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The Magic Of Alma Cogan
~ Alma Cogan (Artist)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

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Product details
  • Audio CD (19 May 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Music For Pleasure
  • ASIN: B000007Y28
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 220,070 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Bell Bottom Blues
2. This Ole House
3. Little Things Mean A Lot
4. I Can't Tell A Waltz From A Tango
5. Dreamboat
6. Banjo's Back In Town
7. Go On By
8. Twenty Tiny Fingers
9. Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo
10. Willie Can
11. Birds And The Bees
12. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
13. In The Middle Of The House
14. You Me And Us
15. Whatever Lolo Wants
16. He Just Couldn't Resist Her With Her Pocket Transistor
17. Story Of My Life
18. Sugartime
19. Cheek To Cheek
20. Last Night On The Back Porch
See all 25 tracks on this disc

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One for fans of Teresa Brewer, 27 Sep 2003
Too little of Teresa Brewer's music has been made available on CD, but Teresa's fans can compensate by investing in the music of Alma Cogan, a British singer who emerged at around the same time as Teresa. Like Teresa, Alma was capable of singing many different types of song in a variety of genres, but is best remembered for her pop songs of the fifties, which included a number of novelty songs. If you're looking for a greatest hits collection, this is the Alma Cogan compilation to choose.

Alma's biggest hit, Dreamboat, went all the way to number one in the UK but nobody had a hit with it in America so perhaps somebody missed an opportunity because it is an excellent song.

The novelty songs include Twenty tiny fingers, Just couldn't resist her with her pocket transistor and Never do a tango with an Eskimo - all fun songs not to be to be taken too seriously and excellent in their own way. The only really silly song is In the middle of the house, about a house on land wanted for a railroad. It made the UK top 20 so had to be included here.

Alma never made any impact in America but that is no surprise since most of the songs she recorded in the fifties were covers of American songs, as was normal for British singers back then. Just some of the songs that Americans will recognize are covers of Bell bottom blues (Teresa Brewer), This ole house (Rosemary Clooney), Little things mean a lot (Kitty Kallen), Banjo's back in town (Teresa Brewer), I can't tell a waltz from a tango (Patti Page), Why do fools fall in love (Frankie Lymon), Story of my life (an early Bacharach-David song), Sugartime (McGuire sisters), Cheek to cheek (the Irving Berlin classic) and the standard When I fall in love.

Compared to Teresa Brewer, Alma Cogan has been well served by CD re-issues. This compilation, focusing mainly on the hits, does not do full justice to her talents but serves as a great introduction to her music.

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