Alma Cogan
With a bubbly personality, exotic looks and a strong voice, Alma Cogan became
one of the most successful pop singers in the United Kingdom in the period just
before rock and roll took over popular music in the 1960s. She had a series of
singles, many of them covers of hit records from America, from the early 1950s
until her death at the age of 34 from stomach cancer. Her 1955 release
'Dreamboat' went to number one on the UK's Official Singles Chart and she had 20
other records on the chart from 'Bell Bottom Blues', which reached number four
in 1954, to 'Cowboy Jimmy Joe', which p...
