Alma Cogan was Britain's most successful female recording artist of the 195… Read Full Bio ↴Alma Cogan was Britain's most successful female recording artist of the 1950's. Born in London in 1932, her early recordings were mainly ballads, in the style of Anne Shelton. But by 1954, this was to all change. Her first major hit was "Bell Bottom Blues", and she scored her only number one in Britain with "Dreamboat" in 1956. Novelty songs were extremely popular at the time, and Alma recorded a number of these, including "I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango", "Twenty Tiny Fingers" and "Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo". She was known for the giggle in her voice when she sang and was affectinaltely known as The Girl With A Laugh In Her Voice. Her extravagant dresses were also a trademark. Her final UK hit was "Cowboy Jimmy Joe" in 1961, but was fast becoming an International Artist, with hits in Sweden, Germany, Israel and Japan - she had a number one hit in Japan with "Just Couldn't Resist Her With Her Pocket Transistor" which was at the top spot for over six months. As the novelty numbers were fast becoming old-fashioned by the start of the 1960s, she recorded a number of jazz standards and pop records, including five songs written by the Beatles - these recordings can be found on a number of CDs. Famed for her showbiz parties, with guests like Cary Grant, Noel Coward and the Beatles, she was never out of the public eye until ovarian cancer tragically cut her career short. She died on the 26th October 1966, aged just 34.
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Alma Cogan Lyrics
Banjo's Back In Town Clap your hands altogether now The banjo's back in town Clap…
Bell Bottom Blues I got the bell bottom blues cause my sweetie is…
Dreamboat You dreamboats, you lovable dreamboats The kisses you gave …
Eight Days A Week Oh, I need your love, babe Guess you know it's true Hope…
Fly Me to the Moon Fly me to the moon And let me play among the…
Gettin' Ready For Freddy (Spoken) Freddie, time to get up, it′s Easter Time to get…
Help! When I was younger, so much younger than today, baby I…
Hernando's Hideaway I know a dark secluded place A place where no one…
Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy! Hold your hand out you naughty boy Hold your hand out…
I Can't Tell a Waltz From a Tango I can't tell a waltz from a tango I never know…
I Love You Much Too Much I love you much too much I've known it from the…
Ja-Da You've heard all about your raggy melody Everything from ope…
Last Night On the Back Porch I love him in the springtime, and I love him…
Little Things Mean a Lot Blow me a kiss from across the room Say I look…
Love Is Beautiful miracle, pardon my lyrical rhapsody, But can't you…
Never Do a Tango With an Eskimo You must never do a tango with an Eskimo No, no,…
Sugartime Well... Sugar in the mornin' Sugar in the evenin' Sugar at s…
That's Happiness The way you say hello And smile at me each time…
To Be Worthy Of You To be worthy of you Will be the dream of my…
Twenty Tiny Fingers Twenty tiny fingers, Twenty tiny toes Two angel faces, Each …
Why Do Fools Fall in Love Why do fools fall in love? Why do birds sing so…
You Me And Us You, me and us We are my favourite people We all go…