She was a highly individual personality and this collection is an entertaining showcase

Alma Cogan, born in Whitechapel, in the East End of London in 1932, was a British pop singer, who enjoyed huge success in the UK during the 1950s and into the early 60s, and was one of the few artists to maintain a chart profile from the early '50s through the upheaval caused by the advent of rock 'n' roll and beyond. Her career was tragically brought to an end by cancer in 1966 at the age of just 34. Known as 'The Girl With A Giggle In Her Voice', she specialised in old-school pop, with her releases and hits liberally sprinkled with novelty-flavoured material. This 59-track 2-CD collection comprises all her 21 UK hits, along with selected A and B sides of her UK releases on HMV during this era. It features her UK No. 1 'Dreamboat', along with the Top 20 entries 'Bell Bottom Blues', 'I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango', 'Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo', 'Little Things Mean A Lot', 'Sugartime', 'Twenty Tiny Fingers' and more. Along with her mother, she managed her own career, designed and made her dozens of stage gowns, and made her Kensington home a centre of London showbiz life, with the Beatles as regular guests. She was a highly individual personality and this collection is an entertaining showcase for her distinctive style of pop.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• To Be Worthy Of You
• Meet Me On The Corner
• Waltz Of Paree
• Half As Much
• You Belong To Me
• Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me
• Till I Waltz Again With You
• Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
• Till They've All Gone Home
• If I Had A Golden Umbrella
• My Love, My Love
• Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)
• Bell Bottom Blues
• Make Love To Me
• Little Shoemaker
• Jilted 
• Little Things Mean A Lot
• Skinnie Minnie (Fish Tail)
• This Ole House
• I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango
• (Don't Let The) Kiddygeddin
• Softly, Softly
• Mambo Italiano
• The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane
• Tweedlee-Dee
• Dreamboat
• Where Will The Dimple Be
• Got An Idea

Disc 2:

• The Banjo's Back In Town
• Go On By
• Hernando's Hideaway
• Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo
• Twenty Tiny Fingers
• Love And Marriage
• Willie Can
• Don't Ring-A Da Bell
• Why Do Fools Fall In Love
• The Birds And The Bees
• I'm In Love Again
• In The Middle Of The House
• Pickin' A Chicken 
• You, Me And Us
• Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)
• Lucky Lips
• Fabulous
• What You've Done To Me
• The Story Of My Life
• Sugartime
• Stairway Of Love
• There's Never Been A Night
• Last Night On The Back Porch
• Pink Shoelaces
• We Got Love
• Dream Talk
• The Train Of Love
• Cowboy Jimmy Joe
• Keep Me In Your Heart
• In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
• I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 143 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 09/04/26

UPC: 824046360528