believe In Love [02:08]
20. Alma Cogan - O Dio Mio [02:45]
21. Alma Cogan - Dream Talk [02:53]
22. Alma Cogan - Don't Read The Letter [02:37]
23. Alma Cogan - You're Joking Of Course [02:24]
24. Alma Cogan - When I Fall In Love [03:59]
25. Alma Cogan - She's Got You [02:48]
CD2
1. Alma Cogan - In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree [02:14]
2. Alma Cogan - Tell Him [02:18]
3. Alma Cogan - Fly Me To The Moon [02:25]
4. Alma Cogan - Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy [01:44]
5. Alma Cogan - Tennessee Waltz [02:13]
6. Alma Cogan - Quanda La Luna [02:25]
7. Alma Cogan - It's You [02:34]
8. Alma Cogan - I Wish You Love [01:58]
9. Alma Cogan - Love You I Will [02:26]
10. Alma Cogan - Que Bueno,Que Bueno [02:19]
11. Alma Cogan - The Birds And The Bees [02:13]
12. Alma Cogan - Love Is A Word [02:14]
13. Alma Cogan - Let Her Go [01:56]
14. Alma Cogan - Trains And Boats And Planes [03:08]
15. Alma Cogan - Ticket To Ride [03:13]
16. Alma Cogan - I Get A Kick Out Of You [03:50]
17. Alma Cogan - There's A Time And Place [02:49]
18. Alma Cogan - Eight Days A Week [03:54]
19. Alma Cogan - Yesterday [03:11]
20. Alma Cogan - I Feel Fine [02:39]
21. Alma Cogan - Jolly Good Company [02:11]
22. Alma Cogan - More [02:29]
23. Alma Cogan - Don't You Know Yockomo [03:06]
24. Alma Cogan - Now That I've Found You [03:46]
25. Alma Cogan - Help [02:08]
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