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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...